Infrastructure

Building

The UGC – Academic Staff College, Gauhati University is housed in its own building within the Gauhati University Campus. It has two classrooms each capable of seating 50 participants at a time. Both the classrooms are equipped with the full range of audio – visual tools that find use in teaching.

Computer Lab

There is also an air–conditioned computer lab with 25 PCs in a networked environment and the connectivity provided by ERNET allows access to e-journals on the UGC - INFLIBNET. The Academic Staff College also has software like Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash and Pinnacle Studio 9, which allows teachers to try their hand in creating e-learning material.

Satellite Interactive Terminal

The Academic Staff College, Gauhati University is also a part of UGC’s EDUSAT network and is equipped with a Satellite Interactive Terminal (SIT) which gives it two-way connectivity with the Consortium of Educational Communication (CEC) in New Delhi and other SIT centres in the network. This facility allows participants to listen to and interact with eminent resource persons speaking from the CEC’s studio in New Delhi or from some other SIT. Apart from functioning as a classroom end, the facility also gives this Academic Staff College the capability of being a teaching end.

Library

The Academic Staff College Library has 1544 volumes on different subjects. The collection includes the Encyclopedia Britannica, McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Encyclopedia of Indian Literature, Encyclopedia of Guidance and Counselling, Encyclopedia of Personal Relationships, International Encyclopedia of Curriculum, International Encyclopedia of Educational Evaluation and International Encyclopedia of Educational Technology.