lucknow lucknow university is set to have its first swimming pool the university would also have a student activity centre sac where counselling sessions for admissions and placements would be held the sac will also have an atm a cyber cafe and a cafetaria the swimming pool and the sac would cost rs 23 crore and rs 16 crore respectively the sac would facilitate indoor games debates quizzes and other studentcentric activities seeking a makeover lu had sent a proposal to the state government for expansion of the academic block for arts faculty administrative block and a 1000seat auditorium in its new campus the government had approved the projects amounting to rs 98 crore the auditorium would be used for academic and research conferences industry interaction and special lectures cultural activities too would be held in the auditorium the need for such a place was felt said university offiicals as the existing malviya hall in the main campus failed to accommodate students staff participants and guests with the university growing in terms of the number of courses and enrolments a bigger auditorium was necessary the university will also expand its adminitrative building to accommodate more officers and functionaries the administrative block to be shaped like a pentagon would be a place for administrative meetings executive council academic council and interaction with visiting delegates the block would also provide space for adequate storage of records the government has also sanctioned rs 13 crore for setting up an academic block to meet the shortage of classrooms in the existing arts faculty in quadrangle building the block would provide rooms for faculty and research scholars university spokesperson prof nk pandey said this will for the first time ever that the university will have a stateoftheart swimming pool facilities like sac will help university retain students