About IQAC
In pursuance of its action plan for performance evaluation, assessment, accreditation, and quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore proposes that every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a post-accreditation quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC will become a part of the institution’s system and work towards realization 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.
Objectives
The primary aim of IQAC is to develop a system of conscious, consistent, and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution. To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement, professionals go through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
Strategies
Ensuring timely, efficient, and progressive performance of the academic, administrative, and financial tasks.
The relevance and quality of academic and research programs.
Equitable access and affordability of academic programs for various sections of society.
Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning.
The credibility of evaluation procedures.
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 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.
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/activities leading to quality improvement.
It acts as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including the adoption and dissemination of best practices.
Development and maintenance of Institutional database through MIS to maintain/enhance the institutional quality.
Development of Quality Culture in the institution.
Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC.