03/06/2014

03/06/2014; 20:33:

P.S: Ctrl+(+) the Photo after clicking on it, for a better view!

Well, here's the 'plan' of the campus, as promised. I did not really get around to requesting the estate office, but, well, I drew best as I could, off the top of my head.
The campus is set on a hill, called Prabandh Shikhar. The campus is essentially in 3 layers- I reckon I go into the details of most of what I consider important.
The top-most layer has the Academic Block in the centre, with ER-2 (Executive Residence-2), SRC (Classrooms) , ER-1 , the Director's Residence, the Learning Centre ,the Old Auditorium and Under-Construction visiting faculty housing placed around it.

The Academic Block, well I'll just stick with 'Acad Block' coz that's what everyone here seems to call it, is a majestic round structure. It is in the process of being re-painted and re-tiled. A new section with 12 NLT's- New Lecture Theatres (Classrooms) has been added less than a year ago.
The Entrance has an arc overhead that very proudly reads 'INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT INDORE'. The Reception has a picture of the newly graduated PGP Batch as well as a 'Merit Board. The newly installed Fish Tank adds a little human touch to the aura of this place.

Moving from the Reception, to the right, we first encounter the IPM Office & the PGP Office. The IPM Office used to be at another location, but, about a year ago, it moved to this new, larger location. The erstwhile IPM Office is now the Visiting Faculty Office.
The IPM Office houses staff, computers, printers, exam schedules and the like.
On the floor above, there is the Director's Office and all the other super important offices.

Further ahead, there is the Computer Lab , the I.T Department and the I.G.N.O.U Study Centre to the right and the Placement Office to the left. I like the CC Lab ( Computer Centre). Everyone calls it the 'CC Lab' , that would just be 'Computer Centre Lab'; this makes no sense to me. Every place has its quirks. Quirks are what make us fall in love, with places, things , people and ourselves.
On the floor above, there is the Accounts Office; I've been there once, regarding a fee refund.


Ahead, is yet another thing I fail to understand - there is a water cooler (this one has very cold water, make note!) and
two Gents' washrooms, facing each other. Not One Ladies' and One Gents', but, Two Gents' washrooms.


Then, there is visible to the right, the Learning Centre in the distance. CR-113 & CR-114 (CR=ClassRoom) lie ahead, one opposite the other. This is followed by CR-103 & 104 and then CR-101 & 102. The CR's have a seating capacity of 80 students and a single projector.
On the Floor above, there are CR-213, CR-214 , CR-203, CR-204 , CR-202 and CR-201 which are identical to their ground-floor counterparts.

NC-1 & NC-2 (New Classroom) each with a seating capacity of 120 and two projectors are the largest classrooms in the Acad Block.
Right above them are the identical NC-3 & NC-4.

Ahead lies the new NLT section. There are 12 NLT's, 4 on each floor - this new section has 3 floors, while the rest of the Acad Block is only 2 floors. These NLT's are really high-tech, being constructed only last year- they are horse-shoe shaped, have a microphone at each seat, a brand-new projector, a green-board instead of the white-boards in the other classrooms, green carpeting, white blinds and a seating capacity of 85.
On the ground floor, there is a 'Snack-Point' amidst the NLT's , right under the stair-case. We've seen the 'Snack-Point' grow before our very eyes, from having only biscuits and chips, to now having a fridge, making Bhel and serving the famous Indori Baked Samosa!

All these Classrooms have been dutifully renamed, very recently, but, the new names are yet to engrave themselves in anyone's head.

As our round around the Block is nearly complete and we near the reception, there are two lanes of corridors leading off to the right that house all the Faculty Offices. The floor above has identical offices.

Finally, there is the Faculty Mess on the left side (on both floors) and the M.D.P (Management Development Programme) Classroom.

And, then, we're back to the reception; it has an ICICI Bank ATM on this side.

Let me try and draw a top view of the Acad Block too. Home-work, for tomorrow. So much for being out of school and rid of that!