About IQAC


In pursuance of its Action Plan for performance evaluation, assessment & accreditation & quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education, NAAC proposes that 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 will become a part of the institution’s system & work towards realisation of the goals of quality enhancement & sustenance.
The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent & catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions. For this, during the post-accreditation period, it will channelize all efforts & measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence.

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

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

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.

COMPOSITION

IQAC may be constituted in every institution under the Chairmanship of the Head of the institution with heads of important academic and administrative units and a few teachers and a few distinguished educationists and representatives of local management and stakeholders The composition of the IQAC may be as follows:

1.Chairperson: Head of the Institution

2.A few senior administrative officers

3.Three to eight teachers

4.One member from the Management

5.One/two nominees from local society, Students and Alumni

6.One/two nominees from Employers /Industrialists/stakeholders

7.One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/Director of the IQAC