Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

The IQAC of our college is a part of the institution’s system and it works towards the realisation 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. The IQAC coordinates and channelizes all efforts and measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence.

Vision

Ensure quality culture is the prime concern for Higher Education Institutions through institutionalizing and internalizing all the initiatives taken with internal and external support

Objective

The primary aim of IQAC is

  • To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.
  • To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.

Strategies:

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for

  1.  Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks;
  2.  Relevant and quality academic/ research programmes;
  3.  Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society;
  4.  Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning;
  5.  The credibility of the assessment and evaluation process;
  6.  Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services;
  7.  Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.

Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:

  1. Development and application of quality benchmarks
  2. Parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution;
  3. 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;
  4. Collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes;
  5. Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all stakeholders;
  6. Organization of inter and intra-institutional workshops, seminars on quality-related themes and promotion of quality circles;
  7. Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;
  8.  Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including the adoption and dissemination of best practices;
  9.  Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS to maintain/enhancing the institutional quality;
  10. Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audit and its follow-up
  11.  Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC.

Benefits
IQAC will facilitate/contribute to

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

COMPOSITION OF IQAC