Cauvery College for women

The composition of the IQAC may be as follows: 

1. Chairperson: Head of the Institution
2. A few senior administrative officers
3. Three to eight teachers
4. One member from the Management
5. One/two nominees from local society, Students and Alumni
6. One/two nominees from Employers /Industrialists/stakeholders
7. One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/Director of the IQAC
Term : Two years
Meetings :Atleast twice a year

Functions of  the IQAC 

• Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution

• 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

• Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes

• Dissemination of information on 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 leading to quality improvement.

• Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices.

• Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality.

• Development of Quality Culture in the institution.

• Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC  

Vision

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

Mission

• To arrange for periodic assessment and accreditation of institutions of higher education or units thereof, or specific academic programmes or projects;

• To stimulate the academic environment for promotion of quality of teaching-learning and research in higher education institutions;

• To encourage self-evaluation, accountability, autonomy and innovations in higher education;

• To undertake quality-related research studies, consultancy and training programmes,and

• To collaborate with other stakeholders of higher education for quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance.

STRATEGIES

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for:

• Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks

• The relevance and quality of academic and research programmes

• Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society

• Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning

• The credibility of evaluation procedures

• Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the support structure and services

• Research sharing and networking with other institutions in India and abroad

FUNCTIONS

Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:

• Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution

• 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

• Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes

• Dissemination of information on 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 leading to quality improvement

• Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices

• Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining/enhancing the institutional quality

• Development of Quality Culture in the institution

• Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC

Cauvery College for Women has set the institution quality policy as given below.

QUALITY POLICY

The Quality Policy of Cauvery College for Women (Autonomous) is set out as: 

The Institution is dedicated to inculcate a dynamic equilibrium for Women with:

• Academic Excellence and Qualities of Competence,

• Confidence and Excellence to gratify the needs of employability and enshrine as self-reliant Individuals.

• Imparting knowledge of higher order and entrepreneurial skills embedded with Cultural and Social Values.

The Management is committed to satisfy all the applicable statutory requirements.

The Management is committed to provide a continual improvement of the Quality Management System.