XXVI ANNUAL REPORT GOA UNIVERSITY

PART 4:
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
General Information
The University has been able to take up construction activity for various works since
funds were made available. The Major Project undertaken and completed is as follows:
1. Silver Jubilee Hall.
The following work being executed by GSIDC is complete and commissioned:
1. Construction of New Boy’s Hostel
The following works are in progress:
Construction of Women’s Hostel.
Hostel for Acadamic Staff College.
Compound wall for University Calapur village
The following works are being processed and due to start shortly:
i) Health Centre
ii) Fitness Centre
iii) Auditorium
iv) Compound Wall for University Bambolim village.
Painting, water proofing and maintenance works for various buildings have also been
taken up. Parking areas with Pavers and inter connecting tiled footpaths provided.
The following works being executed by GSIDC are in progress and nearing completion:
Construction of Science faculty block
Computerisation and IT Infrastructure
The Computer Centre has taken some bold steps in order to improve the Internet speed,
reliability and availability at Goa University. The WAN is enhanced through the NMEICT
(National Mission on Education through ICT) 1 Gbps link which connects various Indian
Universities and provides Internet bandwidth of 150 mbps, extensible up to 1Gbps. The
University LAN is made robust by laying a redundant fiber optic 1GBPS link to various
departments, thus reducing the chance of a single point failure. Each department is
brought under a different VLAN and the redundancy is achieved using STP. The
bandwidth Load Balance within the LAN is obtained using routing protocols RIP/OSPF on
the mid range Layer 3 switches placed at all the core junctions. Internet Facility is also
extended to the Boys’ Hostel and the International Guest House through 1 Gbps fiber
connectivity and distributed using high powered wireless routers. In the International
Guest House the connectivity is also extended through copper using UTP cat 6 cables to
individual rooms.
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