Jamia Hamdard University

This branch is right in the middle of the city at Connaught Place, Middle Circle, A 19. If you know CP, you know how hectic it gets around here with all the people and the shops. Our office is tucked away, and it feels a bit like a hidden spot away from the main noise. We handle a lot of the administrative side of things for the university here. People come in to ask about courses or to drop off forms that they forgot to mail. The rooms are a bit cramped because it is an older building with high ceilings and thick walls. I usually spend my time at the front desk or filing papers in the back room. We have a small air conditioner that hums quite loudly, but we need it during the Delhi summers. It is quite a walk from the metro station, so I usually get my exercise in every morning. Sometimes students come in looking confused about which department they need, and we try to point them in the right direction. It isn’t a huge campus like the main one; it’s more of a functional space for getting the boring but necessary stuff done. We have a few old wooden chairs for visitors and a water cooler that everyone uses. The windows look out onto the inner streets where you can see the delivery bikes zooming past all day long.