Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Technical Campus Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Auditorium, Cafeteria & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

Infrastructure: 

The Engineering college is divided into 3 blocks for the different departments. Although the campus and the academic blocks are planned pretty well, the interiors of the classes haven’t been paid much attention to. One such case would be the windows situated on both sides of the blackboard which glares the students and the readability of the blackboard is reduced. The library is allotted the entire ground floor and is indeed huge; text books and other reference books are available seating capacity is also nice. The first year labs and workshops are taken care of well, but later in the core subjects there is an acute lack of machines and equipment required for the practicals. Most of the times practical sessions are just a mere formality, when all students do is while away time. The computer labs are good though, which is really not a task to setup compared to other core engineering branch facilities. Students can access internet at the labs without much restrictions, or at the library. Students say that there are about 15-20 copies of every title, so those who rush early, issue them leaving none for those who are late. Also other issues students face is that they need to get books that are more useful, and relevant rather than studying from the vast reference books. 

Hostels: Residing at the hostels is pretty decent and the rooms are big and spacious. The food at times, during the monsoon season does get nasty, but now it’s taken care of. Doctors visit the hostel regularly. The rooms and the washroom areas are maintained clean. The charges for the hostel is Rs.50,000 per year all inclusive. For individual rooms, the charges are about Rs.5,000 more.