Campus facilities

Facilities - General Amenities

The following amenities located in different parts of the campus make day-to-day life smoother and comfortable in fact, these facilities have made IISc a totally self - contained campus.

• • Travel Agencies (Domestic & International Travel)

  • Photo copying and DTP Centres

  • Book Shops dealing in Tech. Publications

  • Pharmacy

  • Laundries/Dry cleaners

  • Tailoring shops

  • Restaurants

  • Tea Kiosks

  • Juice Shop

  • Creche

  • Provision and General Stores

  • Shoe Repairs Facility

  • Vegetable shop

  • Bakery & Pastry Shop

  • Hair dressing saloons

  • Baby care centre

  • Ladies Boutique

  • Watch repairs shop

Health Centre

The Health Centre extends primary health care to the staff, their family members and students. It offers round the clock out-patient and in-patient treatment. A Clinical Laboratory, ECG, X-ray and Ultrasound facilities are available. Specialist care in General Medicine, Cardiology, Gynaecology, ENT, Dermatology, Dentistry, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry and Physiotherapy are also available.

The Centre has a Pharmacy storing most medicines and an operation theatre to cater to minor surgeries.

For cases requiring hospitalization for major illnesses, patients are referred to outside hospitals for admission and treatment. All permanent employees and their family members and retired employees and their spouses are covered by the Group Mediclaim Insurance Policy under the Contributory Health Service Scheme (CHSS). The Health Centre has experienced doctors on the campus and area doctors to cater to the needs of employees residing outside the campus.

Two recognized Ayurvedic practitioners to provide required health care in an alternative system of medicine.

Emergency care is given at the Health Center round-the-clock and an ambulance service is available.

Gymkhana

The spacious and well designed Gymkhana is the nodal centre for sports and cultural activities of students and faculty members. It offers facilities for many outdoor and indoor games, and has a well equipped gymnasium, a mini gymnasium for ladies and a swimming pool. In addition, the Gymkhana houses the Film club, Nature club, Yoga club, Dance club, Photographic club and a well equipped modern music room. The Ranade Library in the Gymkhana offers light reading material in English and in many other Indian languages. Other features include periodic coaching classes in athletics and games such as Cricket, Tennis, Swimming, Karate, Kung Fu, Aerobics and Dance. The Gymkhana conducted a number of sports and competitions during the year in connection with Founder’s Day, Independence Day, Republic Day and Gandhi Jayanthi. The Institute’s cricket team, football team, volleyball team, chess team and billiards team participated in Club Tournaments, League matches and Inter Collegiate Tournaments. The Gymkhana has also conducted Inter Departmental / Open matches for the students, faculty, staff, and their spouses and children.

Schools

IISc has a Kendriya Vidyalaya on campus.

Faculty Club

The Faculty Club is a place for recreational, social and cultural activities. Some of the salient activities of the club are: Indoor Games (Billiards/Snooker, Carrom, Table Tennis and Chess); Outdoor Games (Tennis); Fine Arts; Library & Reading Room (Subscribes to dailies, weeklies and popular magazines); a T V Lounge; a Ladies Section; a Snack Parlour and Pastry Shop and a Mini Gym. Classical music concerts are organized on the campus regularly. The club continues to screen movies for children. The club supported the Children Science Club by offering its premises and infrastructure.

Tata Memorial Club:

This Club provides the space and facilities for various games and cultural activities for the supporting staff of the Institute.In addition to organizing outdoor and indoor games, its activities cover computer training for members, tuition classes, swimming coaching, computer training, creative camps, SIP Abacus & Brain Gym Academy programmes, music training (Hindustani Classical, Vocal and instrumental), and drawing and sports competitions for the children of its members.

National Science Seminar Complex:

The magnificent National Science Seminar Complex situated in the IISc Campus is the first of its kind in India. TheComplex is open for seminars, symposia and conferences organized by recognized scientific societies, educational institutions and professional bodies. The Total built up area measures around 5750 sq. metres. This fully air conditioned complex houses the JN Tata Auditorium with a seating capacity of 750 and 3 mini auditoria to seat 120, 90 and 60 people respectively.