Miranda House College Campus Facilities - Hostel Fees, Infrastructure, Address

Miranda House College is residing in the North Campus of Delhi University, a unique heritage building, and state-of-art infrastructure makes the architecture of Miranda House College one of a kind. The warm red-bricked walls with long cool spacious corridors add up to the aesthetics of the college. The adjective “lush green” would not be enough to describe the appealing rich plant diversity of the campus. Miranda House College has a strong IT backbone that is comprised of National Knowledge Network, WiFi & Internet, Digital Resource Centres, Technology enabled classrooms and Digital Notice Boards.

Fulfilling its inherent mission to the hilt, the Miranda House Library has adopted the motto ‘Right document to the right reader at the right time’. The library has two digital resource centers and has 6 special sections- Textbook, General Books, Reference Tools, Reserves, Periodicals, and Braille Books. The library has a total of 43270 e-journals to its name and more than 100 databases are available. It also provides access to more than 97,000 e-books to the students.

A great initiative by Miranda House College is the Amba Dalmia Digital Resource Centre for Visually Challenged students. It provides an enabling environment and assistive technology to the visually challenged students. Having the privilege of hosting many maestros on its stage, the auditorium of MHC has a seating capacity of over 450 people.

The seminar hall of Miranda House is fed with a high-quality sound system, wall mounted speakers, conference table mics, roving mics, lapel mics, provision for recording roof mounted high luminosity projection system with a seating capacity of 125 people. Used as a learning studio with arched roofs, the Heritage Hall of the college lives up to its name. MHC also has a newly constructed semicircular hall which is used as Students Activity Centre.

To provide the best sports facility to their students, MHC has a sports ground, an Outdoor Bounce Back Shock Proof Surface Basketball Court and a Tennis Court. For fitness enthusiasts, the college has a Fitness Centre which is very well equipped with weight and cardio training equipment. The cafeteria of the college has high sanitation standards and provides the best food and drinks to its students at an affordable price. The medical support unit of the college is available 24×7.

The college has a Psycho-Social Counseling & Guidance Centre and provides academic counseling to its students. The hostel of Miranda House College is one of the best hostels of Delhi University Colleges. It consists of 172 rooms with 24×7 WiFi facilities. The English style hostel mess has a seating capacity of 200 students at a time. The hostel has a fully furnished kitchen for the students. The other MH hostel facilities include 24×7 electricity back-up, water supply, launderette, medical facilities, a common room, and a guest house.

The hostel designed by the renowned architect Walter George, with the foundation stone laid by Lady Edwina Mountbatten, lends to the college a historical charm and a sense of legacy. It is laid out in an aesthetically designed quadrangle enclosing well kept gardens paced out by a majestic bottle palm lined pathway. The long corridors, the dining hall with a high arched ceiling, and stonework balconies add to its charm. Over the last few years, extensive restoration and refurbishment work has been undertaken to preserve its red brick facade and unique interiors. A new hostel block was added in 2012. It matches in grandeur the old Walter George building. Sitting smugly on the periphery of the old hostel, it integrates well and adds equal beauty and grace to the campus.

Accomodation:

• Rooms: Miranda House Hostel has 172 rooms on twin-sharing basis, 1 single room, 3 rooms with triple-sharing, 3 rooms with four-sharing. The latter two are with attached washrooms. All have ergonomically designed furniture that includes Single Bed with storage box and drawer and fitted mattress, Bedside Table, Dresser, Cupboard, Study Desk, Overhang Book Case and Chair for each student. Furnishing and linen are provided to each student.
• Toilet Blocks (17): Hygienic facilities, Geysers, Solar Heaters for hot water
• Pantry (7): Pantry in each block with Water Cooler, Refrigerator, Microwave Oven, Kettle, Induction Cooker, Essential cookware for student use
• Industrial RO water supply for drinking and cooking purposes
• Dining Hall: Seating capacity of 200; High Table for special guests
• Dining Hall Kitchen: Fully equipped with industrial burner stoves, cookers, ovens, tandoor, automated grinders, mixers, dough kneader, vegetable peelers, etc. Separate areas for storing, processing and cooking non-vegetarian food Ben Marie. Aesthetic steel serving utensils, crockery. Kitchen stores for groceries, non-perishable and perishable food items; IFB Industrial Dish washer
• Launderette with 6 IFB Washing Machines and 6 IFB Dryers
• Two Common Rooms with television and home theatre, Visitors Arcade
• Reading Room, Digital Resource Centre, WiFi, Public address system
• Two well furnished air conditioned Guest Suites each with large Drawing-dining, Pantry, two Bedrooms with attached baths, fully equipped with television, refrigerator, microwave cooker, kettle and essential cookware and crockery; Laptop provided on request
• Hostel Office, Warden Residence, Counselor Room, Medical Unit with Doctor's Room and Sick Room.
• Dedicated round-the-clock security guards, sanitation and garden staff.