In pursuance of its Action Plan for performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation and quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education, the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore proposes that every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a quality sustenance measure. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC will become a part of the institution’s system and work 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. For this, during the post-accreditation period, institutions need to channelize its efforts and measures towards promoting the holistic academic excellence including the peer committee recommendations.
Considering the fact that Swami Vivekanand Mahavidyalaya, Udgir has been decided to set up the IQAC & integrate it in the pre-accreditation phase itself so that all stakeholders in the College are involved in the accreditation process from the initial stage itself. The Internal Quality Assurance Mechanism of the Institution may be called “Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)”, which is meant for planning, guiding and monitoring Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Enhancement (QE) activities of the College
1. The college has established IQAC as per National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) guidelines revised on 26th September 2019.
2. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC becomes a part of the institution’s system and works for realizing the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance.
3. The IQAC ensures the effective implementation of quality initiatives through continuous reviews and periodic meetings.
4. The IQAC works towards attaining excellence in all academic activities and continuous improvement in teaching and learning.
5. Objectives: To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve college academic performance. To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
6. The IQAC initiated the Academic Audit of Departments primarily to take account of teaching-learning and extension processes in all programs and to institutionalize documentation and record-keeping of every department’s academic and extension matters.
7. The internal academic audit is conducted by IQAC every year to fulfil of IQAC-driven practices for quality assurance.
8. The process requires a self-regulated assessment of teaching-learning processes and systematic management of documents of extension activities.
9. The review-based audit evaluates the fulfillment of the following procedures in teaching-learning processes and extension activities.
10. IQAC coordinator assesses the documents related to the following:
• Preparation of academic calendar,
• selection of papers to be taught,
• timely distribution of timetable,
• submission of a lesson plan and compliance report of curriculum delivery as per the schedule,
• delegation of responsibilities and
• formation of internal committees for department and extension activities.
11. The audit meeting also apprised teaching methodology, use of ICT facilities and experiential learning opportunities.
12. Documents of internal assessment, policy for the moderation of marks, steps taken to assist slow learners and analysis of the results of end-semester examinations are examined meticulously as the part of the audit process.
13. The auditors also determine if the laboratories in the college follow the proper organization and procedures, conduct stock verification of laboratory equipment’s and consumables, examine the AMC’s status, separate and dispose of laboratory waste as per the guidelines.
14. Documentation of extension activities like celebration of various days, Jayant, internal sports activities and events are registered at the audit
15. During the assessment period, activities on start-up, invited talks, how to prepare for competitive examinations, how to write project synopsis, how to crack interviews, interactive talk on soft skills and professional Ethics, entrepreneurship development, talk on current market scenario, e-commerce trends, career opportunities, special lecture series on Data Analytics, invited talk on motivation and achievements were organized.