Agriculture College Campus Life
Campus in Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology
The University has an impressive and pollution free campus with an elegant network of roads, guest houses, colleges, schools, hostels, residences, research stations, and farm land.
This is a purely residential University. The University provides residential facility to all the students and employees in the the main campus itself except for College of Forestry and Hill Agriculture. The College of Forestry and Hill Agriculture is located at Ranichauri, Pauri Garhwal (Hill Campus).
Some Of the Facilities available in the campus are:
• Hostel Facility: About 3000 students are lodged in 22 hostels each of which is provided with
• Cafetaria
• Common rooms with color TV
• Hostel Library
• Music Room
• Indoor games
• Outdoor courts for basketball, badminton, volleyball and tennis
• Incoming telephone service.
The food services in each hostel is on no profit no loss basis and is run by cooperative management through a students' food committee.
• Medical Facilities : The University has a well equipped Hospital which is easily accessible to all the people of the university. Services of ayurvedic and homeopahtic doctors is also available in the campus.
• Indoor ward facilities : The University hospital has indoor facilities on the male as well as female wings where the University students are kept under observation for a short period. Those needing prolonged hospitalization are referred to Clara Swain Hospital, Bareilly for the needful as per University rules. Emergency services are available round the clock.
• Investigation facilities : The facility of pathological investigation as well as X-ray are available at the University hospital/College of Veterinary Science.
• Ambulance facilities : Facilities of an ambulance is also available for transportation of seriously ill students from their hostel to the Hospital on the request of warden concerned and for transportation to an outside hospital, if necessary.
• Prophylactic Measures : Immunization and vaccinations are performed every Saturday, D.D.T. spray is arranged during the summers, through the team from the Malaria department.
• Shopping Centers : The campus has a well developed main marketing center and three small marketing centers adjacent to the residential areas in the campus.
• Guest Houses : The University has two well equipped guest houses:
International Guest House
Lambert Square Guest House (Fully Air Conditioned).
A farmer's hostel for housing farmer's (coming for training, visits, farmers fairs etc.) is also attached with the International Guest House.
• Schools : The University campus has three intermediate schools (including one English medium school) and seven primary schools to cater to the needs of different localities.
• Residential Colonies : The University has a large number of quarters for the employees in the campus itself. Also, there are a number of labour colonies in different blocks of the university farm.
• Welfare Centers : Five community centers are available at different locations to organize social and family celebrations of the campus.
• Student Welfare : The department of student welfare coordinates all activities of students and arranges their stay on the campus.
• Extra-Curricular Activities : Extra-Curricular activities such as literary, cultural, social, film, hobbies and N.C.C. etc. are organized through Sanskritik Chetna Parishad at University level and college wise through 9 professional societies, 4 activity clubs and 10 hobby clubs/projects besides hostel level activities. Arts and Crafts, Music, Dance, Folk Songs and Drama events besides other personality development professional competitions and contests.
• Games and Sports : Games and sports activities are organised through 17 games & sports clubs. The University provides sufficient games and sports material to all the hostels as well as University level teams. Sufficient number of hostel games courts and central play grounds in addition to full fledged stadium, adequately equipped gymnasium, physical fitness centre and a swimming pool exist for athletic as well as sports and games events.
Source : http://www.gbpuat.ac.in/campuslife.htm