The 135 acre campus is an ensemble of 7 lakes and manicured green spaces. Doubling up as a bird sanctuary, IIM-Calcutta has among the most scenic campuses in the country.

The institute is equipped with modern classrooms, seminar and conference rooms. The 750 seater auditorium stages various dramatics and musical events. On campus accommodation is available for all full time students. IIM-C is an acknowledged leader in computing resource and applications. The Institute’s computer Centre has emerged as a centre of excellence in the area of Computer Applications in Management. LAN connectivity is available in each room in the students’ hostels. All hostels, library and academic block are connected through wireless LAN.

IIM-Calcutta is the first institute in India to setup a Financial Research and Trading Lab. The new state-of-the-art has 51 terminals with trading simulator and 1 Bloomberg terminal. The Lab provides students hands-on data analysis and modelling experience through access to real time national and international financial data, market information, business news and cutting edge financial analysis software.

The B.C.Roy Memorial Library of the Institute has grown over the years, keeping pace with the development of the Institute, developments in the area of the library and the services and the changing information needs of the users. The library is considered as one of the major management libraries in South Asia.

The Management Centre for Human Values is the crystallization of two decades of aspirations and effort to bring to the members of human organizations and institutions – in India and abroad – contemporary adaptations of the perennial corpus of Indian psycho-philosophical wisdom. It has taken up the mission of integrating the soft and subtle dimension of human values with the mainstream of skill-dominated management education. The centre is located in a serene part of the campus and is surrounded by beautiful gardens. Its striking conical buildings are architectural masterpieces on the outside and quite sanctums of learning and contemplation on the inside.

A Cafe Coffee Day outlet is operational on campus. The institute has a co-operative society that caters to the needs of the IIMC community ““ both the student body as well as the faculty.

The State Bank of India has a branch inside the campus. Both the SBI and ICICI have ATMs on campus. A post office is also located within the campus to save the students the hassle of going out for their postal needs.

Students at IIM-Calcutta take their sports seriously. The institute has facilities for various sports- Cricket, Hockey, Soccer, Lawn-Tennis, Basketball, Table Tennis and Snooker. There is a beautiful swimming pool and a fully equipped gymnasium.

The Institute’s medical consultant is available for consultation between the specified hours on all working days.

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Shashank Arun