HDFC library holds a wide range of contemporary books, journals, art and multimedia documents in English and Indian languages.

Printed Books

The library has a vibrant collection of contemporary books related to Liberal Arts, Humanities, English, Literature, Social Sciences and Sciences including Computer Science. Currently, there are about 91492 books including about 39,124 books received from the personal collection.

  • 20294

    Language (Include Bhasha Books)

  • 18237

    History

  • 7889

    Political Science

  • 7660

    Anthropology and Sociology

  • 6795

    Economics

  • 3075

    Mathematics & Statistics

  • 10113

    Philosophy & Religion

  • 3613

    Art

  • 841

    Computer Science

  • 4319

    Miscellaneous

  • 1488

    General Management

  • 1389

    Biology

  • 1748

    Psychology

  • 689

    Physics

  • 1276

    Literature

  • 703

    Education

  • 658

    General Science

  • 440

    Technology

  • 79

    Library Science

  • 186

    Chemistry

The Classic / Rare Books

The library maintains a separate Classic / Rare Book section of about 850 books which are presently under controlled access, but details are available on the general library catalog. These books are mostly on English literature (including Keats and Shelley’s collection donated by Prof. Kelvin Everest and Prof. Malabika Sarkar), history and biographies. The earliest book dates back to the year 1821.

Literature of India

Considering the multidisciplinary nature of subjects offered and the diverse interests of students, the library holds a modest collection of Indian literature, as mentioned below. These books comprise of contemporary collection in respective languages and are available for borrowing. Currently, these books are housed at the 2nd-floor library (Book Zone C).

  • 282

    Assamese

  • 1963

    Bengali

  • 386

    Gujarati

  • 2298

    Hindi

  • 1076

    Kannada

  • 487

    Marathi

  • 136

    Punjabi

  • 307

    Tamil

  • 96

    Urdu

Coffee Table Books

The library also caters to specific reading interests associated with the Visual, Performance, Theatre and other cultural arts.