Erode Sengunthar Engineering College

To make quality the defining element of higher education in India through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives.

To promote the following core values among the HEIs of the country:

a) Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks; b) The relevance and quality of academic and 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 evaluation procedures; f) Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services; Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.

FUNCTIONS Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are: a) Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution; b) 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; c) Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes; d) Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education; 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 the institutional quality; i) Development of Quality Culture in the institution; j) Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC.

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. ×

Dr.A. Jameer Basha has over 22 years of teaching experience. He is currently working as Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Hindusthan Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.

He completed his master’s degree in Information Technology and his research interests are in Internet of Things.