Chandra Shekhar Azad

University of Agriculture & Technology Kanpur

NAAC B+Grade Agriculture University

NIRF Ranked University

Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

Dr. C. L. Maurya

Director IQAC

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National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) established in 1994 as an autonomous body of University Grant Commission (UGC) has been instilling a momentum of quality consciousness in higher educational institutions (HEI) through the task of performance evaluation, assessment and accreditation. Keeping in view, legislative enactments, national educational reforms and directives of UGC/ICAR the universities should actively engage themselves in the development and implementation of quality benchmarks in all their key performance areas.

HE is are being motivated by NAAC to establish their own internal mechanisms for sustenance, assurance and enhancement of the quality culture which culminated in to the realization of an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). The IQAC is the nodal agency entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring total quality management by ushering in innovations leading to achieving excellence and adoption of intervention strategies for monitoring their successful implementation. Committed to sustain the quality culture, Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur acted proactively and established the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) to institutionalize the process of quality enhancement and sustenance in all the key areas of its delivery. IQAC is conceived as a mechanism to build and ensure a quality culture at the institutional level.

Ensure quality culture in the Higher Educational Institutions through institutionalizing and internalizing all the initiatives taken with the support of internal and external resources.

To become a hub for disseminating agro technologies and educational innovations and excellence in the field of agriculture and allied
To set quality benchmarks and evolve mechanisms for monitoring and ensuring performance in accordance with
To take steps for the periodic internal academic audit of the teaching-learning and research activities of all departments and
To ensure in-service continuing education and training of all the faculties and administrative staff for enriching their skill, intellectual capital and professional
To collaborate with other academic institutions and agencies locally and globally for improvement of quality and brand image of the university.

Quality assurance includes all policies, measures, planned processes and actions through which the quality of higher education is maintained and developed. The guiding features of quality assurance are as follows:

Efficient management, planning and resource processes to achieve excellence and to ensure continuous
Judging the outcomes and processes against the highest external standards and

Internal quality assurance mechanism: Based on the prescribed guidelines, the university would develop its own internal quality assurance mechanism which shall be coherent with quality assurance framework set forth in this policy and approved by IQAC, to evaluate the quality of teaching programmes, teaching and learning experience, student assessment, internal moderation, support services, sources and facilities and research and programme review processes.
External quality assurance mechanism: In order to ensure that high quality standard is maintained in the university, periodic assessment shall be made by ICAR-NAEAB, New Delhi or any other agency suggested by the State Government from time to

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;
Development and application of quality benchmarks for the various academic and administrative activities of the University;
Collection and analysis of feedback from students, teacher, and other stakeholders on qualityrelated institutional processes;
Organization of inter and intra University workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles;
Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audit and its follow-up.
Acting as a nodal agency of the Institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of best practices;
Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of

	Vice-Chancellor	Chairman
	Registrar, Kanpur	Member
	Comptroller, Kanpur	Member
	Dean, College of Agriculture, Kanpur	Member
	Dean Student Welfare, Kanpur	Member
	Dean, Home Science, Kanpur	Member
	Dean, College of Horticulture, Kanpur	Member
	Dean, College of Forestry, Kanpur	Member
	Dean, College of Agril. Engg. & Tech., Etawah	Member
	Dean, College of Dairy Science, Etawah	Member
	Dean, College of Fisheries Science & Research Centre, Etawah	Member
	Dean, College of Agriculture, Lakhimpur Kheri	Member
	Director, Agricultural Experiment Station, Kanpur	Member
	Director, Extension, Kanpur	Member
	Director Administration and Monitoring, Kanpur	Member
	Director, Seed & Farms, Kanpur	Member
	In-Charge, Central Library, Kanpur	Member
	HoD, Soil Conservation and Water Management	Member
	Nodal Officer (ICAR)	Member
	Dr. Kripa Shankar Singh	Member Alumnus
	Dr. C.L. Maurya, Prof. Seed Science & Technology	Director

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	Action taken report	View/Download
	Feedback Proforma (students, teachers, employers and alumni )	View/Download
	Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) – At a glance	View/Download
	IQAC Photo Gallery	View/Download
	AQAR (The Annual Quality Assurance Report) Format	View/Download