Maulana Azad College is one of the prestigious colleges of the country. Spreading a 5-acre campus in the heart of the city of Kolkata that comprises one heritage building, one staff quarter complex and one annexe building. Besides the main campus, the college has the Principal's Quarter, two boys' and one girls' hostel close by and another pavilion-cum-staff quarter complex at Gorachand Dutta Lane, Kolkata. There are all total 36 classrooms and 22 laboratories in the college many of which are IT enabled. There is a Central Instrumentation Facility, separate plant and animal tissue culture laboratories and an ethics committee affiliated Animal House. The college has a traditional Char-Bag (four gardens) as its facade and one of these served as a well maintained medicinal plant garden.
Facilities offered at Maulana Azad College
Library:
Students are benefitted by the facility of a two-way library system namely, the Central library and the Seminar libraries of the respective departments. The Central Library has approximately 1,00,000 titles with particularly rich and rare collections of Urdu, Persian, and Arabic literature including manuscripts.
Both the Central Library and seminar libraries of the various departments offer lending services, reading room services and reference services with some useful journals. The library provides internet facilities.
Career Counseling & Placement at Maulana Azad College
The College has a Career Counselling Cell which regularly interacts and brings in industry placement experts for students career counselling. For more information, one can contact Dr. Rajarshi Roy, Asst. Professor of Botany.
Student Grievance Redressal Cell:
The institution also has a well-functioning Student Grievance Redressal Cell which response to the grievances brought to their notice. All Head of the departments are members of this committee. Contact: Prof. Anuradha Sen (Jt. Convenor).
Scholarship & Stipends:
The college extends all support that is considered to be necessary to enable a student in pursuing academics despite the hardship and challenges students face due to financial stress.
Fees concession (full free and half free) is sanctioned at the beginning of the academic session subject to the approval of DPI, W.B. Notification regarding fees concession will be displayed on the college notice board after the admission process is over.
Several student support schemes are available to the students who take admission on the basis of merit. These schemes are
- Kanyashree for girl students pursuing higher studies
- Merit-cum-means scholarship of Government of West Bengal
- Support from WB Minorities and Financial Development Corporation
- UGC single girl child fellowships Scholarship from state Urdu Academy Grant for handicapped students
- Student Aid Fund, which is a fund generated by the students and for the students.
- National scholarship INSPIRE fellowship for meritorious students of science offered by the DST, Govt. of India.
- Scholarship from West Bengal Minority Development & Financial Corporation is sanctioned for students belonging to the minority communities.
- Scholarship to Differently Ambled students is sanctioned by W.B. Mass Education Department.
- Scholarship to the students whose parents are Bidi workers is sanctioned by the Social Welfare Department, Government of India.
- Scholarship from Private Sponsors / Endowment.
Laboratories of Maulana Azad College
The College has 22 modern laboratories for the UG (Honours), PG, and UG (General) students. In addition to that, 7 well equipped Research Laboratories are there.
- There is also a plant tissue culture laboratory in the Botany Department.
- Animal tissue culture laboratory in the Zoology Department.
- Animal House maintained by Zoology Department.
- Herbarium in the Botany Department.
Computer Lab/ Networking & Wi-Fi Connectivity:
All the departments of the College are well equipped with latest versions of the computers and have internet facilities. The College Office and the Library are completely computerised. E-journals are available in the College Library.
Instrument facilities for teaching, learning and research:
The College has extremely good instrument facility for both students and researchers.
Language Laboratory:
Language Laboratory of the college is well maintained by English Department. It has audio, video and interactive console facility.
Hostel/Accommodation at Maulana Azad College
There is good accommodation for bonafide male students in the hostel subject to availability of seats and fulfilment of domiciliary conditions:
Baker Government Hostel, located at 8, Smith Lane, Kolkata 700 013, is under the direct administrative control of this college. It provides seats only to the Muslim students who do not have the residence in and around Kolkata.
Application Form (Baker Government Hostel)
A new Annexe Building of Baker Govt. Hostel has been erected, named as "Banga Bondhu Smriti Bhavan" to pay tribute to Sk. Mujibar Rahman, Ex-President of Bangladesh and Ex-boarder of Baker Govt. Hostel.
A Girls' hostel with assistance from UGC is under construction.
Common Room:
The College has a Boys' Common Room, situated on the first floor and a Girls' Common Room, situated on the second floor of the main Building.
Gymnasium :
Two gymnasiums are situated each in the boys' and girls' common room, both are furnished with modern fitness equipment.
College Canteen :
The college has three canteens for students and staff .
Playground:
The college has a large playground located off campus at 33, Gorachand Lane. In addition, University Ground, which is close by, is made available in need. There are ample provisions for all major indoor and outdoor games.
