Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

In pursuance of its Action Plan for performance evaluation, assessment & accreditation & quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education, NAAC 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 & work towards realization of the goals of quality enhancement & sustenance. The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent & catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions. For this, during the post-accreditation period, it will channelize all efforts & measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence.

STRATEGIES
IQAC shall evolve mechanism 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 functioning of the support structure and services •  Research sharing and networking with other institutions in India and abroad

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 •  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 •  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 •  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

BENEFITS
IQAC will facilitate/contribute:
•  Ensure heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement •  Ensure internalization of the quality culture •  Ensure enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices •  Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning •  Act as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs •  Build an organised methodology of documentation and internal communication