Government Arts College Coimbatore

The College has a Placement Cell which is headed by the Placement Officer and supported by the faculty members of all the departments. The Placement Office is housed in a separate AC hall and has all the requisite facilities to conduct Pre-Placement talks, screening test, group discussions, and interview. The Cell conducts special lectures and soft skill training programs for the students to guide and increase their employability skills.

The Placement Cell of the college organises the Campus Placement in the college. It invites national, multi-national, and regional companies to visit the campus to select candidates for their companies. Some of the past recruiters of the college are Tata Consultancy Services, Cognizant, Infosys, HDFC, Solaimalai Enterprises, FLY Business Solutions, NUVALLA, Bluez InfoTech, VWR International, Shriram Finance, and more.

The College campus is located in the centre of the city and covers 13.6 acres of land. The infrastructure of the campus comprises a number of blocks including Administrative Block, New Hall Block, Computer Science Block, NCC Room Block, Tamil medium Block, and more. All the classrooms are big enough to conduct meetings, seminars, and workshops. Over 400 computers are present in the computer lab in the college. There are laboratories in Chemistry, Geography, Botany, Zoology, and Computer Science departments to carry out research by the scholars. Programs and events are organised in the auditorium with a 700 people seating-capacity. To meet the daily requirements of the students, a cooperative store exists in the college premises. Besides these facilities some of the other facilities are:

• Library: The library of the college is housed in a separate building on a 5,200 square feet area. It stocks over 34,000 books in diverse areas. The library has subscribed to 25+ Indian journals, 8+ International journals, 15+ magazines, and 8+ daily newspapers. Every department has its own individual library with over 5,000 books in each departmental library. Apart from the learning resources, the library provides several facilities and services to its readers, such as, Reference Services, Reading Rooms, Scanning and Printing facility, Reprography facility, and more. There is a digital library with more than 10 computers. Audio library is also available for visually challenged students.
• Canteen: A canteen is functioning in the college serving healthy vegetarian food, snacks, beverages, and other eatable items.
• Hostel: Hostels for boys and girls are constructed within the premises with different accommodation strength. The student hostel for men has 60 rooms and a mess facility is available for 250 students. The PG student hostel for women has ventilated rooms and round the clock security is provided. The food provided is at affordable prices. Sports facilities are also available for hostellers for their recreation.
• Sports: Students can play different outdoor games like cricket, football, hockey, kabaddi, throw ball, handball, etc in the grounds available in the campus. Courts for basketball, volleyball and shuttlecock are available on the ground. Facilities for Indoor games such as, carom, chess, tennikoit, etc are available for students’ recreational purposes. A gymnasium with the necessary equipment is open in the campus.
• Other Facilities: Herbal Garden, Green House, Common Instrumentation Center, Computer Training Centre, Auditorium, History Museum and Zoology Museum, Workshops, Bank & ATM, Common Room.