INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL

INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)

IQAC is a post – accreditation quality sustenance measure.  Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC will become a part of the institutions system & work towards realisation of the goals of quality enhancement & sustenance.  The prime tsk of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent & catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions.  For this IQAC will channelize all efforts & measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence.

OBJECTIVES:

• To develop a system for sentient, consistent, and execute actions to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.
• To develop course of action for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through incorporation of quality culture and best practices.

VISION:

To make sure that developing a quality system in all around development of the college and achieve excellence in every aspect.

MISSION:

• To promote the research culture among staff and students
• To coordinate quality related activities of the institution
• To evaluate, the progress of administrative and academic tasks
• To develop Institutional database and documentation of the activities leading to quality improvement
• To build association with stakeholders

STRATEGIES:

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for:

• Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks
• The relevance and quality of academic and research programmes
• Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society
• Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning
• The credibility of evaluation procedures
• Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the support structure and services
• Research sharing and networking with other institutions in India and abroad

FUNCTIONS OF IQAC:

Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:

• • Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution
  • Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive to quality education and faculty maturation to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process
  • Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes
  • Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education
  • Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles
  • Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement
  • Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices
  • Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining/enhancing the institutional quality
  • Development of Quality Culture in the institution
  • Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC

BENEFITS:

IQAC will facilitate/contribute:

• Ensure heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement
• Ensure internalization of the quality culture
• Ensure enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices
• Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning
• Act as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs
• Build an organised methodology of documentation and internal communication

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF IQAC:

• IQAC communicates with faculty and students through HoDs for achieving quality policy.
• For the sake of quality in academic activities IQAC go through course files, lab manuals, attendance, syllabus coverage, mentoring system, result analysis.
• Every year Internal Academic and Administrative audit to be conducted
• External Academic and Administrative audit was carried out in alternate years.
• Reviews the institute level committees
• Monitoring NAAC, NBA, ISO, etc.

IQAC MEMBERS:

Quality Initiatives by IQAC