College campus provides all necessary facilities in academic and other activities for the welfare of students in their overall development.
The Library of RMD Engineering College has set a vision to satisfy the reader community needs. Our spacious library, the seat of knowledge, entertains and evokes enthusiasm among the students with interesting collection of books a variety of journals are also within reach to assimilate and enhance awareness.
The College is endowed with a fully computerized main library with an area of 1065 Sq.mt, which has a collection of nearly 24107 books, 1936 Reference Books, 2500 CD ROMs, 55 Floppies, 35 Audio Cassettes besides subscribing to nearly 142 national and international journals and 43 leading magazines. In addition it has a collection of 515 back volumes of journals and magazines. A comfortably furnished airconditioned reading room that provides conducive environment for its members. Apart from this, individual departments have their own specialised collection of books.We have a separative section for PG courses.The library has a special collection of books for the various examinations, which includes BEC, TOEFL, GRE, GATE (all Branches), and UPSC.
- The library has OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) facility, which makes easy for the users to access.
- We have subscribed online resources through INDEST-AICTE Consortium from IIT New Delhi.
- All accesses are through Bar Coding System.
- The library has a tie-up with IIT,British Counsel Library and Anna University, Chennai regarding Inter-library loan facilities
- We lend one set of books (all text books) for two hostel students.
- We lend three more books for merit students those who have secured 85% and above marks.
- IEEE
- CSI
- Institution of Engineers
- ISTE
- British Council
- IIT Chennai
The library has the following Institutional Memberships
- The Library will be kept open on all working days from 8.30 a.m. to 07.00 p.m.
- All students, teaching and non-teaching staff are members of the Library.
- Books will be lent to the members only against Borrower’s Bar Coding Library Card. All the B.E./B.Tech. students will be given 4 Books and PG students will be given 5 Books. Bar Coding Library Card must be under the careful custody of the members, whose name is there on the card, and is not transferable. The members shall be responsible for any book borrowed against that card.
- Books will be lent to the members only against Borrower’s Bar Coding Library Card. All the B.E./B.Tech. students will be given 4 Books and PG students will be given 5 Books. Bar Coding Library Card must be under the careful custody of the members, whose name is there on the card, and is not transferable. The members shall be responsible for any book borrowed against that card.
- Duplicate Bar Coding Library Card will be issued against a charge of Rs. 100/- after ensuring that the card is lost. The member shall be responsible for any book issued against a lost card.
- The members have to inform to the Librarian immediately, if the Bar Coding Library Card is lost.
- Borrowers are responsible for the loss or damage to the books borrowed. The date slip and the number label should not be tampered with.
- Every book will be examined when it is returned and if any book is found to be marked, spoiled or damaged the borrower shall be required to replace the book with a new copy or pay double the cost of the book.
- A student is entitled to keep a book for 2 weeks from the date of issue. Every book borrowed from the library shall be returned on the due date marked on the date slip before 5.00 p.m. Books in demand by the students will not be reissued to the same member.
- All members should return all the books taken by them for a period of one week to enable verification of stocks during the academic year as and when indicated by the Principal.
- If books are not returned to the library on the due date, a fine of Re. 1/- per book per working day shall be levied. Absence from the college shall not be an excuse for any delay in returning the books/
- Books due on a holiday may be returned on the next working day. No fine will be levied in such cases.
- Reference Books, Digital Materials and copies of University examination question papers will not be lent out.
- The Librarian may recall any book at any time even if the normal period of loan has not expired, if the book is in demand.
- Students are prohibited from taking their private belongings with them inside the reading room.
- The librarian may refuse to issue books to those who violate these rules.
- No reading material shall be removed from its place in the reading room without the knowledge of the librarian.
- Students are required to handle all magazines and journals with care. They shall be liable to make good the loss or damage, if any, done to the periodicals.
- Loose copies of magazines shall not be lent out.
- Strict silence must be observed in the reading room and in the immediate precincts of the library.
- Members may suggest in writing to the librarian about the purchase of any text books or reference books which may not be available in the library or for which the number of copies may not be sufficient.
Separate hostels are provided for boys and girls. Boys Hostel has 100 rooms and can accommodate about 300 students and the Girls hostel has 20 rooms, which can accommodate about 70 students.
The hostel rooms are spacious, adequately ventilated, well maintained and furnished with necessary accessories. The hostel also has a separate gymnasium and beauty parlour for the girls and a gymnasium, and air-conditioned saloon for the boys. The hostel, in addition, has a general store for provisions required by the students.
- Students desirous of staying in the hostel should express the same in the prescribed form. The option forms should be handed over to the Warden. Rules and Regulations that should be followed in the Hostel are listed below.
- They have to pay the prescribed fee before joining the hostel; otherwise they will not be permitted to stay in the hostel. Payment in installments is not permitted.
- No student should stay in the hostel when the College is working without specific permission from the Warden.
- The mess timings are: Breakfast: 7.30am – 8.00am Lunch: As mentioned in the college time table
Tea: 3.30pm – 4.00pm Dinner: 7.30pm – 8.00pm - The study hours in the hostel are 9.00 am and 12.00 noon (on holidays) and 8.30 pm to 10.30 pm daily. During the study hours the students are expected to stay in their rooms and should avoid group discussions.
- Students can entertain the visitors only during visiting hours. The normal visiting hours are between 4.00 pm and 6.00 pm on working days and between 2.00 pm and 6.00 pm on Sundays and other holidays.
- Permission to go out of the hostel will ordinarily be given once in a month on a holiday. They can leave the hostel after 6.30 am and should return before 6.00 pm.
- No student will be allowed to leave the hostel based on a phone call. Phone calls from outsiders, other than parents of the students, are strictly prohibited.
- Parents are requested to give a list of authorized visitors /local guardians who can be permitted to visit the students in the hostel. Visitors other than those given in the list should get an authorization from the parents or the parents should intimate the Principal about the visit in advance.
- Students will ordinarily be permitted to go home only if the College is closed continuously for 5 days or more. Students going out of hostel either to the city for a day’s visit or to their native places for holidays should enter the date and time of leaving the hostel and the proposed date and time of return to the hostel.
- Any student desirous of attending a function in their house, a marriage or any other ceremony will be permitted to go only if the request is made directly by the parents to the Principal.
- Local guardians authorized by parents of the students are expected to take care of the students’ welfare and provide moral support. They may visit the students periodically during visiting hours. The students are not permitted to stay in the local guardians’ houses overnight and care should be taken by the local guardians in not inviting their wards to their houses on phone.
- Students who do not pay their hostel dues or are found guilty of misbehavior or bad conduct will be expelled from the hostels.
The department of Physical Education has made tremendous progress in sharpening and shaping the various skills in sports, increasing mental strength and inculcating the eagerness in students to excel in their performances, thereby enabling them to outshine and register remarkable feats in their respective sporting events.
Facilities for playing indoor and outdoor games are provided for the students.
The following are the excellent outdoor sports infrastructural facilities provided for the students.
A Cricket Ground
A Basket Ball Court
A Football Ground
Two Tennis Courts
Two Badminton Courts
Two Volleyball Courts
A 400 Mts. Athletic track of International standard has been commissioned for the students to develop their sports personality.
The Department of Physical Education organized the following Zonal-level tournament in the month of August 2005.
Basketball Tournament for Men
Basketball Tournament for Women
Tennis Tournament for Men
The department of Physical Education organizes Intramural tournaments for various games and sports every year to bring out talents, the sportsmanship spirit and the test of physical and mental endurance.
Every year, the prizewinners of the various sports events are acknowledged in the Annual Sports Meets conducted towards the end of the academic year.
