page_title: South Asian University
section_title: Prof. G. K. Chadha Library
hierarchical_section_title: South Asian University / Prof. G. K. Chadha Library
caption_attribution_description: English: Entry gate of the Library
context_page_description: South Asian University is an International University sponsored by the eight Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. The eight countries are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. South Asian University started admitting students in 2010, at a temporary campus at Akbar Bhawan, India. Its permanent campus will be at Maidan Garhi in South Delhi, India, next to Indira Gandhi National Open University. First academic session of the university started in August 2010 with two post-graduate academic programmes, in economics and computer sciences. As of 2014, SAU offered Master's and MPhil/PhD programs in applied mathematics, biotechnology, computer science, development economics, international relations, law and sociology. The degrees of the university are recognised by all the member nations of the SAARC according to an inter-governmental agreement signed by the foreign ministers of the eight SAARC member states.
  South Asian University attracts students predominantly from all the eight SAARC countries, although students from other continents also attend. There is a country quota system for admission of students.
context_section_description: The Prof. G. K. Chadha Library was established to fulfil academic and research need of the students and the staff of the South Asian University. The main library spreads over a total area of 4500 sq. ft. The library functions from Monday to Sunday from 9:00 am to 06:00 am. Additional reading rooms are available on the Mezzanine Floor and 8th Floor are opened round the clock. The library has a collection of books, journals, CD/DVD, films etc. covering different subject areas. There are around 14000 volumes of books, 400 e-books, 76000e-journals, 11 print journals, 16 database, 21 CD/DVDs, newspapers, magazines and encyclopaedia. The library is using the Summon as Discovery Service and Koha as ILS. Electronic resources are accessible to users through EZproxy from anywhere in the world. TAs a core member of the University Grants Commission of India the library has access to e-resources i.e. Oxford University Press, Springer, Taylor & Francis, MathSciNet, ISID, World eBook Library, South Asia Archive and J-Gate. The library also subscribes the PressReader newspaper and magazine database. The library maintains its website at http://library.sau.ac.in.
caption: Prof. G. K. Chadha Library
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