JJM Medical College Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Gym, Auditorium & Other Facilities

Megha KS

Facilities :-

Library and Information Center : 

It is situated on the III and IV Floor of Bapuji OPD Block. The Library & Information Centre has vast area which accommodates 1500 readers at a time. Separate reference areas for faculty, postgraduate and undergraduate students has been provided. Personal book reading sections are made available. 
S.S. Digital Library is the latest addition to the center providing Internet facilities with V-SAT connectivity and 25 terminals for the users. 
The central Audio-Visual and photography department comes under the Library & Information Centre. It has facilities for Multimedia Projection, Slides and Overhead Projects. It has 04 qualified artists & photographers. This section meets the needs of all the departments. 
The Library & Information Center has a total collection of 26,008 books, 12,372 back and bound volumes. It subscribes for 302 current periodicals. The department is headed by Dr. P.S.Mahesh(Ph.D), with more than 25 years of experience and assisted by 05 Assistant Librarians, 08 Library Assistants and 18 Assistants. It renders Computerized MEDLINE Search Service, bibliographical, SDI and CAS Services to the users.

Infrastructure :

The college is located in a campus spread over 25 acres of land with excellent infrastructural facilities for training the students. It has two separate blocks, Administrative block and the pre-clinical block. The Administrative block has tha chambers of the Principal and Director, a board room, college office, examination hall Departments of Pathology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. The Pre-Clinical block houses the departments of Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry and Community Medicine. The Library and Information Center is situated in the III and IV floor of the OPD Block. The Clinical departments are housed in both District C.G.Hospital and Bapuji Hospital.
Pedagogical infra –structure: Nine Lecture Galleries with seating capacity of 300 to 300 each with audio-visual facilities are available in addition to six level lecture halls. Two mini Auditoriums with 250 seating capacity are equpipped with multimedia facilities.
The examination hall has a total seating capacity of over 500 with individual table and chairs.

Hostel Facilities :

Separate hostel facilities with single and double occupancy are provided for both boys and girls. A total of 1,100 boys and 770 girls can be accommodated in 5 hostels. In all hostels basic facilities with well managed kitchen and catering services are available.
1. P.G.Men’s Hostel
2. JJMMC Boys Hostel

Girls Hostels:
1. Sharavati Hostel
2. Bapuji Hostel
3. P.G.Hostel

Hostel Facilities :

The following hospital viz, Chigateri District Hospital, Bapuji Hospital, S.S.General Hospital, Women and Children Hospital and Bapuji Child Health Institute and Research Centre with a total bed strength 2900 are attached to J.J.M.Medical College for teaching and Training of students in clinical subjects.
All the hospital have been provided with modern diagnostic as well as therapeutic modalities catering to the health needs of Davanagere and neighboring District.