Internal Quality Assurance Cell

The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bengaluru recommends that every accredited institution should establish an Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) as a quality sustenance measure. The IQAC aims to develop a system for continuous improvement in the institution’s performance, fostering a sense of belonging and participation.

Vision of the IQAC

To promote quality culture as the prime concern of Higher Education Institutions through institutionalising and internalizing all the quality-enhancing and sustaining initiatives taken with internal and external support.

Objectives

The primary aim of the IQAC is:

• To develop a mechanism to promote conscious, consistent and catalytic action plans to improve the academic and administrative performance of the institution.
• To promote institutional quality enhancement and sustenance through the internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of the best practices.

Functions

Functions of the IQAC at RPNLUP include:

• 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;
• 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 for the purpose of maintaining and enhancing institutional quality;
• Periodical conduct of Academic and Administrative Audits along with their follow-up activities; and
• Preparation and submission of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) as per the guidelines and parameters of NAAC

Composition

As per the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) guidelines, the IQAC in every institution should be constituted under the chairpersonship of the Head of the Institution with heads of key academic and administrative units, a few teachers and a few distinguished educationists and representatives of the local management and stakeholders as members.

Members of the IQAC at RPNLUP

• Senior Prof. (Dr.) Usha Tandon, Vice-Chancellor, Chairperson
• Mr. Satya Prakash, Registrar, Member
• Dr. Suchit Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Coordinator
• Dr. Prakash Tripathi, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Member
• Dr. Deepak Sharma, Assistant Professor of Law, Member
• Dr. Sonika, Assistant Professor of Law, Member
• Dr. Neha Dubey, Assistant Professor of English, Member
• Dr. Arjun , Assistant Librarian , Member 
• Prof. V.K. Ahuja, Director, Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, Visiting Member
• Ms. Anu Monga, Partner- Anant Law Firm (Visiting Member)
• Mr. Sujal Sonkar (Students), Members
• Ms. Tashu Singh (Students), Members