INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE

As per the guidelines of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) Bangalore, Amritsar Group of Colleges established an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) in the campus. The motive of this IQAC in AGC is to plan, guide and monitor the Quality Enhancement (QE) and Quality Assurance (QA) activities of college. IQAC systematize and channelize the AGC measures and efforts towards academic excellence.

Vision of Establishing an IQAC

To ensure quality culture as the prime concern of AGC through institutionalizing and internalizing all the initiatives taken with internal and external support.

Objectives of IQAC at AGC

1. To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of AGC.
2. To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practice.

Strategies

1. Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks.
2. Relevant and quality academic/ research programmes.
3. Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society.
4. Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning.
5. The credibility of assessment and evaluation process.
6. Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services.
7. Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.

Functions of IQAC at AGC

1. Development and application of quality benchmarks.
2. Parameters for various academic and administrative activities of AGC
3. 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.
4. Collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes.
5. Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all stakeholders.
6. Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles.
7. Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement.
8. Acting as a nodal agency of AGC for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices.
9. Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality.
10. Periodical conduct of academic and administrative audit and its follow-up.
11. Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC.

Contribution (Benefits) of IQAC

1. Ensure clarity and focus in AGC functioning towards quality enhancement.
2. Ensure internalization of the quality culture at AGC.
3. Ensure enhancement and coordination among various activities of the AGC and institutionalize all good practices.
4. Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning.
5. Act as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs.
6. Build an organized methodology of documentation and internal communication.

Outcomes of Quality (IQAC) Activities at AGC

1. Accreditations
2. AICTE Approval for professional courses
3. UGC Graded Autonomy status
4. Media Coverage to AGC Initiatives
5. Feedback from stakeholders
6. Curriculum for Applied Learning
7. Promoting Technology Enhanced Learning - MOOC initiatives
8. Annual Quality Assurance Reports submission to NAAC