Internal Quality Assurance Cell
As per National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) guidelines every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a post-accreditation quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC becomes a part of the institution’s system and works towards realization of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance. The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions.
Vision and Mission
Vision
To make quality the defining element of higher education in India through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives.
Mission
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To arrange for periodic assessment and accreditation of institutions of higher education or units thereof, or specific academic programmes or projects;
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To stimulate the academic environment for promotion of quality of teaching-learning and research in higher education institutions;
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To encourage self-evaluation, accountability, autonomy and innovations in higher education;
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To undertake quality-related research studies, consultancy and training programmes, and
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To collaborate with other stakeholders of higher education for quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance.
Functions
Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:
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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
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Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes
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Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education
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Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles
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Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement.
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Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices.
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Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality.
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Development of Quality Culture in the institution.
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Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC
Goals of the IQAC
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To develop quality systems for conscious, consistent and catalytic programmed action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the College.
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To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internationalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
- To develop and progress a heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards creation, sustenance and enhancement of quality and facilitate internalization of the quality culture permeating every sphere of the Institution.
- To facilitate the integration of the various activities of the institution and institutionalize the best practices.
- To provide a sound basis for decision making imbibing all the dimensions of service quality to improve institutional functioning.
- To act as a change agent in the Institution.
- To coordinate and improve internal communication to facilitate greater policy implementation and quality assurance towards its stakeholders.