DYPCET Internal Quality Assurance Cell

Strategies:

IQAC shall evolve mechanisms and procedures for:

1. Ensuring timely, efficient and progressive performance of academic, administrative and financial tasks.
2. Ensure relevance and quality of academic and research programmes.
3. Equitable access to and affordability of academic programmes for various sections of society.
4. Optimization and integration of modern methods of teaching and learning.
5. Setup credibility of evaluation procedures.
6. Ensuring the adequacy, maintenance and functioning of the support structure and services.
7. Research sharing and networking with other institutions in India and abroad.

Functions:

Some of the functions expected of the IQAC are:

1. Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for the various academic and administrative activities of the institution.
2. Dissemination of information on the various quality parameters of higher education.
Organization of workshops, seminars on quality related themes.

1. Documentation of the various programmes / activities leading to quality improvement.
2. Acting as a nodal agency of the institution for quality-related activities.
3. Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) to be submitted to NAAC based on the quality parameters.

Benefits:

IQAC will facilitate / contribute:

1. To a heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards quality enhancement and facilitate internalization of the quality culture for Quality and Excellence in Higher Education.
2. Enhancement and integration among the various activities of the institution and institutionalize of many good practices.
3. To provide a sound basis for decision making to improve institutional functioning.
4. To act as a change agent in the institution.
5. For better internal communication.

• Staff Development

1. To organise a minimum of two pedagogical training programmes per year for new teaching Faculty.

2. To organize at least one common skill-development programme per year for the supporting staff.

• Teaching–Learning Process

1. To review student performance in Midterm & End term tests for all departments within one week of completion of the tests.

2. To register and complete at least two relevant MOOC/ NPTEL/Swayam/ Coursera Courses/ one MOOC course and one FDP/industrial training (not less than 5 days) by all teaching faculty per year.

• Co-Curricular Activities

1. To organise one international conference every two years such that major disciplines have a conference once in 5 years.

2. To conduct coaching classes for national level competitive exams like UPSC, MPSC, GRE/ TOFEL, CAT, GATE etc and to ensure that at least 2 students from each department clear the exams successfully.

• Research & Development

1. To collaborate DYPCET with leading research institutes at national and international levels. Initiatives like joint international conference, workshops and research papers can also be undertaken to improve overall research culture at Institute.
2. To Improve quality of publications
3. To Fetch R&D grants and revenue generation through consultancy, training and

testing services etc.

• Industry- Institute Interaction

1. Establishment of Industry-Institute Partnership /interaction Cell.
2. To Sign MoU’s or enter into collaborations with a minimum total of 5 industries of each program for mutually beneficial interaction and organize at least 5 joint programmes.
3. Participation of experts from industry in curriculum development.
4. R&D Laboratories sponsored by industries & development of consultancy at the Institute.
5. To initiate Incubation Centre.

• Placement
• To achieve 90% campus placement of eligible & job aspiring candidates.

• Extracurricular Activities

1. To Periodically carryout extra-curricular activities through NSS and Students activity clubs.

2. To be within the top three ranks of Shivaji University, Kolhapur in sports and to achieve at least 3 medals at the national/international level.

• Future Plans

1. To get permanent affiliation for existing programmes by affiliating university.
2. To become an Autonomous institute in 2020-21.
3. To get NBA accreditation (II^ndCycle) of all programmes in 2021-22
4. To set Incubation Centre in 2021-22
5. To get reaccreditation of NAAC for institute in 2022-23

Internal Quality Assurance Cell has been constituted as per University Grants Commission (Conferment of Autonomous Status upon Colleges and Measures for Maintenance of Standards in Autonomous Colleges) Regulations, 2023 for the period of three years from the academic year 2023-24.

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Department	Role
1	Dr. S.D.Chede	Principal	Chair Person
2	Dr. A. K. Gupta	Executive Director	Management Representative
3	Dr. L. V. Malade	Registrar	Administrative Officer
4	Dr. T. B. Mohite Patil	Elect.& Telecom. Engg.	Teacher Representative
5	Dr. S. J. Raykar	Mechanical Engg.	Teacher Representative
6	Dr. K. M. Mane	Civil Engg.	Teacher Representative
7	Ms. R. J. Dhanal	Computer Sci. & Engg.	Teacher Representative
8	Dr. K. T. Jadhav	Chemical Engg.	Teacher Representative
9	Dr. G. V. Patil	Data Science Engg.	Teacher Representative
10	Dr. S. V. Patil	AIML	Teacher Representative
11	Dr. I. S. Jadhav	Architecture	Teacher Representative
12	Dr. N. D. Sangale	First Year Engg.	Teacher Representative
13	Dr. Swapnil Hirkude	Local Society	Alumni Representative
14	Dr. Y. M. Patil	External Academician	Dean Exam, KIT’s College of Engineering, Kolhapur
15	Mr. Indrajit Dalvi	Industry Person	Amruta Industries, Kolhapur
16	Mr. SachinPatil	Employer	Coforge Business Process Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Kolhapur
17	Mr. Akshay Talwekar	Student SY ETC	Student Representative
18	Dr. S. D. Bhopale	Dean Quality Assurance	Member Secretary

IQAC Report

One week workshop on enhancing teaching skills for outcome based education

2020-2021

2021-2022

MoM-I	MoM-II	MoM-III	MoM-2021-2022
IQAC MoM 2023-24	IQAC MoM 2022-23