Aurora's Post Graduate College Infrastructure: Labs, Auditorium, Cafeteria & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

• Library

• Labs
  

• Industrial Visits
  

• Committee Clubs
  

• Campus Buzz
  

• Photo Gallery
  

• Griveance Addressal Centre
  

• Events @ APGCU

Library

Our library is a true learning centre with reading space for more than 100 students at a time. The library has good stocks of textbooks, reference books, journals, magazines and newspapers. It also has an archive of editorial clippings on interesting subjects. The library subscribes to a large number of national and international journals and also has a very large collection of reference books on advanced disciplines with internet facility.

In all, the college library has more than 20,000 volumes and around 8000 titles covering various advanced topics pertaining to the subjects offered by the college. A dynamic CD library presents data and information in bytes. Furthermore, information is compiled for the students from various international websites and is collated topic-wise in the form of printouts. All this is made freely available to the students. Supporting this excellent library facility is the computer-enabled digital library giving access to various international journals. The college library also offers reprographic facilities like photocopying, lamination, spiral binding, etc. The library provides facility for the borrowing of books, magazines, freeware and SONET CDs. The Book Bank facility supported by the Social Welfare Department is available for SC & ST scholarship holders.

Labs

LABORATORY FACILITIES-MBA DEPARTMENT
Languages Laboratory

The MBA department has established a networked laboratory with 120 computer systems (90 systems in Lab-1 & 30 Systems in Lab-2). The lab has facilities for learning and enhancing skills in all the necessary programming languages like MS-Office, SPSS, MSDN etc.

DBMS And Application Laboratory

This lab, with 120 networked systems, is the hub of all database-related activities. It is equipped with legal versions of softwares. The lab is also equipped with all the necessary aids and tools to facilitate training and applications development in the areas of multimedia and web-based applications. Students can also develop projects relating to Client Server Applications. In addition, the lab has Microsoft development tools.

Communication-Laboratory

To facilitate the placement training and train students on language proficiency Aurora has established Communications Lab. It aims to achieve fair degree of language proficiency and enable students interact with wide variety of audience appropriately. The Lab is equipped with state of the art facilities like Accent training modules, Lingua phone training modules, speech clarity systems, They provide an opportunity for active discussion on topics, many of which will have been covered in the lectures, help develop transferable skills such as communication and teamwork and offer a platform for you to participate fully in your learning. For example, before a seminar, you may have to complete recommended reading to ensure you come prepared to participate in the discussion. The major feature of a seminar is that you are encouraged to take a measure of control over your studies and to contribute positively to these discussions.

LABORATORY FACILITIES-MCA DEPARTMENT

Languages Laboratory

The MCA department has established a networked laboratory with 120 computer systems (90 systems in Lab-1 & 30 Systems in Lab-2). The lab has facilities for learning and enhancing skills in all the necessary programming languages like C/C++, MS-Office, Oracle, OS (Unix), Java, Rational Rose etc. The college has in its possession legal versions of all the above programming languages. A recent addition to this list is a tool for English language teaching. Efforts are afoot to enhance the facilities in the laboratory in order to encourage projects and research work in the area of computer science.

DBMS And Application Laboratory
This lab, with 120 networked systems, is the hub of all database-related activities. It is equipped with legal versions of Oracle 8i, data warehousing and data mining tools and other related software. The lab is also equipped with all the necessary aids and tools to facilitate training and applications development in the areas of multimedia and web-based applications. Students can also develop projects relating to data mining and warehousing. In addition, the lab has Microsoft development tools on different platforms.

Software Engineering Laboratory

The lab has state-of-the-art hardware and software facilities with 60 computers in network for necessary skill upgradation and development work in software engineering. Supported by specialized software engineering tools like Designer2000 and Rational Rose, this lab has enabled the development of the online examination software. Developed by a team of experts in the college itself, this software has been in use for the past three years in the college for internal assessment.

OS AND Network Laboratory

This is a lab with 60 networked state of the art computing facilities. The lab has all the popular operating systems like all the variants of Microsoft OS products, SCO Unix, and Linux. A core group of faculty has been active in the Linux club that is proactively promoting and popularizing the concept of Open Source Technologies. The group also conducts adjunct courses regularly in OST for students who have undergone a course in at least one operating system. The team is also working towards developing some projects in this area. The lab is equipped with suitable software for application and research work in networking technologies such as protocols and cryptographic implementations.

Internet

The college has broadband internet connectivity through optical fibre line, enabling students to have access to online resources. This will establish an essentially electronic and digital virtual private network for continuous communication. Internet connectivity is especially important for the library as it provides access to the libraries worldwide. Moreover, all the computer systems are being brought under an intranet, which helps in effective and paperless communication for the entire college.

Industrial Visits

MBA course is an out and out industry oriented program requiring students to understand the business realities. This is done by conduct of industrial visits, project visits and industrial tours from time to time. College allocates project guides from among the college faculty. For this purpose college maintains a database of industries where in the college has placed its alumni through on campus, off campus or referral placements.