Women's College, Calcutta

ABOUT THE WOMENS'S COLLEGE INFRASTRUCTURE

Infrastructure is the base of an institution on which its expansion depends. The college is located at the far northern end of the city near the river Hooghly at Baghbazar – a traditionally cultural part of Calcutta. The college authority has worked hard towards building up an infrastructure to meet the needs of the students coming from the middle class conservative families of North Calcutta & the suburbs.

Physical Infrastructure

The College is a four-storied building of which the 3rd floor has been constructed only recently.

All the departments have their own rooms. Teaching aids like microphones, projecters are provided whenever necessary by the college authority mere is intercom facility for smooth running of the whole system.

Existing playground has been renovated recently with a badminton court, a spacious lawn with a touch of green and a car-parking space for the college staff. The college canteen has been made more student-friendly within a limited space. There is also a medical room with the first-aid and a cheap store. Since the space in front of the college building is not adequate enough to hold in annual sports, the same is held in the neighboring park-named after Sister Nivedita. Within its united means, the college provides some indoor games facilities as well in common room on the 3rd floor.

The details of the infrastructure are supplied in appropriate places. The college has made constant efforts to make the campus beautiful and pollution free by creating a Nature club known as Mrittika, comprising of nature lovers from staff and students.

With its limited means of space the college leaves no stone untouched to extend the infrastructural facilities to students, teachers and staff. It is our long cherished desire that the college will be growing up as a full-fledged premiere women’s college of the locality.

Health Services

The college offers health services from various corners.

• There is a medical assistance room sponsored by ‘Srijan’ – a community welfare centre, which instantly helps an injured or diseased student or staff. There is a bed, first-aid box, weighing machine, blood pressure checking instrument etc. Doctor is available on call from nearby Doctors Chamber.

• Students are entitled to avail of health services from Students’ Health Home, a government of West Bengal concern on payment of a nominal annual fee of Rs. 5-00 per head.

• Regular health checks, blood group detection camps are arranged by Srijan – a community welfare wing of the the college in collaboration with some organization like – Serum Analysis Centre and Indian Medical Associations. Teaching, non-teaching staff and the students are benifitted out of these programmes.

• The students are recently gifted by the college an accident coverage up to Rs. 10,000/- per student under the New Indian Assurance Co. Ltd.

• Health seminars are also arranged by the college from time to time to make the students aware regarding health and hygiene.

Central Library

The institute has a large library, rich with the collection of 27,032 rare books covering all subjects, journals and periodicals with an open access system. Reading as well as borrowing facilities are available. The library also has a Book Bank consisting of 1540 text books exclusively for the students, who are economically deprived. Of late, a computer having CDS/ ISIS Software has been installed in the library to modernize the system of cataloguing, which is expected to be completed soon, Students and users can also avail of the Reprography facilities. The library premises have been extended to enlarge the reading room area.

Computer Centre

Students have the opportunity to acquire Government approved computer literacy and training through various courses at the computer centre in the college, run by the Institute of Computer Engineers (I). Students have the added advantage of availing special rebate in the course fees.

Health Centre

A well-equipped medical centre was opened in the college campus on 31.7.2004, by Sri Sudhangsu Seal, Hon'ble Member of Parliament. The Centre is sponsored by the SRIJAN -Centre for Community Welfare to help an ailing student or staff instantly. The centre is equipped with a bed, First Aid Box, Weighing Machine and a Sphygmomanometer etc. Doctor is available on call from the local poly clinic and I.M.A, Sutanuti branch. SRIJAN organizes regular health checkups for all the students of the college in collaboration with Serum Analysis Centre, where students are provided with health cards, furnished with detailed of health information. The college covers its students under the Student Safety Insurance Policy Scheme introduced by the New India Assurance Company Ltd. Health seminars and awareness programmes are also arranged in the college from time to time . All students of the college are members of the Students' Health Home, Kolkata. Students are advised to visit the Health Home in case of illness, with the college fee book and avail the health check up and hospital facilities, if required.

Sports Facilities

The college has the following facilities in the Sports field.
a)Indoor games - Carrom, Table Tennis etc.
b)Out Door Games: -Badminton, Kabbadi, Throw Ball, Volley Ball, Discus throw etc.
c)Annual Sports.
d)Students regularly participate in inter-college athletic meet, organized by University of Calcutta and other institutes.
e)A physical instructure has been training classes appointed to space the students in athletics and outdoor games through regular bi-weekly training classes.

A multi gym is proposed to be constructed with the college premises in the near future. Steps are being taken for obtaining affiliation for introducing NSS in the college.

Publication Unit

Although the college does not have any publication unit of its own, a team of faculty members and office staff supervises all the publication activities of college like printing of the college prospectus, newsletters, magazines and departmental projects and profiles and academic journals.

Canteen

The college possesses a covered and well arranged canteen with a kitchen and permanent counter on the ground floor, which serves the students, visitors, and staff of the college with month-watering snacks and other meals at concessional rates.

Housing

Though there are no housing facilities, space has been provided to accommodate the guard of the college for the safety and security of the institution.

Hostels

The college is yet unable to construct a hostel for its students, but to cater to the demand of the students, arrangements have been made with other organizations to provide accommodation on demand,

Grievance Redressal Cell

A Grievance Redressal Cell with a teacher in charge is working in the college. All the members of the college family feel free in dropping their complaints or grievances in the grievance box either keeping their anonymity or not. The convener of the cell collects the complaints from the box from time to time keeps the records, notifies the Principal and does the needful.

WOMEN'S COLLEGE, CALCUTTA P-29, KSHIRODE VIDYAVINODE AVENUE KOLKATA-700 003 WEST BENGAL