Lakshmibai College Infrastructure: Library, Gym, Cafeteria & Other Facilities

Maimil Maiti

Library

Lakshmibai College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi that provides higher education to women only. It was established in 1965 and named in honour of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, the fearless warrior and patriot. The college is run by the Government of Delhi, and is located in the neighborhood of Ashok Vihar. It has multiple departments, including Bengali, Commerce, Economics, English, Hindi, History, Home Science (Food technology & Apparel Design and Construction), Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physical Education, Political Science, Punjabi, Sanskrit, and Sociology. It offers courses in the Humanities, Social Science and Commerce at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. In addition to the three year long BA and BCom (Hons) courses. Undergraduate students can also enroll in a BA (Pass) and BCom (Pass) courses. Masters in Arts are offered with specializations in Philosophy, Political Science and Sanskrit.

The college has a library with a reading room. A college magazine is released annually, and students can contribute write-ups to the same in Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Bengali and Punjabi. The college also provides NCC (National Cadet Corp) to the students.

Seminar Room

The College has an air conditioned seminar room with state-of-the-art infrastructure. This is used for lectures, seminars and workshops.

Laboratories

The College has spacious, well-lit and furnished labs:

• Food Technology Lab;

• Apparel Design Lab; and

• Air Conditioned Computer Lab.

Canteen

The College Canteen, with a new ambience, provides a variety of snacks and beverages at reasonable prices. In case of any problems/suggestions the following teachers can be contacted: Ms Gayatri Verma.

Bank

Bank of India has an Extension Counter in College. It offers all banking facilities to the staff and the students. The Bank has become an integral part of college life by sponsoring seminars and various college activities regularly. All students are expected to open an account with the bank.

Photostat

The College has a photostat cabin to provide photostat facility on payment basis.

College Bus

The College Bus can be availed for sanctioned official events through a prior booking.

Transport

The routes—serving Lakshmibai College—are 166, 181A, 912 and Metro Stations (Kanhaiya Nagar, Inderlok, Shastri Nagar).

Medical Care and First-Aid

There is a trained and qualified nurse to look after the first-aid needs of students. They can avail of medical help in Medical Room No. 10 whenever necessary. Students can avail of medical consultation and treatment at W.U.S. Health Centre located at Chhatra Marg, University of Delhi after showing their Identity Card.

Facilities for Students with Special Needs

The College provides a sensitive and friendly atmosphere to visually challenged students. It has a fairly large number of such students in all the courses. The College set up a Disability Unit in 2006-7 with the help of a UGC grant in the Xth plan period under the HEPSN Programme. This unit caters to the needs of students with visual disability. The College is also committed to make them computer literate and to improve their English language skills so that they too construct a universe for themselves that is bright and normal as possible.

Computerized Administrative and Accounts Departments

The wave of computerization started in the year 2011-12. Paper work has been completely replaced by computerized information in the Accounts and Student Information reports. Wi-Fi connectivity has been provided by Delhi University in the Accounts and Administration Wings.