INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL
As per the UGC guidelines, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) is to be established in higher Educational Institutions. The UGC has established National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) to monitor the standards of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) under section 12 (ccc) of its Act I in Sept 1994. NAAC has been instilling a momentum of quality consciousness amongst Higher Educational Institutions aiming for continuous improvement in quality of education and enhancing awareness of Institutional Quality Assurance with all stakeholders.
NAAC 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 become a part of the institution’s system & work towards realisation of the goals of quality enhancement & sustenance. The major aim of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent & catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institution to achieve it’s vision and mission through academic excellence.
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 to provide quality education and faculty maturation to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process
- Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes
- Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education
- 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
- Development of Quality Culture in the institution
- Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC
(Courtsey : NAAC Website “http://www.naac.gov.in/info-for-institutions#iqac” )
COMPOSITION
The IQAC was constituted in our college on 30th May 2006, Dr. K.E.Valsala was the first Chairman and Dr. K. Rajagopalan was the first IQAC Co-ordinator. The current IQAC is as follows
Dr.K.Sreekrishna Kumar: Secretary, N.S.S. Colleges’ Central Committee
Dr. Ampili Aravind: Chairperson
Dr.K.S. Sajan : IQAC coordinator
Dr. Smitha R: Member
Dr. Sunilkumar A.S.: Member
Dr. Suresh Kumar K : Member
Dr. Seema Menon K.P: Member
Dr. Sreekala S: Member
Dr. Minikumari D: Member
PTA President: Member
Alumini Secretary: Member
H.M, N.S.S. K.P.T. High School: Member
Principal, N.S.S. College, Palappuram: Member