Maintenance Of Campus Infrastructure : Procedures and Policies
The institution is having established systems and procedures for maintaining and utilizing physical, academic and support facilities. The periodic maintenance of these facilities are carried out by the respective departments with the help of institutes manpower and vendors are also hired as and when required for the maintenance of different facilities. The care has been taken to keep machines, equipments and other physical, academic and support facilities in working condition.
The established procedures and policies for maintenance and utilization of facilities are given as below:-
1. Laboratories:- The institute is having Computer lab, Home Economics lab and Textile, Laundry and Clothing (TLC) lab. Each lab is having one faculty as an in-charge who is responsible for up-gradation and maintenance of lab. The monitoring of the lab and its preventive maintenance is carried out by the in-charge faculty. The major breakdowns and preventive maintenance, installation of antivirus, and repairs of computers, equipments in Home Economics lab and Textile, Laundry and Clothing (TLC) lab, vendors are hired for repairs and maintenance of these facilities.
2. Library:- Librarian with the supporting staff provides library facility to the students, teachers, non-teaching staff and external users. Librarian and supporting staff takes care of maintenance of library. Procurement of books as per the faculty requirement is carried out through the library committee. The dead stock verification and preventive maintenance is carried out by the librarian with the help of support staff. For installation of library software and its maintenance the support of outside vendor is taken for providing the library facility on continuous basis.
3. Classrooms:- The classrooms are allocated to each department with adequate benches, tables and cupboards. Few classrooms are provided with necessary ICT tools. The cleanliness of classrooms is monitored by the head of the institute, HOD’s and class teachers on regular basis.
4. Sports ground and equipments:- The institute is having a sports teacher who looks after the sports facilities, its utilization and maintenance. Sports items and equipments are issued by the sports teacher to the students and the record is maintained. Repairs and preventive maintenance of sports ground and equipments is carried out with the help of vendors from outside.
5. Women’s Gym:- The institute is having well equipped women’s gym. The students are provided the facility free of cost and the record of use of gym is maintained by the sports teacher. The periodic maintenance and repairs is undertaken with help of vendors.
6. Electrical equipments, drinking water purifiers and coolers:- The institute hires electrician and plumber for repairs and maintenance of electrical equipments such as light fittings, fans, submersible pump, air conditioner, refrigerators, UPS, batteries, etc. Technician is hired from outside for repairs and maintenance of water purifier and air conditioner.
7. Security and surveillance:- The campus of the institution is having security watchmen hired from outside agency by our mother institute Shri Gujarati Seva Samaj, Sangli, who takes care of security of the campus 24×7. For the surveillance of the campus the institute has installed CCTV cameras, that provides footage backup of one month and monitor is installed in the Principals cabin. The repairs and maintenance of the same is carried out by vendors.
8. Canteen:- The institution provides canteen facility to students and teachers. It is operated by the outside vendor duly permitted by the management. The repairs and maintenance of the canteen facility is carried out by the outside vendor. The price list of canteen items, cleanliness and hygiene is monitored by the canteen committee and the head of the institution.
9. Parking:- The institute has provided separate perking space for bicycles, two- wheelers and four-wheelers. For parking bicycles steel bicycle stand is provided so as to park the bicycles in proper order and the security watchman supervise the parking of the vehicles.