INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)
The IQAC at Dayananda Sagar University has been consistently proactive in promoting and sustaining quality initiatives. Functioning as a collaborative body, it focuses on developing effective strategies to address gaps, embrace change, and drive continuous improvement. Through these efforts, it aligns the contributions of all stakeholders to foster comprehensive academic excellence, ensure meaningful educational outcomes, and enrich the overall student experience.
IQAC Vision
To be a catalyst for excellence by fostering a culture of quality, innovation, and continuous improvement in all academic and administrative endeavors, thereby contributing to the university’s aspiration of becoming a global leader in education and research.
IQAC Mission
- To embed quality practices across teaching, research, and administration.
- To promote outcome-based education and stakeholder engagement.
- To ensure continuous improvement through systematic assessment and benchmarking.
IQAC Objectives
- Institutionalise a culture of continuous improvement in academic and administrative performance through structured quality initiatives.
- Ensure transparency, accountability and excellence by promoting best practices across schools and aligning with national and global benchmarks.
Functions of IQAC:
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
