Somaiya College of Design Supported by Riidl, Mumbai Infrastructure Details
- Mumbai , Maharashtra
Somaiya School of Design, Supported by Riidl, offers world-class infrastructural facilities for the students enrolled. The institute has a large, lush, green, sprawling campus spread over an area of 50 acres.
Somaiya School of Design, Supported by Riidl has various labs on its campus premises, including the Digital Fabrication Lab, the Photo Video Lab, the Bio Design Lab, SMAC Lab, XR riidl, Studio Space, Wood Workshop, Parallel Skills Lab, and Material Exploration Lab. These advanced laboratories offer the students with the opportunity to build product prototypes.
Somaiya School of Design not only provides excellent academic courses but also encourages students to participate in various co-curricular activities. The institute runs various clubs and committees like Journal Club, SancharManch, Developer Cell, Kaizen Club, Business Club, IIEC, and so on to keep the students recharged during their academic tenure.
Somaiya School of Design, Supported by Riidl, has a hub of learning resources for the students. The institute has around twenty full-fledged libraries, with various modern facilities like automatic book search, cataloguing, circulation and so on.
The other impressive infrastructural facilities, which are a part of the Somaiya School of Design campus, include 11 Dining options, four hostels and twenty acres of sports and recreational area. Given below is a list of all the facilities offered by the Somaiya School of Design Supported by Riidl.
Canteens
- The students are happy and healthy with the nutritious cuisines.
- The 3 canteens are constantly buzzing with life, food, and conversations.
- They also act as a good networking space, as they accommodate people from across colleges.
Labs
The labs provided at Somaiya Vidyavihar University's Riidl Academy, Mumbai are mentioned below.
- Digital Fabrication Laboratory- Fablab supported by Fab Foundation, is a US organization that emerged as MIT's centre for BITs & Atoms Fab Lab Program. It is an open and collaborative workshop space for computer-driven innovation, design, and fabric and action is part of a global network of 1000 Fab Labs
- Bioriidl Lab- Bioriidl is India's First and only Do It Yourself Biolab and has a BioIncubator to support the growing biotechnological, global social movement of Do-it-yourself biology (DIY biology, DIY bio) in which individuals, communities, and small organizations, study biology and life sciences using the same methods as traditional research institutions.
- SMAC Lab- A place to design, develop, deploy and test software applications. It is an ideal place for Web, Mobile developers, App development, and App testing, we have mobile devices and computers/servers with different configurations.
- XR riidl Lab- A place to design, develop, deploy and test applications for XR developers where x means virtual/ hyper/ Augmented reality. For development and testing, the institute has equipment like VR headsets by Oculus Rift, Sony Playstation, HTC Vive, and Microsoft Hololens.
Hostel
- Security Guards are stationed at hostel 24 X 7 hrs TV
- LCD TV is available in the activity/recreation room for all resident students
- Dining hall with mess facility with service of breakfast, lunch, evening snacks & dinner in the mess only for the students.
- Chilled and room temperature filtered drinking water coolers with
- Cleanliness is ensured through professionally trained housekeeping staff.
- Laundry Service is available for all on a payment basis.
- The gym is available to all resident students on the ground floor of the Sandipani building apart from the open gym on the campus. The in-house gym is on a payment basis.
- Recreation Room with LED TV
- Table-Tennis, carom, and chess will be available on the ground floor of the hostel building
- A fire extinguisher is installed in the Polytechnic hostel
Medical Facilities
- A well-equipped Satellite Medical Centre is located in the Maitreyi Building Ground Floor, along with an equipped ambulance.
- Highly trained and experienced medical staff is available on the campus 24X7.
- Regular medical check-ups of students are assure that they are physically and mentally fit for the rigours of the course.
- A medical Counselor is available at the Satellite Centre for counselling and mentoring.
Sports Facilities
- Indoor Games- Table Tennis, Carrom, Badminton, Chess, Foosball, Squash Court and Meditation Hall.
- Outdoor Games- Volleyball, Badminton, Football, Open Gym, Running Tracks, and Open Chess Board.
Somaiya College of Design Supported by Riidl, Mumbai Reviews
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Entrance Exams & Admissions : The eligibility criteria for my course was the candidate should have cleared HSC And SSC level. There was no entrance exams, it was purely merit based . The cutoffs were 60% onwards.
