Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

The Principal of MCET is the Chairperson of IQAC and supported by a Co-ordinator rank professor from one of the MCET departments. The IQAC includes all stakeholders of the Institute, i.e. students, parent, alumni, Head of the Departments and Section Heads of the Training & Placement Office, Examination Section, Administrative Office, IEDC, members of the Management and Administration, and industry experts.

Objectives

• The primary aim of IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.
• Periodic assessment of benchmarks for all courses and programmes
• Instant internal quality checks for improvement of academic quality
• Identification of strong, medium and low pace performers and providing suitable academic attachments and assignments.
• Strive towards holistic quality of both students and faculty.
• Turnaround strategies for resource mobilization for R&D, consultancy and extension activities
• Enhance collaborative learning skills among stakeholders.

Functions

• Direct & Indirect Assessment & Evaluation of benchmarks for various courses/subjects
• Direct & Indirect Attainment of benchmarks for various courses/subjects
• Assessment and Attainment of Course Outcomes and Programme Outcomes
• Facilitating enhancement of participatory teaching learning process using ICT
• Develop Metrics and Evaluation for stakeholders feedback, Analysis & Measures
• Promulgation & Pronouncement of institutional quality standards/parameters amongst stakeholders.
• Organize workshops, seminars, conferences, symposiums, and development programmes for both faculty and students.
• Encourage student and faculty participation in workshops, seminars, conferences, symposiums, and development programmes.
• Documentation of impact of various programmes attended and organised both by the student and faculty members leading to quality improvement;
• Encourage & involve both students and faculty members in Industry-Institute-Interaction programmes.
• Encourage & involve both students and faculty in professional development and association activities.
• Development of Quality Culture among stakeholders of the institution;
• Prepare Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) & upload in website.

Strategies

• Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks
• Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning
• Ensuring the credibility of evaluation procedures
• Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the support structure and services
• Establish the relevance of academic quality to augment R&D activities
• Provide access to various cost-effective academic programmes to all sections of society
• Use of modern methods of teaching and learning
• Develop suitable rubrics to attain and assess academic quality
• Deploy resources for strong support to infrastructure and technical-services
• Focus on resource mobilization for consultancy.

Benefits

IQAC will facilitate / contribute:

• 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.

Committee

Duties of IQAC

Internal Quality Assurance Committee Coordinator is directly responsible to the Principal for development of quality culture in the institution through Internal Quality Assurance Committee.

The duties and responsibilities of IQAC are as follows:

• Development of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution and carry out the gap analysis for MCET.
• 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 carrying out periodic check of course outcome attainment and action taken from each faculty and its mapping on to POs, PEOs.
• Monitor the action taken by departments on 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) and submit to NAAC.

IQAC Meetings

Quality Initiatives

• Incentive to faculty and students on successful completion of NPTEL course
• Reimbursement of Ph.D. tuition fees for eligible faculty members
• Collection of faculty Feedback by students twice in a semester
• Establishment of Internal Quality Assurance Cell with a motive of “Driving Quality Parameters, Training on Quality to Faculty and Staff, Conducting of Academic and Administrative Audit”
• Regular mentoring of students by the mentors
• Implementation of an anti-plagiarism check before submission of Research Papers
• Encouragement to faculty to attend seminars/ workshops/ FDPs to update their teaching skills
• Continuous internal evaluation method in regular practical classes
• Training on usage of ICT tools in teaching as a part of their teaching methodologies
• Implementation of ERP for smooth and effective administration
• Implementation of Outcome Based Education, Assessment and Evaluation practices
• Incorporation of Blooms Taxonomy in setting internal Question papers
• Faculty Empowerment through training in pedagogy, advanced skills and Research Mentoring
• Establishment of IEDC to encourage the patents and research publications and refund of patent registration amount based on recommendation
• Encouraging Innovation & Entrepreneurship among students
• Company specific Placement Training for eligible students and mandatory placement training from second year onwards
• Regular Internal Academic Auditing
• Conduction of External Academic Audit by external experts