HBS Kolkata Facilities Details: Hostel, Campus, Infrastructure, Library, Canteen

The college has a boys hostel facility which provides good hostel accommodation for the students. Living on campus is one of the key contributors to an intensive and effective learning experience. Hostel facilities have been recently upgraded and expanded to provide participants with a homely atmosphere that strengthens the feeling of belonging. Hostels are well equipped with facilities like public telephone, TV Room and Common Room. All hostel rooms are networked having 24 hours Internet access, via the leased line. Hostel accommodation is allotted strictly on a merit basis on a first-come-first-serve basis. A number of private hostels and paying guest facilities are available at reasonable rates around the campus.

The college has a Girls hostel facility which provides good hostel accommodation for the students. Living on campus is one of the key contributors to an intensive and effective learning experience. Hostel facilities have been recently upgraded and expanded to provide participants with a homely atmosphere that strengthens the feeling of belonging. Hostels are well equipped with facilities like public telephone, TV Room and Common Room. All hostel rooms are networked having 24 hours Internet access, via leased line. Hostel accommodation is allotted strictly on the merit basis on a first-come-first-serve basis. A number of private hostels and paying guest facilities are available at reasonable rates around the campus.

The library is fully computerized with all facilities available online. It also has a reference section and a reading room facility. The MBA Library is housed in an air-conditioned hall of about 224 sq.m. with attached reading room for around 60 readers at a time. This is an open-access library. The library is equipped with Internet and educational CD facilities. It has a collection of about 1048 titles, and 9914 volumes, it subscribes to 78 periodicals/journals (National: 41, and International: 37) and Online Databases and E-journals like Economic and Political Weekly(EPW), Sage Online, J GATE Social Science and Management, RMIT: Informit Business Collection is also available.

There are excellent facilities for outdoor games and sports like cricket, football, volleyball, basketball, golf and swimming, managed by a Sports Officer and a Physical Instructor.

The college has excellent IT Infrastructure facility for the students. A very high capacity Network Storage facility integrated with an automated data backup and recovery system caters to the data storage requirement of all the users. Network printing facility is available on a wide variety of printers such as Inkjet, Laser, Line, and Dot Matrix Printers. All these printers can be accessed from anywhere in the campus. Other equipment available in the center includes Notebooks, CD/DVD Writers, High-quality Scanners, and LCD Projectors. A qualified lab Assistant is available to guide students.

The College has an excellent cafeteria with a seating capacity for 200 persons. Multi-cuisine lunch and snacks are served in the cafeteria. A fast food restaurant-cum-convenience store is also there.

The college has an auditorium facility for events and seminars.

The college has good networking for the alumni association.

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

The college has departmental based laboratories facility for the students.

The college has a health center with a first aid facility for the students.

The Motive of the placement cell is to act as a facilitator to arrange campus visits and coordinate the recruitment process of the prospective employers of graduating students of the college.