IQAC
About IQAC
Vivekananda Institute of Technology has established an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) on 27th October 2017 as per the guidelines of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The main aim of IQAC is the realization of goals of quality enhancement and sustenance. This is achieved by developing a system for conscious, consistent, and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of the Institution.
The institution has a Strategic Development Plan (SDP) and is a continuous process with a specific focus on accomplishing Institutional strategic goals, and departmental long-term, and short-term goals in this dynamic environment. SDP analyses the current environment, and expected future scenarios and envisages the future direction of the institution. The IQAC uses this as a guide and has significantly contributed to improving:
- Curriculum
- Academic Excellence
- Teaching & Learning Process
- Evaluation Methods
- Research atmosphere in the institution
- Synchronization in various activities of the institution
- Institutional best practices.
Vision
To build and ensure a quality culture in the institution with conscious, reliable, and transparent efforts through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion, and sustenance initiatives.
Mission
- To channelize and systematize the efforts and measures towards academic excellence through outcome-based education.
- To ensure a learner-centric environment equipped with the latest techniques and technologies of teaching, research and sharing knowledge.
- To encourage Departments to organize Seminars, Workshops, Orientation and Faculty Development Programs.
- To assess the annual progress of Departments through timely internal and external audit.
- To develop an Institutional data base and documentation of the various activities leading to quality improvement
- To facilitate feedback responses from stake holders on quality related institutional processes.
- To build association with stakeholders and to stimulate Social Responsibility.
Functions of IQAC
- 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 development to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process.
- Arrangement for feedback response for quality-related institutional processes.
- Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all the stake holders.
- Organization of inter and intra-institutional workshops, and quality seminars relate to 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 the adoption and dissemination of best practices.
- Development and maintenance of institutional database to maintain/enhance institutional quality.
- Conduct of academic and administrative audits along with their follow up actions.
Quality Initiatives
- To conduct a timely meeting of IQAC and follow up on actions taken on the resolutions of the meeting.
- To enhance the NIRF ranking.
- To recommend relevant training programs for the staff members related to academics, research, and accreditation.
- To aim at good number of placement record. To promote the number of curricular and co-curricular activities in the institution.
- To encourage the faculty to increase the number of research publications and patents.
- To motivate the faculty to take up a consultancy to generate revenue for the institution.