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Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
Download: AQAR Report
In pursuance of action Plan for performance evaluation, assessment and 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 quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC will become a part of the institution’s system and work towards realisation 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
Strategies
IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for
- Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks.
- Relevant and quality academic/ 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 assessment and evaluation 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.
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;
- 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.
Members of IQAC Cell for the Academic Year 2018-19
| S.No | Composition Criteria Specified by NAAC | No of Members | Members | Designation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One member from the management | 1 | Shri.R.Durgashankar | Secretary |
| 2 | Chairperson- Head of the Institution | 1 | Dr.S.Manoharan | Principal |
| 3 | A few senior Administrative Officers | 2 | Dr.K.Geetha | Dean |
| Mr.A.Chandrahasan | Administrative Officer | |||
| 4 | One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/Director of the IQAC | 1 | Dr.G.Rajiv Suresh Kumar | Professor&Head/CSE |
| 5 | Teachers to represent all level (Three to Eight) | 3 | Dr.G.Gnanavel | Professor&Head/FT |
| Dr.I.J.Isaac Premkumar | ASP/Mechanical | |||
| Mr.S.Renswick | AP/ECE | |||
| 6 | One/Two nominees from Alumni/Local Society/Student | 3 | M.Romeo Antony | Alumni: 2009-13 Batch, Mech Door No:38,Upper Attadi, Coonoor, Nilgiris |
| Mr.R.Thangam | Local Society: Ex-President, Pichanur Village. | |||
| Mr.Joshin Thomas | Student: IV year-Civil | |||
| 7 | One/Two nominees from Employers/Industrialists/Stake holders | 3 | Mrs.K.Srigowri | Employer: Manager(HR), Genn Controls India Ltd, Coimbatore. |
| Dr.S.Charles | Industry: Senior Manager, Maxeye Technologies Ltd, Bangalore. | |||
| Mr.O.Peethamparan | Parent: F/O,O.P.Abijith-IV ECE , Orottil Krishna kripa House, Pudussery, Thekkethara,Kanjikode west, Palakkad |
