IQAC Presentation

1. Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
Heartly Welcome’s NAAC Peer Team
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Date: 15.04.2024
Dr. Ram D. Bawankar, Coordinator IQAC,
bawanakar09@gmail.com
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Jai Mahakali Shiksha Sanstha’s
AGNIHOTRI COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, WARDHA
Chairperson Member Coordinator Member

2. AGNIHOTRI COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, WARDHA
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VISION
To become a creative educational center where
innovations become a tool so as to build a
budding Pharmacist.
MISSION
To provide a comprehensive and progressive
education that prepares pharmacist to assume an
active role in providing skilled, ethical and
compassionate patient care that improves the
health and quality of life.

3. Our IQAC composition
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4. Objective of IQAC
❑ To develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to
improve the academic and administrative performance of the
institution.
❑ To promote measures for institutional functioning towards quality
enhancement through internalization of quality culture and
institutionalization of best practices.
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IQAC was established in our college in the year 2018 with the objectives

5. NAAC Steering Committee
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6. ACP Organogram
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7. SWOCAnalysis of Our College
Strength
• Conveniently located in the city centre and pollution free
zone.
• Team of highly skilled, knowledgeable, committed, and
passionate teachers.
• Well-designed physical environment includes spacious labs,
modern classrooms, and a sizable library.
• Well equipped computer lab with networking tools.
• Over 8100 textbooks and reference volumes .
Weakness
• Lack in cutting-edge research in the pharmaceutical sciences
in order to meet the challenges demanded.
• Lack of university and government funding for research
projects.
• Faculty participation in consultancy work and to prioritize
intellectual property creation.
• Need to strengthen its alumni association.
• Lack of Pharmaceutical sector in Wardha area.
Opportunity
• Industry-academic partnership may be elevated to new
heights.
• Establishing an incubator to encourage students, graduates,
and teachers to start their own businesses.
• Plans to sponsor and conduct seminars and training
programmes for students from rural regions.
• Seeking Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with
universities and research institutes
Challenges
• Growing competition from nearby Pharmacy colleges attract
faculty and students.
• Provide continuous professional development opportunities
for its faculty to up-to-date on latest advances.
• Develop strategies to increase the placement prospects of its
students.
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8. Major Contributions of IQAC During Assessment Years
Developing quality system
• Meetings in start of
academic session for
developing and improving
the quality of academic
activities.
• Preparation and follow up
process for various
committees for smooth
regulation of it.
• Follow the key quality
indicators which are
required for improvement.
Monitoring mechanism
• Conducting internal
monitoring to assess
processes and ensure
compliance.
• Maintained feedback
mechanism and its
analysis.
• Established grievance
redressal cell.
• Regular updating of the
college website.
Improving teaching
learning and research
• Organized national
seminars, workshops and
guest lectures.
• Enhanced use of ICT
tools.
• Encouraging faculties for
writing good research
papers/projects.
• Regularly promoting and
boost up the faculties to
attend the
FDP/Conferences.

9. Criteria-wise initiatives of IQAC
I. Curriculum Implementation and Improvement
II. Teaching – Learning Improvement
III. Research, Innovations and Extension Encouragement
IV. Infrastructure and Learning Resources
V. Student support and progression
VI. Governance, Leadership and Management
VII. Institutional Values and Best Practices.
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10. I. Curriculum Implementation
• Institute implements curriculum with detailed subject knowledge and skills as per the
syllabus and curriculum prescribed by the RTM Nagpur university.
• Academic calendar follows RTMN University schedule.
• Subject allotment based on faculty expertise and feedback discussed in the IIBOS.
• Teachers prepare and implement detailed teaching plans.
• Faculty maintain course files with essential documents.
• Added various certificate/ Value added courses in assessment years.
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11. I. Curriculum Implementation (Contd….)
• IQAC checks and regular monitoring of the completion of the syllabus is done by
the coordinator and chairperson of the IQAC for timely execution.
• Issues regarding curriculum (if any) are discussed in the parent- teacher meeting.
• Continuous feedback for curriculum enrichment is taken from stakeholders like
Students Teachers Alumni Parents.
• Suggestions are analysed.
• Key performance indicator displayed on college website and monitored by respective
department.
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12. II. Teaching – Learning and Evaluation
• ICT enhances student-centered learning through
• Internet demos, Power Point Presentation and Videos
• Statistical software like Graph Pad Prism, Mini tab used in teaching and learning.
• Continuous professional FDP/refresher programs for the faculty development.
• Bridging the gap between fast and slow learner students by remedial classes by
the concerned departments.
• Staff and students are registered on sac info (Synchronic ERP software),
Uniconnect, Shodh sindhu and NDL, so all can access more and more books.
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13. II. Teaching – Learning and Evaluation (Contd..)
• For e-learning - Language lab and computer lab.
• Lectures delivery - In smart classrooms with digital audio – visual panels.
• Conduction of tutorial classes to improve the communication skills of the students and
remedial classes to improve the performance of weak students in sessional and
semester examinations.
• Continuous Internal Assessment (CIA): Through Assignments, Group Discussions,
and Seminars along with Internal Evaluations.
At the end of semester, Principal Evaluates students, teachers performance via
feedback. And action taken report made available on institutional website.
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14. II. Teaching – Learning & Evaluation (Cont…)
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• Faculty members are constantly encouraged by IQAC to use innovative
teaching methods as a student centered practices such as
• active engagement, Problem solving strategies Experiential Learning.
• Power point presentations. Models and Charts. Animations in the
classroom.
• Google classrooms
• Development of research Skills in institution which actively encourages
student participation in seminars, workshops regularly arranged by college.

15. III. Research, Innovations and Extension
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Paper Publication
Year Total Number of
Papers
Copyrights Patents
2023-2024 12 06 02
2022-2023 06 02 02
2021-2022 05 --- ---
2020-2021 32 --- ---
2019-2020 05 --- ---
2018-2019 03 --- ---

16. III. Research, Innovations and Extension (Contd…)
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Books and Chapters Published in last 5 years
Dr. Shyamla Bhaskaran 11
Mrs. Jayshree S. Dalal 05
Dr. Prasad Jumade 07
Dr. Ram Bawankar 04
Ms. Khushbu Vyas 07
Mr. Prashant Wake 03
Mr. Dhananjay Sawarkar 02
Mr. Bandu Kadu 04
Dr. Monali Wawre 04
Ms. Neha Shete 01

17. III. Extension Activities (Contd…)
IQAC ensure efficient implementation of social activities under NSS unit and
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) as follows :
• Women Safety Drive
• Tree Plantation
• Blood Donation
• Gram Swachhata Abhiyan to nearby villages.
• Campus Cleaning
• International Yoga Day
• Importance of Healthy Life
• Community Health Awareness
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18. Glimpses of Extension Activities
Blood Donation Camp Tree Plantation
International Yoga Day Hemoglobin Check-up

19. IV. Infrastructure & Learning Resources
• Pleasant Library with adequate text and reference books for self study.
• E-library with internet (wi-fi) facility.
• Well equipped labs for practical and research work.
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20. V. Student support and Progression
The IQAC has always tried to make learning student- centric by adopting following methods
• Guidance for competitive examinations and career counseling
• Capacity development and skills enhancement activities.
• Implementation of regulatory bodies
• Use of ICT tools for effective learning.
• Fair mechanism for Submission of online/offline students’ grievances
• Time to time redressal of the grievances through appropriate committee.
• Using innovative teaching techniques
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21. V. Student support and Progression (Contd…)
• Mentoring student time to time.
• Conducting various competitions like poster presentation, quiz, debates, model
competition.
• Making them socially responsible by organizing social activities.
• Organizing sport and cultural events to boost their leadership, management and team
work qualities.
• Boosting participation of students in various level qualifying
state/national/international level examinations.
• Certain level of alumni engagement in our college.
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22. VI. Governance, Leadership & Management Efforts
Effective governance is provided through decentralization of work by
formation of various policy/decision (perspective plan) making cells and
committees and are satisfactorily functioning with IQAC under able
leadership of the Principal as:
• Discipline Committee
• Library Advisory Committee,
• Gender sensitization cell i.e. Internal Complaint Committee,
• Antidiscrimination Cell (SC/ST committee),
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23. VI. Governance, Leadership & Management Efforts (Contd…)
• Grievance Redressal Committee.
• College development Committee.
• NSS
• Examination Monitoring Committee
• Sports & Cultural Committee
Well spacious and separate hostel for Girls and Boys student.
Empowerment strategies for teaching and non teaching staff.
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24. VII. Institutional Values & Best Practices Adopted
Policies given by Governing body are effectively executed by IQAC and CDC to
inculcate values, rights, duties and responsibilities to individuals .
• Allocation of Project title to PG students on basis of recent trends in
Pharmaceutical sciences and mini research project to UG final year students
on basis of elective subject selected by them.
• Institute has installed solar power plant to fulfill electricity needs.
• The institute involved in tree plantation regularly, performs rain water
harvesting.
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25. VII. Institutional Values & Best Practices Adopted
• The college organizes various value added courses based on self-defense,
Holistic Yoga and Meditation…etc every years.
• IT facilities including Wi-Fi is available with internet bandwidth of
maximum 150 mbps.
• Fully 24 x 7 under CCTV surveillance for security and safety.
• The institute conducts green audit, Energy Audit and Environmental audit
of its campus.
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26. VII. Institutional Values & Best Practices Adopted (Cond…)
• Adoption of Mentor Mentee Scheme for students betterment.
• Gender equality cell to cater professional ethics.
• Disabled friendly, barrier free environment in college.
• Clean and green campus initiatives (Zero tolerance to Plastics)
• Adoption of beyond the campus environmental promotion activities (Through
NSS activities).
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27. Best Practices Adopted (Cond…)
• Organization of capacity development and skills enhancement activities to
improve students’ capability as
• Value added course (soft skills development & curriculum trainings).
• Language and communication skills.
• Life skills (Yoga, physical fitness, health and hygiene)
• ICT/computing skills.
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28. Solar Energy Rainwater Harvesting
LEDs for Energy
Conservation
Purified Drinking Water Reuse old Waste Water
from Air Conditioner
Glimpses of Best Practices adopted
Blood Donation Camp

29. IQAC - Future Plan
• We will try to conduct more and more value added courses, FDPs, MDPs for
benefit of students, teaching and non teaching staff.
• Establish advanced research laboratories.
• Try to receive grants from various agencies for research projects in which we
are presently lacking.
• Try to frame strategies to increase placement prospects for students.
• Special emphasis will be given to make MOUs more and more functional.
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