With the generous encouragement and support from the NAAC, Bengaluru, the SLQAC of,

Haryana organized a webinar on “NAAC’s Assessment and Accreditation Process” on 21st July

2020 at 11:00 AM. Around 1050 participants comprising of principals and IQAC coordinators of

Government and Grant-in-aid Colleges of Haryana State participated in the webinar. The event

started with an opening remark by Dr. Hemant Verma, Deputy Director, Higher Education of

Haryana, wherein he extended his warm welcome to the participants and resource persons of the

webinar; Dr. K. Rama, Adviser, NAAC; Dr. Devender Kawday, Deputy Adviser, NAAC; Dr.

Shyam Singh Inda, and Dr. Vinita Sahu, Assistant Adviser, NAAC. He emphasized that the

criterion prescribed for NAAC accreditation is so objective, holistic and comprehensive calling for

sufficient focus on each and every aspect so as to meet the current requirements and global

standards in the field of higher education. He appealed to the entire faculty, non-teaching staff, and

other stake holders to work collectively to showcase positive aspects in order to fulfill NAAC

requirements with a hope to bag a promising grade in the ensuing cycle. Lastly, he enumerated the

importance of organizing this webinar on NAAC’s A &A process for the colleges of Haryana

which is essential in improving the quality of higher education in the state and orienting them about

the current process of NAAC and requested NAAC to organize such programmes for the

Universities of the State. This will help in continuous quality improvement, in order to facilitate

the institutions in order to take necessary initiatives and efforts for improving the quality of higher

education in the state.

In her welcome address, Dr. K. Rama, Adviser, NAAC welcomed all participants and appreciated

their efforts in this continuous quality improvement drive and coming forward to attend this

webinar. She emphasized that 70% of the A & A process relies on online mode wherein all the

quantitative metrics submitted by the higher education institutes will be thoroughly verified and

validated by a Data Verification and Validation (DVV) partner. Further, she elaborated on

providing equity and access to education to all students and it’s their right too. Regarding teacher

quality she shared 21 qualities of teacher which are essential in the 21st century and on the need of

improvement of quality education in HEIs with acceptable global standards in which the traditional

methods of education and digital initiatives both have to play an important role. She also

emphasized that collection of data from the academic departments and administrative wings will

certainly be helpful in identifying Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT

analysis) and provide opportunity to HEIs for improving the overall quality.

Dr. Devender Kawday, Deputy Adviser, NAAC gave a detailed presentation on NAAC’s

Assessment and Accreditation process and IIQA. In the initial part of his session he briefed about

the registration process, concept of IIQA, related documents to be submitted during IIQA process

and the timeline for HEI to respond to the clarification. He further highlighted about the core

values, vision, and mission and how NAAC facilitates the HEI to climb the quality ladder. He

elaborated about the seven criterions, key indicators and the subsequent metric involved in the

manual. While keeping in mind the diversity of higher education in Indian Contact he further

A BRIEF REPORT OF WEBINAR ON

“NAAC’s ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION

PROCESS”

Organized by SLQAC, Haryana in association with NAAC,

Bengaluru on 21th July 2020 at 11:00 AM

briefed about the optional metrics, its utility to the HEIs with related rules to be followed while

opting the metrics.

Later, Dr. Shyam Singh Inda briefed about the self-study report and importance of going through

the tool tips related with filling of SSR. He explained about the various components involved in

SSR and types of questions asked in SSR, citing examples. He further highlighted on importance

of going through SOP, reading manuals and glossary for better understanding of the metrics. He

later covered about Student Satisfaction Survey, highlighting on the guidelines involved in SSS

and efforts that can be made by the institution in reaching the desirable level and successful

completion of SSS.

Dr. Vinita Sahu, in her presentation explained about Data Verification and Validation (DVV)

process, standard operating procedures for DVV in ascertaining and validating the authenticity of

submitted data and corresponding award of points to quantitative metrics. She stressed on the

importance of truthful submission and representation of all the required data for the claim made

by HEI. Further, she explained in detail about the modalities of Peer Team visit management on-

site visit and Annual Quality Assurance report.

Later, Dr. K. Rama Adviser NAAC responded to the Questions and doubts raised by the

participants.

Finally, Dr Rajinder Singh Rana Nodal officer SLQAC Haryana proposed vote of thanks. He

expressed special gratitude to NAAC team for their informative and useful presentations. He also

expressed gratitude to the SLQAC and Higher Education Administration for their constant

encouragement and support in conducting the webinar. He further shared his heartful thanks to all

the participants of the webinar to make it a grand success.

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Some screenshots/glimpses of WEBINAR

Webinar on NAAC’s A&A Process for Colleges of Haryana Jointly Organised by NAAC and SLQAC Haryana

Date: 21/07/2020 Programme Schedule

11.00 – 11.15 hrs Inaugural address by SlQAC Haryana Official

11.15 – 11.30 hrs Welcome and Introduction to the Programme: Dr. K. Rama, Adviser, NAAC

11.30 – 12.10 hrs Overview of NAAC A&A Process and IIQA: Dr. Devender Kawday, Deputy Adviser, NAAC

12.10 – 12.40 hrs Self-Study Report and Student Satisfaction Survey: Dr. Shyam Singh Inda, Assistant Adviser, NAAC

12.40 – 13.20 hrs Pre-qualification, DVV, PTV and AQAR: Dr. Vinita Sahu, Assistant Adviser, NAAC

13.20 -13.30 hrs Question and Answer session: Dr. K. Rama, Adviser, NAAC