ABOUT IQAC
As per National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) guidelines every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a post-accreditation quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC becomes a part of the institution's system and works towards realization of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance. The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions.
GOALS OF IQAC
The primary aim of IQAC is
• To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the
academic and administrative performance of the institution.
• To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement
through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
ROLE OF COORDINATORS
The following are the roles and responsibilities carried by coordinator IQAC:
• To coordinate the dissemination of information on various quality parameters of
higher education
• To coordinate the documentation of the various programmes / activities leading
to quality improvement
• To coordinate the quality-related activities of the institution
• To coordinate in preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report to be
submitted to NAAC based on the quality parameters.
• To coordinate the timely and efficient execution of the decisions of IQAC
committee.
OPERATIONAL FEATURES OF THE IQAC AT RUDRA
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 of Quality Culture in the institution;
i. Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines
and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC.
IQAC FACILITATE / CONTRIBUTE
a. To a heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards
quality enhancement and facilitate internalization of the quality culture.
b. To the enhancement and integration among the various activities of the institution
and institutionalize many good practices.
c. To provide a sound basis for decision making to improve institutional functioning.
d. To act as a change agent in the institution.
e. To better internal communication.