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Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)


Objectives

IQAC will facilitate / contribute:
  1. To a heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement and facilitate internalization of the quality culture.
  2. To the enhancement and integration among the various activities of the institution and institutionalize many good practices.
  3. To provide a sound basis for decision making to improve institutional functioning
  4. To act as a change agent in the institution.
  5. To better internal communication.

Strategies

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for:
  1. Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks
  2. The relevance and quality of academic and research programmes
  3. Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society
  4. Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning
  5. The credibility of evaluation procedures
  6. Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the support structure and services
  7. Research sharing and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.

Functions

Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:
  1. Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of an institution.
  2. Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education.
  3. Organization of workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles.
  4. Documentation of the various programmes / activities leading to quality improvement.
  5. Acting as a nodal agency of the institution for quality-related activities.
  6. Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) to be submitted to NAAC based on the quality parameters. Composition The IQAC may be constituted in every institution under the chairmanship of head of the institution with heads of important academic and administrative units, a few teachers and a few distinguished educationists/representatives of local committee.

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