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IQAC

As decreed by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore, every accredited institution should constitute an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a quality sustenance measure. The IQAC is entrusted with the mission to work towards realizing the institutional goals of quality enhancement and sustenance. As a ‘facilitative and participative voluntary system’ of the institution steers strategic plans to assure quality augmentation through perceptive analysis of institutional engagements, weeding out deficiencies and building a quality culture of education.

Vision

To ensure quality culture as the prime concern for the Higher Education Institutions through institutionalizing and internalizing all the initiatives taken with internal and external support.

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

STRATEGIES

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for

• Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks;
• Relevant and quality academic/ 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 assessment and evaluation process;
• Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services;
• Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.

Functions

• Development and application of quality benchmarks
• Parameters for various academic and administrative activities 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.

Benefits

IQAC will facilitate / contribute to

• Ensure clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement;
• Ensure internalization of the quality culture;
• Ensure enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices;
• Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning;
• Act as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs;
• Build an organised methodology of documentation and internal communication.

IQAC Members

Designation	Name
Chairperson	Dr. Sr. Kochuthressia K.P
Coordinator	Ms. Mary Philip
I.Q.A.C Core Team	1.Ms. Smitty V Isidhore 2.Ms. Linda P Joseph 3. Dr. Geo Joseph 4. Dr. Maya Mathew
I.Q.A.C Criteria Leaders	1.Dr. Roshini K Thumpakara 2.Ms. Greatel Francis 3. Ms. Brighty Robert 4. Ms. Meenu Jose 5. Ms. Priya N.P 6. Ms. Annliya Shaijan 7. Ms. Divya Chandran
I.Q.A.C Technical Support	1. Ms. Reshma N.R 2. Ms. Jiji P.B
Member from the Management	1.Dr. Sr. Kochuthresia M.I
Senior Administrative Officers	1. Sr. Leena Thomas K 2. Sr. Juli A D
Nominee each from local society, Students and Alumni	1. Mr. A. V. Thomas (Local society representative) 2. Kum. Fathimath Risvana (Student representative) 3. Ms. Meena Pious (Alumnae representative)
Nominee each from Employers /Industrialists/Stakeholders	1. Mr. Jomy P L (Employer) 2. Mr. Wilson Kandamkulathy (Industrialist) 3. Mr. Davis Kachappilly (PTA President)