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Table 4.4: Special Sports Facilities Available on Campus
1 Badminton Permanent 17/44 ft We have an outdoor badminton
court
2 Basketball 28/15 ft Basketball court has been removed to
construct an indoor stadium
3 Carom Permanent Room Indoor
4 Chess Permanent Room Indoor
5 Cricket Permanent 8/20 m Practice nets available
6 Football Permanent 28/65 m Minimum court available
7 Kabaddi Permanent 12/10 m Available
8 Kho-Kho Temporary 21/33 m Available
9 Table Permanent Room Available
Tennis
10 Throw ball Permanent 12/18 m Available
11 Volleyball Permanent 9/18 m Available

College takes pride in the involvement of a significant number of its students in a
wide range of sports and games—beyond the familiar, extending into American
Football, Fencing, Netball, Archery and traditional games such as Kabbadi and Kho-
Kho. It believes that this across the board involvement is made possible by the
attention paid to sporting infrastructure as shown in Table 4.5.

Cultural Activities
College has good infrastructure to conduct various cultural events and thus witnesses
a packed calendar of such events. Most of the events that attract students across
disciplines take place in the UG-S Block under the banyan tree. Many such events
also take place outside the cafeteria. Besides College has the Xavier Hall, four halls in
the auditorium block, and class rooms which are also used during lunch hours or after
class-hours by students to conduct cultural events. Halls are always in demand and
need to be booked in advance.
The infrastructure of College promotes the organization of such events without
difficulty. College encourages students to participate in various cultural festivals
taking place in city and in other states of the country for which they are invited and
provides participants with relaxation in attendance for participating in such activities.
They have brought laurels to College by such participation. College provides financial
assistance for conducting inter-college cultural fests and for costumes for the same.
Student groups also seek sponsorship for conducting their events.

4.2. LIBRARY AS A LEARNING RESOURCE

St Joseph‘s College Library—now known as Arrupe Library and Information
Centre—is one of the oldest, and has the largest private collection of books in the city.
The library houses rare books as well as the latest books in major disciplines. It serves
as a place for students to do independent academic work, beyond the class room
activities. The Library supports the use of computers by students to search for

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