Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti

Boys Hostel :Sethu Institute of Technology has got a separate hall of residences for boys with excellent infrastructural facilities for the costly and comfortable staying of the inmates. There is also a prayer hall, a browsing center, a net room and a store. Two rooms are allotted exclusively for faculty members. In the same expected standard, the hall of residence for boys can accommodate 364 students with furnished rooms for their comfortable stay. Two wardens are deputed to monitor all the activities. The Hall of Residences are provided with built-in wardrobes, cupboards, cots, tables and chairs including hot water facility. Round the clock phone facility is available and also to continuously monitor the hostel campus securities will be on their duty 24×7. The Wi-fi technology enables the inmates to update their knowledge then and there. Study hours are planned to see that the students fare well in the examinations. Special coaching classes are conducted for slow learners of hostels after regular class hours. The dining halls are always maintained with spic and span and hygienic food is provided for the inmates. There is a separate vegetarian and non-vegetarian dining hall. Many more facilities are available such as Prayer hall, TV hall, GYM hall, Browsing center, Net room, and Store. Carrom board and other indoor games are provided for recreation. There is also a STD booth inside the hostel premises.

Girls Hostel :Sethu Institute of Technology has got a separate hall of residences for girls with excellent infrastructural facilities for the costly and comfortable staying of the inmates. The hall of residence for women is very spacious with 52 furnished rooms accommodating 282 students. A warden will be taking charge of all the issues inside the premises. There is also a prayer hall, a browsing center, a net room and a store. Two rooms are allotted exclusively for faculty members. In the same expected standard, The Hall of Residences are provided with built-in wardrobes, cupboards, cots, tables and chairs including hot water facility. Round the clock phone facility is available and also to continuously monitor the hostel campus securities will be on their duty 24×7. The Wi-fi technology enables the inmates to update their knowledge then and there. Study hours are planned to see that the students fare well in the examinations. Special coaching classes are conducted for slow learners of hostels after regular class hours. The dining halls are always maintained with spic and span and hygienic food is provided for the inmates. There is a separate vegetarian and non- vegetarian dining hall. Many more facilities are available such as Prayer hall, TV hall, GYM hall, Browsing center, Net room, and Store. Carrom board and other indoor games are provided for recreation. There is also a STD booth inside the hostel premises.

Medical/Hospital :The faculty and students are taken care through the dispensary located in the college premises. A Medical Officer visits the campus every day to offer medical services to the hostel students and in general for all the students.A residential Nurse is available for a periodical medical checkup and medical assistance There is also an ambulance available to meet any emergency requirements.

Gym :The college has Gym facility for the students.

Library :The Library is an integral part of the intellectual power of our college. Its Mission is to provide collections and services that support the educational goals of the college. At present, the library houses a collection of 58,984 Books printed volumes subscribes to more than 222 periodicals and more than 4493 Non-book resources. Utmost care is taken in developing resources for each department.The central library areas are 1004.50 sq.mt. The Uniqueness of our library the expansive study space blended with state-of-art facilities. The Digital Library service unit provides access to computers with internet facility. It provides many computers in the Digital Library. The Library has a high density of shelving for printed collections, the digital library collection, audio-visual materials facilities etc. The library also has vast collections of CD-ROM publications, e-book CDs, Floppy Disks, audio cassettes, and technical reports, etc. We subscribe E-Journals the cost of Rs.17.40 Lakhs, which covers IEL(IEEE) online Journals 161 numbers, ASME online product 27 numbers, Science Direct 275 numbers, Springer online journals 149 numbers, ASCE online journals 35 numbers, J-Gate online products 1700 numbers, ASTM online products 1700 e. resources, and McGraw-Hill online engineering library its contain the e.books and e.resources also Digital Library Management Solution at the cost of Rs.95,000 cover 300 e-books. The library is open to staff and students from 8.00a.m. to 7.00p.m. on all working days for information retrieval and services. Document delivery and Reprographic facilities are the additional services offered by the Library.The library is fully (LIBASOFT) computerized which enables the users to search the availability of resources from any computer in the campus connected to the network. The system uses standard barcodes to identify resources and users for day to day transactions. The library functions from 8.00am to 7.00pm on all working days. Mobile Library: The College has a mobile library in which Newspapers, Magazines, Short story books are displayed in a College van. The students’ volunteers and library staff go to the villages in this mobile library and promote reading habits among the villagers. List of Newspapers:• The Hindu• Dinamalar• Dinakaran• Dhinathanthi

Sports :The college has the sports facilities for all students.

I.T Infrastructure :The college has excellent IT Infrastructure facility for the students.

Cafeteria :A wide variety of dishes are available.Meals are availabile at nominal rates.Special care is taken to ensure hygienic foods.

Transport Facility :Transport is the main facility considering the strength of around 2,400 students, 300 faculty and other 200 staff members. The college is fully geared up to meet all the needs for better commuting from college to respective places from far away locations covering almost 60 kms in and around Madurai city. To beef up such demands Sethu Institute of Technology transport section operates a fleet of 56 buses with the driver strength of 65. Apart from this, there are 15 Mazda vans and 15 cars to Ply from different destinations. The general route covers the areas of Madurai, Aruppukkottai, Usilampatti, Sholavandan, Melur, Sivagangai, Sattur, Sivakasi, Dindigul, Thirumangalam and Virudhunagar.

Alumni Associations :Sethu Institute of Technology, established in 1995, is an Autonomous Institution, affiliated to Anna University, Chennai and approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi. The first batch of graduates was produced by the College in 1999; since then, around 7,500 graduates have obtained their degrees in various streams and occupied enviable positions in different organisations around the world. The alumni association of Sethu Institute of Technology became vibrant under the stewardship of the Founder and Chairman Mr. S. Mohamed Jaleel, and the Association has Chennai Chapter and Bangalore Chapter apart from the parent Alumni Association at the College. The alumni association of Sethu Institute of Technology strives to create a forum to foster fruitful communication and congenial relationship among the alumni, the students and the College. The alumni association organizes the nostalgic gathering of the members at various places through its Chapters. The management strongly believes that the success of Alumni reflects the success of the Alma Mater. The College believes in the dictum that the strength of the Institution lies in the rapport maintained between Alumni and Institution. The College encourages the alumni to be a part of the Institution by inviting them to various developmental activities.The alumni association of Sethu Institute of Technology hopes that the chain of the relationship among the alumni, the faculty, the students, and the management will bring many more laurels to the institution for the posterity to come.

Wifi :Inside Our Campus, A High-Speed WiFi is Enabled (Up to 160 Mbps).

Convenience Store :The students can use the store facility to buy all the items such as stationery, eateries, and cosmetics.

Banks/ATMs :The ATM centre is a new addition of Sethu Institute of Technology which is highly beneficial not only for students and staff but also for the public.