IQAC - self declaration
The IQAC Cell of the college works towards improving and maintaining the quality of education by identifying and suggesting new ways of using teaching aids, developing suitable infrastructure, and offering suggestions for new market-oriented courses. IQAC is an effective and efficient internal coordinating and monitoring mechanism. The IQAC plays a vital role in maintaining and enhancing the quality of the institution and suggests quality enhancement measures to be adopted. In the year 2018-19 the IQAC conducted many meetings to plan, direct, implement, and evaluate the teaching, learning, evaluation, research, and publication activities in the college. The IQAC strives to spread quality culture through quality enhancement initiatives and best practises.
Significant improvements in quality have been made by institutionalising the following IQAC initiatives:
- Feedback analysis received from students. Coordinates with all stakeholders for their opinions and advice for quality improvement. Analysis of the feedback received from all stakeholders and informs the concerned parties about its outcome for correction.
- Getting updated on the latest information on various quality parameters of higher education through various articles and institute visits.
- Encourages and provides support for quality improvement in teaching, research, and administration.
- Documentation of the various programs and activities leading to quality improvement.
- Planning and supporting effective implementation for total quality management, teaching-learning and evaluation, research, and extension activities.
- The IQAC continuously reviews and takes steps to improve the quality of the teaching-learning process.
The IQAC improves the teaching-learning process through standard academic practices, which include:
- Preparation and adherence to the Academic Calendar.
- Preparation of the nominal roll, attendance sheets, and formation of sections and groups. Timetable preparation. Mentor-Mentee distribution.
- Conduction of Seminars and Projects.
- Attendance monitoring of students.
- Syllabus coverage.
- Setting up the internal question paper.
- Conducting internal examinations.
- Evaluation of answer scripts.
- Strategies for slow, moderate, and advanced learners.
- Organising Industrial visits and guest lectures.
Other initiatives undertaken by the IQAC to enhance the quality of education at the college include:
- Academic Calendar is prepared in advance, displayed and circulated in the Institute, and strictly followed.
- Admission to various programmes, summer and mid-term vacations, examination schedules and the organisation of various curricular and extracurricular activities are notified in the Academic Calendar. Implementation of outcome-based learning education in each programme.
- Introduction of certificate programmes to enhance personality and employability.
- Participation of the college in NIRF, ISO, AISHE, and various other environmental audits recognised by the state, national, and international agencies.
- Conducting quality programs i.e., seminars, webinars, guest lectures, conferences, etc. Establishment of various processes to take feedback or surveys from various stakeholders.
- Implementation and enhancement of the usage of ICT tools to strengthen the teaching-learning process.
- Establishment of the mentor-mentee process and its effective implementation.
- To submit the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) annually to the NAAC.
- To institutionalise the best efforts to make the campus environmentally friendly and develop discipline in the students, along with the establishment of grievance redressal cells.