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It is one of the leading research libraries in the field of Structural and Civil Engineering in India, aiming to fulfil the research and information needs of the scientific and academic community of the institute as well as the scholars from other institutions from all over India.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp style=\u0022text-align:justify;\u0022\u003ENestled amidst the greenery in the campus, the KRD building was designed to allow abundant natural light and quiet ambience, and was inaugurated in the year 1994. Aesthetically laid, and in an ambience conducive to serious reading, is the modern centrally air-conditioned building. Its stately reading hall of two floors height houses the reference collections and the current journals. The stacks hold the back volumes for convenience of reference. This area also houses the standards collection. 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