The college stands committed to working towards safety of all these students. Initiatives and interventions are multipronged. These involve creating better infrastructure inside the college; enhancing safety in the immediate environment in collaboration with civic agencies; creating strong peer and student-faculty interaction, providing mentoring and counselling services, creating oversight and redressal mechanisms for all students. However, at all times, the individual's privacy and dignity is respected.

Security Guards: The college has round the clock security of high standards. To this end it employs a large number of well-trained guards on 24 hour roster. Security has been outsourced to a professional agency. Lady security guards are employed during the day at the college entry gates.

Disaster Preparation: Educational institutes of repute are expected to be well prepared and vigilant to handle all forms of emergencies. A comprehensive disaster management plan and protocol is in place. Miranda House Geography Department has created an Evacuation Plan for the entire college. This is well displayed. Students are sensitized through Mock drills to respond to alarms including those in case of fire, terror or natural disaster; services of City Police, Fire Department, Red Cross and CISF have been solicited for this training.

This has entailed creation of the following facilities:

  • Fire Extinguishers: The college has installed Fire fighting equipment at all strategic locations after a comprehensive Fire Fighting Audit by pertinent agency. The equipment is well maintained and college ensures that it is functional.
  • CCTV: As part of security measure, the college has installed a vast network of CCTV cameras covering the boundary, gates, open spaces, corridors and other critical areas while protecting privacy of teaching-learning and social spaces. There are 48 CCTV Cameras in the College Area, 64 in the Library Area and 16 in the Hostel Area, all with two-week recording.
  • Public Address System: This covers the entire college area with 15 Sound Projector Speakers, Horn Loud Speakers, PA Amplifier system with 2 inputs and microphones for addressing from tow locations. The Hostel has its own PA system.

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❖ NIRF Rank # 2 ❖ एन.आई.आर.एफ रैंक # 2 ❖ NAAC Grade A+ (First Cycle) to Grade A++ (Second Cycle) ❖ NAAC ग्रेड A+ (पहला चक्र) से ग्रेड A++ (दूसरा चक्र)

As a constituent college of DU, Miranda House was linked to the National Knowledge Network with the DU Computer Centre planning and introducing state-of-art hardware, software and networking solutions. It laid a university wide fibre optic network that acts as the hub for ICT related activities at DU. Large number of computers in the college are on Miranda House LAN.

National Knowledge Network (NKN) is available on DU Intranet and accessed via the college Wi-Fi. The usage includes video conferencing and access to virtual classrooms. Faculty members use features like video lectures, and learning management system courses. Students and faculty have actively participated in all NKN events at DU that include direct address by Honourable President of India on several occasions.