Internal Quality Assurance Cell

ORDER No.___________/Dt.

An Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) is hereby constituted by taking into following members. The motive of this IQAC in BPFTIO, Cuttack is to plan, guide and monitor the Quality Enhancement (QE) and Quality Assurance (QA) activities of Institute. IQAC systematize and channelize the BPFTIO measures and efforts towards academic excellence.

Since quality enhancement is a continuous process, the IQAC became a part of the system and work towards realization of the BPFTIO goals of quality enhancement and sustenance. The prime task of the IQAC is to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic improvement in the overall performance of institution. For this, IQAC helps to channelize the efforts and measures towards promoting the holistic academic excellence in the Institute.

The function and objective of IQAC is attached in Annexure-I

1.

Sri Suvra Ranjan Ray, Director(I/C)

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Chairman

2.

Sri Sudarsan Prasad Nayak, Lecturer

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Member

3.

Sri Girija Sankar Tudu, Lecturer

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Member

4.

Sri Debasish Swain, Lecturer

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Member

5.

Sri Suvra Ranjan Ray, Senior Lecturer

 

Member

6.

Sri Rakesh Kumar Das, Senior Lecturer

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Member & Coordinator

7.

Sri Sarat Kumar Nayak, Senior Lecturer

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Member

8.

Dr. Saroj Kumra Tripathy

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Member

9.

Sri Lalitendu Das

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Member

10.

Ms.Shriya Behera

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Member

11.

Sri Rashmi Ranjan Das

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Member

12.

Sri Jugal Debata

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Member

IQAC – Vision

To ensure quality culture as the prime concern for the Higher Education Institutions through institutionalizing and internalizing all the initiatives taken with internal and external support.

Objective

The primary aim of IQAC is

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.

Functions

  1. Development and application of quality benchmarks
  2. Parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution;
  3. 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;
  4. Collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes;
  5. Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all stakeholders;
  6. Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles;
  7. Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;
  8. Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices;
  9. Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality;
  10. Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audit and its follow-up
  11. Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of

Benefits

IQAC will facilitate / contribute to

  1. Ensure clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement;
  2. Ensure internalization of the quality culture;
  3. Ensure enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices;
  4. Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning;
  5. Build an organised methodology of documentation and internal

Composition of the IQAC

IQAC may be constituted in every institution 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.

The composition of the IQAC may be as follows:

  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

The membership of such nominated members shall be for a period of two years. The IQAC should meet at least once in every quarter. The quorum for the meeting shall be two-third of the total number of members. The agenda, minutes and Action Taken Reports are to be documented with official signatures and maintained electronically in a retrievable format.

The role of the coordinator :

The role of the coordinator of the IQAC is crucial in ensuring the effective functioning of all the members. The coordinator of the IQAC may be a senior/competent person with experience and exposure in quality aspects. She/he may be a full-time functionary or, to start with, she/he may be a senior academic /administrator entrusted with the IQAC as an additional responsibility. Secretarial assistance may be facilitated by the administration. It is essential that the coordinator may have sound knowledge about the computer, data management and its various functions such as usage for effective communication.