Saheed Anurup Chandra Mahavidyalaya, South 24 Parganas Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

The college has a three-storied Girls’ Hostel with the capacity of accommodation for 30 inmates. Elaborate arrangements have been made in the hostel to provide academically conducive, safe, secure, and above all economically affordable accommodation with a homely ambiance. The constant supply of safe drinking water is ensured in a hostel. There is a reading room area in the hostel. Till now, no students have expressed a willingness to stay at a hostel.

The college has a well-equipped Gymnasium for conducting practical classes in Physical Education. Other students can also avail themselves of the gym facilities subject to the rules and regulations of using the gymnasium.

The College Library utilizes a space of 196.68 sq m with a Reading Room for free access students, a Teachers’ Reading Room, and a Rare Book Section. The library roof has been rebuilt and the area has been expanded to accommodate more books and journals. The Library has a sufficient number of books at the disposal of Undergraduates Students of various disciplines. Total Library Books now stands at 18185 and journals at 5. We are yet to subscribe for e-resources. Complete Accession Numbering System and Cataloguing of all books and journals and user-friendly Multi-Digit Alpha Numeric Decimal based numbering system according to the 19^th edition of Dewy Decimal Classification Scheme are followed in the library. SOUL software has been procured for automating in-house activities and services of the library. ONE computer for Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is made available to the Students to identify the status of availability of books in the library and ONE computer terminal will be available for Internet Surfing. In all, there are around 80 computers in the college. Thus the Computer facility is extended to all students and staff. At present internet connections are provided to the teachers through internet dongles. We are in the process of providing computers and Internet Connectivity to all the departments. The computers/Laptops are also interfaced with LCDs to train and develop PowerPoint presentations for Teaching.

The College Huge playground is available for Cricket, Football, Volleyball, Badminton, Kho-Kho, Athletics, etc.  Carrom, Chess, Table Tennis, etc. are available in the Students’ Common Room for the students to practice whenever they are free.

The college has a well-equipped computer training center to provide computer education to the students of the college.

The college has a large canteen with all facilities where quality food, tea, and snacks are served at a subsidized price. There are separate sitting arrangements for students and staff.

The college has a fully well-furnished seminar hall with facilities like overhead projectors, microphones, etc. available to organize seminars, lectures, and other academic activities.

The college has Laboratory facilities created in the Departments that are used for the conduct of regular practical classes as per the curricula and syllabi for the students of the Department concerned. There are Laboratories in departments like Geography, Computer Science, Physical Education, and Commerce, which are used by the students the conduct regular practical classes under the guidance of specialized professors.

The college has good networking for the alumni association.

The college has a Health Unit of the college has made great progress in monitoring the health of the students, teachers, and non-teaching staff. There is a separate room for the Health Unit with all first aid pieces of equipment and medicines. The unit provides First Aid Treatment for students and staff. A rest Room with a single bed arrangement is present in the college.

The college has a club facility for all students.

The college has a Training and placement cell facility for all students.

The college has a convenience store facility for students. (like, photocopying facility & stationery, etc.)