BRAOU Infrastructure: Library, Labs, Auditorium, Cafeteria & Other Facilities

Monalisa Bose

Dr B R Ambedkar Open University is located on a panoramic, elevated site of 53.63 acres in Jubilee Hills. It has impressive buildings, green lawns and tree-lined roads that enhance the scenic beauty of the rocks all around. The university offers various amenities for holistic development. More information about the BRAOU infrastructure are given below.

• Campus
• Library
• IT Enabled Services
• Computer Centre
• Bank
• Other Facilities

Campus

• The KU band earth station is located on the BRAOU campus.
• There are laboratories in the science faculty for providing hands-on training to science students in Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Botany, Zoology and Environmental Sciences.
• A new e-class room with built-in technological facilities has been added to the civil structures.
• A multimedia lab, two synergy halls, a well-furnished faculty Room and a language lab are also set up in the academic building.

Library

• BRAOU library serves the teachers, non-teaching staff and research scholars through its well-trained professionals.
• It provides various services like documentation, reference, lending of books to its clientele, inter-institutional loans, etc.
• BRAOU has study centres also have attached library cells to serve the needs of a widely scattered student population.
• The central library and study centre libraries have 1,47,225 books and non-book materials in different languages.
• It subscribes to 20 newspapers and 153 journals.

IT Enabled Services

• All the in-house operations of the library are computerised.
• The library database, including the endowment libraries, is accessible to all academic departments through the Local Area Network (LAN). 
• The library has an internet facility.
• It is equipped with a CCTV surveillance system and electronic article surveillance.

Computer Centre

• The BRAOU infrastructure has a computer centre that has facilities for storing, retrieving and updating the data.
• It helps streamline the dispatch of material and the publication of results for awarding degrees, diplomas and certificates.

Bank

• BRAOU campus has a branch of SBI bank. It is open on weekdays from 10:30 am to 4 pm. The bank will be closed on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.

Dr B R Ambedkar Open University Facilities

• Canteen
• Guest House