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Students & Staff Amenities

 

Looking into the importance of physical and mental wellness of both the staff and students, the University has created sufficient sports and recreational amenities across the campuses of the University. These amenities are efficiently used and well managed. Other than these sports and recreational facilities the university also provide following career and financial advisory services for both staff and students across all the campus.

  • Career and employed advice for the students is being done through various channels viz. office of Dean (Students welfare), skill development centre of the university and individual student counsellors.
  • Financial advisory services to the students is being done through the Dean (Students Welfare) especially on the source of scholarships and fellowships connecting the needy students to sponsors and helping the students in preparation of documents for educational loans.
  • For the staff, the university provides house building, vehicle loan, children education loans and festival advances.
  • The teacher’s association of the University arranges assistance in filing annual ITRs and provide advisory services on various savings and invest schemes through the qualified financial advisor.

Each campus of the university has uniquely equipped with the sports and recreational facility and has its own autonomy in formation of cultural group at the campus level. Campus wise facilities are presented below.

Bengaluru Campus

  • In the well maintained indoor sports complex with two badminton synthetic courts and two table tennis courts are created. Multi-gyms facility is created for the use of both students and staff.
  • The outdoor sports complex has athletics track, standard football and hockey field, basketball court with flood lights, ball–badminton courts, kho-kho courts, kabaddi courts with Interlocking mat, volley ball court and outdoor gym at boy’s and girls’ hostels.
  • The campus has well maintained canteen and cafeterias in the shopping complex. To safeguard the interest of the students and the staff food quality, prices and food quantity is being periodically reviewed by canteen committee of the University.
  • Students cultural group ‘Bhoomica’ is managed by the students and mentored by the faculties performs periodically in all the major events of the campus like annual day, send-off parties and inter-campus cultural fest.
  • GKVK Kannada Thingala Habba (GKVK Kannada Monthly Festival) is being organized by Dr. P.S. Srikantha Murthy, Professor of Agricultural Economics with active participation by the students and financial support by faculty, staff, students and well-wishers and with logistic facilities by the campus. The program was started in January 2012, with the purposes of creating awareness, among the students and staff, about the cultural richness of our land and help them in shaping their overall personality. Wide variety of cultural extravaganza that included Bansuri concert by Padma Vibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Bihu dance by artists from Assam, Mayur bhanj dance by artists from Odisha, film festival of world renowned director Dr. Girish Kasaravalli’s movies, samvad with literary luminaries like Sri Jayanth Kaykini, Dr. H.S. Venkatesh Murthy, Dr. B.R. Lakshman Rao, Ashtavadhana by Dr.Shatavadhani Ganesh, Folk arts like Yakshagana and Kathakkali, Music concerts by famous artists that included Mysore brothers (violin), VidwanVidyabhushan (Vocal), Pandit Pravin Godkhindi (Flute), Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh (Saraswathi Veena), One act plays like Mysuru Mallige, Mukhya Mantri and so on. Till today 98 monthly programmes were organized.

Oudh and Tombak Music concert by Sri Issa Murad from Palestine and Sri Fakruddin Ghaffari of Persian origin – GKVK Kannada Thingala Habba, February 2017

Dr. Rajaram and Sri Chandru in a scene from the play, “Mukhya Mantri” – GKVK Kannada Thingala Habba, November 2017

“Bihu Dance” by Sri Ranjith Kumar Gogoi and team from Assam – GKVK Kannada Thingala Habba, November 2016

Shraddha and Stainless Steel Paatre” a satire  – GKVK Kannada Thingala Habba, November 2013

“Nritya Vaibhava” classical dance by GKVK students – GKVK Kannada Thingala Habba, January 2017

A scene from the play, “Anabhijna Shakuntala” – GKVK Kannada Thingala Habba, May 2019

“Bansuri Vaadana” by Padmavibhushana Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia – GKVK Kannada Thingala Habba, January 2016

Yakshagana “Moha Menake” by Sri Mantapa Prabhakara Upadhya and Sri Prashanthavardhana – GKVK Kannada Thingala Habba, March 2016

Mandya Campus

  • This campus has well managed outdoor games complex for basketball court (420 m2), cricket practice net (61 m2), kabaddi court (130 m2), volleyball court (198 m2), throw ball court (223 m2), football ground (7040 m2), Ball Badminton court (288 m2), Kho-Kho court (432 m2) and 400 metre athletic track for both staff and students.
  • Indoor sports complex is well maintained and has facility for playing chess and table-tennis.
  • In both girls’ and boys’ hostel, outdoor gymnasium facility has been created for exclusively for the use of students.
  • Canteen facility in the campus is being managed by the boy’s Hostel Management Committee and serves the food and refreshment for visitors, students and faculty.
  • Students cultural group, ‘Natana’ performs periodically in all the major events of the campus like annual day, send-off parties and inter-campus cultural fest.

Basket Ball Court

Outdoor Gymnasium

400-metre athletic track

Volleyball Court

Hassan Campus

  • College of Agriculture, Hassan has well established outdoor sports facility like athletic (400 metre), ball badminton, basketball, cricket, football, kabaddi, Kho-Kho, throw ball and volleyball for both students and staff
  • Faculty lounge in the academic block of the college has soft games facility like carom, board football. The faculty lounge also has microwave, refrigerator and dining facility.
  • Outdoor gymnasium facility for students at both boys and girls hostel is effectively used by the students.
  • The indoor gymnasium of the college has multi gym, cross trainer, treadmill and cycling facility.
  • Campus has well auditorium with very good acoustics and AV aids which is regularly used cultural activities of the campus.
  • Food services to the visitors, guests and faculties is being met through the guesthouse kitchen.
  • Cultural group of the campus ‘Hoysala kala tanda’ regularly perform in all the major events of the University and campus.

Indoor Badminton

Table Tennis

Auditorium at the Hassan Campus

Basketball court

Outdoor Games

Student and staff amnesties in Hassan Campus

Chintamani Campus

  • College of Sericulture has well maintained multipurpose playground spread over 2.5 ha. The ground is regularly used to conduct athletic events, cricket and football matches for students.
  • Campus has two basketball courts, one fitted with flood lights which are being used by the students and staff.
  • College also as the distinction of well-maintained netted mesh cricket turf for net practice.
  • Along with sports facilities college has indoor and open gym facilities, which is being used by students.
  • Indoor game facility of table tennis, carrom and chess are available round the clock at both boys’ and girls’ hostels.
  • Separate indoor game facility is available for faculty at college.
  • The campus is well equipped with modern acoustics and state of art auditorium which is being used to conduct cultural programmes, seminars, workshops for students, faculty and farmers.
  • Campus cafeteria is being managed by the boy’s hostel and accrued profits from the cafeteria is being shared to the boarders of the hostel.

Cultural activities in the Chintamani campus


Teachers Association