Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Gym, Auditorium & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

CAMPUS

The college has a sprawling pollution-free campus spread over 90 acres of land in the heart of District Fatehgarh Sahib. Fatehgarh Sahib has an ideal geographical location with the proximity to three important cities of the region i.e. Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Patiala. The college is located at 5 kilometers from Sirhind Railway Station, 42 kilometers from Chandigarh, 65 kilometers from Ludhiana, 40 kilometers from Roopnagar and 35 kilometers from Patiala. College provides congenial education environment with WiFi connectivity and residential hostels.

ACADEMIC BLOCK

NORTH & SOUTH BLOCK: These are two of three beautiful and magnificent Administrative Blocks the college has built. These blocks, which are named after Panth Ratan Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Tohra Blocks, house well-designed airy lecture halls, library, tutorial rooms, well-furnished seminar halls, laboratories, computer centre, drawing halls and administrative offices.
WEST BLOCK: An international standard, architectural marvel, state-of-the-art, corporate look, centrally air-conditioned, seven-story building has recently been built. This will also provide top class academic facilities - lecture halls, library, tutorial rooms, well-furnished seminar halls, laboratories, computer centre, drawing halls, administrative offices,other facilities and amenities.

AUDITORIUM

A centrally air conditioned and state-of-the-art auditorium is constructed with a seating capacity of 750 persons. It is named after the great Sikh Scholar, Giani Dit Singh ji. It provides an ideal environment to conduct extracurricular activities in the college. The auditorium is equipped with the modern audio-video equipments.

SEMINAR HALLS

The college has nine well-equipped air-conditioned seminar halls. These seminar halls serve as a platform for conducting various lectures/seminars of the prominent personalities with industrial as well as academic background. The seminar halls are equipped with multimedia projectors, high quality sound systems, over head projectors, computers and internet access.

CLASSROOMS

To improve the pedagogy, the college has recently set up twelve digital classrooms. These classrooms are equipped with multimedia projectors, computers and internet connectivity. The faculty makes use of power-point presentations, electronic boards, audio and video clips for making the teaching and learning more affective and contemporary.

LIBRARY

The college has a well-stacked library having separate stacking and reading area. It has around 40,000 text books as well as 8,000 titles. It has more than 1,500 books on general topics. It subscribes to many national and international journals. The library is fully automated. The SOUL software is used for charging and discharging the books. A multimedia lab is attached to the library for the screening of audio/video courses. The facility of networking is also available in the library. The students and staff members can access the online journals. Keeping pace with the latest trend in Technology, BBSBEC Campus is fully equipped with round the clock wi-fi internet access, smart classrooms and hi-tech labs. In order to overcome the latest challenges of Globalization and provide the best resources to its students. BBSBEC makes use of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), which provides IIT Level e-learning through web video courses.

MEDICAL

The college has one well-equipped dispensary to provide medical facility to the students and staff. A doctor is always stationed in campus to attend to any emergency if it arises. MoU has been signed between Lohia Mission Hospital, Sirhind, British Columbia and Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Education Trust.