IQAC OVERVIEW
Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) was Established at the Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology on 10-06-2014. The IQAC Committee includes all stakeholders of the Institute, i.e. students, alumni, all Department and Section Heads also including the Library, Sports, Students Hostel, Examination & Evaluation, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities, members of the Management and Administration, and members of local community and industry experts.
Objectives:
The primary aim of IQAC is
- To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of institution.
- To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
Strategies:
IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for
- Ensuing 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.
Functions:
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.
Meeting:
- Normally there shall be 3-4 meetings to be conducted in each academic year. Provided, if the authorities think fit additional meeting may be called for to finalize different quality issues of the Institute.
- The Chairperson of the IQAC will preside over the. In his/her absence, the other members will nominate one among them to preside over the meeting.
- The Coordinator of IQAC will prepare the agenda for each meeting and cause it to be sent to all the members at least fifteen days before the date of the meeting.
- The decisions in IQAC shall be made as far as possible by consensus and, if required, by majority.
- The coordinator shall prepare the minutes of each meeting and shall submit them to the Institute administration for approval and implementation.
Outcomes of IQAC Activities:
- To improve internal communication.
- Accreditation – NAAC, NBA
- National Ranking – NIRF
- International Ranking
- AICTE Approval for professional courses
- UGC Graded autonomy
- Media Rankings
- MHRD All India Survey for Higher Education
- Feedback from stakeholders
- Curriculum for Applied Learning
- Promoting Technology Enhanced Learning – MOOC
- Annual Quality Assurance Report
Contact Information
Dr. Sruti Ranjan Mishra
Gandhi Institute for Education and Technology
Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell
Email: sruti.mishra@giet.edu.in
Phone: +91 - 7848997611