Functions - Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:
a) Development
and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and
administrative activities of the institution;
b)
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;
c)
Arrangement for feedback response from
students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional
processes;
d) Dissemination of information on various quality
parameters of higher education;
e) Organization of inter and intra institutional
workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles;
f) Documentation of the various
programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;
g) Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution
for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and
dissemination of best practices;
h) Development
and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of
maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality;
i) Development of Quality Culture in the
institution;
j) 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
a)
Ensure heightened level of clarity and focus in
institutional functioning towards quality enhancement;
b)
Ensure internalization of the quality culture;
b) Ensure enhancement and coordination among various
activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices;
c) Provide a sound basis for decision-making to
improve institutional functioning;
d) Act as a dynamic system for quality changes
in HEIs;
e) Build an organised methodology of
documentation and internal communication.
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