IMR INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE CELL (IQAC)

“We are committed to helping our students to become successful with the skills & knowledge necessary to maintain an edge over the competition”.

The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) is constituted to plan, monitor, suggest and ensure operational features of the institute. Quality enhancement is a continuous process, IQAC must become a part of an institutions system and work towards realizing the goals of quality enhancement and sustenance.

Dear Students
Greetings!

The Shri Shivaji Maratha Society’s Institute of Management & Research, Pune has established the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) on 16th September 2017. The IQAC being an integral part of the institute works towards realizing the goals of quality enhancement by developing a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic improvement in different aspects of functioning of the institute.

The IQAC assures the stakeholders i.e., students, parents, teachers, staff, management, funding agencies and society in general – of the accountability and transparency in the quality management system of the institution and its concern for ensuring quality of education being imparted.

Internal Quality Assurance Cell is a step towards excellence. The IQAC of IMR, organises various programmes for faculty, administrative staff and quality circle members. It conducts open forum to provide interface between students and officials of the institute. It conducts staff assessment to provide valuable feedback for quality sustenance and improvement in teaching, learning and research experiences in the institute. It documents and reports various activities of the institute for various higher education requirements. A continuous follow up has been made on infrastructural resources of the institute to assure adequate, appropriate and better facilities to assure conducive and enabling environment for teaching, learning and research. Through all these measures IQAC happens to be one of the important components of the institute which ensures quality and continuous improvement in all the units / aspects of the institute.

With Best Wishes

Prof. Rajesh Hukre
IQAC Head

Composition of the IQAC

The Institute has established the Internal Quality Assurance Cell in 16/09/2017 with the following Objective:

• To develop quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution
• To monitor teaching, learning, evaluation and related academic activities.
• To conduct academic audits at periodic intervals to verify the effectiveness of measures taken in reaching the quality parameters in academics.

With reference to above, Internal Quality Assurance Cell is being formed for this Institute.

No.	NAME OF THE MEMBER	DESIGNATION	ROLE IN IQAC
1	PROF. RAJESH HUKRE	INCHARGE DIRECTOR / ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / HOD / CO	CHAIRPERSON & IQAC COORDINATOR
2	MR. MUKESH GARALE	ACCOUNTANT	ACCOUNTS & ADMINISTRATION
3	MR. GAURAV KAKADE	SYSTEM ADMIN	IT SUPPORT
4	PROF. SUNITA KHARATE	ASST. PROF	TEACHER MEMBER
5	MS. AKANKSHA VAIDYA	LIBRARIAN	TEACHER MEMBER
6	SHRI. ASHOKRAO SAWANT	CHAIRMAN,CDC,IMR	MANAGEMENT MEMBER
7	MR. ABHISHEK RANBHISE	ALUMNI	ALUMNI REPRESENTATIVE
8	MR. KESHAV MAGAR	MBA II YR STUDENT	STUDENT
9	DR. JITENDRA DATE	MANAGING DIRECTOR,ARJ ASIA GROUP	NOMINEES FROM INDUSTRIALISTS

Functions of Internal Quality Assurance Cell

Following are the functions of IQAC:

• Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution
• Monitoring teaching, learning, evaluation and related academic activities.
• Conducting academic audits at periodic intervals to verify the effectiveness of measures taken in reaching the quality parameters in academics.
• 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
• Arrangement for feedback response from students, parents and other stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes.
• Dissemination of information on various quality parameters of higher education.
• Organization of inter and intra institutional workshops, seminars on quality related themes and promotion of quality circles.
• Documentation of the various programs/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.
• Development of Quality Culture in the Institution.
• Preparation and strict implementation of Academic Calendar.