Prof. Dr. G. S. Kamble
(Personal Details)
Director, IQAC

    National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore, 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 an institution’s system and work towards realizing 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 performance of institutions. The IQAC will make a significant and meaningful contribution in the post-accreditation phase of institutions. During the post-accreditation period, the IQAC will channelise the efforts and measures of an institution towards academic excellence.
     Following guidelines will facilitate the institution in the creation and operation of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). The work of the IQAC is the first step towards the internalization and institutionalization of quality enhancement. Its success depends upon the sense of belongingness and participation it can inculcate in all the constituents of the institution. It will be a facilitative and participative voluntary system/unit/organ of the institution. The IQAC by working out intervention strategies should remove deficiencies and enhance quality.

Aim : -

         The Primary aim of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution

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 the various academic and administrative activities of the institution
• Dissemination of information on the various quality paraqmeters of higher education
• Organization of workshops, seminars on quality related themes.
•  Documentation of the various programmes / activities leading to quality improvement
• Acting as a nodal agency of the institution for quality-related activities
• Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) to be submitted to NAAC based on the quality parameters.

Benefits :-
IQAC will facilitate / contribute:

• To a enhance the level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality upliftment and facilitate internalization of the quality culture NAAC for Quality and Excellence in Higher Education
• To the enhance and integrate among the various activities of the institution and institutionalize many good practices
• To provide a sound basis for decision making to improve institutional functioning
• To act as a change agent in the institution
• To better internal communication.

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