Dayanand Sagar College

It’s a bit unusual having the college at Bungalow No. 10 on Golmuri Road, but that’s where we are. It’s an old building in the Tinplate area of Jamshedpur, and it has a lot of character compared to the modern blocks. There’s a big garden in the front that we try to keep tidy, though the weeds usually win in the end during the rainy season. The rooms are large with high ceilings, which helps keep things cool when there are lots of people inside. You can hear the traffic from Golmuri Road all day long. Students usually hang out on the steps near the entrance between their sessions. We’ve had to fix the plumbing a few times this year because it’s an older house and things just break. The staff room is basically just a few desks pushed together in what used to be a dining room. It feels more like a home than a school sometimes. We don’t have any fancy brochures or anything like that. People just hear about us through friends or they see the sign when they're driving by. Jamshedpur is a small enough town that everyone eventually finds their way here. We spend a lot of time just managing the day-to-day stuff, making sure there are enough chairs and that the lights are working. It’s not a perfect setup, but it’s ours and we like it here in this part of Jharkhand.