Bharathidasan University Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

As majority of the students studying different programmes in the University Departments are hailing from places away from Tiruchirappalli, the University provides hostel facilities for the needy students at an affordable cost. At present, there are eight hostels in the University. Among them, four hostels are meant for boys and the remaining four hostels are for girls. While the Sindhu Hostel is located at the Khajamalai Campus, all the other hostels are in the Palkalaiperur main campus. Totally, there are 1460 students staying in the hostels. Among them 694 are boys and 766 are girls. The hostels were started over different periods of time: Sindhu Hostel: 1974; Cauvery and Ponni Hostels: 1993; Porunai Hostel: 2003; Mullai, Kurinji and Vaigai Hostels: 2008; and Bhavani Hostel: 2009. Among all the Hostels, the Porunai hostel is meant exclusively for the male research scholars. There are separate integrated dining halls for boys and girls. The hostel rooms are provided with fans, good lighting, adequate water facility, recreation centre, playing ground, news papers and magazines. Each hostel is provided with a television and cable connectivity. Similarly, all the hostels have Wi-Fi facility and thereby the students can access internet from their respective rooms using their lap-tops. The hostels are provided with a good hygienic cooking facility and spacious dinning halls. There is 24 hours watch and ward for women’s hostels. Each hostel is provided with hot water facility in the bathrooms. The hostels have Grievance Redressal Committee and Purchase Committee which meet once in a month. The hostels are provided with telephone facility to receive calls from outside.

As the majority of the students studying different programmes in the University Departments are hailing from places away from Tiruchirappalli, the University provides hostel facilities for the needy students at an affordable cost. At present, there are eight hostels in the University. Among them, the four hostels are for girls. While the Sindhu Hostel is located at the Khajamalai Campus, all the other hostels are in the Palkalaiperur main campus. Totally, there are 1460 students staying in the hostels. Among them 694 are boys and 766 are girls. The hostels were started over different periods of time: Sindhu Hostel: 1974; Cauvery and Ponni Hostels: 1993; Porunai Hostel: 2003; Mullai, Kurinji and Vaigai Hostels: 2008; and Bhavani Hostel: 2009. Among all the Hostels, the Porunai hostel is meant exclusively for the male research scholars. There are separate integrated dining halls for boys and girls. The hostel rooms are provided with fans, good lighting, adequate water facility, recreation centre, playing ground, news papers and magazines. Each hostel is provided with a television and cable connectivity. Similarly, all the hostels have Wi-Fi facility and thereby the students can access internet from their respective rooms using their lap-tops. The hostels are provided with a good hygienic cooking facility and spacious dinning halls. There is 24 hours watch and ward for women’s hostels. Each hostel is provided with hot water facility in the bathrooms. The hostels have Grievance Redressal Committee and Purchase Committee which meet once in a month. The hostels are provided with telephone facility to receive calls from outside.

The University’s Health Centre was established in the year 1993. The Health Centre is located in a building with 300 sq.ft. area, which is very close to the Administrative Building, Hostels and to the Staff Quarters. The Health Centre has physical facilities such as bathroom, toilet, wash basins, fans, lights, drinking water, etc. The health centre has First-aid medicine, IRR Lamp, Electrocardiogram and other basic equipments. The working hours of the Health Centre is from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. The Centre has link with all the major hospitals in the city. The health centre has the following medical personnel.

A good gymnasium with multi-gym facilities and yoga centre available in the university campus.

The University Library is separately located in a well architectured multi-storyed building in the main campus and is well furnished with all resources including e-library resources. The Library has separate Halls for housing the books, journals, magazines and reference books in addition to a big and well furnished reading hall. In terms of learning resources, the library has a good collection of books and e-books in addition to subscribing a number of journals and audio-video cassettes. The library has INFLIBNET and DELNET facilities. The UGC infonet facility helps to access more than 10,000 e-resources including thousands of e-journals. Through the university's digital library, the students and faculty members can have access to more than 5,000 back volumes and 7,000 electronic books. The number of books, journals and periodicals are updated every year. The library is providing reprographic facilities for the benefit of students and research scholars. The library is kept open throughout the year [except on five national holidays] from 8 am to 8 pm. The library provides open access system for the users including students, research scholars and teaching faculty. In addition to the above central facility, the departments have their own libraries.

The sports infrastructure includes a good gymnasium with multi-gym facilities and yoga centre, an indoor stadium for table tennis, chess, carom, weight lifting and power lifting. The university trains students in the following outdoor games: Basket Ball, Ball Badminton, Cricket, Foot Ball, Hockey, kho-kho, Kabadi, Hand Ball and Net Ball. The University also has a standard 400 metre athletic track with the facility to conduct all the field events.

The University Informatics Centre houses a large number of computers with networking and internet connectivity for the benefit of students, research scholars and faculty members. Totally, there are more than 1000 computers available for students and faculties in the Main Campus alone. These computers are updated periodically and more computers are added regularly.

The University has a canteen facility for staff and students.

The University has an auditorium facility for events and seminar.

The students of the Bharathidasan University hail from all walks of life and always carry bright memories of the Bharathidasan University and its Campus, as it aims in promoting a healthy, congenial and academically interactive atmosphere. The Alumni Association was initiated in its own way by the individual departments collecting data about their past students, keeping track of their academic records and achievements and inviting them once in a way to address the present students, staff and administration to discuss on how programme can be worked out effectively for the benefit of the institution and promote the interests of the staff and students.

The University has guest house/waiting room facilities for visiting faculty and student family members.

Transporation facilities for students, teachers and non-teaching staff are provided adequately. The University buses ply regularly between the city and the Palkalaiperur Campus in the morning and in the evening.

The University has the Banks/ATM facilities for all students.

The University has the Vehicular Parking space facility for its faculty, staff, and students.

The University has departmental based laboratories facility for the students.