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You want to be a trailblazer, a run-away institution builder ? Build culture in your college or university. I’m sure the Founders of your institute

Two and quarter years ago, in one workshop on quality in a university, I was asked, how would I define ‘quality’. I said, I wasn’t

🎯Registrars should keep their institutes’ statutes and ordinances regularly reviewed and updated. For example, first ordinance written at the time of an establishment of a

In our crusade to improve faculty outcomes, we rarely run into any dialogue or plan a serious endeavour to develop some very important officers of

He can even cite a devil who told him not to venture into research; take a refuge behind some horrible idea that ‘research was not

Can’t imagine some institute not following National Standards Is your knowledge on NHEQF, NSQF, NCrF, NCCF, NCVET and the role of Standards setting n’ Sector

*Looking at the direction to which the next NAAC manual is heading, and even otherwise a compelling need to boost research, I recommend that every

Last week, a wonderful university invited me to interact with their middle and higher level leadership and listen to them. I loved this idea of

If you read the objective of NAAC it talks of (a) quality assurance (b) quality promotion. Does it deliver on “quality promotion” ? Perhaps, NOT

3-year ago, NAAC had kept benchmarks on various metrics under the hood. Only a fistful institutions made it to the NAAC A++ HEIs. Meanwhile, a

Just as a mother bird nudges her chicks out of the nest so they may take flight, we too must encourage our students to take

Anyone can’t pick up a bag and start heading towards a university or college claiming a rare class mentor or consultant. It is not like

How many of you follow competency and performance indicators-based teaching-learning and assessment in your institute? I know about health sciences. Their entire Outcome Based Education

POs shouldn’t worry you much. POs are just like old parents. They don’t much move around or change their attitude. For example, UG Engineering POs

I begin with the disclaimer that no aspersions is hereby intended to be caused to anyone, and hence not to take an umbrage to what

As the youth population peaks, looking for better education, better jobs, the national endeavour in this regard doesn’t seem quite measuring up to the urgency

Do all I recommend to you here, if not done, as yet. But when you do, make it comprehensive complete and don’t compromise on quality.

1. Develop and publish an IQAC Annual Activity Plan drawing input from the Minutes of various statutory Committees as relevant to the IQAC functions, IDP,

HEIs undertake ‘AAA’ periodically, not only to meet some formality of a specific accreditation norm but more importantly to find gaps in their academic n’

The NAAC has offered a few options to the HEIs by issuing a note dated 10 Feb 2025 to the HEIs : 1. Binary (Basic)-

With over 50 crore youth waiting to get skilled for jobs, Edn Ministry is driving the UGC to roll out enabling Regulations, Schemes and SOPs

UGC is going all guns blazing in issuing new initiatives. In less than a year, it has announced a dozen of reforms. Every reform entails

It seems like a good sign that NAAC and Ministry of Higher Education is taking due time to give NAAC a much needed new Avtaar.

Fact-1: Institutes often apportion blame on the Placement Officers for a poor show on placements, whereas an underlying cause could lie elsewhere. Let us humbly

Binary (Draft) * Developed only for the first-time NAAC Accreditation aspirants and also for those eligible HEIs who have been avoiding NAAC accreditation so far

Come July, faculty have time for their families and self, a travel to some hills or abroad and plenty of joy. It is so profound

With the issuance of NAAC Circular of June 2024 giving a brief supplement on the NAAC accreditation, there would be some questions agitating in your

Much as the community of Guru’s have lost respect in the society by a large number of them getting into some nefarious activities, accreditation guru’s

When it comes to developing documents or policies, everyone starts looking towards the IQAC. Well, that’s not fair. It is not even its key designated

Q. What was the need for IDP ? Ans. To provide a broad framework for the HEIs to develop their own IDP with an aim

“*I know how to become a competent faculty and a successful person but somehow, I can’t put shoulders to the wheel and pull enough. I’m

If you think, as teacher you don’t get enough kick out of your teaching profession, think again. The kick might be instant when a student

Ask a professor what is one thing which is most important of all for a university, his/her reply would be either ‘faculty’ or ‘Infra’. I

A deep study of Annexure-1 reveals that approximately 90% metrics of the NAAC in its new Avtar would be same or similar as in its

Here is a digest : 1. Never put IQAC team, Criteria Heads and Single Points of Contacts on the fragile crutches. Instead, empower them by

* A week ago, it was NAAC NAAC, everywhere in the campus. The people have since gone back to their routine and settled into their

“I think it is a gift”. “No, I think it is a graft”. “I’m bound by the NAAC not to accept either”. “But I think,

1. Developing a well thought-out, short-term and long-term Perspective Plan in sync with University’s vision and mission and other related internal and external factors. It

Here are a few tips:- * Do appeal if unfairly landed in an undeserving grade due to some flaws in DVV or peer team assessment.

If you’re confused whether value-added courses as specified in the ‘curriculum and credit framework’, henceforth called framework need to be included in the relevant NAAC

If in governance of an institute you are boasting about serving neighbourhood community, boast not. Just do your “Karma”. But do you know what karma

Q.1 We lack clarity. Can we delay implementation of NEP 2020 by one more academic year ? Ans : If yours is not a NEP

In any accreditation or 12 (b) visit, it is almost given that a visiting team would require you to demonstrate implementation of NEP 2020. Leave

The Role of IQAC is assurance and promotion of quality. Assurance is to do all it can to help attain, well-developed quality standards set by

Clarity on NAAC Infra related Metrics- Budget Planning & Expenditure * NAAC seeks expenses incurred by HEI over the 5 years, year-wise under 3 budget

Let me cover one practice of laying a quality foundation for an academic governance of your institute Academic governance, we know, is like a partly

You are potentially a team-quality, but perhaps your faculty peers perceive you otherwise-a team on the prowl for data collection. *Mission- top NAAC grade and

BE AN EARLY MOVER ON CUET 45 central universities and their affiliated colleges will participate in the CUET in the upcoming session 2022. CUET would

Well, there is no easy way. If you find an easy way, and is not unethical, please share with me too 🙂 In any case,

* One of the major reasons for the weightage shift to the ‘online assessment and evaluation’ was to stop a possible subjectivity leading to corruption

I’m a ‘AAM’ faculty. My institute is immersed in the OBE process, and I know my limited role in the OBE process, and here I

A major weightage shift to the ‘online assessment and evaluation’ was done patently to stop a possible subjectivity leading to corruption during a physical inspection.

The biggest COVID-19 effect on education is clearly seen in its major paradigm shift to Online teaching-learning. Here, I present a 10 Point clarity on

How you should begin implementing NEP 2020 * There are a few initiatives, your University/college can take now and be ahead of others in implementing

TRIUMPH OVER THE NAAC and NIRF THE ETHICAL and THE RIGHT WAY * It is best to have a wise Dir IQAC or any other

*NAAC, NBA, NIRF have all different faculty definitions and FSR requirement. Wonder why can’t they have one unified standard ? * * Faculty in NAAC*

NAAC, for all good reasons has given a certain weight to some simple-scoring 4 metrics with whopping 100 marks. It holds the key to tilt

Specific Roles of University Appointments to Get to the Top of NAAC 1. Responsibility of IQAC Director in NAAC related activity planning : A month

Dear Readers, NAAC goes tough; expects institutes to leverage technology and also save environment. Check, if you have all of these 18 Enablers in your

1. When you ask yourself and others to fake data, documents, prepare Minutes of Meetings, manufacture reports from the past years, it drains you out

(For the IQAC to implement as a leading initiative) It is now trending across disciplines to keep as few credits as utmost essential in the

Don’t make it so distasteful for alumni by asking them to donate funds, too early in their career. They have just begun to earn and

No one likes Audit and Auditors. It is a human nature, not to get grilled and told point-blank, ‘look, this is not good’, ‘that is

“ I’m charged with a powerful vision before me. I see nothing but the eye of the fish; the arrow of conviction, well-stretched on the

I love my IQAC team. It is not just on paper; it is firmly vibrant on ground. It doesn’t appear and disappear; it is there

Covid-19 seems to be not just going away, so soon. A second wave is reportedly hitting Europe. So, what is that, we as faculty can

1. Multi-disciplinary HEIs by 2040 in the category of ‘Research Intensive ’, ‘Teaching Intensive’ universities and ‘Autonomous Degree Granting multi-disciplinary Colleges’ above 30O0 students. Affiliated

Good institutes not just keep waiting at their gates for employers to embark upon their campus but instead, impact students’ lives by giving them an

1. Read every metric/question carefully and underline the keywords. Use keywords, preferably in the sub-headings as also in the body of the write-up to write

Most of our students come from small villages and remote area schools to seek admissions in higher education in big towns and cities. They come

”STUDENTS-FIRST” INITIATIVES: Never miss reading this. It is no deep secret to reveal that most NAAC A++ institutes have had 90% of the following students-specific

1. VC/Principal avoiding to provide leadership to IQAC and Research Committee-the two most powerful bodies (other than the statutory), thereby ‘quality’ taking a big hit.

For those in IQAC should know that the NEP has not done away with NBA accreditation. It seems destined to stay. And if old wine

Institutes want superior NIRF Ranking and celebrate their triumph, particularly over their competitors. They might still eat a bitter pill or place a stone on

Step 1 Get into regular reading and adding to your domain knowledge on daily basis. Add one new skill a year/up-skill by doing a formal

1. Be Grounded. Don’t become a stiff-necked VC, carrying the baggage of your earlier laurels and boasting about past achievements. Be grounded. Instruct your PA

There is a sickening trend of plagiarism in writing of qualitative metrics in many institutes. Not just that, even the policies and supporting documents are

Here is a precise clarity on COs if you are still grappling with the OBE process: Step-1 Use Blooms Taxonomy and convert Course Units into

If you are seriously toying with a critical question, whether to go for the Cycle-1 NAAC accreditation now or wait for some more time, here

I share with you today, an empowering role of a ‘teacher’- a mentor, a rock-solid pillar of support, and a big-time inspirer! Hey! where are

HEIs hold online/offline talks for the awareness but your faculty n’ students instead need hands-on with these technologies. A talk however powerful on AI, AR,

We are aware that institutes need research, require more citations and high h-index for credibility and also for the specific purpose of performing at the

If a powerful thought of doing research in the area of your deep interest has crossed your mind often, the chances are that you are

1. It is now well-established that one of the most dominant methods in teaching is through the LMS. If you wish to be a teacher

I see the following refreshing change in the faculty professional lives 🙂 a) a definitely more competitive environment due to 100 top foreign institutes moving

1. You don’t have an option to opt out, unlike other non health sciences colleges. You also have 65:35 Online: Peer team weightage. Besides, you

Hint-1 As a Head of Institute, prepare around 40 slides PPT for 40+5 minutes and as Dir IQAC 15 slides (15 minutes) and as Dean/HOD

1. Don’t forget to brief your students what NAAC means to institute, and how it would benefit students now, and later in their career. Choose

AICTE made it mandatory for technical institutes such as Engineering, Management, Pharmacy etc. by publishing it in “Approval Process Handbook 2018-19” (a legal document) to

Deficiencies in the Quality Indicator Framework Relating to General University (A) Criterion- I Metric 1.1.2. SOP by NAAC on this metric is not accurately framed.

Draft National Education Policy-2019 is all set to be rolled-out, anytime. Of the many far-reaching reforms, NAAC emerges as a big game-changer. Institutes ‘Not Accredited’

Big Question: Can I ignore NBA accreditation of my College Programs? Clear Answer: NO, Sir, AICTE has laid down strict regulations in its “AICTE Approval

Impression Institutes applying for the NAAC are mostly innocent, and a bit laid back-lackadaisical too . They go by what is given to them in

NAAC requires a massive overhaul in its ‘Quality Indicator Framework’. In its current form, it is replete with a number of irrelevant, inapplicable and avoidable

1. In a devil’s hurry to apply: Institutes which go for the NAAC accreditation in a jiffy, half-prepared, immediately after becoming eligible i.e.6 years’ of

If you are preparing for the top grade in NAAC accreditation and wish to seek a total clarity on the criteria, key aspects and the

Taking consultancy services for the NAAC and NBA accreditation from some of the top NAAC consultants in India, is an undoubtedly a fruitful enabling step.

1. You should be having an effective IQAC and highly capable Steering Committee with a Chairman who enjoys a good rapport with various faculty and

A very few people in academics, NAAC or NBA are aware that a Mentor, Chair or Consultant is a mandatory requirement with the world’s top

A loss of clarity and commitment in preparing for the NAAC and NBA accreditation, and/or living with a false sense of preparedness can potentially land

Most credible accreditation bodies of the world like ABET, AACSB and others require institutes applying for accreditation to compulsorily utilize the services of their mentors/chairs

Yes and No. Yes, if an institute is badly requiring to start a new program or increase intake or in case, an accreditation is a

Yes, I say so. It sounds a bit shocking, though! Let me explain. It is simple. To begin with, no institution runs or expected to

So far, most of you perhaps knew that institutes should avoid a mentor, guide or consultant for institute’s NAAC and NBA accreditation. You are not

“Get us A+ NAAC” is all that they say. A few would compound it by fixing a deadline of just a couple of months, enough

After all, why would NAAC include a metric that all most guarantee’s 100 Marks to an Institute? It doesn’t help in graded evaluation. Moreover, the

If you logged on to an institute’s website, saw a post on the social media or read an advertisement in the newspaper, during or  closer

For years, AICTE was clearly out of tune with the institutes, expecting a minimum Faculty to Students ratio (FSR) of UG engineering and MBA/PGDM as

Fittingly, accreditation of programs of institutes by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) should ordinarily be the first choice of the institutes, at least by

Some institutes of higher education feel that they can perhaps get away by ignoring AICTE, UGC and other relevant Councils’ regulations and norms for whatever

The world has since changed for the private education institutes of higher education which found their names in the list of institutes granted autonomous status

  The reason for a sudden interest and confidence in institutes of higher education in going for the NAAC accreditation is not difficult to explain.

If you are in an academic or management leadership position of a private institute and wondering, how after all, you shall finally cut through the

NBA: It is a stepping stone accreditation for institutes with professional programs such as Engineering and Management. It is perhaps what roots are to the