Nitte Institute of Communication - [NICO]

Nitte Institute of Communication Campus Facilities

The NICO has a spacious, well-developed, culturally vibrant, and Wi-Fi-enabled campus with all kinds of basic and advanced facilities to fulfill the demands of students and staff members. Further, the overall ambiance of the college promotes a sense of community among people and gives them amazing shared experiences to cherish for life forever. 

Smart Classrooms: The NICO has developed spacious, new-gen, and well-illuminated lecture halls on its campus. All the classrooms are resourced with the latest technologies, LCD projectors, comfortable seating arrangements, audio-video devices, and the Internet. This ambiance in return allows faculty members to deliver the subject curriculum in the best way possible, and students also find it easy to collaborate and discuss topics smoothly.

Hostels: To provide a home-like safe and secure environment to students away from their homes, so that they can pursue their dreams comfortably, separate accommodation facilities are offered by the college to both girls and boys. These hostels are well-resourced with clean and well-furnished rooms with attached bathrooms, a cot, cupboard, study table and chair, recreation facility with a TV, and enough space for indoor, and outdoor games, 24*7 electricity and water supply, and internet. 

There is also a mess to provide delicious, freshly prepared, and hygienic food items. Students can order both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals through an app called Paaka-Shaale. A dedicated Mess Committee decides the menu every day. Further, the Warden monitors daily activities and the security of students is taken care of by security personnel. Also, if urgent medical attention is needed, on-call consultation with doctors can be availed by students. Every hostel has solar water heaters, a common telephone, a reading room, a visitor's lounge, water coolers, generators, and CCTV cameras. 

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Library: An amazing Knowledge Center has been developed in the college to enhance everyone's knowledge with a plethora of printed/digital learning sources, and to inculcate reading habits in students. It is home to 2600+ media-specific books related to research, journalism, media studies, photography, film, advertising, corporate communication, graphic design and digital media. 

Apart from this, there are books on history, political science, sociology, subaltern studies, cultural studies, philosophy, environment, development science, and health. Last but not least, young minds can explore 107 DVDs, 17 periodicals, and 6 newspapers. The Library has a ProQuest license, which allows students to access a global archive of dissertations and thesis. 

Conveyance: NICO has a fleet of buses to ensure smooth and free-of-cost pickup and drop off of students and staff members from nearby locations. 

Health Care: As and when needed, medical and dental treatment can be availed by students at the 1000-bed multispecialty Justice K S Hegde Charitable Hospital and the A B Shetty Dental College Hospital, both of which are situated in the campus.

Cafeteria: An aesthetic, spacious and modernized Cafeteria also exists in the institute premises to provide highly nutritious, freshly cooked, and wide variety of food items to both staff members and students at an affordable price. In addition, students can enjoy South Indian dishes, and fast food like pasta, sandwiches and noodles. 

Gymnasium and Sports: With the aim to keep students physically fit, and mentally healthy, an air-conditioned, and multi-house Gym has been built in college campus. It remains open from 6 AM to 10 PM. Professor Trainers work dedicatedly to guide students at every step. Equipment including treadmills, elliptical trainers, exercise bikes, and rowing machines are installed here.

Then there is. 24000 sq. ft. Indoor Sports Complex, containing a floodlit Basketball court, 4 Shuttle Badminton courts, a Tennis court, a Volleyball court and a Throwball court. A running track is also available on campus.

Student Wellness Centre: The objective of this facility is to provide a stress-free campus to students and encourage them to live a healthy lifestyle. If needed, experts mentoring and counseling services can be availed by students for their academic/personal/social issues. All details about individual issues are kept confidential.

Studio: A well-maintained, and new-gen Studio with equipment like BM Pocket Cinema Camera 4K BM 4K Video Mixer, Sony 4K Video Camera CanonDSLR and Lenses, Elinchrom Studio Lights, LED Studio Lights, Allen & Heath Audio Mixer, and Teleprompter have been cultivated to provide real-world newsroom feel, and hands-on exposure to students.

Multimedia Lab and iMac Editing Studio: In this lab, students learn how to produce graphics, sounds, and animated videos using 30 iMacs, software, and the latest equipment. Then there is an editing studio, where individuals are taught how to edit audio and video, design graphics, web pages, or newspapers.

Auditorium: The college has a state-of-the-art Auditorium with a seating capacity of 175 people. It is used to organize various kinds of events and extracurricular activities including Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, Project Presentations, Debates, Personality Development Sessions, Mock Interviews, and Group Discussions. Every amenity ranging from LCD Projector, Wi-Fi, Speakers, and Audio-Video devices are installed here.

Laboratories: There is a multi-camera television studio in the NICO college, and is equipped with the latest equipment, Adobe Creative Cloud so that students can seamlessly work on the latest software. A new color grading studio has recently been added to the institute infra. It hosts DaVinci mini and micro panels for exclusive color processing and color grading of photographs and videos. 

Clubs and Committees: The following clubs and committees have been formed to organize different types of sessions and fun activities, and make student's campus life worth celebrating:

• Nitte Film Society: Under this society, students are educated about the world of cinema and films. 

• Environment Club: This is the environment club of the college, and its objective is to make people aware of the environment as well as agricultural issues. Various kinds of workshops, discussions, film screenings, field visits and lectures are conducted by the members of this club in collaboration with experts.

• Theater Club: This club encourages students with theater movements in India and abroad. Activities such as street plays, mime shows and other theater-related activities are conducted from time to time.

• Photography Club: Here students are educated about digital photography and videography techniques. Photography Workshops, Photo walks and Exhibitions are conducted from time to time. 

• Literary Club: Under Literacy Club, students are engaged in all kinds of literature activities including short story reading, poetry recitals, and book reading. 

Nitte International Film Festival: This annual film festival is conducted by the college to showcase and celebrate local and national level cinema, and also to provide a platform to filmmakers to spot talents for their next release. Apart from this, screening of award-winning films happens in this festival in the presence of directors, actors, producers and technicians. In the previous 3 editions, 150+ films made in different languages including Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam, Tulu, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Czech, French and German have been screened.