IQAC

About IQAC

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) plays a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing the quality of education within an academic institution.The IQAC works towards continuous improvement and ensuring the institution remains accountable to its stakeholders.

IQAC promotes a culture of ongoing quality enhancement in teaching, learning, and administrative processes. It establishes a system to monitor and improve institutional performance regularly.

IQAC helps in formulating and implementing quality benchmarks and standards for academic and administrative activities. This strategic planning contributes to institutional growth and development.

By setting up mechanisms to collect feedback from students, faculty, and other stakeholders, IQAC ensures that the institution is responsive to concerns and suggestions for improvement.

IQAC often encourages research activities and innovations in teaching- learning processes. It supports initiatives that enhance the intellectual environment and foster professional development.The IQAC identifies and promotes best practices across departments, helping the institution adopt innovative methods that improve the overall functioning and educational experience.

IQAC of Meenakshi College of Engineering ensures that the institution’s functioning is transparent, reliable, and aligned with national and international quality standards.

Functions of IQAC

The IQAC in Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering is established to develop a mechanism for systematic reviews of study programs and to ensure quality teaching-learning, research,knowledge generation, and support services. Its functions include:

Establish a Quality Assurance Framework: Develop a comprehensive framework that outlines quality standards, procedures, and metrics. This framework should be aligned with the institute’s vision and mission.
Leadership Commitment: Ensure that the leadership team is committed to quality enhancement. Their support is crucial for setting the tone and providing the necessary resources for quality initiatives.
Training and Development: Conduct regular training sessions for faculty, staff, and students to foster a culture of continuous improvement. This can include workshops on best practices, new methodologies, and quality management principles.
Quality Audits: Implement regular internal audits (Internal Quality Audit and Academic and Administrative Audit) to assess the effectiveness of existing processes and identify areas for improvement. Use the findings to make data-driven decisions.
Stakeholder Involvement: Engage all stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, and external partners, in the quality enhancement process. Their feedback can provide valuable insights into areas needing improvement.
Recognition and Incentives: Recognize and reward individuals and teams who contribute significantly to quality enhancement. This can motivate others to adopt a quality-centric approach.
Continuous Monitoring and Evaluation: Establish a system for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of quality initiatives. Use key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure progress and make necessary adjustments.
Best Practices Sharing: Create a platform for sharing best practices within the institute. Encourage departments to learn from each other’s successes and challenges.
Feedback Mechanisms: Implement effective feedback mechanisms to collect input from students, faculty, and staff. Use this feedback to make informed decisions and improvements.
Commitment to Excellence: Foster a mindset of excellence throughout the institute by embedding quality as a core value in all activities and processes.

IQAC will prepare and submit the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC.

Scope:

The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institutions.

Purpose:

The purpose of this policy manual is to:

Support the continued development of an academic work culture that is transparent and responsive, especially to students.
Establish and maintain quality systems and procedures to rigorously evaluate our strengths and weaknesses and respond effectively to improve.
Support collaboration, sharing, and account ability to our stakeholders.
Continually improve the quality of the student experience and our service to employers by monitoring, reviewing, developing, and enhancing standards of learning, teaching, and assessment.
Provide mechanisms for our students, employers, and other stakeholders to express their views, provide feedback, and participate in decision-making.
Develop and set standards and targets for all areas of activity.
Encourage the involvement of all members of the college in the review of performance, the maintenance of high standards, and the setting and achieving of quality improvement targets.
Operate within the context of a coherent and transparent planning and quality assurance and enhancement cycle.
Ensure that staff in all areas of activity connected with learner and employer experience aspires to excellence and develop the skills to respond effectively to the challenges of self-assessment, analysis, and continuous improvement.

Vision of IQAC

To ensure and enhance quality in teaching-learning, research, and outreach activities, enabling the institution to achieve excellence.

Mission of IQAC

To establish a quality assurance framework in teaching-learning process by covering outcome-based education strategies
To establish and maintain a system for consistent evaluation, monitoring, and Improvement of the institution’s academic and administrative processes.
To ensure transparency and accountability in all institutional activities and creating the platform for lifelong learning

IQAC Members(AcademicYear:2024-25) Updated on 01.12.2024.

S.No.	Name of the Member	Designation	Representation
1	Dr.N. Rengarajan	Executive Director	Management Nominee
2	Dr.R.Ganesan	Principal	Chairperson
3	Dr.S.Shankar	Professor, Dept. of EEE	Director of the IQAC
5	Mr.C.Vijayakumar	Administrative Officer	Senior Admin. Officer
6	Ms.R.Haripraba	HOD, Dept. of Civil Engg.	Member
8	Mr.D.S.B Balaji Sha	HOD, Dept. of C.S.E.	Member
9	Mr.C.DhineshKumar	HOD, Dept. of E.E.E.	Member
10	Ms.A.Jayanthi	HOD, Dept. of E.C.E.	Member
13	Mr.R.Sooriselvam	HOD, I.T.	Member
14	Mrs.M.Sandhiya	HOD, Dept. of Management Studies	Member
15	Mrs.R.Anbarasi	HOD, Dept. of Computer Applications	Member
16	Ms.S.Chinthamani	HOD, S&H	Member
17	Mr.M.Sathish	MAHER (Deemed to be University)	Nominee from local area
18	Mr.Sanjay. P	B.E. (C.S.E.)	Students Representative
19	Mr.V.Umapathy	Nominee	Alumni Representative
20	Mr.N.KathirVel	DTCC-AD	Industrialist
21	Mr.K.Saravanan	Nominee	Stakeholder (Parent)

Quality Policy

To create globally competent and ethical professionals and meet the emerging needs of industries and society through:

Innovations in teaching and learning for enhancement of student potential.
Applied research in terms of quality publications, patents &sponsored projects.
Industry interaction for experiential learning &consultancy activities for students and faculty members, Entrepreneurship and Start-up works.
Outreach activities for community development.

Objectives of IQAC

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.

Strategies

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for

a) Ensuringtimely,efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks
b) Relevant and quality academic/research programmes.
c) Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society.
d) Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning.
e) The credibility of assessment and evaluation process.
f) Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services.
g) Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.

Composition of the IQAC

IQAC of ARULMIGU MEENAKSHI AMMAN College of Engineering is constituted (as detailed in guidelines for creation of the IQAC given by NAAC) under the Chairmanship of the Head of the institution with heads of important academic and administrative units and a few teachers and a few distinguished educationists and representatives of local management and stakeholders.

1. Chairperson: Head of the Institution
2. Teachers to represent all level(Three to eight)
3. One member from the Management
4. Few Senior administrative officers
5. One nominee each from local society, Students and Alumni
6. One nominee each from Employers/Industrialists/Stakeholders
7. One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/Director of the IQAC

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