INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)
In pursuance of its Action Plan for performance evaluation, assessment & accreditation & quality up-gradation of institutions of higher education, 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 will become a part of the institution’s system & work towards realization of the goals of quality enhancement & sustenance. The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent & catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions. For this, during the post-accreditation period, it will channelize all efforts & measures of the institution towards promoting its holistic academic excellence.
STRATEGIES
IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for:
- Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks
- The relevance and quality of academic and 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 evaluation procedures
- Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the support structure and services
- Research sharing and networking with other institutions in India and abroad
FUNCTIONS
Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report
(AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC
BENEFITS
- Ensure heightened level of 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 organized methodology of documentation and internal communication
COMPOSITION
IQAC may be constituted in every institution under the Chairmanship of the Head of the institution with heads of important academic and administrative units and a few teachers and a few distinguished educationists and representatives of local management and stakeholders
The composition of the IQAC may be as follows:
1. Chairperson: Head of the Institution
2. A few senior administrative officers
3. Three to eight teachers
4. One member from the Management
5. One/two nominees from local society, Students and Alumni
6. One/two nominees from Employers /Industrialists/stakeholders
7. One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/Director of the IQAC
Sr. No. Name of the Member Designation 1 Dr. C.D. Upasani Chairperson 2 Mr. Z.H. Bhandari Management representative 3 Dr. G.D. Basarkar HOD, Pharmaceutics 4 Dr. V.A. Chatpalliwar HOD, Pharm. Chemistry 5 Dr. A.B. Upaganlawar HOD, Pharmacology 6 Dr. (Mrs.) C.T. Nemade HOD, Pharmacognosy 7 Dr. (Mrs.) N.S. Baste Discipline committee in charge 8 Mr. D. B. Lodha Nominee from Industry 9 Dr. Nitin Deshmukh Nominee from Employer 10 Dr. Gaurav Thakor Nominee from society 11 Mr. Atul B. Jadhav Nominee from Parent 12 Mr. Ganesh Bhosale Alumni Representative 13 Mr. Prashant Wasulkar 14 Mr. Adarsh Ahire Nominee from student 15 Dr. A.S. Mundada Coordinator- IQAC