NIT Surathkal Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Gym, Auditorium & Other Facilities

Shreyeshri Mandal

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal is spread over 295.35 acres. It is acknowledged for its campus and residential facilities. Some of the highlighting features of the NITK campus are mentioned below.

• Guest House
• Sports Facilities
• Library
• Health Care Centre
• Post Office
• Shopping Centres
• Canteens
• Banks
• Open Air Theatre
• Silver Jubilee Auditorium
• Hostels

Guest House: The Institute has four guest houses situated on the western side of the National Highway (NH66), near the beach (Arabian Sea). The guest houses available are mentioned below.

• J C Bose Guest House
• Vikram Sarabhai Guest House
• Homi J Bhaba Guest House
• International Hostel

Sports Facilities: The college offers a full-fledged Physical Education & Sports Department offering various sports, games and physical fitness facilities. The infrastructure facilities are available in the sports centre for indoor and outdoor sports. In addition, an international-standard swimming pool is offered. The campus now boasts a new and sophisticated sports complex, inaugurated by the Honorable HRD Minister.

Library: The NITK library offers more than 135000 books, journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. The college offers web OPAC and a browsing facility for books and other library materials. The users can also log in to their account to check the due date of books issued to them and reserve the library materials online.

Health Care Centre: The NITK has a full-fledged health care centre to cater for the medical and health needs of the campus residents and students. The centre provides state of the art facilities, ambulance support and visiting specialists.

Post Office: The NITK Surathkal campus has a post office that caters for the mail-related services of the residents.

Shopping Centres: The college offers two shopping centres which include students’ and employees’ cooperative societies, bakery, vegetable shop, cloth shop, tailoring, saloon, beauty parlour, laundry, printing press, provisional store, among others

Canteens: The NITK infrastructure has two canteens and four cafeterias that serve hygienic food.

Banks: Two banks (Canara bank and State bank of India) with ATM facilities are available on the campus.

Open Air Theatre: There is an open-air theatre in the college that can accommodate around 1000 students.

Silver Jubilee Auditorium: The college has an auditorium with a seating capacity of 1,200 students.

Hostels: The NITK hostel offers accommodation facilities for both boys and girls. It can accommodate more than 4500 students at a time. There are 12 hostel blocks for boys, 5 hostel blocks for girls with power backup and an international hostel facility. It has a reading room and multiple dining halls that provide several cuisines for students. All hostel rooms are equipped with an internet connection. Students actively participate in the management of hostels and dining halls. A central laundry facility is also available in the hostels.