TQM Exclusive Wing (IQAC)

Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

 

Vision of the IQAC

 To establish and maintain a culture of quality that fosters comprehensive excellence for women throughout the institution.

 Mission of the IQAC

• To guarantee regular evaluation of the institution's teaching, learning, research, and outreach programs.
• To facilitate the creation of an environment that supports high-quality teaching and learning.
• To foster a culture of research and innovation among faculty and students.
• To encourage departments to increase the number of seminars, conferences, and workshops they organize.
• To set up a system for gathering feedback from students, alumni, parents, and other stakeholders.

Quality Parameters

We aspire to establish a system of quality assurance to evaluate and monitor the education and training offered at our institute. Our primary focus is to enhance the teaching-learning process, ensuring it aligns with the highest standards. Through these efforts, we aim to transform our institute into a distinguished center of excellence for education and training.

 Functions:

The primary functions of the IQAC include (but are not limited to):

Establishing quality benchmarks for academic and administrative processes.

• Collecting feedback from students, parents, and stakeholders to improve institutional quality.
• Sharing information about quality standards in higher education.
• Hosting workshops and seminars on quality topics and facilitating quality circles.
• Documenting programs and activities to enhance quality.
• Coordinating quality activities and sharing best practices.
• Managing institutional data for quality enhancement.
• Fostering a culture of quality within the institute.
• Compiling the Annual Quality Assurance Report based on relevant assessment criteria.

Composition of The IQAC

To ensure the above-mentioned functions are performed accurately, IQAC works by following the given hierarchy-

1. Head of the Educational Institution - Chairperson
2. Representatives from the Faculty Members
3. Management Authority
4. Senior Administrative Staff Members
5. Nominee from – Students, Local society, Alumni
6. Nominees from - Employers, Stakeholders, Industrialists
7. Senior Teacher Representing as the Coordinator or the Director of the IQAC
8. The Role Of The IQAC Coordinator
9. IQAC co-coordinator would be the “captain of the ship”!

There are multiple reasons  – he/she would have years of experience, will be a full-time worker in the institution, would have a responsible approach towards the work processes, and most importantly, he/she would work on the goal of achieving NAAC accreditation.

In a nutshell, the role of the IQAC co-coordinator is the most important of all the committee members.

The key duties of IQAC that help institutions to improve their processes.

• Effective Leadership
• Practice Decentralization and Participate Management
• Perspective/Strategic Plan
• Organizational Structure
• Administrative Setup and E-governance
• Effectiveness of various bodies/ Cells/Committees
• Financial Support
• Professional Development
• Co-curricular and Extra-curricular Activities
• Academic Administrative Audit (AAA)
• Participation in various Accreditation and Rankings

Benefits of  IQAC in the Accreditation Process

The following are the top 10 benefits of IQAC

1:  Best Practices: IQAC ensures clarity of the work processes and enables the stakeholders to “re-think” the current work processes.

2: Internalization Of Quality Culture: The continuous assessment patterns make it possible to create an internalization of quality education culture in higher education institutions.

3: Better Collaboration Of Departments: IQAC ensures a better collaboration between various departments of the HEIs and eradicates the communication gap with frequent evaluation & feedbacks from the stakeholders.

4:  Improved Functioning Of The HEIs: With a greater level of transparency & assessments, institutions are able to make better decisions and improve their overall functioning.

5:  Proper Documentation: IQAC allows the faculty to properly create authentic documentations & keep their records for future reference in the NAAC assessment process.

6: Encourages R&D: IQAC encourages HEIs to pay attention to R&D and make the faculty future-ready by empowering them.

7: Greater Transparency: IQAC peer team verifies all the documents, evidence, and facts and resolves the challenges faced by the HEIs.

8:Project-Based & Service-Based Learning: Students are taught the value of practical knowledge by involving project-based learning as well as service-based learning.

9: Professional Practices: To help children grow academically as well as develop skills, the IQAC team encourages conducting various programs & lectures of professional experts.

10: Global Platform: Unlike traditional teaching-learning culture, IQAC tries to provide a globalized platform to students by inculcating the “think locally- act globally” mindset.