INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL

Objective

The primary aim of IQAC is

• To develop a mechanism to promote conscious, consistent and catalytic action plans to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.
• To promote institutional quality enhancement and sustenance through the internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of the best practices

Functions

1. Development and application of quality benchmarks;
2. Setting 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 development to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process;
4. Collection and analysis of feedback from all the stack holders on quality-related institutional processes;
5. Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all the stakeholders;
6. Organization of intra and inter-institutional workshops and seminars on quality-related themes and promotion of quality circles;
7. Documentation of various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;
8. Acting as a nodal agency of the institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of the best practices;
9. Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining and enhancing institutional quality;
10. Periodical conduct of academic and administrative audits along with their follow-up activities; and
11. Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance report (AQAR) as per the guidelines and parameters of NAAC.

  Composition

The IQAC should be constituted in every institution under the chairpersonship of the head of the institution with heads of key academic and administrative units and a few teachers and a few distinguished educationists and representatives of the local management and stakeholders as members.

The composition of the IQAC should be as follows:

• Chairperson: Head of the institution.
• Teachers to represent all levels (Assistant Professor and Associate Professor) (Three to eight)
• One member from the Management.
• The senior administrative officer (Office Superintendent/Manager)
• One nominee each from the Local Society/ Trust, Students and Alumni.
• One nominee each from the Employer/Industrialist/Stakeholders.
• One of the senior teachers as the coordinator of the IQAC.

The composition of the IQAC will depend on the size and complexity of the Institution and accordingly the representation of teachers may vary. The IQAC helps the Institution in Planning and monitoring quality-related activities. It ensures the various stakeholders and beneficiaries cross-sectional participation in the Institutions quality-enhancement activities. The guidelines given here are only indicative and will help the institutions in their quality-sustenance activities.

The membership of the nominated members shall be for a period of 3 years. The IQAC should meet at least once in every quarter. The quorum for the meeting shall be two-third of the total number of members.  The Agenda, Minutes and Action taken reports are to be documented and maintained electronically in a retrievable format.