Gargi College Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Auditorium, Cafeteria & Other Facilities

Midhun Hari

Gargi College offers a huge campus area and modern facilities for a better learning experience. The campus is equipped with a food court, library, accommodation, and more. Further details regarding the Gargi College campus are listed below.

• Library
• Student Common Room
• Open Air Theatre
• Auditorium
• Seminar Hall
• Labs
• Computer Facilities
• Food Court 
• Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility
• Union Room
• Medical Facilities

Library: The college started OPAC's availability on the intranet and provided online resources within the campus. The Gargi College library has an asset of 107 CDs and subscriptions to 10 newspapers, 55 journals or magazines and more. It includes reference sources, bibliographic sources, and statistical sources. A brief description of these resources, including the subject coverage, search features, database services, document category, etc., are available through more information for the help of users.

Student Common Room: The college has a common room near the cafeteria where students can unwind, chit chat with friends and interact with seniors. It helps them learn about college life and get familiar with their campus.

Open Air Theatre: A new open-air stage has been recently constructed behind the office block in the Gargi College with sufficient seating facility for the audience in the form of adjoining steps and a lush green lawn in its vicinity. The open-air theatre serves as an open-air platform for students for various events, especially street play.

Auditorium: The Gargi College auditorium has a seating capacity of 750. It is an airy, spacious, radiant atmosphere and is furnished with tables and chairs and serves as a quiet place for conducting tutorial classes. The block is fully air-conditioned and equipped with solar lighting installations.

Seminar Hall: Adjoining the auditorium is a seminar hall with a seating capacity of 125. It is instrumented with the latest audio-visual equipment and is utilised for hosting various academic events.

Labs: The Gargi College Delhi offers labs for botany, chemistry, elementary education, microbiology, physics, psychology and zoology. The laboratories are spacious, well-ventilated and equipped with various resources.

Computer Facilities: The Gargi College facilities include three computer laboratories with 110 computers and Wi-Fi connectivity, providing students with an opportunity for hands-on training and enhancing their computing skills. 

Food Court: The food court is the favourite place for students to hang out and chit chat. It provides a wide variety of food at reasonable prices, including cold drinks, fruit juice, tangy golgappas, spicy chaat, crispy spring-rolls, delicious idli, vada, dosa, mouth-watering pastries, cakes, burgers, patties, samosas and bread pakoras, is among the various food items on offer. A water harvesting system has been installed in the Gargi College canteen area. The canteen has been renovated and extended with the construction of an additional food outlet.

Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility: Gargi College is one of the two colleges and the only women's college to have BIF (funded by DBT with a yearly grant for maintenance and allied expenses) for undergraduate students.

Union Room: The students' Council of Gargi College is a step towards instilling the values of democracy among students. The general body elects a new council each year which is of the students, for the students, by the students. 

Medical Facilities: The Gargi College infrastructure offers medical facilities to students during college hours. The medical room has a trained nurse for providing basic first aid to the students. The students can also get their health check-ups done. Regular medical and dental check-ups are conducted in the college by qualified medical professionals.