Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

Internal Quality Assurance Cell of Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College was established on 6th July 1999 as a quality sustenance measure as per NAAC guide lines. Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC is a part of the institution’s system and work towards realisation of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance.

IQAC – Vision

To ensure quality culture as the prime concern for the Higher Education Institutions through

institutionalizing and internalizing all the initiatives taken with internal and external support.

Objective

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.

• To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through

internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.

IQAC will facilitate/contribute to

a) Ensure clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement;

b) Ensure internalization of the quality culture;

b) Ensure enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and

institutionalize all good practices;

c) Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning;

d) Act as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs;

e) Build an organised methodology of documentation and internal communication.

Functions

Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:

a) Development and application of quality benchmarks

b) Parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution;

c) 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;

d) Collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes;

d) Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all stakeholders;

e) Organization of inter and intra-institutional workshops, seminars on quality related

themes and promotion of quality circles;

f) Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;

g) Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities,

including adoption and dissemination of best practices;

h) Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of

maintaining /enhancing institutional quality;

i) Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audit and its follow-up

j) Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per

guidelines and parameters of NAAC.