IQAC

As per the guidelines of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore Lakshmi College of Education maintains an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a quality sustenance measure.

We realize that quality enhancement is a continuous process and our IQAC will become a part of the institution’s system and work towards realization of the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance.

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

1. Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks;
2. Relevant and quality academic/ research programmes;
3. Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society;
4. Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning;
5. The credibility of assessment and evaluation process;

6. Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and proper allocation of support structure and services;

7. Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.

Functions

Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:

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 NAAC.

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
   Principal -Dr.M.Malarvizhi 
2. Teachers to represent all level (Three to eight)
   Ms.K.Dhanalakshmi – Assistant Professor in Mathematics
   Ms.M.Umamaheswari – Assistant Professor in Education
   Dr.M.Kalaivani – Assistant Professor in Biological Science
   Dr.F.Vincent Rajasekar – Assistant Professor in English
   Ms.K.Devendrakula Thirumagal – Assistant Professor in Education.
3. One member from the Management
   Shri.K.Shivakumar – Secretary
4. Few Senior administrative officers 
   Mr.M.Mani
5. One nominee each from local society, Students and Alumni
   Mr.Jayaraman(Ex Panchayat President)
   Marisamy(Student)
   Alumni(B.Dayanath)
6. One member from Trust
   Mr.Christopher
7. One nominee each from Employers /Industrialists/Stakeholders
8. One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/Director of the IQAC