Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management and Development Studies – LBSIMDS

Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management & Development Studies

IQAC Cell

, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management and Development Studies - LBSIMDS

Vision

To make quality the defining element of higher education in India through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives.

Mission

  • To arrange for periodic assessment and accreditation of institutions of higher education or units thereof, or specific academic programmes or projects;
  • To stimulate the academic environment for promotion of quality of teaching-learning and research in higher education institutions;
  • To encourage self-evaluation, accountability, autonomy and innovations in higher education;
  • To undertake quality-related research studies, consultancy and training programmes, and
  • To collaborate with other stakeholders of higher education for quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance.
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    , Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management and Development Studies - LBSIMDS

    Value Framework

    To promote the following core values among the HEIs of the country:
  • Contributing to National Development
  • Fostering Global Competencies among Students
  • Inculcating a Value System among Students
  • Promoting the Use of Technology
  • Quest for Excellence
  • IQAC – Vision

    To ensure 360 degree quality as the prime concern for the Higher Education Institutions through institutionalizing and internalizing all the initiatives taken with internal and external support.
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    , Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management and Development Studies - LBSIMDS

    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.
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    , Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management and Development Studies - LBSIMDS

    Functions

    Some of 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;
    • Collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes;
    • Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all stakeholders;
    • 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;
    • Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audit and its follow-up
    • Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC.

    Benefits

    IQAC will facilitate / contribute to

    a) Ensure clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement;
    b) Ensure internalization of the quality culture;
    c) Ensure enhancement and coordination among various activities of the institution and institutionalize all good practices;
    d) Provide a sound basis for decision-making to improve institutional functioning;
    e) Act as a dynamic system for quality changes in HEIs;
    f) Build an organised methodology of documentation and internal communication.
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