SCIT Infrastructure: Campus, Hostel & Other Facilities

Ashna Priyadashi

SCIT infrastructure boasts a swimming pool and gym with the required amenities. It is located in the hub of the IT industry, Rajiv Gandhi InfoTech Park, Pune. The institute offers modern facilities for a better learning experience. The SCIT campus is spread over 5 acres. Some of the highlighting features of the SCIT Pune infrastructure are mentioned below.

• Hostel
• Academic Block
• Computer Lab
• Proof of Concept Lab
• Library
• Mess and Cafeteria
• Health Centre
• Other Facilities

Hostel

• SCIT hostel offers separate accommodation facilities for males and females.
• SCIT facility includes Wi-Fi connectivity. 
• Each SCIT Pune hostel room has a private bathroom with hot and cold water facilities.
• The campus security offers its services round-the-clock. A mess area and a cafeteria are also available.

Academic Block

• SCIT infrastructure features classrooms with internet connectivity to facilitate presentations & demonstrations.
• Audio-visual tools like TVs, LCD projectors, and Flip classrooms are present for giving lectures.
• The SCIT campus is well-connected to a 12 Mbps leased line.

Computer Lab

• SCIT has computer labs that blend the required user experience with modern devices.
• SCIT infrastructure offers three different labs with 266 machines. These clusters comprise desktop PCs and virtual machines running the latest configurations. 
• To support a range of learning, the labs include outstanding audio-video LCD facilities and high-speed internet connectivity (wired and wireless). 
• The Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology labs are extensively used for teaching data science, research, information security, enterprise systems, IT networks practical, and application-based courses.

Proof of Concept Lab

• The SCIT infrastructure features a proof-of-concept lab to assist the students by providing network resources.
• The lab aims to create an IT facility to transform new ideas for a potential architectural setup comprising hardware, software, and network entities.
• The SCIT Pune students' suggestions in network security, code optimisation, elegant hybrid LAN design, secured connectivity, data storage providing data loss prevention, and other topics would be an attempt to create a workable model as a proof of concept. 

Library

• The SCIT library has around 1300 CDs and more than 9,800 volumes on management and technology.
• Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology students have access to almost 30,000 volumes kept by sister institutions. 
• It has physical and digital access to the resources. The SCIT library has a massive collection of books, online databases, CDs, and DVDs.
• The SCIT library also conducts regular book reviews. Awards are given for the best book reviews and book reviewers.

Mess and Cafeteria

• SCIT infrastructure features a mess that offers Indian cuisine. A team of students manages it. It feeds almost 1200 people every day (breakfast and two lunches).
• The SCIT canteen offers prepared foods and drinks.

Health Centre

• SCIT infrastructure offers a health centre known as the Symbiosis Centre of Health Care (SCHC). It is their internal medical facility.
• It caters to the health needs of the entire Symbiosis family. The centre cares for the preventive, promotional, and curative health of every person who works or studies under Symbiosis.

Other SCIT Facilities: A few of the additional facilities offered at the Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology infrastructure are:

• Mini operation theatre
• 400-Seater auditorium
• Open-air amphitheatre
• Faculty housing
• Yoga and aerobics centre
• Mess
• Guesthouse
• Garden
• Housekeeping
• ATM counter.