The IT wing of the Centre provides technical support to the faculty and students to achieve its objective of knowledge creation/dissemination.  In this regard, the IT section supports teaching/research activities and operations of the Library and Administration.

IT infrastructure in CDS Campus

  • CDS has its own data centre with state of the art facilities.
  • Nine Juniper 3300 switches with 10 Gigabits uplink ports are installed in four buildings of the campus. Switches are distributed in nine locations on the campus.
  • Fiber network connection from the computer centre to other buildings.
  • Fortinet 300 D UTM  as a security device.
  • Two HP Proliant DL 180 Gen-9  servers.
  • One EMC VnXe 3200 SAN Storage
  • One Polycom Video conferencing system.
  • Virtualization of servers using VMWare.
  • Zimbra based Email server for 200 users.
  • KOHA software for library access.
  • Active directory for 300 users.
  • File server for storing and sharing data.
  • 90 HP desktops and 10 thin clients for staff and student use.
  • 60 Printers 6 Scanners.

 

  • 100  Mbps NKN(National Knowledge Network ) connectivity and 20Mbps NMEICT connectivity for internet facility in the campus.
  • 45 numbers of Cisco and D-link Wi-Fi Access points across the campus, including hostel and guest house, to provide internet facilities.

Software

Microsoft Windows 11 / Office, Statistical software such as STATA 17,  Eviews 9.5,  SPSS 22, Gauess software and Grammarly for education.

Campus ERP

Cloud based campus ERP is now part of E-governance implementation at CDS. All students, faculties, and staffs have login faculty to this online ERP portal and can avail of various services. The main modules and activities through the ERP application are, Student life cycle management- Student admission. Fee payment, Attendance time table etc., Exam subject registration and  Grade card, submission of student feedback and various reports, Online Learning management system, Online leave  application and approval  by faculty and staff, Payroll-Pay slips, salary Certificate etc., Students and staff can request various service requests to the estate and engineering section.

General  Facilities

Computer Lab

Computer lab houses 20  PCs with Windows 8.1/10 and other essential software, including statistical packages like STATA and E-Views. These lab has been used for computer based training programmes and workshops regularly.

Students Bay and PhD Bay

Students bay, computation environment, exclusively meant for MA students.  This bay is equipped with  5 PCs and two printers. PhD Bay is equipped with 2 computers and a printer and this facility is exclusively for Ph.D students.  Students Bay and PhD bay are open for students throughout the day.

Library

13 PCs have been installed in different locations of the CDS library.  These PCs are accessible to all library users.

Wi-Fi   Facility

CDS campus is fully WI-Fi enabled. All the buildings in the campus are equipped with Wi-Fi facilities. Wi-Fi facility is also available in the guest house and the hostels for students.

Classrooms

All classrooms are equipped with PC, Digital Podium and LED screens.

The Computer Centre on the South West of the Main Block is an extremely perforated building as seen from outside. The outer wall with intricate jali work is half brick thick that winds around in repeating curves. It prevents direct sunlight from entering into the building. The secondary wall which is load bearing is about half a meter inner to the outer one and has larger openings and windows for respective spaces. The curvature of walls and the folded plate roof render additional stability to the structure. This unique double wall construction helps in the natural circulation of breeze around the building keeping the interior cool and thus avoiding the use of artificial air-conditioning.

Courtesy: Masterpiece of a Master Architect: CDS by COSTFORD

Plan and Elevation -Picture Courtesy: Masterpiece of a Master Architect: CDS by COSTFORD & Laurie Baker Centre for Habitat Studies