I
M
N
U
The Institute is located on Nirma University campus which is on the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway. A 120-acre sprawling campus in picturesque surroundings provides a refreshing environment, stimulating intellectual alertness and creativity. THE CAMPUS The campus has an ambience that motivates students to grow. The Institute building, which is centrally air-conditioned, has several amphitheatres, flat classrooms, an auditorium with the capacity of 450 seats, computer centre, a communication lab, a fully automated library, an art gallery, faculty and administrative blocks, conference rooms and other facilities. Modernity, aesthetics and grandeur characterize the building. The campus has modern sports facilities. The overall atmosphere on the campus is distinguishable by serenity and is conducive for intellectual pursuits. The campus is Wi-Fi enabled.
The classrooms are air-conditioned and equipped with multimedia and audiovisual equipment to facilitate effective learning. The classrooms are designed to promote maximum interaction between the faculty and students. Each classroom has Internet connectivity through wireless local area network.
Presently the Institute of Management campus houses various high end servers like Moodle LMS Server, CISCO WEBEX, Data Server, Internet log/report server, Firewall/proxy server, LAN and Wi-Fi authentication servers, three Library databases/web servers and approximately more than 250+ computer systems/laptops clients (including Faculty Members, Officers, Staff members, IM Computer Lab) with other peripherals like DVD/CD readers/writers, digital scanners, fingerprint scanners, laser printers, multimedia, UPS, etc. All the computer systems are on the fiber Gigabit Campus Area Network. They are also connected to 1.5 Gbps [with probable plan of increase to 2.5 Gbps by August 2022] fiber optic leased line for Internet connectivity. Hostel rooms have been provided LAN and Wifi facilities so as to enable the students to use Internet/Intranet round the clock. The University Campus has Wi-Fi facility scattered throughout all the buildings.
The library provides access to a wide range of management and business information sources that include Leading National and International Business Periodicals, in addition to an impressive collection of Business Databases, Digitized Corporate Annual Reports and CDs / DVDs. The library has over 1,40,572 books (including 78,635 E-books from Springer and JSTOR ebook).
The library subscribes to 13 databases and around 10,240 E-journals through databases such as EBSCOs- Business Source Ultimate, JSTOR, Elsevier's Science Direct- Business Management & Accounting Package and Sage Journals Collection. The library subscribes to ISI Emerging Markets Database which provides trade-related information from all over the world. The financial and economic databases subscribed to by the library are ACE Equity, ACE Mutual Funds and CMIE's ProwessIQ, CapEx, Consumer Pyramids, and Industry Outlook and EPWRF India Times Series (EPWRFITS) and Bloomberg Terminal enables professionals in the financial service sector and other industries to access Bloomberg Professional Services through which users can monitor and analyze real[1]time financial market data and place trades on the electronic trading platform. In an academic setting, it helps future professionals to integrate theory with real-world practice by empowering them with datasets and exposing them to global economic scenarios. The library also subscribes to Indiastat.com which is a socioeconomic database.
The library is fully automated and accessible on the campus LAN and operates on specialized library software, open-source software KOHA. The user-friendly package facilitates the issue and return of books, online access to the catalog, i.e. Web catalog and reservation of books. The library has adopted the latest ICT tools like CD, DVD, Multimedia Kits, Barcode scanners and Text & Graphic scanners for effective use of library services.
The University has separate hostel facilities for boys and girls. There are three hostels for boys and one for girls respectively with a total capacity of 2100 beds, all of which are located on the campus. The hostel rooms are spacious and well- furnished. The hostels have sports and other recreational facilities such as cable TV, common room for interaction, etc. All hostel rooms have Internet connectivity round the clock. The hostel mess is outsourced to a professional caterer.
A branch of the Kalupur Commercial Co-operative Bank Ltd., a Scheduled Bank, with ATM facilities is located on the campus. The Institute is also equipped with a canteen & a food court in addition to the mess, various sports facilities, medical facilities, etc. There is a non-resident doctor who visits the campus regularly. The Institute has a volleyball court, a lawn tennis court, a basketball court, a football and cricket ground, a table-tennis room, and a well-equipped modern gymnasium.