Jaya College

We are located at 1/17 in Chennai. It’s a big building where students are always running around from one class to another. The hallways stay pretty noisy during the breaks between lectures. We’ve been here in Tamil Nadu for a long time, watching different groups of students come and go every year. It’s a lot of work keeping everything organized. The office gets crowded during admission time with people asking all sorts of questions about schedules and fees. We try to keep up with it all. The weather gets really hot here, so the fans are always spinning. Sometimes the electricity goes out and we just have to wait it out. It isn't a perfect place, but it's where the learning happens. We see teachers carrying stacks of papers and students sitting in the courtyard studying for their exams. There is always something going on, whether it is a small event or just a regular day of classes. We don't have fancy leather chairs or anything like that, just wooden desks and plenty of books. The stone steps at the entrance are worn down from years of students walking up and down them. We have a small canteen area where the smell of coffee and snacks lingers all morning. It’s a bit of a mess sometimes with papers everywhere, but we know where everything is. The notice board is always covered in layers of old announcements that nobody has taken down yet. It is just a solid place with walls and desks. It’s a part of the neighborhood in Chennai now.