Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

About IQAC

As per the directions of NAAC & guidelines issued by UGC from time to time regarding assurance of imparting quality education every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC will become a part of the institution’s system and work towards 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 is a nodal agency for ushering in the era of total quality management by working out intervention strategies to enhance overall quality in the institution/College/HEI.

IQAC Vision

To ensure quality culture as the prime concern for the Higher Education Institutions through institutionalizing and internalizing all the initiatives taken with internal and external support.

Goals and Objectives

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 and to promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.

Strategies

·         Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks;

·         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 assessment and evaluation process;

·         Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services;

Functions

·         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;

·         Collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes;

·         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;  Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality;

·         Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audit and its follow-up.

·         Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC.

Benefits

         Ensure 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.