Internal Quality & Assurance Cell (IQAC)
In pursuance of its Action Plan for performance evaluation, assessment & accreditation & quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education, NAAC proposes that 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 will become a part of the institution’s system & work towards realisation of the goals of quality enhancement & sustenance. The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent & catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions. For this, during the post-accreditation period, it will channelize all efforts & measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence. The composition of the IQAC following with the members.
The Internal Quality & Assurance Cell (IQAC) is comprised of the following members for AY 2023-2025:
S.No. |
Name |
Designation |
Designation in IQAC |
1 |
Dr. Iven Jose |
Director |
Chairperson |
2 |
Dr. Ambedkar Dukkipati
|
Professor Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru |
Academic External Expert |
3 |
Dr. Ranga Srinivas Gunti |
Senior DGM, Mahindra &-Mahindra Chennai, Adjunct Faculty (Honorary), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras |
Industry Expert |
4 |
Dr Raghavendra Prabhu P |
Deputy Registrar |
Administrative Member |
5 |
Dr. Ramachandra V. Murty |
QMR- Nodal Officer, MIT Manipal |
Academic External Expert |
6 |
Dr. Dayananda P |
Professor & HOD-IT |
Member |
7 |
Dr. Prema K V |
Professor & HOD-CSE |
Member |
8 |
Mr. Gaurav Prasad |
Overall coordinator for First year |
Member |
9 |
Dr. Ujjwal Verma |
Associate Professor & HOD-ECE |
Member |
10 |
Dr. Manjunath M S |
Examination Coordinator |
Member |
11 |
Dr. Ramasamy |
Academics coordinator |
Member |
12 |
Mr. Adithya G S S |
Student Welfare Coordinator |
Member |
13 |
Ms. B Harshamallika |
Electronics and Communication Engineering |
Student Member |
14 |
Mr. Khasib Ruhaan |
Information Technology |
Student Member |
15 |
Mr. Arnav Puri |
Computer Science & Engineering [Artificial Intelligence] |
Student Member |
16 |
Mr. Prakul R Pathange |
Computer Science & Engineering [Cyber Security] |
Student Member |
17 |
Ms. Vanishka Gupta |
Computer Science Engineering |
Student Member |
18 |
Dr. Adithya Tantri |
Assistant Professor |
Coordinator |
19 |
Dr. Kavya B S |
Assistant Professor |
Coordinator |
20 |
Mr. Mahipal Bukya |
Assistant Professor (Senior-Scale) |
Coordinator |
STRATEGIES:
IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for:
- Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks.
- The relevance and quality of academic and 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 evaluation procedures.
- Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the support structure and services.
- Research sharing 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.
- Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes.
- Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education.
- 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.
- Development of Quality Culture in the institution.
- 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:
- Ensure heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement.
- Ensure internalization of the quality culture.
- Ensure enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices.
- Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning.
- Act as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs.
- Build an organised methodology of documentation and internal communication.
COMPOSITION:
IQAC may be constituted in every institution under the Chairmanship of the Head of the institution with heads of important academic and administrative units and a few teachers and a few distinguished educationists and representatives of local management and stakeholders
The composition of the IQAC may be as follows:
- Chairperson: Head of the Institution
- A few senior administrative officers
- Three to eight teachers
- One member from the Management
- One/two nominees from local society, Students and Alumni
- One/two nominees from Employers /Industrialists/stakeholders
- One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/Director of the IQAC