College Facilities

 

PROCEDURES FOR MAINTAINING/UTILIZING SUPPORT FACILITIES

 

 

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Hostel :

Asutosh college is the only college in South Kolkata which has hostel facilities. It has two hostels for boys & Girls located atVasa.

However, the available seats are insufficient to meet the needs of all intending boarders. Seats are allotted transparently on a strict merit-cum-distance basis.

Further Details :

Superintendent   -   Sri Prosun Kumar Baidya

Vill   -   Bhasa, PO+PS-Bishnupur, Dist- S 24 PGS, PIN - 743 503

Phone   -   9002950263

Games & Sports :

The college has a tent and ground at Kolkata Maidan.It is only one of two colleges in Kolkata which has this facility.

There is also a Gymnasium in the Annexe Building.

The college football, cricket and rowing teams have won awards at various tournaments and competitions. The college has the distinction of winning the inter-collegiate knockout rowing championship for six consecutive years.

Indoor game facilities are available at the Students' Common Room. Various newspapers and magazines are also available here so that students can brush up their current information during their off-periods.

NSS :

After the lapse of more than a decade, the college has reactivated its National Social Service (NSS) Unit. This will help integrate college education with the needs of its social environment.

NCC :

The College has an National Cadet Corps (NCC) unit affiliated to 20 Bengal Battalion.The process of recruitment of new cadets begins just after admissions and is concluded by August.Interested students may approach the faculty of the department of English, main staff room.

Seminar Hall & Auditorium :

Asutosh Memorial Hall :

The Asutosh Memorial Hall, which is housed in the main building, is used for numerous cultural and academic functions.

The hall is equipped with high-end audio and lighting equipments.The hall with balcony can accommodate one thousand viewers at a time.


Seminar Hall :

The college has its own well equipped Seminar Halls located in its Annexe building and Centenary building where lecturers and academic workshops are held regularly.

The halls are equipped with high-end audio and projection equipments.The halls can accommodate 150 and 120 people at a time.

On Dec 23, 2008, Mr. Richard Matthew Stallman honored us by giving a fantastic lecture on GNU, Free Softwares and Free World in this seminar hall.

Library :

The college has a well-stocked library with more than 90,000 volumes, and reading room facilities.

The college actually has multiple libraries for multiple streams of study :

 Public Library 

 College Common Library 

 Reading Room Library 

 Centenary building library 

 Seminar/Departmental Library 

 Research Library 

 On-line Digital Library 

 e-Library 

The Reading Room in annexed in Annexe Building, can accommodate more than a hundred readers at a time.

The libraries are run by well trained, well educated and well experienced staffs.

There are, in addition, Seminar Libraries for the benefit of students in honors courses.The library provides 4mbps Broadband Internet facilities.

Students' Union :

Like all colleges administered according to the Calcutta University status, Asutosh College has a democratically elected Students' Union.

There is a constructive relation between the union and the administration. The general atmosphere of the college is conducive to serious study. Critical inputs are welcomed from the students' union, but the union and administration co-operate to ensure discipline. This spirit of co-operation has ensured that no workdays were lost in the last year because of student unrest.

The students' union organizes various cultural programmes and competitions, apart from the Annual Sports. It also publishes the Annual College Magazine.