As per National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) guidelines 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 becomes a part of the institution's system and works towards realization of 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 overall performance of institutions. The IQAC at Amity University Jharkhand was established on 05th Dec 2020.
The primary aim of the IQAC is
- To develop a mechanism to promote conscious, consistent and catalytic action plans to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.
- To promote institutional quality enhancement and sustenance through the internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of the best practices.
- 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.
- 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.
- Planning and execution of Annual Academic and Administrative Audit.
- Measuring the outcome of academic performance of the institution.
- Ensuring continuous improvement in all the operational aspects of the University.
- To keep the institution abreast of quality sustenance activities through Workshops / Seminars / Demonstrations / Case Studies / Panel Discussions.
- Developing realistic and attainable quality benchmarks for each of the academic and administrative activity through plan of action, internal assessment, workshops etc.
- Compositions
- IQAC MoM
- Outcome Based Education Manual