INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL
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.
Strategies:
IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for
- a) Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks;
- b) Relevant and quality academic/ research programmes;
- c) Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society;
- d) Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning;
- e) The credibility of assessment and evaluation process;
- f) Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services;
- g) Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
| IQAC committee | Name of the Member | Designation |
| Chairperson | Dr. Prof. Malliga M, | Principal, Indirani College of Nursing, Ariyur, Puducherry. |
| Administrative Officers | 1. Mr.Soundararajan.A | General Manager, Ramachandra Educational Trust, Puducherry. |
| 2. Mrs.Malarvizhi | Office Superintendent, Indirani College of Nursing, Ariyur,Puducherry. | |
| Teachers | 1. Prof.Sunitha Therese, | HOD (Medical Surgical Nursing) |
| 2. Prof.E.Ganesan, | HOD (Mental Health Nursing) | |
| 3. Prof.JamunaRani.G | HOD (OBG Nursing) | |
| 4. Dr.S.Rathidevi.S | HOD (Community Health Nursing) | |
| 5. Asso.Prof.Chandraleka.E, | HOD (Child Health Nursing) | |
| 6. Prof.Chandralekha.K, | Professor, Dept. of Medical Surgical Nursing | |
| 7. Mrs.Kavitha,S | Asst.Professor, Dept of OBG Nursing | |
| 8. Mrs.Kalpana.R, | Asst.Professor, Dept of Community Health Nursing | |
| Member from the management | Dr.Vidya.B | Chief Operating Officer, Sri Venkateswaraa Group of Institutions Ariyur,Puducherry |
| Nominees from local society | Dr.Prema, | Chief Medical Officer, Primary Health Centre,Puducherry |
| Nominees from the students | Ms.Deepika, | M.Sc (N) II Year |
| Ms.Maheswaran, | B.Sc (N) IV year | |
| Ms. Pooja.A, | B.Sc (N) III year | |
| Ms.Anitha M | Post Basic B.Sc II Year | |
| Nominees from Alumni | Ms.S. Kokilavani | B.Sc.Nursing 2008 Batch |
| Ms.Chaitanya | M.Sc.Nursing 2016 batch | |
| Nominees from Employers/ industrialists/ Stakeholders | Prof.Barani.T | Principal RAAK Nursing and Paramedical College Puducherry |
| Prof. Sathyanarayanan. K | ED Texh Professionals, CEG, Chennai. | |
| IQAC CoOrdinator | Dr.Rajeswari.R, | Vice Principal Indirani College of Nursing, Ariyur, Puducherry. |
FUNCTIONS OF IQAC:
- a) Development and application of quality benchmarks
- b) Parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution;
- c) 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;
- d) Collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes;
- d) Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all stakeholders;
- e) Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles;
- f) Documentation of the various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;
- g) Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices;
- h) Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality;
- i) Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audit and its follow-up
- j) Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC.