IQAC
Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
Objectives
The primary objective 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 a quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
Strategies
IQAC evolves 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 proper allocation of support structure and services.
- Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.
Functions
Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:
- Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities.
- Facilitating a learner-centric environment conducive to quality education and faculty maturation.
- 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 and activities leading to quality improvement.
- Acting as the nodal agency of the institution for coordinating quality-related activities and best practices.
- Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining institutional quality.
- Development of quality culture in the institution.
- Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC.
Benefits
IQAC will facilitate / contribute:
- A heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement.
- Internalization of the quality culture.
- Enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalising good practices.
- A sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning.
- Acts as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs.
- Builds an organised methodology of documentation and internal communication.
