BGSBU holds National Webinar on NAAC Accreditation

Shyam Sood

Rajouri, Oct 8: Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) Rajouri (J&K) on Friday organised a National Webinar on NAAC Accreditation: Process & Strategies for Preparation of Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

Prof. Akbar Masood Vice-Chancellor (VC) BGSBU –who has been associated with NAAC accreditation as the chairman of Peer Teams for various Universities and Institutions of higher education– lauded the efforts of the organising committee for hosting the webinar on an important theme.

Prof. Akbar called for focused attention to various criteria that have been prescribed by the NAAC, which are highly objective, holistic, comprehensive, and insisted on turning the focus on satisfying these objectives at the earliest possible so that the quality of education in the university could reach to the next level and match with the best of the institutes within India and across the globe.

The Dean Academic Affairs of the University, Prof. Iqbal Parvez, welcomed the resource person of the webinar and briefed him about the University Campus.

He appreciated the efforts of the IQAC team for organising such an enriching session and wished that the IQAC will continue to organise such events in the future too.

The expert talk was delivered by Prof. Yogesh Kumar Sharma, Former Vice-Chancellor of Singhania University, Rajasthan & currently working as a member, State level Quality Assurance Cell, Rajasthan and is also a member of a number of National &International Accreditation Agencies.

He talked about the importance of IQAC and NAAC Accreditation of the HEIs in the current time & discussed in detail the process and importance of IIQA, SSR, Student satisfaction Survey and DVV process and suggested the various strategies that HEIs should adopt for providing quality education to the students and for getting a higher grade in NAAC Ranking.

Around 160 participants across the country registered and participated in the program & appreciated the session.

The concluding remarks were given by Prof. Asif Hussain, Dean, SoET & Chairperson, IQAC.

The program concluded with the formal vote of thanks by the Convener of the webinar, Dr. Vinay Kumar Sharma, Coordinator, IQAC, BGSBU