Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Gym, Auditorium & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

Campus & Location

Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET) is located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, State capital of Kerala, a Southern State in India. Thiruvananthapuram is located on the West Coast of India near the extreme South of the Mainland.

The college is located on a hillock in the Mar Ivanios Vidhyanagar, at Nalanchira on the side of the MC Road in the city of Thiruvanathapuram with an extent of about 130 acres of land. The college is a part of the Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar Campus which has 17 Educational Institutions including Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools, Training Institutes and an Arts College.

Library

The mission of the Central Library is to facilitate creation of new knowledge through acquisition, organization and dissemination of knowledge resources and providing for value added services. The library is spread over 560m2 and has a seating capacity for 150 students. The library has an excellent collection of books, journals and non-book materials in Science, Engineering, Technology, Humanities, Social science and Management. It maintains separate collections of Reference Books, standard, bound volumes of Journals, Technical Reports, previous question papers, CD-ROMSs, DVDs, Periodicals, etc. At present, the library has a collection of around 8644 titles and 21313 volumes of books, Reports and Reference material. Besides standard textbooks, the library contains books of literature and general interest.

Books are classified and arranged as per Dewy Decimal Classification (DDC), so that members can locate books easily. The library is digitalized and operates on Libsoft software. In addition to the Central Library, there are Departmental Libraries for all Departments which are automated using KOHA OSS. The library is completely computerized and the circulation is based on barcode system. The MBCET library is an Institutional Member of AICTE-INDEST (Indian National Digital Library in Engineering, Science and Technology) consortium.

Hostel

MBCET recognises that a major concern to all  students and parents is the availability and quality of accomodation and other facilities. MBCET provides separate hostel facilities for men and women.

The College hostels - A Home Away from Home have the following featues:

• Well-furnished, spacious and air cooled rooms
• Common-room for recreational facilities
• Strict round-the-clock security
• Adequate medical facilities to take care of the students in case of any emergency.

Amenities Center

The Students Amenity Centre is a three storeyed building complex with a plinth area of 3000 sq. m. It houses a large auditorium for conducting large scale tests and recruitment drives. Separate rooms are set apart for group discussions and interviews. It also houses a store, facilities for playing badminton, basketball, table tennis, etc. The college store helps in providing notebooks, record books and other stationary to the students at a fair price.

The various facilities inside the Amenities Center include:

• Auditorium
• Store facilities
• A fully equipped gymnasium
• Rooms for discussions
• Badminton Court
• Basketball facilities
• Table Tennis tables
• Net Ball Court

Canteen

The Canteen is a meeting place for students and staff during break hours. Located in the Amenities Centre, Akshaya, the canteen provides nutritious and hygenic food at nominal cost. Besides the Canteen, a Cafeteria also works in the College campus, on working days.

Conference Halls

Our Campus is provided with well-furnished halls for conducting Conferences & Seminars. These halls are provided with permanent audio, video and projection system. Scholars in various fields regularly give Talks and Lectures on various latest topics to our students. Thus our students are exposed to the recent technologies and trends. Faculty Development Programs are conducted in the Seminar Halls to update the knowledge of our faculty members.

Transportation

MBCET runs a fleet of buses for transporting students to and from the city and to other areas. Our transport facilities ensure that our students and staff are able to reach the college on time with utmost ease.