POLICY FOR MAINTENANCE OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENTS

Procedures used for maintenance of Computer Laboratories: The Institute has 2 computer laboratories having a total strength about 199 computers including 82 computers in the computer lab. The laboratories are maintained under the supervision of the Information Scientist. The annual maintenance contract for updation of various softwares are taken care of by the Institute and the same gets approved in the Purchase Committee of the Institute. The Institute has a policy to go for latest version of desktops/ laptops and normally the same are getting replaced once every five years. The old ones are replaced either on buy-back basis with different vendors or are disposed of as e-scrap and given to appropriate agencies.

For libraries, the collection building is done with the recommendation of the faculty members and the funds are judiciously utilized to maintain a quality range of books on economics and allies social science subjects and also an unbroken series of physical and e-journals of almost all manor journals in economics. The library has a collection of more than 2000 old and rare books which are preserved in a unique way by laminating on the butter proper. The old books of the library that more than sixty years old are also digitized.

The Security services of the Institute for its office and residential campuses are appointed with the recommendations of the Internal Management Committee of the Institute in consultation with the Trustees of the institute.

The buildings and classrooms are maintained by the Internal Management Committee of the Institute consisting of all the administrative heads of the institute.

Cleaning of all office Cabins, Classrooms, Hostels in Residential Campus and Common Premises are outsource to a Housekeeping Agency

Institute is maintaining its Gardens and Landscape through an outside agency.

As a general rule, all the procedure and policies are outlined by the Academic Council, Planning and Monitoring Board, Building Committee, Internal Management Committee and Finance Committee of the Institute. The procedures vary from time to time depending upon the requirements.