Dayal Bagh Educational Institute - DEI Distance Education Infrastructure Details

Ayesha Taneem

Infrastructure at DEI:

• Libraries, Books and Book-banks: The Institute's libraries contain about 1.75 Lakh books and subscribe to about 180 periodicals and journals in addition to 22 newspapers and magazines. Book-banks in all the faculties satisfy the needs of the students who aren't financially stable. Access to more than 5,000 e-journals and five databases are available through INFLIBNET service of UGC. The library has also bought five databases of engineering and management disciplines. Scanning, printing and Internet facilities are available for the users of the library. The Central Library is fully computerized with bar-code system.
• Laboratories and Workshops: All the subjects have well-equipped and well-maintained laboratories and workshops which meet all requirements of the syllabus.
• Computer Facilities: The principal Computer Centre and other computer facilities at various faculties, colleges, offices, etc. satisfy the requirements of computer courses and a variety of processing applications of the students and the staff of the Institute.   All the computers of DEI are interconnected through a LAN via fiber optic backbone with supervised access to Internet.  The facility is extended to the hostels also.
• Facilities for Games and Sports: The Institute has a number of large play-grounds which fully cater to the needs for athletics and all outdoor games, like, football, hockey, cricket, basketball, lawn tennis, volleyball and kho-kho. Besides, there are indoor facilities for badminton, table tennis, etc. Games and sports are an integral part of the curriculum of the Institute.
• Medical and Health Care: Students and Staff of the Institute are attended to by the Medical Officer of the Saran Ashram Hospital, Dayalbagh, and are administered treatment for ordinary ailments without charges. The Hospital has provision for pathological testing, diathermy, X Ray and ECG, etc., on payment basis.
• Non-Resident Student Centres: There is a Non-Resident Students Centre (NRSC) for Girls which serves as a composite Reading Room-cum-Common Room-cum-Canteen for the spare time needs of the female day scholars. For male students, there is also an NRSC canteen facility.
• Hostels: Limited accommodation in the hostels of the Institute run by Co-operative Educational Societies in Dayalbagh is available to students who are prepared to live a simple, disciplined and studious life in harmony with other inmates. Students who are desirous of having such accommodation should apply on a prescribed form with a passport size photograph to the Chief Warden of the hostel concerned, through the respective Deans after their admission to the Institute. Students shall be recommended for hostel admission on the basis of merit and availability of seats. Admission to the Institute does not guarantee a seat in the hostel. Only vegetarian food is served in the hostels. Alcohol, drugs and other intoxicants are strictly prohibited.