The Academic Resource Centre (ARC) 

The Academic Resource Centre (ARC) is a university-wide hub dedicated to helping students cultivate the skills, capacities, and confidence needed for success in academic life and beyond.
The ARC offers an accessible, non-judgmental space for students seeking structured support in foundational, co-academic, and transferable skills. This includes developing independence, clarity in studies, and a sense of belonging. The ARC provides year-round initiatives like workshops, tutorials, and pre/post-sessional programmes. By offering both sustained scaffolding and responsive guidance, the ARC fosters a culture of self-directed learning and helps students build durable capabilities for their professional pathways.

Office of Disability Inclusion

The Office of Disability Inclusion at Azim Premji University is dedicated to creating an accessible, equitable, and inclusive academic environment where all students can reach their full potential.

The Office supports students with diverse needs (physical, sensory, cognitive, learning, psychosocial) by proactively removing systemic barriers. Rooted in empathy and respect, the team provides personalised, one-on-one support and reasonable accommodations. We foster mutual support through peer tutoring and collaborate with faculty and staff to ensure accessible materials and methods. Regular sensitisation workshops reinforce this commitment. Ultimately, our mission is to embed inclusion as a core value, ensuring every student can fully learn, participate, and contribute to the campus community.

Conversations: Centre for Positive Mental Health and Wellbeing

We have a dedicated team of trained mental health professionals providing essential socio-emotional support to students and members of Azim Premji University and Foundation.

We offer a confidential, safe space to help students develop healthy coping skills, navigate academic demands and transitional challenges, and explore personal issues like identity and relationships. Our counsellors use an approach that is queer affirmative, sensitive to caste and indigeneity, and trauma-informed. Beyond individual support, we actively collaborate to foster a strong, positive culture of wellbeing across the campus community.

Medical Centre

The Medical Centres on both our campuses are equipped for medical emergencies, offer immediate treatment for minor ailments, and facilitate consultations and referrals to nearby hospitals. Medical team and availability:

• The medical team includes a qualified doctor and a group of nurses.
• A doctor is available for consultations from Monday to Saturday during working hours.
• A nurse is on duty 24×7, ensuring that medical assistance is always accessible.

An ambulance, equipped with lifesaving equipment, is on campus and available ²⁴⁄₇ for any medical emergencies.

Resident mentors and peer support

Other than the official Conversations team, students also approach resident mentors and peer tutors to have a friendly chat or share their worries. Resident mentors are always around the Nalandana building and host voluntary weekly sessions with students.  Peer support is a group of senior students who are trained in the basics of mental health and are readily approachable. They can relate with the academic experience of students and understand the pressure of being at a crucial age and can support students in times of need. You can also volunteer to be a peer support group member and take the required course to gain the certification.