Sourashtra College Infrastructure: Library, Gym, Auditorium, Cafeteria & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

Facilities

The donors and philanthropists of Sourashtra Community founded this College and later funds from the UGC and other Government agencies were received to create the following infrastructure for the College.

Sports

The college has separate rooms for NSS, NCC and Physical Education with a Table Tennis Court.  A well equipped gymnasium worth of  Rs. 3,00,000/- is also available for students. The following sports facilities are available in the college.

Cricket ground                 –   1

Football ground               –   1

200 mts. track                  –   1

Broad (Long) Jump pit      –   1

Kabaddi Court                  –   1

Volley Ball Court             –    1

Table Tennis Hall            –    1

Facilities for

Carrom  10 boards

Chess    10 sets

Shot-put

Javelin

Discus  etc.

Laboratories

The laboratories are also well equipped with latest apparatus or instruments needed for conducting practical classes or  examinations.

Physics Laboratory has now been converted in to a Smart Lab. Similarly M.B.A., M.C.A., Auditorium are equipped with LCD Projectors.  The college has a few number of  OHPs (Over Head Projector) which are available for use in various departments.

The following departments have laboratories

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Computer Science

• Biochemistry

• Microbiology

• Information Technology

• MCA

• BCA

• B.Com CA

• M.Com CA

• B.Sc Maths with CA

Common rooms, separate rest rooms for women students and women staff have been provided with the required facilities.
Besides academic, co-curricular and extracurricular activities, the infrastructure of the college is used as detailed below.

• Competitive and Entrance examinations like TNPSC, UPSC, Annamalai University B.Ed., Examination, Bank Recruitment Examinations and TNPCEE are conducted in our college.

• NCC camps are conducted in our college.

• University level functions and sports meets are held.

• Meetings related to Consumer Protection, Women Empowerment and Guest Lectures are conducted.

• Our College has provided a room for Punjab National Bank in the college campus.

• The College lends furniture for functions connected with Public activities.

• Our College has conducted an in-service training programme for school students and teachers.

• Faculties of our College are utilized by the nearby schools and colleges for the improvement of skills of teachers.

• Self-Finance Courses are conducted in the campus.

Other Facilities

The hostel facilities for boys and girls are given in the following table

The College has prepared a master plan that has included the following-

• Construction of roads connecting all the blocks

• Drinking water facilities in all the blocks

• Common parking centre at the gate is created for two wheelers and four wheelers for students and for staff members, it is located in the lounge.

Adequate number of staff rooms are available in the college. A day care centre is available to take food for boys. A snacks centre and a rest room for girls with toilets are available. When  students feel sick, the staff give them the first-aid help and take them to the hospital by our own vehicles and treat them well. There are two auditoriums in the college. A restaurant with a rest room is maintained in the hostel building.

Our college has two canteens – one for selling snacks, tea and coffee, another canteen for food items. A rest room for bus crew has been constructed. 16 buses are being operated for women students to pick up and drop them. Staff members, both teaching and administrative – are also using the college bus services. There are three generators with the capacity of 125 kv, 110 kv and 63 kv .   A tar road of 900 feet and Cement Road of 800 feet has been laid down in the college campus. Trees and plants occupy 2 acres of land of total area of 28.12 acres.