About IQAC

The IQAC plays an active role in internalizing a culture of quality within the institution. This culture is maintained and sustained by several initiatives taken by the Cell through the year. During the academic year 2019-20, the members of the IQAC should involve in defining and implementing the mechanisms and procedures to improve the quality in Academics & Administration. Orientation sessions will be conducted for the faculty and periodical meetings/ discussions with department faculty representatives will be conducted to collate the data pertaining to various activities of the departments. The writing process or documentation work will be carried out by IQAC for different committees in the view of Vision and Mission of the Institution.
The Nishitha Degree College Wing’s meets periodically to plan activities which will enhance the quality culture in the campus. The IQAC will be involved in preparing & maintaining TU and AICTE inspection reports regularly. IQAC highlights the activities or events conducted in various departments to different stakeholders of the college.
IQAC organizes Skill building programmes regularly for both teaching and non-teaching staff through its activities as an agent of change in the institution ensuring efficient performance of academic and administrative tasks.

Strategies:

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for:
1. Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks.
2. The relevance and quality of academic and research programmes.
3. Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society. Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning.
4. The credibility of evaluation procedures.
5. 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 / initiated from the IQAC are:
1. Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution.
2. 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.
3. Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes.
4. Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education.
5. Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles.
6. Documentation of the various programmes /activities leading to quality improvement.
7. Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices.
8. Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality.
9. Development of Quality Culture in the institution.
10. 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:
1. Ensure heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement.
2. Ensure internalization of the quality culture.
3. Ensure enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices.
4. Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning. Act as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs.
5. Build an organized 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 is as follows:
1. Chairperson: Head of the Institution.
2. A few senior administrative officers.
3. Three to eight teachers.
4. One member from the Management.
5. One/two nominees from local society, Students and Alumni.
6. One/two nominees from Employers /Industrialists/stakeholders.
7. One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/Director of the IQAC