The NAAC – National Assessment and Accreditation Council advocated the establishment of Internal Quality assurance Cell (IQAC) by all the Higher Education Institutions. IQAC in C Byregowda Institute of Technology, Kolar was established in the year 2021.
C Byregowda Institute of Technology [CBIT] was promoted by C Byregowda Educational and Cultural Trust ® in the memory of great visionary the late Sri C Byregowda, Ex-Agriculture Minister, Govt. of Karnataka, in the year 2009. The institution is one of the reputed Institutions in rural Karnataka known for imparting good quality Technical education.
The college has been approved by All India Council of Technical Education [AICTE], New Delhi, Affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University [VTU], Belgaum and Recognized by Government of Karnataka.
IQAC in CBIT has developed the perspective plan to ensure the quality in tune with the vision and mission of the institute. The IQAC meetings are held regularly. The various committees like grievance redressal, disciplinary, anti-ragging, examination, placement, institute-infrastructure are functional to ensure the value addition and holistic development of the students. Class representatives’ meetings are held twice in a semester to brief the students on important decisions of the council and consider their suggestions to address the grievances. HOD’s meeting and faculty meetings are held regularly to discuss academic issues by taking everyone into confidence in all the important academic decisions.
The IQAC plans, guides and monitors Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Enhancement (QE) activities of the Institution. The main task of the IQAC is to channelize the efforts and measures of the Institution towards maintaining academic excellence and strengthen internal governance.
Primary Objective 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.
Quality Policy
C Byregowda Institute of Technology is committed to develop and encourage cultured and capable professionals by imparting quality education in the field of Engineering.
Key Aspects
- Enhancement in academic and administrative excellence
- Improvement in Student’s Life skills
- Enrichment in professional growth of staff
- Promote the use of ICT
- Promote relationship among industry, Staff and Student
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 programmers
- Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning
- The credibility of evaluation procedures
- Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services
- Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions
Functions of IQAC
Some of the IQAC functions expected are:
- Drafting, evaluating and implementation of academic and administrative activities of the institution
- Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment to encourage quality education and faculty to adopt the required knowledge and technology for
- 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 programmed/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 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
Benefits
IQAC will facilitate / contribute
- Ensure finely tuned 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 vibrant system for quality changes in HEIs
- Build an organized methodology of documentation and internal communication