Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent, and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of the institution. It becomes an integral part of the institutional system, working toward the realization of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance. It channelizes all efforts and measures of the institution toward promoting holistic academic excellence.

Objectives

• 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

• Ensuring timely, efficient, and progressive performance of academic, administrative, and financial tasks.
• Enhancing the relevance and quality of academic and research programmes.
• Providing equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society.
• Optimizing and integrating modern methods of teaching and learning.
• Maintaining credibility of evaluation procedures.
• Ensuring adequacy, maintenance, and functioning of the support structure and services.
• Promoting research sharing and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.

Functions

• Developing and applying quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities.
• Facilitating a learner-centric environment conducive to quality education and faculty development.
• Arranging feedback from students, parents, and stakeholders on quality-related processes.
• Disseminating information on various quality parameters of higher education.
• Organizing inter and intra-institutional workshops/seminars on quality-related themes.
• Documenting programmes and activities leading to quality improvement.
• Acting as a nodal agency for coordinating quality-related activities and best practices.
• Maintaining an institutional database through MIS to enhance quality.
• Fostering the development of a Quality Culture in the institution.
• Preparing the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per NAAC guidelines.

Benefits

• Ensures clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement.
• Promotes internalization of a quality culture.
• Enhances coordination among institutional activities and institutionalizes best practices.
• Provides a strong basis for informed decision-making to improve functioning.
• Acts as a dynamic system for introducing quality changes in HEIs.
• Builds an organized methodology for documentation and internal communication.