Goals
The goals of IQAC shall be:
- To develop a quality system for conscious, consistent and catalytic programmed action to improve the academic and administrative performance of Birla Institute of Technology;
- To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices.
The IQAC shall have the following functions
- Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for the various academic and administrative activities of Birla Institute of Technology;
- 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 BIT, leading to quality improvement;
- Acting as a nodal agency of BIT for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of good practices;
- Development and maintenance of Institutional database for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality;
- Development of Quality Culture in BIT;
- Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the University based on the quality parameters/assessment criteria developed by the relevant quality assurance body (like NAAC / NBA) in the prescribed format;
- Bi-annual development of Quality Radars (QRs) and Ranking of Integral Units of BIT based on the AQAR;
- In terms of UGC Regulations 2010, IQAC shall act as the Documentation and Record-Keeping cell, including assistance in the development of the API criteria based Performance Based Appraisal System (PBAS) proforma using the indicative template separately developed by the UGC. In order to facilitate the process, all teachers shall submit the duly filled-in PBAS proforma to the IQAC annually;
- Any other assignment by the Vice-Chancellor.
Follow up
- The AQAR shall be approved by the statutory bodies of the BIT for the follow up action for necessary quality enhancement measures.
- The Birla Institute of Technology shall regularly submit the AQARs to the NAAC/other accreditation bodies.
- BIT shall submit AQAR and/or Quality Radars (QR) and follow up reports of AQAR 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.