St Xavier's College for Women, Aluva Infrastructure: Library, Labs, Auditorium, Cafeteria & Other Facilities

Ayesha Taneem

Facilities:

• Auditorium

The college is having a spacious auditorium having facilities to host events like seminars and other functions. The auditorium has already hosted a number of intercollegiate programmes and truly upholds our rich tradition.

• Computer Centre

St. Xavier's Computer Centre was established in 1997 with the aim of generating computer awareness among the students and staff of the College. Started as"' extension centre of the College, it is as an autonomous institution under the Xaverian Management. The Centre had a humble beginning with 3 teachers and 15 machines. Now it has grown into a full fledged and well equipped study centre with 54 machines and over 200 students undergoing computer training.

• Library

The well furnished and fully-fledged college library follows the open stack system with multiple cateloguing. The cateloguing is done under 3 heads - Author card, Title Card and Subject Card.

• College Hostel

There is a women's hostel in the campus, near the bank of Periyar.There are 65 rooms in the hostel.The hostel has a capacity of accommodating 250students. At present there are 157 students in the hostel. 28 sports students are also accommodated in the hostel.The hostel provides all the intellectual, moral and spiritual growth of the students. The students have well furnished rooms to stay, with ample ventilations, electric lights and fans. Each one is having writing table a chair, a coat and a wall shelf. There is a separate study hall. On the corridors there will be light during the whole night so that the students can study at any time. They have a well furnished dining hall where food is served four times a day. Three girls and a lady do cooking for the girls. Four sisters work as wardens. They stay with the girls in the hostels. They are available throughout day and night. There is a telephone and a coin box, where the students can receive phone calls and make calls. They have a T.V and two News Papers. On the first floor there is a prayer hall. Every night 9'O clock all the students gather for a 15 minutes prayer.

• Canteen

 A well furnished and spacious Canteen functions in the campus to cater to the needs of the students. Meals and refreshments are available in the canteen at subsidised rates.It is open from 8.30 in the morning till 5 pm in the evening.

• Health Club

The college provides excellent facilities for maintaining the physical well being of our students." A helthy mind in a healthy body" is the motto of the Health Club. Keeping this objective in mind, the college houses a well-equipped health club having experienced fitness trainers to train students and assist them in maintaining good physique.Encourages lifestyle changes through excercise, weight control, and nutritious food habits.Provides a relaxed, open, supportive and stress-free ambience.