Cauvery College for women

The composition of the IQAC may be as follows: 

1. Chairperson: Head of the Institution
2. A few senior administrative officers
3. Three to eight teachers
4. One member from the Management
5. One/two nominees from local society, Students and Alumni
6. One/two nominees from Employers /Industrialists/stakeholders
7. One of the senior teachers as the coordinator/Director of the IQAC
Term : Two years
Meetings :Atleast twice a year

Functions of  the IQAC 

• Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution

• 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 programmes/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 of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per guidelines and parameters of NAAC, to be submitted to NAAC  

  IQAC Composition	Members	Designation
  Chair Person	Dr Mrs V Sujatha	Principal
  Management	Shri. V Ramanathan @ Sekar	Secretary, College Governing Council
  Ex-Officio	Ms V Ramya	Controller of Examinations
  	Dr N Siva Priya	Deputy Controller of Examinations
  Teachers	Dr S Ramalakshmi	Vice Principal
  	Dr S Shameem	Vice Principal
  	Dr N Savithri	Dean of Arts
  	Dr G Kanaga	Dean of Alumnae Relations
  	Dr P Urmila	Head, Dept of English (PG)
  	Dr Jayashree Agarwal	Head, Dept of English (UG)
  	Dr Metilda Bhuvaneswari	Head, Dept of Social Work
  	Dr J Tamil Selvi	Head, Dept of BBA
  	Dr S Prema Latha	Head, Dept of Mathematics
  	Dr G Maheswari	Head, Dept of Physics
  	Dr P Pungayee @ Amirtham	Head, Dept of Chemistry
  	Ms N Girubagari	Head, Dept of Computer Science
  	Dr R Merlin Packiam	Head, Dept of Computer Applications
  	Dr M Parveen	Head, Dept of Information Technology
  	Dr B Thamilmaraiselvi	Head, Dept of Microbiology
  	Dr R Rameshwari	Head, Dept of Biotechnology
  	Dr B Thanuja	Head, Dept of Food Service Mgt & Dietetics
  	Ms R Sangeetha	Asst. Prof., Dept of Computer Science
  	Dr B Baby Shakila	Director of Physical Education
  	Ms S Pommi	Librarian
  Senior Administrative Officer	Mr K Thirunavukkarasu	Manager
  Student Representatives	Ms K Harini	III B.Sc., N&D
  	Ms M Priyadharshini	III B. Com
  External Academic Experts	Dr Aloysius Edward J	Dean & Professor  Faculty of Commerce & Management  Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bengaluru
  	Dr J O Jeryda Gnanajane Eljo	Professor  Department of Social Work  Bharathidasan University  Khajamalai Campus, Tiruchirappalli-620 023
  Alumnae	Ms S Dhaarani	Proprietor, Narumugai Herbal Sanitary Napkins,  Mayiladuthurai
  	Dr R Seethalakshmi	Associate Professor  ICFAI Business School, Bangalore
  Local Society	Mr C Shantha Kumar	Director, Spastic Society of Tiruchirappalli.
  Industrialist	Dr Sivakumar Muthusamy	Proprietor, Ariviya Technologies,  IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai.
  Assistant IQAC Coordinator	Dr S Jeyabharathi	Associate Professor, Dept of Microbiology
  IQAC Coordinator	Dr Sinthu Janita Prakash	Dean of Science &  Head, Dept of Computer Science

Vision

To make quality the defining element of higher education in India through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives

Mission

• To arrange for periodic assessment and accreditation of institutions of higher education or units thereof, or specific academic programmes or projects;

• To stimulate the academic environment for promotion of quality of teaching-learning and research in higher education institutions;

• To encourage self-evaluation, accountability, autonomy and innovations in higher education;

• To undertake quality-related research studies, consultancy and training programmes,and

• To collaborate with other stakeholders of higher education for quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance.

STRATEGIES

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for:

• Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial units;

• Adoption of relevant and quality academic and research programmes;

• Ensuring equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various   sections of society;

• Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning;

• Ensuring credible assessment and evaluation processes;

• Ensuring the proper allocation, adequacy and maintenance of support structure and services

• Sharing of research findings and networking with other institutions in India and abroad

FUNCTIONS

Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:

• Development and application of quality benchmarks;
• Setting parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the institution;
• Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive to quality education and faculty development to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process;
• Collection and analysis of feedback from all the stakeholders on quality-related institutional processes; d) Dissemination of information on various quality parameters to all the stakeholders;
• Organization of intra- and inter-institutional workshops and seminars on quality-related themes and promotion of quality circles;
• Documentation of various programmes/activities leading to quality improvement;
• Acting as a nodal agency of the institution for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of the best practices;
• Development and maintenance of institutional database through MIS to maintain and enhance institutional quality;
• Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audits along with their follow-up activities;
• Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per the guidelines and parameters of NAAC.

Cauvery College for Women has set the institution quality policy as given below.

QUALITY POLICY

The Quality Policy of Cauvery College for Women (Autonomous) is set out as: 

The Institution is dedicated to inculcate a dynamic equilibrium for Women with:

• Academic Excellence and Qualities of Competence,

• Confidence and Excellence to gratify the needs of employability and enshrine as self-reliant Individuals.

• Imparting knowledge of higher order and entrepreneurial skills embedded with Cultural and Social Values.

The Management is committed to satisfy all the applicable statutory requirements.

The Management is committed to provide a continual improvement of the Quality Management System.