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.
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.
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
- Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all stakeholders
- 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
- Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices
- 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.
Strategies
- Ensure timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks
- Relevant and quality academic/ research programs
- Equitable access to and affordability of academic programs for various sections of society
- Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning
- The credibility of assessment and evaluation a process
- 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
Composition of the IQAC
Quality Policy /Manual
- Institute has formed Internal Quality Assurance Cell with Deans and other faculty as members and Director as Chairperson of the Cell. The Cell has finalized Quality Policy and Quality manual which is also a basis for obtaining ISO 9001-2008 certification.
- Basic principles of Quality Policy of the institute include holistic approach, benchmarking, methodologies for accountability, self-assessment, evaluation by students, continuous efforts for improving the quality of academic, administrative and supporting staff, optimum utilization of resources and efforts for continuous improvement.
Features of Quality Assurance
- 1) A commitment to widespread involvement of staff, students and other stakeholders in the QA process
- Critical self-evaluation and rigorous peer review of academic and administrative areas
- Methodical collection of information about service satisfaction and student experience, including external comparisons
- External assessment of professional courses through accreditation and review including benchmarks
- Multiple avenues for student and staff input to QA and improvement in the performance of Institutes, Faculties, services, academic bodies, student committees
- Systematic use of stakeholder experiences to improve course and curricula and to plan development and training programmes for staff.
- 2) A focus on efficient management, planning and resource processes to achieve excellence and to ensure continuous improvement.
- Institute-wide strategic goals linked to plans, priorities and review system
- Effective academic bodies to develop, implement and oversee academic policies
- A regular cycle of reviews of all faculties and administrative service units
- Coordinated academic and administrative review processes
- A process for monitoring implementation of the recommendations of reviews through University administration
- Performance-based incentive for teaching and research
- Provision for funds to address areas of improvement
- Annual updating of faculty teaching and learning plans
- A performance management and development system for staff
Mechanism of Quality Assurance
Operational Features / Implementation of the IQAC
- To conduct the meeting at the beginning of each semester (Twice in a year)
- Agenda of the meeting would be to review academic policies for the effective implementation
- To develop a monitoring system for quality assurance practices
- To coordinate the process of online feedback from students about Teaching-Learning process in respective classes and communicate the assessment of the same to respective faculty members and Department
- To prepare a detailed Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) at the end of the academic year and submit the same to the accreditation body i.e. NAAC.
- To organize Academic Activities as per the guidelines given by Governing Body, Academic Council of the college
- Preparation of list of faculty coordinator/conveners for various committees and cells, to plan the activities for the academic year
- To conduct the meeting of faculty coordinators for various academic tasks to discuss the plan of action for their respective responsibilities
- Preparation of mentor and mentee list at the department level and distribution of mentoring registers along with guidelines to follow based on attendance, performance etc.
- Preparation of common slots for seminars, sports, skill based program and Value added programs and communicate the same to the respective faculty and student for inclusion in their timetable
- Collection of teaching outcome feedback (course assessment) from students at the end of the semester
- Collection and compilation of self appraisal forms from faculty members at the end of academic year
- To prepare/modify various application/information formats at least once in a year
- To prepare the Activity calendar of the Institute based on the individual plans submitted by Departments/various forums
- To coordinate the flow of information to the website administrator from various forums/Departments before and after the activities/achievements
- To coordinate the process of preparation and submission of Activity Record files by various forums after the activity
- To help the director office in periodic review of policy book of the Institute
IQAC Framework /Meetings
Quality Initiatives
