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allow students to earn extra credits. Some postgraduate programs include internships
as a necessary part of their curriculum.

College also encourages its faculty to provide consultancy services to other agencies
and organizations. Funds received through such activities are utilised for College
development, and at times even re-injected into the department to help in funding
research.

In addition to research and consultancy, College places importance on extension
activities and social outreach programs for its students and staff. Sensitization
programs are conducted for all new entrants to College at the time of joining, and a
variety of extension activities are planned and conducted through the year by the
Joseph‘s Outreach Centre, while the MSW course, and the activities of NSS/NCC
ensure that students are constantly kept in touch with the ground realities of the
society in which they live. The outreach program has been mandatory for all students
of College since 2015. Postgraduate students spend five days in rural Karnataka as
part of this program, while undergraduate students visit several city-based social
service organizations, serve at traffic signals, teach in government-run schools, carry
out environment consciousness projects and participate in rallies and protest marches.
They learn several individual and social skills by participating in these programs, and
form attitudes that are useful in realising College‘s Mission and Vision.

Criterion IV: Infrastructure and Learning Resources

St. Joseph's College is located at Langford Road on an 8.4 acre campus which houses
several class rooms, well-furnished laboratories and libraries, state-of-the-art auditoria
and seminar halls, administrative blocks, and residential facilities. Recent
developments include newly completed class rooms, laboratories, studios, an
auditorium complex, and extensions to the library. As part of the its drive to upgrade
to a University, construction is underway with two new structures: the Multi-Activity
Centre which will house sporting facilities, cafeteria, spacious class rooms, research
laboratories, a common room for women students, staff rooms; and the New Building
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with 6925 m of floor area, containing administrative offices, a new library, and a
reading room. 18 undergraduate and 11 postgraduate courses are laboratory-based,
and are supported by modern facilities with high quality, well-maintained equipment
to meet the learning needs of students and research needs of faculty.

The encouragement of holistic development in students is echoed in the infrastructural
facilities provided by College, which promote a wide range of sporting and cultural
activities on campus. The Library has been constantly engaged as an important
learning resource for students, and provides the OPAC facility and INFLIBNET
access. With over 79,000 books and a budget of over Rs. 6,00,000 a year (increased to
over Rs. 12,00,000 in recent years) for new additions, the holdings of the Library are
increasing rapidly and meaningfully through staff and student inputs. It also houses 83
computers to provide students with access to online learning resources. The campus is
equipped with optic fibre and Wi-Fi enabled networks for use by staff and students.

ICT has been increasingly recognized and utilised as a key tool in effective education.
College currently has 63 ICT-enabled classrooms, and students are encouraged to use

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