Sri Durgadevi Polytechnic College, Thiruvallur Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

The college has to Study and learn with clarity what is worthy of learning and stand firm by their norms of virtue” - Thirukkural “Books are the keys to wisdom” As per these sayings our college library provides a congenial atmosphere for quiet reading. The large number of books, journals, and magazines available here provide ample reading material on all subjects with a sophisticated reading room for all intellectual activities. The list of books stored in the database is upgraded regularly. The library has a collection of books covering areas like Tamil literary books, biographies, spiritual books, motivating text, collections of poems, novels, general knowledge books, etc. The students are also permitted to refer to various books between 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Total number of volumes - 12285 Total number of titles - 3952 Journals - 21 Magazines - 20 CDs - 502 The Library consists of 12285 volumes with 4137 titles at present. It reserves room for national and international journals and magazines. Of them, 21 are national journals, and 15 are magazines. A sum of Rs. 23.33 Lakhs has been invested towards the library welfare fund.

The college has a sound mind makes a sound body”. As to this saying, sports activity plays a vital role. Physical education shapes the individual physically, mentally, socially, and morally. The college believes in promoting health and physical fitness through sports and games. The college has a good sports field and sufficient space for training students in athletics and major games like basketball, volleyball, football, cricket, etc. Students have ample scope for participation at Collegiate, inter-collegiate, and state events.

The college has a Centralized Computer Lab with a built-up area of 400 sq.mts., and more than 250 systems with an internet facility of 5 Mbps used by all the departments of the college. The department offers excellent training in computer programming using both proprietary and open-source software and has excellent lab facilities for multimedia, internet, and web programming. The students are permitted to work in the computer lab between 4.00 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. in addition to their normal laboratory hours.  

The college canteen provides hygienic and nutritious food at reasonable prices today scholars. The hostelers are provided snacks in the morning and evening break and also nourished with delicious food.

The college has a fleet of buses and a staff van bring the students and staff from Chennai to college and back. These buses operate on the following routes in the city leaving approximately between 6.30 and 7.05 am.

The college has laboratory facilities in every department.

The college has comprehensive hostel facilities for the students. Exclusively, three blocks are provided for men, accommodating more than 1000 students.

The college has a separate hostel for women. Exclusively, three blocks for women, in all accommodating more than 400 students are provided. The girl's hostel has Shuttle courts, Table tennis, and a shop to facilitate the students. The hostel blocks also have STD facility

Dining and Health Care

A Sound body is essential for a sound mind.

The hostel is annexed with a kitchen, to provide food a protected and hygienic environment along with dining halls, which can accommodate more than 1000 students at a time. Healthy and nutritive food is served. The hostel kitchen has facilities for steam cooking with gas stoves. There are three dining halls covering an area of about 750 sq.m for accommodating a large number of students at a time. Physical fitness has been given utmost importance. The college hostel facility is equipped with an air-conditioned gymnasium with state-of-the-art equipment, especially for men. Moreover, the Boy's Hostel is annexed with a full-fledged air-conditioned hair grooming center. A separate gymnasium for women is also annexed with the Girls Hostel. The Girls Hostel has a full-fledged air-conditioned Beauty Parlor attached to it. A clinic, with a few beds along with an on-call Doctor facility for 24 Hours to take care of the health requirements of the hostel students, is also made available.

We have a clinic with a full-time doctor and a dispensary with two beds.
Also, we have two ambulance vans available for service.
A medical shop is kept open till 9.30 p.m.