IIT Roorkee Facilities

I want to know the facilities available in Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee so can you tell me?

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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee is located on a lush 350-acre campus about 170 Kms from Delhi, the Institute has adequate infrastructural facilities.

On visiting the campus, one is impressed by the elegance of the main building in the Renaissance style of architecture, spacious lawns and sports grounds.

The campus environment is congenial for academics and offers excellent opportunities for extra curricular activities.

The campus is aesthetically designed and consists of modern auditoriums, a well-stocked library, a 24-hour computer center, dinning halls and mess, canteens, banks, post- office and a railway reservation center.

Classrooms coupled with modern infrastructure provide a stimulating academic environment and an effective pedagogy

IT Infrastructure-

All Hostels are Wi-fi enabled for internet and intranet connectivity. In addition Cyber Cafe equipped with 20 computers are functional in all hostels
Over 50 networked nodes through TCP/IP based high speed LAN
45 Mbps leased line, 5.2 VSAT line with internet connectivity in a distributed environment
All nodes connected through 10/100 Ethernet LAN SCO UNIX open server, which includes licenses for software (SCO Xvision 97, Sun JAVA, JDK, Netscape Enterprise Server etc.)
Application Development Software (Visual Basic 6.0, Power Builder 6.0, Visual C++ 5.0, Designer/Developer 2000 and Visual J++)
Library & Information Centre, E-Notice Board, online registration and online placement portals

Library Computer & Information Centre

Latest books and journals
Extensive Internet surfing facility
Access to over 1000 journals, updated monthly
Online access to PROWESS, Capitalinedatabase
CD ROMS of reputed national and international journals and class lectures
ATM based optical fiber WAN, comprehensive voice, video and data connectivity through NICNET and ERNET, PARAM 10000 super computer for parallel computing
Well equipped reading room in the department

Sporting -

Trekking
Rafting
Billiards
Table Tennis
Squash
Basket Ball
Lawn Tennis
Gymnasium
Himalayan Explorers Club
Hobbies Club
Boat Club
Swimming Pool
Sports Stadium

Contact-

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Roorkee - Haridwar Highway, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667