Skr College Of Engineering and Technology Infrastructure: Library, Hostel, Labs, Gym, Auditorium & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

Information Resource Center(LIBRARY)

The central library is spacious, well laid out with modern facilities. The Central Library houses a good up-to-date book collection benefitting the needs of the user community at large. It subscribes to many National and International Journals catering to the information needs of the students and faculty. The library is fully computerized so as to facilitate easy and quick access to library collections through OPAC, the online public access catalogue. The students enjoy free access to peer reviewed scholarly journals through online database namely IEEE, IET digital library and Delnet.

Collection

• The resource center has 35,000 volumes of books consisting of 12,000 titles.

• 75 National journals and 125 International journals.

• 1400 Project thesis.

• 2200 Books & magazine CDs.

• 50 Educational CDs.

Other Facilities

Institutional Membership

Our college Library is a member of various library networks, to facilitate sharing of resources. They are:

• BCL (British Council Library, Chennai)

• DELNET (Developing Library Networks)

Digital Library

The Library is connected to the 24 Mbps internet service hub of the college and has 30 systems for accessing the internetfrom 8.00 am - 6.00 pm.

Reprographic Facilities (Photocopying)

Photocopying facility is available for students, at a nominal cost.

HOSTEL

The College provides a separate hostel for Boys and Girls. It is spacious, well-furnished hostel. Apart from hygienic food, the hostel provides 24x7 Wi-Fi facility and recreational facilities such as TV room, indoor games, gym etc. The hostel has its live-in warden, and in view of the limited hostel accommodation; candidates should note that the grant of admission to a programme of study in the College does not ensure allotment of hostel accommodation and that the accommodation will be offered to the eligible applicants subject to availability.

TRANSPORT

The college operates buses from different locations of Chennai, Thiruvallur, Kanchipuram, Guduvancheri, Arakkonam and Chennai suburbs to help the students to reach the campus safely in time. Students willing to avail private transport can make use of frequent MTC bus services to the college.

SPORTS & GYM

Apart from Education, SKR emphasize on physical fitness to keep the students energetic and fresh throughout the day with the State of the art infrastructure for GYM. We pay equal attention for both indoor games like Table Tennis, Chess, & Carom and outdoor games like Vollyball, Basket ball, Cricket and Kabadi etc. SKR students have been participating in the Zonal and inter- Zonal tournaments organized by Anna University, other institutions and won many prizes.

The College has a spacious Gymnasium provided with all modern equipments required for Gymnastics and other physical exercises, so that the students can utilize the facilities for maintaining a good physique and sound health. The Gymnasium is available for regular use for both Day scholars and Hostlers.

MESS & CANTEEN

A large Dinning Hall with a capacity of 1000 members to dine at the same time enables all students and staff to have the lunch and breakfast. A large modem kitchen with steam cooking is attached to the mess hall. Staff members and students (hostel students) are provided , tea and snacks every day. Special care is taken to provide quality and hygienic food to students. A food committee is responsible for monitoring the operations of the mess for implementing and reviewing the mess policy.

SKR has private recreation canteen running between 7.30 a.m. and 5 p.m., in which the students can refresh during Interval and lunch breaks. The day scholar students can have their Break-fast, Lunch, Snacks and other stationary requirements at a reasonable price.

There are four RO plants providing pure and safe drinking water to the entire campus.

ATM

The College has ATM of City Union Bank situated in the campus. The ATM functions regularly in the campus and is housed separately. Students, Staff and the nearby public are also allowed to use it.

INCUBATION & RESEARCH CENTER (SKRIRC)

SKRIRC grooms pre-final and final year students to carry out cutting edge technology projects and become vibrant, self-sustained entrepreneurs who will turn out to be job providers instead of job seekers. MSME has recognized SKR Engineering college, as one of the Technical / Business Incubation Centers for motivating and funding entrepreneurs in Chennai. Through this we have the opportunity to create 10 students as entrepreneurs every year. The college is an approved Research Centre of Anna University, Chennai for research scholars to pursue Ph.D.