Hostel
Asutosh college is the only college in
South Kolkata which has hostel facilities.
It has
two hostel for boys located at
Basanta Bose Road.
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.
| Hostel |
| Superintendent: Dr. Partha Sarathi Ghosh |
16, Basanta Bose Road, Kolkata - 700 026 |
| Phone: 91 (033) 2455 7263 |
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 & NCC
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.
The
NCC Unit will also be reactive soon.
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 Hall located in its Annexe building where lecturers and academic workshops are held regularly.
The hall is equipped with high-end audio and projection equipments.
The hall can accommodate two hundred audiences 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.
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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
- Seminar/Departmental Library
- Research Library
- On-line Digital 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
2mbps 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.
FAEA
The
Foundation for
Academic
Excellence and
Access (
FAEA), administered by
Pathways Foundation and funded by the
Ford Foundation has selected the college as a benefeciary.
Details of eligibility and the quantum of financial assistance can be obtained from Prof. Debdas Ray (Geology Department).