Internal Quality Assurance Cell
Introduction
In pursuance of its action plan for performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation and quality upgradation of institutions of higher education, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bengaluru 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 vital part of the institution’s quality assurance system and work towards ensuring quality enhancement and sustenance. The prime task of the IQAC is to act as a catalyst and develop a system for conscious and consistent improvement in the overall performance of its institution. For this, during the post-accreditation period, institutions need to channelize their efforts towards promoting holistic academic excellence including the implementation of the peer team’s recommendations.
The guidelines provided in the following pages will facilitate the institution in the creation as well as operation of the IQAC. The establishment of the IQAC is the first step towards institutionalization and internalization of quality enhancement initiatives. Its success depends on its sense of belongingness and participation in all the activities of the institution. It will not be yet another hierarchical structure or a record-keeping unit of the institution but will be a facilitative and participative unit of the institution. It has the potential to become a vehicle for ushering in quality enhancement through its planned and interventionist strategies to remove deficiencies and enhance quality, as in Quality Circles in industries.
S.No | Composition | Name / Designation |
1. | Chair person | Dr.N.Sudha, Principal |
2 | Professor | Dr.R.Thangaraj, Civil |
Professor | Dr.Chitra Ganapathi, CSE | |
Professor | Dr.M.Mahendra Boopathi, Mech | |
Assistant Professor | Dr.C.Shajitha Begum, S&H | |
Assistant Professor | Mr.S.Prabakaran, ECE | |
Assistant Professor | Mr.R.Mohanabalan, EEE | |
3. | Management Representative | Mr.K.Rajagopalan, Chairman, CMS Educational & Charitable Trust |
4. | Training and Placement Trainer | Mr.V.Hariprasath |
Librarian | Mrs.S.Mary Sheela | |
Physical Director | Mr.B.Nithish | |
NSS Coordinator | Mr.K.Lakshmikandhan | |
5. | Nominee from Local Society | Mr.K.Sivakumar, Joint Register/ Managing Director, TUCAS, CBE |
Nominee from student | Ms.Anusri A, IV CSE | |
Nominee from Alumni | Mr.R.Suraj, Infosys,Chennai | |
6.
| Nominee from Employers | Mr.Varghese N Ouseph, Associate Vice President(R&D), Agappe Diagnostics, Ernakulam |
Nominee from industrialists | Mr.N.Velmurugan, Managing Director, Fabtech Industries, Coimbatore | |
Nominee from stakeholders | Mrs.R.Sowbackiyawathi, Mother of Kanishka III-CSE | |
7. | One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/director of the IQAC | Dr.M.Jayaprakash, Professor / ECE |
Objective
The primary aim of the IQAC is
To play the role of a catalyst and develop a mechanism to promote conscious and consistent action plans to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.
IQAC Committee Members:
Mr.K.Rajagopalan, Management Representative
Chairman, CMS Educational and Charitable Trust
Dr.N.Sudha Principal –Chairman
Dr.Chitra Ganapathi, Prof & Head / CSE /IQAC Coordinator
Dr.Thangaraj, Professor /Civil
Dr. M Mahendra Boopathi, Professor Mech
Dr. P Mukilan, Professor ECE
Mr. R Mohanabalan, Asst. Professor EEE
Dr. R. Ramesh K, Asst. Professor Maths
Mr.Hariprasath Training and Placement Trainner
Mrs.Sheela Librarian
Mr.Nithish Physical Director
Mr.Lakshmikandhan , NSS Coordinator
Mr.K.Sivakumar, Joint Register/ Managing Director, TUCAS,Coimbatore
Mr.S.Deepan, student/ IV CSE
Mr.R. Suraj, Alumini/ Infosys,Chennai
Mr.Varghese N Ouseph, Associate Vice President(R&D),Agappe Diagnostics, Ernakulam, Kerala /Employers
Mr.N.Velmurugan,Managing Director, Fabtech Industries, Coimbatore
Mrs.R.Sowbackiyawathi, Mother of Kanishka, I-CSE.
Strategies
IQAC shall evolve a mechanism and procedures for
- Ensuring credible assessment and evaluation processes
- Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning
- Ensuring equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of the society
- Adoption of relevant and quality academic and research programmes
- Ensuring the proper allocation, adequacy and maintenance of support structure and services
- Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial units
Functions
Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:
• Development and application of quality benchmarks
• Setting parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution
• Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive to quality education and faculty development to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process
• Collection and analysis of feedback from all the stakeholders on quality related institutional processes
• Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all the stakeholders; e) Organization of intra- and inter-institutional workshops and seminars on quality- related themes and promotion of quality circles
• Documentation of 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 the best practices
• Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining and enhancing institutional quality
• Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audits along with their follow-up activities
• Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per the guidelines and parameters of NAAC.
Benefits
- IQAC will facilitate / contribute to
• Ensuring clarity and focus in the institution’s march towards quality enhancement; b) Ensuring internalization of quality culture
• Ensuring enhancement and coordination among the various units and activities of the institution and institutionalizing all good practices
• Providing a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning
• Acting as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEI
• Building a sound methodology for documentation and internal communication.
The Role of the Coordinator
The role of the Coordinator of the IQAC is crucial in ensuring the effective functioning of all the members. The IQAC Coordinator may be a senior and competent person with a rich experience and exposure to quality aspects. He/She may be a full-time functionary or a senior academician/administrator entrusted with additional responsibility as the IQAC Coordinator. Secretarial assistance should be ensured by the administration. It is essential that the coordinator has a sound knowledge of computer and data management.
Operational Features of the IQAC
Quality assurance is a by-product of the ongoing efforts of an institution to define its objectives and chalk out a work plan to achieve them and also specify the checks and balances to evaluate the degree to which each of the tasks is fulfilled. Hence devotion and commitment to improvement rather than mere institutional control is the basis for devising procedures and instruments for ensuring quality. The IQAC has to ensure that whatever is done in the institution for higher education is done efficiently and effectively. In order to do this, the IQAC will have to first establish procedures and modalities to collect data and information on the various aspects of the functioning of the institution. The IQAC Coordinator has a major role in implementing these functions. The IQAC may derive support from the already existing units and mechanism that contribute to the functions listed above.
