Introduction:

Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) has been established for performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation and quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education. According to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)every institution of higher education should establish Internal Quality Assurance Cell(IQAC). The primary responsibility of IQAC is to ensure quality enhancement and sustenance. It ensures the efficiency and effectiveness of measures taken/methods used to provide high quality education and evaluate the degree to which each task is fulfilled. 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.

Objectives:

1.Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks.
2.The relevance and quality of academic 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.



Functions of the IQAC:

1.Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for the various academic and administrative activities of the college.
2.Facilitating the creation of a learner centric environment, conducive for quality education and faculty maturation to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process.
3.Arrangement for feedback responses from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes.
4.Documentation of the various programmes/ activities of the college, leading to quality improvement.
5.Acting as a nodal agency of the college for coordinating quality-related activities, including adaptation and dissemination of good practices.
6.Development of Quality Culture in the college.
7.Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the college based on the quality parameters/assessment criteria developed by the relevant quality assurance body in the prescribed format.
8.IQAC shall act as the Documentation and Record Keeping cell.