IQAC
Mission
To ensure continuous and holistic development of the institution and to assure stakeholders connected with higher education, the accountability of the institution for its own quality and probity.
Goals & Objectives
- To develop quality benchmarks for various academic and administrative activities of the Institution.
- To disseminate information on quality aspects.
- To organize discussions, workshops, seminars and promote quality circles.
- To record and monitor quality measures of the institution.
- To act as a nodal agency of the institution for quality related activities.
- To prepare Annual Quality Assurance Report and other reports as may be decided from time to time.
- To co-ordinate with NAAC authorities.
Vision
Striving to address the need of quality and commitment to excellence at PRIST
Functions
- Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for the various academic and administrative activities.
- Facilitating the creation of a learner centric environment conducive for quality education.
- Arrangement for feedback responses from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality related institutional processes.
- Dissemination of information on the various quality parameters of higher education.
- Organization of inter and intra institution workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles.
Dr. T.V. Christy
Vice Chancellor
Chairperson
Dr. Smitha Elsa Peter
Director - IQAC
Professor / ECE
Dr. S. Udayakumar
Pro Vice-Chancellor
Senior Administrative Members
Dr. S. Nithyanandam
Special Officer
Senior Administrative Members
Dr. M. Abdul Ghani Khan
Registrar
Senior Administrative Members
Dr. Sohna Chandara Packiyavathy
Controller of Examination
Senior Administrative Members
Dr. N. Ethirajalu
Member from the Board of Executive Council
Dr. L. Chinnappa
(Professor & Dean – School of Arts & Science)
Senior Faculty Members
Dr. A. Ashutos Das
Professor& Director – RDC
Senior Faculty Members
Prof. S. Lillypet
Professor & Dean – School of Engg. & Tech.
Senior Faculty Members
Prof. S. Amaresan
Assoc. Professor & HoD / Computer Science
Senior Faculty Members
Prof. R. Tamizhselvan
Assoc. Professor & HoD / Mechanical Engineering
Senior Faculty Members
Dr. A. Usha
Dean – Student Affairs
Senior Faculty Members
Dr. S. Ambiga
Dean – Academic Affairs
Senior Faculty Members
Prof. K. Swaminathan
Asst. Professor / Physics
Senior Faculty Members
Prof. K. Sathya
Asst. Prof / Commerce
Senior Faculty Members
Dr. Veeramani
Asst. Prof. /BioT echnology
Senior Faculty Members
Ms. Nilavu
Student Representative - PhD
Nominees from Local Society, Alumni & Student
Dr. C. Rajinikanth
Alumni Representative
Nominees from Local Society, Alumni & Student
Dr. S.Mohan Raj
MD, AlgalRNutrapharms
Nominees from Industry, Employer & Parent
Dr. Er. R. Sivasankar
Green Building Consultant Chief Consultant Sivasankar and Associates Thanjavur
Nominees from Industry, Employer & Parent
Mr. K. Maganathan
Parent Representative (F/o Mr. M. Raja Ramalingeshwaran, BTech (FT) - IV ECE)
Nominees from Industry, Employer & Parent
India has the second largest educational system in the world. A focus on quality, access and relevance of higher education to achieve the required social transformation for sustainable economic development of the country has been the national priority. Qualitative improvement in higher education, to realize the desired dimensions of human resource development necessitated the establishment of the premier Quality Assurance Agency – NAAC – by the UGC, in 1994, to assess and accredit the country’s HEIs. Quality assurance is not an event, rather it is a continuous process and a relentless pursuit to achieve academic excellence. It is an ongoing, dynamic and life-long endeavor of any institution. As the primary goal of institutional accreditation by NAAC is to provide the information needed to improve the experience of the ‘learning communities’, it is envisaged that NAAC plays a larger role in internalizing and institutionalizing quality assurance. Towards achieving this goal, while the participation of all stakeholders is essential, the involvement of student participation in the institutional quality enhancement processes is crucial and invaluable, because of the following:
- Students are the largest group within any HEI, and therefore are the main stakeholders who have a much stronger voice than any other stakeholders.
- Students are quite well informed, committed, participative, motivated and curious, and this provides for valuable contributions.
- The several dimensions of student participation often surpass the four walls of the institution and other academic frontiers, following the trend that induces or obliges the institutions to open up to the society.
- Of late, world over, there is a wide and positive attitude towards increased student influence in higher education governance including the role of student activism in social changes.
Constitution of the IQAC – Students Chapter
The IQAC – Students Chapter may have one meritorious student both at UG & PG/Research level from each department as members. The Prime Minister of the Students Cabinet may be the Coordinator of the IQAC – Students Chapter. The IQAC Students Chapter may meet atleast two times in a semester and copies of Minutes of the Meeting may be forwarded to both IQAC Coordinator and the Vice Chancellor for taking follow up action.
Students could therefore be the driving force behind ambitious and far reaching Higher Education reforms. Recognizing the significance of students not only as the main stakeholders in education, but also as central to the entire process of educational experience that an institution can provide, the University has initiated the establishment of the “IQAC – STUDENTS CHAPTER” with an aim to involve students in the quality assurance, quality sustenance and quality enhancement processes of the University.
Students involvement in the quality assurance, quality sustenance and quality enhancement processes may be realized by adopting the following strategies:
- Students understanding of the concept of ‘Quality’.
- Students perception of the need for quality in an educational institution.
- Students responses regarding their concerns for augmenting quality in educational institutions.
- Students understanding of feedback mechanisms.
- Students’ perceptions of their involvement in institutional feedback systems.
- Students’ concerns about institutional feedback systems.
- Students awareness of the NAAC’s assessment and accreditation processes.
- Students views about their involvement in the A/A of their institution.
- Students concerns about institutional A/A by NAAC.
