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Unit 27: IQAC in Higher Education Institutions

Notes

A Staff Council meeting was held on dt. 13-08-2009 and decided to form the IQAC
and was composed for the first time following the NAAC guidelines with the
following members on dt. 20-08-2009.

27.5 Functions of IQAC

Some of the Functions of IQAC are :
• The IQAC is an effective and efficient internal coordinating and monitoring mechanism. This
cell has been diligently involved in helping the management, Principal and other committees
by offering valuable suggestions and measures in order to have consistency in maintaining the
quality of education.
• IQAC meetings were convened to review the suggestions given by NAAC during its accreditation
in the year 2005. Keeping in mind the Within the limited resources provided by the college
initially the cell has been functioning with full vigor and enthusiasm from the very beginning
with the Total Quality Management (TQM) approach for quality sustenance and quality
Improvement in academic & administrative activities of the institution.
• The IQAC established several cells and centers and constituted committees to initiate activities
both academic and governance.
• The IQAC established several cells and centers and constituted committees to initiate activities
both academic and governance. (Please Refer to Annexure 1 for Detail activities of the committees)
• A Full Fledged Plan for overall quality sustenance and quality Improvement in academic &
administrative activities was placed before the Governing Body of the college, which was
accepted by the highest decision maker body of the Institution and agreed to implement them
one by one with the help of IQAC. After that several plan, implementation procedures was
given by IQAC and monitored the implementation process.
• IQAC prepared for UGC XIth Plan the proposals according to the needs of the college for
overall quality sustenance and quality Improvement in academic & administrative activities.
UGC approved the plan and has allocated Rs. 74.50 Lakhs for Basic General Development and
Merged Schemes to the college.
• Since its implementation, IQAC is preparing the Annual Academic Report every year.
• It has kept constant touch with NAAC and has submitted AQAR (a self-reviewed Annual
Self Assessment

1. Fill in the blanks :
(i) The prime task of IQAC is to develop a system for consious consistent and __________ in the
performance of institutions.
(ii) IQAC is responsible for the quality related __________of the college.
(iii) The IQAC provides a sound basis for __________ to improve institutional functioning.
(iv) All universities and colleges which are under section 2 (f) & 12B of the UGC Act will be
eligible to receive the __________for establishing and strengthening of IQAC in then.

27.6 Summary
• The University Grants Commission (UGC), established in November 1956 as a statutory body
of the Government of India through an Act of Parliament, has the unique distinction of being

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