CAMPUS FACILITIES
The Institute’s campus is located on a hilltop at Nehru Nagar, southeast of Bhopal.
The site is crowned by a garland of water-bodies on three sides. The building complex
includes academic complex, library & computer centre, hostel and mess, administration
and accounts wings. The academic complex includes classrooms, MDP halls and faculty
blocks. The architectural design of the building complex provides an environment for the
academic pursuance and social interaction.
COMPUTER CENTRE
The IIFM Computer Centre has state-of-art hardware and software resources to support
diverse computing needs of the faculty members and students. The computer centre is
equipped with state-of-the-art GIS and Remote Sensing software for Geo-informatics
applications. Computing support,
Internet and email facilities are provided round the clock to the academic
community. Internet connectivity is also provided to each student residing in the
hostel. The Centre has centralized bandwidth equalization and LAN Management
facilities supported on LINUX server. The iifm.ac.in domain is also hosted and
administered from the computer centre. Computers in the campus are connected on a 100-MBps
local area network connected through a campus-wide optical fibre back bone. The
centre has excellent software resources, like SPSS, Arc GIS and ERDAS, CASE tools,
programming languages, and RDBMS software. A cluster of computers with internet
connectivity is available for the dedicated use of MDP participants.
LIBRARY
The IIFM Library and Information Services have developed a total collection of 34000 books
and other publications in the area of forestry, ecology, environment and management
science. The Library subscribes to 206 journals and magazines including 46 journals of
foreign origin with online access. A total collection of 308 films and VCDs related to
environment, forestry and allied sectors is available in the library along with
audio-visual facilities. The library has subscription to J-Gate, institutional membership
of the British Library, Bhopal, Developing Library Network (DELNET), New Delhi and
Management Library Network (MANLIBNET). The campus wide access to library’s database
is available through OPAC on IIFM local area network for the faculty, MDP participants and
students.
ACCOMODATION
The MDP block (including guest house) has 26 air-conditioned double rooms. MDP
Participants also have access to facilities for indoor and outdoor games on the campus.
