Strategies:

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for:

1. Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks.
   2. Ensure relevance and quality of academic and 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. Setup credibility of evaluation procedures.
   6. Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the total infrastructure and services.
   
   

Functions:

Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:

1. Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for the various academic and administrative activities of the institution.
   2. Propagation of information on the various quality parameters of Academic Program.
   Organization of workshops, seminars on quality related themes.
2. Documentation of the various programmes / activities leading to quality improvement.
   2. Acting as a nodal agency of the institution for quality-related activities.
   3. Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) to be submitted to NAAC based on the quality parameters.

Benefits:

IQAC will facilitate / contribute:

1. To a heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement and facilitate internalization of the quality culture for Quality and Excellence in Education.
   2. Enhancement and integration among the various activities of the institution and institutionalize of many good practices.
   3. To provide a sound basis for decision making to improve institutional functioning.
   4. To act as a change agent in the institution.
   5. For better internal communication.

• Staff Development

1. To organise a minimum of two pedagogical training programmes per year for new teaching Faculty.
2. To organize at least one common skill-development programme per year for the supporting staff.

• Teaching–Learning Process

1. To review student performance in by repetitive assessment &tests for course within one week of completion of the tests.
2. To register and complete at least two relevant MOOC/ NPTEL/Swayam/ Coursera Courses/ one MOOC course and one FDP/industrial training (not less than 5 days) by all teaching faculty per year.

• Co-Curricular Activities

1. To organise one international conference every two years such that major disciplines have a conference once in 5 years.
2. To conduct coaching classes for national level competitive exams like UPSC, UCEED, CEED, SEED, MPSC, GRE/ TOFEL, CAT, GATE etc and to ensure that at least 2 students from each department clear the exams successfully.

• Industry- Institute Interaction

1. Establishment of Industry-Institute Partnership /interaction Cell.
2. To Sign MoU’s or enter into collaborations with a minimum total of 5 industries for mutually beneficial interaction and organize at least 5 joint programmes.
3. Participation of experts from industry in curriculum development.
4. To initiate Incubation Centre.

• Placement

To achieve maximum campus placement of eligible & job aspiring candidates.

• Extracurricular Activities

1. To Periodically carryout extra-curricular activities by the students activity clubs.
2. To be within the top three ranks of Shivaji University, Kolhapur in sports and to achieve at least 3 medals at the national/international level.

• Future Plans

1. To get NAAC accreditation for the institute in year 2022-23
2. Expansion on College infrastructure for future addition of related course.
3. To get M.Des course Sanction for the year 2023-24.
4. To stand unmatched by any other design college.
5. To encourage students to become entrepreneurs in the field.

• Best Practice
• Institutional Distinctiveness

• IQAC MEETING (ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-23)
• IQAC MEETING (ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-22)
• IQAC MEETING (ACADEMIC YEAR 2020-21)
• IQAC MEETING (ACADEMIC YEAR 2019-20)
• IQAC MEETING (ACADEMIC YEAR 2018-19)