Dyal Singh (PG) College (DSC Karnal) Infrastructure: Library, Gym, Auditorium, Cafeteria & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

Classrooms
There are 38 classrooms to meet the needs of theory classes spread over a time period ranging from 08.40 a.m. to 04.20 p.m. The classrooms are located in various faculty blocks, with an adequate seating capacity to cater to the needs of the various classes. Most of the classrooms are airy and spacious lecture theatres with fixed furniture.

Technology Enabled Learning Spaces
The college is equipped with 7 LCD projectors in the departments of Computer Science, Physics, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Zoology, Economics and Geography. Besides, the college has two Audio-Visual Laboratories and a small laboratory to cater to the needs of the students of M.A. English. Alongwith this the college has two overhead projectors, one slide projector and one interactive board.

Seminar Halls
The college has a number of seminar halls. The huge and spacious college Auditorium with its seating capacity of 800 plus caters to the needs of conducting National and International Seminars. However, the departmental seminars are conducted in the special seminar halls for the P.G. students in the P.G. Block, Computer laboratory cum Seminar Hall and seminar room located on the first floor of the auditorium.

Tutorial Spaces
The classrooms are utilized for the purpose of tutorials during the time table hours.

Laboratories 
The college has 30 laboratories, 1 museum, 1 workshop and one dark room. The detailed list is as under:

Botanical Garden 
The college has one botanical garden where the various species of plants are grown to conduct various practicals and experiments in the laboratories.

Animal House
The college does not have an animal house. As per the instructions issued by the Ministry of Environment, to prevent cruelty against animals, most of the dissections in the laboratories on live animals have been banned. The dissections are conducted on the specialized software provided in the laboratories. Besides, the specimens required for the practical knowledge are acquired and through them the knowledge is imparted to the students.

Specialized facilities and equipments for teaching, learning and research etc. 
The library is equipped with UGC N-link which provides access to 75000  e-books and  3000 e-journals of different disciplines. Some of the members of the faculty have been awarded research projects by University Grants Commission and Department of Science and Technology. These departments provide facilities and instruments for conducting the research work. These facilities include some of the expensive instruments like:

1. FTIR(Alpha Brooker )
2. Atomic Absorption Spectro Photometer
3. UV Spectro Photometer
4. Flame Photometer
5. Ionizer
6. Polarimeter
7. Laminar Flow
8. BOD Incubator
9. Cold Centrifuge
10. Microscopes fitted with digital camera and attached to computers
11. Video Camera
12. Binoculars
13. Autoclave
14. Deep Freezer
15. Photoelectric Effect Apparatus
16. Universal Interferometer with Febry-Perot etc.
17. Hall Effect Setup
18. Michelson Interferometer
19. Magneto-resistance Setup
20. Dielectric Constant Setup
21. He Ne Laser
22. C.R.O. Dual Trace
23. Digital Multimeter
24. Energy Band Gap App. By Four Probe Method
25. Digital Balance
26. On Line UPS 10 KVA
27. G.M. Counter
28. Turbidity Meter
29. Conductometer Bridge
30. Colorimeter
31. Potentiometer

Along with this we have a Wi-Fi campus and internet connections under ICT plan of Ministry of HRD, Government of India to enable the faculty and the students to access the resources of knowledge in the surroundings of peaceful and beautiful campus.

Sports, Outdoor and Indoor Games, Gymnasium

The Physical Education Department maintains a 200m athletics track and facilities for all field events. The department also maintains Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton (Indoor) and Kabaddi courts and a TT room with facility for Chess. There is Cricket net facility and a 12 station multi-gym with the latest weight lifting set. Alongwith these the department is updating the indoor Badminton and Lawn Tennis court.

Besides providing full and partial fee concessions, stipends/scholarships of Rs. 100/- per month are given to the sportspersons who achieve 1st position in University/State, of Rs. 80/- p.m. to those who stand 2nd , and Rs. 60/- p.m. to those who are placed 3rd. The sportspersons who achieve1st position at the National/Inter-University level get Rs. 250/- p.m. while Rs. 200/- and Rs. 150/- p.m. are given to those who are placed 2nd and 3rd respectively. For Inter- University /National participation, the college gives track suits or blazers while the outgoing students are awarded the College Colour. During the year 2012-13, Rs. 43700/- were disbursed among the outstanding sportspersons as stipends and 15 track suits/blazers/college colours were awarded.