IQAC - VJIT

IQAC

IQAC – Internal Quality Assurance Cell

Objective

The primary aim of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.

Ten Action Points of IQAC

Designing and Implementing Annual Plans for quality enhancement.
Arrange for feedback responses from students.
Development and application of quality benchmarks/ parameters for the various academic and administrative activities of the institution.
Retrieval of information on various quality parameters of higher education and best practices followed by other institutions.
Organization of workshops and seminars on quality-related themes and promotion of quality circles and institution-wide dissemination of the proceedings of such activities.
Development and application of innovative practices in various programmes/activities leading to quality enhancement.
Participation in the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive for quality education.
Work for the development of internalization and institutionalization of quality enhancement policies and practices.
Act as a nodal unit of the institution for augmenting quality-related activities.
Prepare focused Annual Quality Assurance Reports(AQARs).

Committee Members

Name	Designation	IQAC Designation
Dr. E. Saibaba Reddy	Principal	Chairman
Dr. A. Padmaja	Dean, Accreditations & Rankings	Co-Chairperson
Dr. P. Rajeshwar Reddy	Secretary, VJES	Member from Management
Mrs. S. Neelima	Joint-Secretary, VJES	Member from Management
Dr. P. Sarah	Professor of Physics	IQAC Coordinator
Dr. G. Sreeram Reddy	HOD, Dept. of Mech. Engg. &CoE	Members
Dr. A. Srujana	HOD, Dept. of EEE
Dr. M. Rajendraprasad	HOD, Dept. of ECE
Dr. PallaviBadry	HOD, Dept. of Civil Engg.
Dr. D. ArunaKumari	HOD, Dept. of CSE
Mr. B. Srinivasulu	HOD, Dept. of IT
Dr. A. Obulesh	HOD, Dept. of AI
Dr. P. Chakradhar	HOD, Dept. of MBA
Dr. K. Laxminarayana	HOD, Dept. of H&S
Dr. VV. Satyanarayana	Professor, Dept. of Mech.	Member
Mrs. G. Srilatha	Academic Coordinator	Member
Mr. R.V. Chalam	Sr. Administrative Officer	Member
Mr. Sachin Kumar	CBTS Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd	Member
Mr. Nirdosh Reddy	Executive Engineer, TSSPDL (Parent)	Member
Mr.N.PranayTej Reddy	SI, Moinabad	Member
Mr. E. Satish Reddy	Senior Project Manager, IVY Comptech	Member
Akanksha Singh Baghel-ECE	Student	Member
BommidigaSathvik Reddy-CSE	Student	Member

Goals and Functions

Goals

To develop a quality system for conscious, consistent and catalytic programmed action to improve the academic and administrative performance of the College
To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internationalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices

Function

Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for the various academic and
administrative activities of the Colleges;
Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive for quality education and faculty maturation to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching
and learning process;
Arrangement for feedback responses from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality related institutional processes;
Dissemination of information on the 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 of the College, leading to quality improvement;
Acting as a nodal agency of the college for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of good practices
Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining / enhancing the institutional quality;
Development of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the College based on the quality parameters/assessment criteria developed by the relevant quality assurance body (like NAAC, NBA, AB) in the prescribed format;
Bi-annual development of Quality Radars (QRs) and Ranking of Integral Unites of Colleges based on the AQAR;
Interaction with SQACs in the pre and post accreditation quality assessment, sustenance and enhancement endeavours.

Follow up

The AQAR shall be approved by the statutory bodies of the Colleges for the follow up action for necessary quality enhancement measures.
The Colleges shall regularly submit AQARs to the affiliating University, state level quality assurance bodies, NAAC / other accreditation bodies.
Colleges shall submit AQARs and / or Quality Radars (QRs) and follow up reports of AQARs to the UGC as and when called for.
The IQAC must create its exclusive window on its institutional website, to regularly report on its activities as well as for hosting the AQAR.
The IQAC must create its exclusive window on its institutional website, to regularly report on its activities, as well as for hosting the AQAR.

Benefits

Ensure heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement;
Ensure internalization of the quality culture;
Ensure enhancement and integration among the various activities of the college and good practices;
Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning;
Act as a dynamic system for quality changes in the Colleges
Build an organized methodology of documentation and internal communication

Teaching & Learning

IQAC is formed with senior academicians. IQAC conducts review meetings every month with every department and assess the progress in academics,
- IQAC conducts Periodically FDP‘s on teaching methodologies, communication skills and recent transformations in engineering education
- It monitors the teaching abilities of faculty and take measures to improve teaching skills.
- Collaborations with IUCEE in teaching and learning practices to improve quality of teaching.
- Implementation of Teaching / Learning process using Multimedia lectures, CBT lectures, NPTEL video lectures, IUCEE webinars etc.
- Faculty Orientation Programmes are organized in the beginning of every academic year in basic pedagogy
- Faculty certification program training by International Society for Engineering Education
- Faculty gave lectures in GENTLE: Global Education network for teaching & learning.
- Faculty course content development : Faculty are involved in course content development in collaboration with IIIT enhance education.
- Guest lecturers in various domains by eminent academicians, Technologists, researchers etc.
- STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) based training to meet global needs
- Implementation of Project based Learning by faculty in the departments.
- Faculty self-appraisal done at the end of every academic year.
- Incentives to faculty for research, research publications and qualification up gradation.
- To nurture and fortify the skills of the students and faculty all the departments has Departmental Associations.
- Departmental Associations and clubs are functioning along with various National and International Professional Bodies like ISTE, ACM, CSI and IETE Institutional and Students Chapters.
- Publication of College Magazine Cartwheel.
- It monitors the faculty to use latest teaching methodologies in the class room.
- It encourages staff members to publish papers in reputed Journals.
- It help faculty members to write research proposals to UGC, DST, AICTE and ISTE.
- Development of Quality benchmark / parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institute.
- Organization of workshops, seminars and quality related themes.
- Documentation of various programmes/ activities leading to quality improvement.
- Conducting internal quality, Academic quality audit periodically.
- In addition self-assessment report from faculty is collected and analyzed.
- Students Feedback is collected and analyzed to improve the quality of teaching and necessary action taken on the faculty with low feedback.

Prospective Plan

The objective consider under IQAC center of excellence are as follows

Provide Stake holders satisfaction.
Maintain and upgrade standards.
Bringing accountability in every aspects of its functioning.
Improve working conditions and race motivation level of its teaching.
To create an image and visibility to abstract best students or best stakeholders.
Bring consistency in its functioning so that quality becomes integral part of our college.
Emphasis on curriculum aspects.
Teaching learning and its evaluation.

Maintaining of Quality as per the Parameters Prescribed

Develop and deploy action plans for effective implementation of the curriculum
Interact with beneficiaries such as Industry, research bodies and the university In effective preparation of the curriculum
Analyze/ ensure that the stated objectives of curriculum are achieved in the course of implementation

Area of Priorities

Enrichment Courses
Progression to higher studies
Improved potential for employability

Students and Alumni Contribute to the Effective Functioning of the IQAC

The students play the role of active learners who help in creating systems according to their needs and requirements.
They make suggestions regarding improvement in teaching-learning process, examination system,
Improve in infrastructural facilities like library services, Internet, canteen services etc.
The student members of Class Monitoring Committees offer their observations / views for enhancing teaching – learning process and conduct of various co-curricular / extra-curricular activities in the institute
Alumni are very active and productive in analyzing the requirements of external environment and attributes of the other colleagues and communicating the remedial measures to be taken up at institution level.
Alumni are sensitizing the students by sharing their views in several interactive sessions with students and staff. Etc, every year.

Framework

Academic System

IQAC is the main academic body to monitor and control all the academic related activities, including the preparation of academic calendar.
It is also responsible for faculty training in the usage of teaching tools in multimedia and the evaluation of student feedback, peer evaluation and effective counseling.

Administrative System

By forming various administrative related Committees with defined duties and responsibilities of various activities. The student representation in college committees will strengthen the administrative system. Internal and external audit system for college accounts along with the computerization of all office functions.

Professional Society Activities

Head of the Department must ensure of a minimum of 20% of the students should enroll themselves as members of international professional societies.

CSE / IT / ECE/ EEE – IEEE student chapter For CSE / IT minimum of 50% of the student should be made to be the members of CSI chapter. Mech minimum of 50% of student should enroll themselves as members of ISTE / IIIE. ECE/ EEE minimum of 50% of students should enroll themselves as members of IETE. There should be a minimum of 50% membership in local Chapters and a minimum of 10% in international chapters.

Maintain record of student memberships with membership card as proof.

Nature of activities

The professional societies are to conduct student programs to include training, specialized subject orientation, guest lectures, sponsored programmes of local / state / national level activities in collaboration with the central agency. The activities should be conducted on regular basis and proceedings should be recorded.

Periodicity

Departmental Associations:

All the students of the department should become members of this association. Student members from other departments can also be co-opted in this association. The body will decide the membership fees to be collected. And executive committee will be elected by the students. A Professor in-charge will be a compulsory member for the executive body. Students of second, third and fourth year are eligible to be members of this association. Various activities like seminars, group discussions, quizzes, technical symposiums etc should be conducted once in every fortnight for two hours from 3:10 to 5:00 PM regularly. Professor in-charge will be responsible for recording of all these events / activities.

Impact:

Students are expected to improve professional, organizational, technical skills and knowledge.

Interaction with National and International subject experts.
Interaction with student colleagues.

Activity Record (Departmental Association)

Membership
List of events conducted
Correspondence with experts
Expert lecturer / photographs / record

Expert comments record

Local chapters (ISTE, IEEE & IETE student chapters)

Governing regulations of the chapter and the parent body
Chapter budget and approvals
Assets record
Membership
Donations and contributions
-Activities
Governing Body Meeting
Resolutions and Action Plans
Examinations & Results
Preparation of Certificates if any
Assessment Reports & Awards.

News Letter:

The College news letter must be sent to all Alumni using web and their comments are recorded. Each department should obtain information of students in a proper format. It is HOD’s responsibility to issue two news letters from his desk to all students, alumni, Industry departments and dignitaries