INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)
In pursuance of its Action Plan for performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation and quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore proposes that every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC will become a part of the institution’s system and work towards realization of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance.
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
Objectives
- 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
Functions
- Development and application of quality benchmarks
- Parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institutionTo develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance 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
Members
Chairperson | Dr.M. Madheswaran, Principal |
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Senior Administrative Officers | Dr.K.Ramar, Dean -Research & Development Dr.S.Sundaram, Dean - Technology Learning Dr.B.Gopi, Dean - Product & Consultancy Dr.G.Sudarmozhi, Dean – Science & Humanities Dr.P.Suresh, Controller of Examinations |
Teachers | HoDs of all Departments |
Member from the Management | Dr.K.Gunasekaran |
Secretary & Managing Trustee | |
Nominee from Employers | Dr.G.Sainarayanan Senior Technical Specialist HCL Technologies Chennai |
Nominee from Local Society | Er.E.Balasubramanian, M.Tech., Director, Geological Survey of India (Retd). R.Puduppalayam, Rasipuram |
Nominee from Alumni | Dr.K.G.Saranya, Department of Computer Science and Engineering PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore |
Nominee from Students | Ms.M. Bhuvaneswari, III-BE(ECE) |
IQAC Coordinator | Dr.N. Suthanthira Vanitha Dean-Quality Assurance |