AICTE- Norms

All India Council for Technical Education –Norms & standard

 Engineering & Technology (Degree Programme)

 NORMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE   12.1 General

     The norms for space and buildings have been arrived at, based on the functions, a

technical institution offering degree or equivalent programmes, has to perform. In all the cases, unit norms have been evolved taking the absolute minimum needs, which are indicated as norms. As such the institutions, while envisaging their space and building requirements, must keep their perspectives for development in mind and formulate their plans accordantly.

  Around the administrative building, classrooms and drawing halls there is considerable movement of students and, therefore, there must be adequate veranda space in this part of the college building so that the classes do not get disturbed. For this reason, the ratio of plinth to carpet area for the normal building may be taken as 1.4, while that for Workshop type of space this ratio will be 1.25.

   12.2 Classification of Building Area

     The building area required for an engineering institution can be classified as

instructional area, administrative area, amenities area and residential area. Instructional area will include classrooms, tutorial rooms, drawing halls, laboratories, workshops, computer center, library, instructional resource center, seminar hall etc.

  Administrative area comprises Principle's room, visitors lounge, staff rooms, college office, departmental offices, stores, conference room, confidential room, etc.

  Area for amenities consists of common rooms, recreation center, hobby center, offices for Gymkhana, N.C.C., N.S.S. and Alumni Association, Co-operative Stores, Dispensary, etc.

  Residential area includes student and staff hostels, staff quarters and guesthouse.   

12.3 Building Space for Instructional Area     The course structure of any technical institution degree program will include

lectures, tutorials, drawing and design work, laboratory work and seminars/colloquium. The college must have adequate building areas for all these instructional activities.

  According to the model curriculum, during different semesters, the total number

of hours per week for which the student is to have contact with the teacher will vary between 27 to 34. In view of this, for the instructional schedule, if spread over a period of 34 hours a week, the college can work for six hours from Monday to Friday and for four hours on Saturdays. (* In technical institution the period is envisaged to be of one hour's duration.)

  The student strength in a theory class should not exceed 60. The class be divided into smaller group of 20 in case of junior (I, II, III & IV semester) classes and 15 students for the senior (V, VI, VII & VIII semester) and a teacher is assigned to each group. In case of tutorial work, these smaller groups must be accommodated in separate rooms.

  For drawing and design assignments, the class can have a maximum size of 60 students but one teacher must be assigned to each group of 15 to 20 students for the junior/senior classes as in the case of tutorial and practical classes.

  The seminars/colloquium of the senior students must be conducted with the entire class of a particular discipline.

  The model curriculum lays considerable stress on undergraduate project work. It provides 2-3 hours in the seventh semester for project work and 12-16 hours in the eighth semester. Though the students are to work on the assigned project work consulting the teacher-supervisor whenever required.

  In the case of workshop practice classes for junior students, which emphasise the skills component of the training, the classes will have to be divided into smaller groups and work assigned in different shops. Considering the specific nature of training, the workshop practice classes of Junior students can have a maximum batch strength of 20 students. However, senior class ( i.e. V, VI, VII & VIII semester) must have a batch strength of 15 students as in the case of any other laboratory.

  12.3.1 Number of Rooms for Theory Classes  The number of rooms required for the theory class can be determined by

applying the following relationship.   NL = A(TL/SL)

where NL = Number of rooms required for the lecture classes TL = Total number of students in the College belonging to all classes of all disciplines attending theory classes of the given strength SL. This number depends on the admissions to different disciplines

  Class strength i.e. the number of students in the class.  A = A factor obtained on the basis of   i. lecture hours per week per class, say 15

ii. Average teaching hours per week say 30iii. utilisation factor of lecture rooms, say 0.66

  A = (15)/(30*0.66)=0.7512.3.2 Number of Rooms for Tutorial work  The number of rooms required for the tutorial work can be determined by

applying the following relationship.  NT = B(TL/ST)

Where

NT = Number of rooms required for conducting tutorial classes.ST = Class strength for tutorial. Tutorial must have a strength of 20 in case of 1st and 2nd year classes, whereas in the case of senior classes it should be limited to 15. Hence an average value of 17.5 can be assumed.

  TL = Total Number of students in the College belonging to all classes of all discipline who attend tutorial classes in groups of 15 to 20.

  B = A factor obtained on the basis of  i. Average number of tutorial hours per week per class, say 7.0

ii. Teaching hours per week, say 30.iii. Utilisation factor say 0.66.

  B = (7.0)/(30*0.66)=1/3.012.3.3 Number of Drawing Halls  One drawing hall of 175 sqm. is needed up to the intake of 240 students in

first year. If the intake exceeds 240 students per year, then two such halls be provided. It has been worked on the basis of teaching load common for all branches. Teaching load for Drawing of other than first year students is to be adjusted in tutorial rooms. The Computer graphic laboratories is to be provided separately in computer Centre for Engineering & Technology students.

12.3.4 Rooms Size for Theory Classes, Tutorial Work and Drawing Halls  The carpet area requirement of the class rooms and tutorial rooms

depends upon the number and type of seating arrangement for the students and provisions for a platform, a table and a chair for the teacher. In an Engineering & Technology class, very frequently students make use of a data book, a calculator and note book. As such he will require slightly more spacious desk as compared to the requirements of classes for students of general education. Further, as the space required for the teacher will remain the same irrespective of the class strength, the per student requirement of carpet area will increase with the decrease in class strength.

  The drawing hall will have to be provided with drawing tables and stools for the students. The drawing tables must be arranged with passages so that the teacher can approach the drawing table of each student. The drawing halls will also be provided with a platform for the teacher.

  Considering the above requirements and the sizes of class room furniture and drawing tables normally used in the institution, the following carpet area norms per student are prescribed for class rooms of different sizes and drawing halls.

  Type of Rooms Carpet Area Requirementin Sqm / studentClassification of size Minimum Desirable Class rooms for 15-20 students 1.3 1.5Class rooms for 30-40 students 1.2 1.4Class rooms for 60 students 1.1 1.3Drawing / examination halls for 60 students 2.5 2.5

12.3.5 Laboratories   The requirements of the laboratories depend upon the programmes that

are being offered by the institution and the curricula adopted for these programmes irrespective of the students population. The norms for the carpet area of the different laboratories are given in the Table below. Care should be taken to provide laboratories in all allied subjects to be taught in a program. For example, if a college is running a degree program in computer engineering only, then laboratories from group E and H both will have to be provided.

  S.No. Laboratory Batch Size Norms for Carpet Area (sq.m.)  A. Core Courses

1. Physics 20 2002. Chemistry 20 1753. Mechanics and Kinematics 20 1004. Materials Testing Strength of Material 20 200*5. Electrical Science i. Electronics ii. Elect. Engg. 20 2006. Computer Centre 200 300

B. Civil Engineering Courses

1. Structural Engg. 15 2502. Fluid Mechanics 15 3003. Engineering Geology 15 1004. Geo-technical Engg. 15 2005. Transportation Engg. 15 1006. Environmental Engg. 15 1007. Surveying Stores 100

C. Electrical Engineering Courses

1. Electrical Machines (Electro mechanics) 20 3502. Power system Protection 20 1503. Measurement & Inst. 20 1504. Drives & Power Electronics 20 1505. Control Systems 20 1006. Microprocessor 20 1007. Applied Electronics/Project 20 100

D. Mechanical Engineering Courses

1. Thermal Science

i. Stream ii. I.C.iii. Refrig. iv. Heat Transfer 20 500

2. Fluid Machines 20 2003. Measurements 20 1004. Dynamics of Machines 20 1005. Metrology 20 1006. Machine Tools 20 100

E. Electronics and Communications Engg. Courses   1. Electronic Circuit 15 75

2. Switching and Digital Circuit 15 753. Control System 15 75

4. Microwave Devices 15 755. Communication System 15 75

F. Chemical Engineering Courses

1. Unit operations I Fluid/Particle Mechanics 15 1002. Unit Operations IIHeat & Mass Transfer 15 1003. Energy Engineering 15 504. Reaction Engineering and Process Dynamics and control 15 100

G. Metallurgical Engineering Courses

1. Metallography 15 502. Mineral Dressing 15 503. Extractive Metallurgy 15 504. Metal Forming 15 755. Heat Treatment 15 1006. Corrosion 15 50

H. Computer Engineering Courses

1. Computer Software 15 502. Computer Hardware & Microprocessor 15 753. Computer Graphics 15 504. Computer Design 15 50

I. Production/Manufacturing Engineering

1. CAD/CAM system 15 752. Robotics and Automation 15 503. Non-Traditional Machine 15 504. Production Management 15 50

 * This lab is not necessary if the Electrical Engineering Degree program is also running.

  The above areas do not include the rooms of the teaching staff even though such staff rooms are attached to the laboratories. However, they do include the sitting space for the technical supporting staff and storage of laboratory consumables and instruments.

12.3.6 Workshops  The workshop of an engineering college, must have the following shops :

Carpentry including Pattern ShopFitting Shop Smithy ShopWelding ShopPainting and Sheet metal shopFoundry shopMachine shopStores

  Accordingly to the model syllabi, two courses on workshop practice are to be offered to all branches in engineering during the 1st and 2nd semesters. During the first semester each student has to complete about 10 to 12 exercise in Carpentry, Fitting and Smithy shops and the total batch periods of engagement will be 45. In the 2nd semester students all branches have to complete 10 to 12 exercises in welding, painting, sheet-

metal. Foundry and Machine shops and for this course also the batch period of engagement will be 45. In addition, students of Mechanical Engineering program are required to undertake in 5th and 6th semesters courses on Production Processes I and II which are practical components to be carried out in the workshops. For each of these courses the batch period engagement of the workshop will be 12.

  To accommodate the equipment and infrastructural facilities, to organize the above mentioned course work to provide facilities for student projects and maintenance of equipment, the workshop of the engineering colleges must have a minimum carpet area of 900 Sqm. Since an industrial shed is more suitable for a workshop, the plinth area will be 1.25 times the carpet area. Thus, the norms for the plinth area of the workshop will be 1125. sq.m.

12.3.7 Teaching Aids   Every class room should be provided by an Over Head Projector (OHP).

In addition, VCR, TV and Video Cassettes of various educational programmes should also be available.

12.3.8 Other Space in the Department  In addition to the teaching space, the norms for building requirement in a

teaching department for other purposes are as below:Carpet Area(Sq.m.)Head of Department 20Departmental Office 25Faculty norms 10 per teacherLibrary (Departmental) 30Seminar Room 30Store 10Drawing/Reprographic facilities 20

12.3.9 Central Library  The central library for an admission of 240 students per year will have a

carpet area of 400 Sqm.  At the time of establishing a technical institution with three branches,

there should be a minimum of 4000 volumes in the Library distributed as below:

  i. Each branch will have 250 titles with four multiple copies.ii. In subjects like Mathematics, Humanities, Physics, Chemistry, etc.

there should be total of 1000 volumes.  There should be a minimum of 12 technical journals - 6 Indian and 6

International for each branch of engineering. While this is essential for institutions offering P.G. programme, the number of International Journals may be relaxed, though preferred for those offering only U.G. Programmes.

  Accordingly, the norms for the initial stock of books, yearly addition of books and the number of journals to be subscribed are as given below:

  SNo Item Minimum

1. Initial Stock of Books for three branches in Institution

4000

2. a. Each Branch of Engg. (A)b. Mathematics, Applied Physics Applied

Chemistry, Humanities, Social Science and Management Science (B)

1000(in each branch)

3. Yearly addition of Books (Average)a. For (A) 1 title per student admitted to the branchb. For (B) 0.2 title per student admitted per year

4. Number of Tech. Journals a. For (A) 12 (6 National + 6 International)b. For (B) 12 (6 National + 6 International)

   12.4 Building Space for Administrative Offices

     The Space to be provided for administrative office in technical institution/college

will be as per norms given below :Carpet area (Sq.m) Principal's office 30 Store Room 20 Conference Room 100 Reception Office 25 Main Office 300 (for intake of 240 per year)Administrative office 20 Maintenance & Estate Office 40

   12.5 Building Space for Amenities

     Some of the developed institutions in the country provide several amenities for

students and staff. However, the minimum unavoidable requirements for such amenities for normal functioning of the Institute are given below alongwith the norms for the Building space.

  12.5.1 Student's Activity Centre  This will consist of provisions for the indoor games, gymnasium,

dramatics and alumni center etc. The norms for building are 0.25 sq.m per student

12.5.2 Open Air Theatre   The college building and the hostels will be provided with adequate

number of toilet blocks with urinals, lavatories and washbasins. It will also be necessary to provide separately one toilet block for women in the college building.

12.5.3 Toilet Blocks

  The college building and the hostels will be provided with adequate number of toilet blocks with urinals, lavatories and washbasins. It will also be necessary to provide separately one toilet block for women in the college building. Education Building Hostel 10 Sq.m for each 100 student population 75 sq.m. for each unit of 120 student

12.5.4 Cycle and Scooter Stand   This will be provided as open or covered area at the rate of 15 percent of

the plinth area of the college building. 12.5.5 Play Fields   The institution must be provided with play fields so that the students can

have adequate participation in games and sports for healthy and constructive activities within the campus. The facilities anticipated are athletics-track, cricket field, a football field a hockey field, a volleyball court, a basket ball court, four badminton courts and a tennis court. The norms for the above space will be a total of 25,000 sq.m.

12.5.6 Other Amenities   The norms of space (Carpet area) or other miscellaneous amenities are as

given below :     Sq.m.

Canteen 100

Cooperative Stores 100

NCC Office cum Stores 100

   12.6 Building Space for Residential Area

     The hostel requirements depend on the variety of factors like the location of the

institution, the region from which students are admitted, local availability of accommodation and that of transport. Though, the requirement for residences for teachers and other employees of the institution also depend upon these factors but at the same time it is necessary to provide an attraction to the new teachers from far of places by providing suitable accommodation at the campus.

  12.6.1 Hostels  Location of College Hostel Strength

Within 20 km. of a large city 25% of boys and 50% of girls enrollmentOther locations 50% of boys and 100% of girls enrollmentThe boy's hostel will be made as a unit for 120 students while there is not minimum for a girls-hostel unit. The first year students will be accommodated in triple seated rooms while others will be given single seated rooms. The norms for the room areas will be as below :

  Carpet Area (Sq.m.)

Single room 9

Triple seated room 20

  The other building space needed in a hostel unit will be as per norm given below :

  Carpet Area (Sq.m.)

Kitchen and Dining Hall 200

Indoor games cum Common hall 150

Medical room 50 (for all hostels)

Canteen 15

Warden Office 18*

Guest Room (2 nos.) 18*

(* Four addition rooms of 9 sq.m. each within the hostel blocks)

12.6.2 Staff Residences   The minimum residential accommodation that should exist in the campus

should be for the Principal, all Heads of Departments, all Warden and the essential staff including a Caretaker, an electrician, a driver, a water supply operator and chowkidars.The building space for residences will be as per norms given below :

    Sq.m.

Principal 140

Professor 100

Asst. Professor/Lecturer 80

Class III staff 30

Class IV staff 20

12.6.3 Teachers Hostel   It will be desirable to have a hostel type accommodation for 25% strength

of the teachers with the norms of 30 sqm. carpet area per teacher inclusive of an attached toiled room.

12.6.4 Guest Houses   To meet the needs of the guests visiting the institution for official work

and the parents visiting the students it will be necessary to have a guest house.

12.7 Furniture

  All laboratories, library, workshops, lecture and tutorial rooms offices hostels and Guest house etc. should be adequately furnished. No norms for the furniture are begin laid, however it is expected that the furniture should conform to the requirement of a dignified institution, The Institution may equip the buildings with the furniture as available indigenously.

   12.8 Land

  It will not be desirable to set the norms for the land requirements for an engineering college because of existing high pressure on land availability and other similar factors. If enough land is not available near a large town, the double and triple storey construction may have to be resorted to. However, it will be desirable to have the total land area so as all requirements of the building space are fully met as envisaged in these norms.

  In addition, it will be necessary to have additional land available within the campus for future expansion, with a norm of about 3 times the constructed area.

  Keeping all these points in view it is expected that a new engineering institution located in non-metro location will have a land of about 20 acres at its disposal before starting.

 Technician Education (Polytechnic Institution)

 NORMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE  9.1 Space Norms   Norms for space have been determined, based on the functional requirements. To

effectively meet such requirements, institutions should comply with the minimum norms prescribed. Provisions less than the minimum would have adverse effects on instructional and administrative functions., amenities and services and other essential and co-curricular activities.

  In the planning of new institutions or expansion of existing institutions and desirable norms should be adopted. This would facilitate marginal adjustments in intake in future and add to flexibility.

  9.1.1

Classification of building areas

  Building space requirements are classified into instructional, administrative, amenities and residential areas.

  9.1.1.1

Instructional area includes classrooms. tutorial rooms, drawing halls, laboratories including computer centre, workshops, library, instructional learning resource utilization centre and examination hall/ auditorium.

9.1.1.2

Administrative area comprises Principal's room, staff room, office, stores, conference room/ Seminar room, confidential room, estate office and reception lounge.

9.1.1.3

Amenities include student and staff common rooms,. indoor games, sports and recreation centre, NCC, NSS, canteen, cooperative stores, hobby centre, dispensary and alumni association.

9.1.1.4

Residential area includes student hostels, staff quarters and guesthouse.

A. INSTRUCTIONAL AREA   The requirements for instruction of different type classroom-

lecture, tutorial, drawing would depend on the curriculum structure. The break-down of the curriculum in terms of the instructional time for each type of instructional activity has therefore to be determined initially.

  The number of rooms required for each type of instructional activity is calculated applying the following relationship.

  N = (NS/Cs) X (H/Hw) X (1 /f u), whereN = Number of rooms required for each type

(N may be Nc, Nt or Nd depending on type of activity) Nc = Number of classrooms for lectureNt = Number of rooms for tutorialNd = Number of drawing hallsNs = Total number of students in all years/semesters/disciplines

takingInstruction in the specified class size (Cs)Cs = Class size (Number of students)H = Number of hours per week of class room, lecture, tutorial

or drawing,as the case may be (Hc, Ht, Hd)Hw = Number of working hours per week (Usually 36)fu = Utilization factor - (taken as 0.75 - in educational

institutions, for maximum attainable utilization factor can be improve.

  i. Classrooms and drawing halls   The unit area to be provided could be stated on a room

wise basis rooms for bigger class size requiring a smaller unit area and rooms for smaller class size, a higher unit area. Following are the minimum and desirable norms

NORMSClassroom of size (in sqm/ student)

Minimum

15-20 students 1.20

30-40 students 1.10

60-60 + students 1.00

Drawing Halls 2.5(4*)

  *For halls with drafting machines

ii. Laboratories   Purpose: Demonstrating, experimenting, investigating,

discussing, measuring, testing etc. by students.  The space requirements of laboratories vary from one

laboratory to another. The major determinates are the number of students working at a time (batch size) and the size of the equipment. in some cases the first factor is the basis and in others in which the equipment are large size, equipment is the deciding factor. Norms would vary from 4 to 8 Sqm./ per student. There could however be exceptional cases where the size of equipments/ machinery like textile technology, printing, heavy machine tools may dictate areas higher than 8 sqm. per student which should be decided on a case to case basis.

iii. Workshop   Purpose: Demonstrating, shop-floor activities related to

skill learning, assembling, dismantling, fabricating, erecting etc. by students.

  4 sqm./ student for workshops requiring work-benches & small scale machinery/ equipment and 8 sqm/student for shops requiring large scale machinery/ equipment is recommended.

  Note: In the case of a small number of students, the total area for laboratories and workshops may be worked out on the basis of actual equipment/ machinery/ apparatus to be provided.

iv. Library  Purpose : Acquiring, storing, cataloguing, indexing, issuing

and returning of books, periodicals and non-print instructional material and providing reader service.

  Minimum Desirable

50 sqm for first 500 students

200 sqm. for first 500 students

+0.20 sqm for every additional student

+0.30 sqm for every additional student

No. of readers:  

10% of students + 25% of staff strength

15% of students + 50% of staff strength

v. Educational Technology Centre  Learning resource utilization centre (LRUC)  Purpose:  a. Utilizations of media resources like printer material,

workbooks, transparencies, video programmes etc.b. Receiving, stocking media resources like Over Head

Projector, VCRs, slide projectors, transparency markers etc

  Area of LRUC = 60 sqm for 180 intake or less and also upto additional 30 intake.

  Learning Resources Development Centre (LRDC)  a. Development and acquisition of media

resources.Overhead Projector,transparencies, slides, workbooks, learning packages.

b. Distribution of media resources to LRUCs in state polytechnics.

  Area of LRDC = 100 sqm to 150 sqm depending on media resources to be developed and including photographic, printing, reprographic storing, and packing facilities, model making etc.

c. Normally there would be LRUCs in every polytechnic. LRDCs are to be established in a few selected polytechnics in a state.

B. Administrative Area  Particulars Norms

Principal's room 30 sq.m.

Confidential room 15 sq.m.

Reception lounge 25 sq.m.

Head of Department/ Sr. Lecturer/ Lecturer(Selection grade)

15 sq.m.

Lecturer 10 sq.m.

Main Office (including record room)

0.1 sq.m. per student subject to a min. of 200 sqm.

Departmental offices 20 sqm per department

  (Training and placement cell will also be considered as a department for this purpose).Stores (Central+Departmental) = (100+0. 1 X student population) sqm.

  Desirable  Conference room/two seminar

rooms 75 sq.m.

Confidential office for examination works

25 sq.m.

Estate office (security, campus, 25 sq.m.

services)

C. Amenities  Purpose: To promote extramural/ co-curricular activities (indoor

games, NCC, NSS, social, cultural activities etc.) of students and staff, health care, physical education, catering and other commercial services.

  Particulars Norms

Girls common room for 20% of strength of girl students

2 sqm per studentMinimum 50 sqm

Staff common room for 50% of staff strength

2 sqm per personminimum 50 sqm

Student common room for 10% of students

2 sqm per personminimum 50 sqm

  Desirable  a. NCC, NSS, Indoor games, recreation centre,

hobby centre, physical education(gymnasium), alumni centreCapacity : 1/3 student strength

1.5 to 2 sqm per student

b. Dispensary 75 sqm

c. Canteen, cooperative stores, bank, extension centre, postal services etc.

(0.3) x student strength sqm

d. Playgrounds Minimum 150 sqm

  As the availability of land varies from place to place, the norms for playgrounds depends on the place.

  a. In cities where land is scarce and where playground facilities are available elsewhere and accessible to students

2500 sqm to provide basketball, volley ball, badminton courts etc.

b. Where availability of land is not a serious problem

25000 sqm to provide athletic track, cricket field, football, hockey fields,basketball, volley ball, badminton and tennis courts

c. Auditorium/ Multipurpose hall  

  Purpose: Conducting conference, extension lectures, functions, could also be used for examinations and social activities.

  Norms Capacity equal to annual intake Area 3 sqm. per, student. (This includes space for stage, dressing room, projection room etc.)Minimum area = 600 sqm

  Open-air theatre  Purpose: For assemble of all students and staff, social and cultural

functions.  Norms Capacity of all students and staff: Area 1.5 sqm per

student (Plinth area)D. Residential area  a. Students hostels (Desirable)

  50% of total boy students to be provided hostel accommodation. 100% of girl students to be provided hostel accommodation in a separate block. However, hostel accommodation provision can be reduced in case of high proportion of local admissions.

  Areas:  Single room 9 sq.m.

Double seated rooms 15 sq.m.

Three seated rooms 20 sq.m.

  Dining Hall : 1.5 sqm per student  Capacity: Half the number of hostel inmates (inmates of each

block to dine in two shifts) Minimum 150 sqm.  Kitchen stores: 1.5 sqm. per student based on half the number

of common room: inmates, Minimum 150 sqm.  It is expected that each hostel block will accommodate 120 to

150 students and will have a separate warden, provided with a warden's quarter. Accommodation will be provided for hostel superintendent/ caretaker, kitchen and mess staff as well.

  Plinth area of warden's quarters 85 sqm each

Office 15 sqm

  100 sqm each

Hostel superintendent/ caretaker 60 sqm

Kitchen and mess staff 45 sqm

b. Guest House (Desirable)  For visiting faculty, experts, 100 sqm. with 2 guest rooms and

service facilities.c. Staff residences  i. Minimum accommodation that should exist in the campus

or very near the campus, should be as follows    Principal's residence

  Residence of all Heads of Department  Residences of 4 essential staff (care-taker, electricity,

driver, water)ii. Desirable  Acute problem of scarcity of teaching staff has

necessitated many efforts. One such major effort stipulated in the Programme of Action of National Policy is the provision of residential accommodation which could facilitate attracting and retaining of competent personnel. The norm is:

  a.  Accommodation for 50% faculty and supporting staffb. In highly urbanized and industrialized areas, where

housing is an acute problem, accommodation is to be provided for 100% of faculty and staff

  The provision of housing could be accomplished in the following ways:

  a.  Constructing houses in the campus and/orb. Leasing houses in the vicinity and/orc. Providing liberal house building loans to enable

faculty to construct their own houses.    Plinth areas

Principal 140 sqm

Head of Department/Sr. Lecturer/

100 sqm

Lecturer(Selection grade)/TPO/WS

60 sqm

Lecturer/ or equivalent 80 sqm

Technical Supporting staff 30 sqm

Class D staff 20 sqm

  Note Plinth areas for residential accommodation be provided as per state norms where such norms exist.

9.1.2

Miscellaneous items

  i. Cycle stand 1 sqm/cycle for 25% students

ii. Scooter stand 3 sqm/ Scooter for 25% students

iii. Car garage 15 sqm/ car

iv. Bus garage 55 sqm/ bus

9.1.3

Norms for conversion from carpet area to total floor area

  The carpet area is normally usable floor area in any floor. In

addition there would be corridors, stairs, toilets, lockers, stores etc/ for estimation purposes, the following approach may be adopted:

  Total plinth area = carpet area x 1.49.1.4

Allowance for future expansion

  Allowance for future expansion will vary depending on the expansion foreseen and availability of land. Where land is scarce, this provision) has to be limited to a minimum equal to the plinth area of the buildings. In other cases, the allowance be increased upto 3 times the plinth area of buildings. Where the provision of land for expansion is very much restricted (eg. large cities where land cost is high and availability is scarce) provision should be made for vertical expansion in the design of buildings.

9.1.5

Norms for land

  The land area required for the building will depend on the prevailing building byelaws as well as the building design single- storey or multi-storey. However, adequate space has to be available for roads, pathways, garden etc. Hence the land area to accommodate the building alone will vary from a minimum of twice the plinth area to thrice the plinth area.

  Land requirement  i. Land required to

construct building 2 to 3 times the plinth areas governed by the prevailing bye-laws

ii. Play-grounds 2500 to 25000sqm with 1500 sqm applicable to large towns and metropolitan cities

iii. Land for future 1 to 3 plinth area expansion

    Total land i + ii + iii

9.1.6

Cost Estimation

  Unit cost estimation will vary from place to place. In preparing estimates, provisions should be made for cost escalation also.

9.1.7

Development costs

  Development costs would include roads, pathways, lighting, drainage, water supply, compound wall, gates, security check posts, landscaping etc. and would depend on the topography of the land. An average provision of 16% is suggested. No separate costs are provided for playgrounds assuming that the same could be accommodated within the development costs. However, depending on the topography, if additional costs are required, the same may be provided for.

9.2 Equipment Norms  The norms for equipment will vary from course to course. However, following

factors are to be considered in identifying the equipment for the laboratories and workshops:

  i.  Type of skills to be developedii. Utilization and cost considerationiii. Grouping of studentsiv. Developmental activities at the institute level

  The number of students for practical work in any batch may not be usually, more than 20. Each batch of 15-20 students may be divided into smaller groups. The number of students in each group may not exceed the following:

  a. Experiments/ tasks involving verification of laws, principles and theories 2

b. Exercises in basic workshops and manufacturing skills 2

c. Measurement and testing skills  

d. Field measurements, fabrication, erection etc 5

  Considering the utilization of various tools/ equipment/ apparatus and their cost , the following norms may be followed:

    CATEGORY OF EQUIPMENT MINIMUM QUANTITY

A. Common measuring instruments

i. High use rate one each for two students

ii. Low use rate one each for five students

B. Special Measuring instruments

i. Laboratory/ Workshop measurements

a. High use rate one each for two students

b. Low use rate one each for five students

ii. Field measurements

a. High use rate one each for three students

b. Low use rate one each for five students

C. Manufacturing/Fabricating/Erecting/installing Equipments

i. High use rate one each for three students

ii. Low use rate one each for the batch

D. Testing Equipment

i. High use rate one each for three students

ii. Low use rate one each for the batch

E. Equipment/ Apparatus for basic sciences

i. High use rate one each for three students

ii. Low use rate one each for the batch

F. Audio-Visual, drawing office and reprographics equipment

i. OHP, 35mm slide-cum-filmstrip projector, cassette tape recorder

one each for each department

ii. Coloured TV &VCR one each for polytechnic

iii. 35mm still Photographic camera for production of slides and filmstrips and photographs with appropriate dark room equipment

one set for polytechnic

iv. PC with printer one set for each department

v. Typewriters and duplicating machine one typewriter for each department, library and workshop and two duplicating machines for the polytechnic

In case of low use rate of any equipment, networking with industry and other organizations may be considered.

vi. Set of drawing instruments, stencils and drafting table

one each for the department depending on need

vii. Photocopier with enlargement and reduction facilities

one (desirable two)

viii. Other miscellaneous equipment like stitching and binding machine etc.

one each for the department, depending on need

Note: Any instrument/ equipments/ apparatus used for more-than 50% of the practical exercises/ tests/ jobs/ experiments is considered as "high use rate" and that with less than 50% is considered as "low use rate".While diversifying existing programmes into new ones, effort should be made to fully utilize the available equipment in the new courses.

G. Miscellaneous facilities

Appropriate decision may be made for communications (internal and external telephone) and office equipment

The following minimum norms are suggested

a. One external telephone for the Principal with STD facility, (both at the

Polytechnic and residence).

b. One external telephone (paying booth) in the institution

c. An internal communication set to match with the number of teaching staff members, office, hostel, community services area etc.

d. One external telephone (paying booth) in the hostel building.

e. Two typewriters, calculators and other office equipment totalling machine, one weighing machine for the office.

f. Computer facilities are to be provided in each polytechnic for teaching of students. CAI packages networking of information sharing with other institution organization and for facilities in administration.

g. Provision should be made for a diesel generating set, kitchen and service equipment in the hostel, depending on local conditions.

h. It is suggested that either to purchase a vehicle or instead recurring grant may be provided to hire the vehicle as and when necessary.

Note:

1. Directorates may prepare detailed list of equipment for different courses in consultation with TTTI'S.

2. Networking for sharing resources with other institutions and industry should be kept in mind while planning for purchase of equipment.

3. Duplication of equipment in different departments may be avoided.

  Furniture  Since the requirement of furniture in the laboratory, workshop, class room,

auditorium etc. will depend on the type of programmes offered and location of institutions, it is therefore, left with respective institution to equip the polytechnics with adequate facilities and furnitures.

9.3 Library Books and Periodicals  A library needs to be properly established in each polytechnic. The teachers and

students should view the library as a centre of learning. With proper environment created in the library, the students as well as teachers would spend more time referring to the books, periodicals and research papers etc.

  The library should have books related to the areas of programmes offering, books related to basic and engineering Sciences, books on communication skills and management, good books for general reading and periodicals related with science and technology. The library should also have multi-media learning packages, audio visual aids like films, charts, slides etc. The library should also have facility for photocopying

  Number of books and periodicals etc.

  1. Engineering & Technology Books/other disciplines offered by the respective polytechnic

1500 x number of disciplines

2. Basic Sciences & Engineering 400 x number of Science disciplines

3. Books on Communication skills Management and standard general reading

75 per discipline

4. Periodicals 10-15 per discipline

  Note: For 1 to 3 above, 1 0% books may be added annually to the library.