Convener: Dr. Sushil Kumar

Qualitative Initiatives by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) for the session 2020-21

Initiative: 1- Conduct of National Seminars/webinars on quality enhancement in Higher education Institutions .

Productive Deliberations among all the stakeholders of higher education institutions is the key to develop quality culture in HEI’s. With the objective of internalization & institutionalization of innovative and best practices in the higher institutions, IQAC organized three national level seminars on quality related issues – Two seminars were held in collaboration with NAAC, Bangaluru on NAAC revised framework and one seminar was conducted by the eminent resource person on National Education Policy 2020. About 733 principals, IQAC members and faculty members from the affiliated/government colleges from all over nation participated and had deliberations.

Initiative : 2- Initiatives for overall quality enhancement of Mentee Institutions under UGC scheme of Paramarsh.

i) Conduct of Training sessions/Workshops/Webinars for the College staff and mentee institutions under UGC scheme of

With the objective to enhance overall quality of mentee institutions and their overall profile, IQAC conducted Eighteen webinars/training sessions/workshops for the staff of mentee institutions and staff of Sanatan Dharma College.

ii) Conduct of Faculty Development Programs for the College staff and mentee institutions under UGC scheme of Paramarsh. IQAC in collaboration with E-resource development cell of Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantt organized four faculty development programs for the training of development of E-resources and NAAC Accreditation Framework for mentee institutions and faculty from other affiliated and government institutions.

Formal meetings of members IQAC with IQAC of Mentee institutions for the training and queries handling of DVV Process

Five formal meetings have been conducted by the members of the IQAC with IQAC of mentee institutions to clarify doubts, analyze performance in data matrices for each criterion to assist them in preparation of AQAR and SSR.

Performance output of Mentee Institute

With the constant guidance and training of IQAC, Sanatan Dharma College, under mentioned two institutions have submitted their pending AQAR’s and are ready to submit their SSR for NAAC accreditation within coming two months.

1. MM College, Fatehabad has submitted their pending AQAR’s of the session 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
2. DNMM College, Kurukshetra has submitted its all pending AQAR’s and are ready to submit SSR in the month of July, 2021.

Initiative: 3 : Initiative to promote Research Culture in the institution

Initiative: 4 Initiatives to enhance Collaborative work

Initiative: 5 FDP/Workshops/Webinars/Professional & Administrative Training of Teaching & Non teaching Staff

Initiative: 6 Internal & External Audits

IQAC has facilitated various internal & external audits for the enhancement of the performance of the institution in the field of finance, academics, administration and environment.

Initiative: 7 Preparation/Submission of Institutional Reports

During the session 2020-21 following reports have been prepared and submitted to respective agencies for evaluation/ranking/accreditation or published on the website for the various stakeholders:

1. College Annual Report to be published on College
2. Submission of Annual Quality Assurance Report (2018-19) to NAAC

• Preparation of Annual Quality Assurance Report (2019-20) to be submitted to NAAC before 31^stAugust.

1. Preparation of Institutional data for NIRF-2021, submitted to Ministry of Education, Government of India for NIRF NIRF report is published on college website.
2. AISHE Report

Initiative: 8 Comprehensive feedback Mechanism

IQAC facilitated the collection of Online Feedback for the design and review of curriculum from stakeholders viz Students, Teachers, Employers & Alumni department wise using structured and comprehensive mechanism. Feedbacks from students and teachers are collected at the end of the semester. Feedback from employers is taken during placement drives and through personal visits in their organizations. Feedback from alumni is taken during convocation in the normal time but during this session, due to Covid-19 pandemic online Feedbacks are collected from the alumni agt the end of the year. Feedbacks collected are analyzed by the Head of the respective departments. Inputs given by the various stakeholders are handled on two levels:

1. College Level
2. University Level

Suggestions given by the stakeholders for the changes or up gradation of syllabus are documented and submitted to respective Board of study of the university for further action by the HOD of the respective departments after the approval of the governing body of the college. Other Suggestions given by the stakeholders for the enrichment and delivery of the curriculum is implemented by the Head of the departments and action taken reports are prepared and submitted to principal and IQAC for the review.

Initiative: 9 Preparation of Guidelines/Policies/SOP

1. Handbook for code of conduct for students, staff and management has been published on the college website. Code of conduct for students has also been published in the e-Prospectus of the
2. Institutional Academic calendar prepared by the IQAC and published on College
3. Institutional Annual Plan chalked out by the IQAC at the beginning of the
4. Conduct of 16 IQAC Meetings to chalk out action plans for various
5. Standard operating procedure developed for NAAC Coordination
6. Policies for the administrative office and library have been designed like Admission policy, Fee Concession Policy, E-Governance Policy, Internal Quality Assurance Policy, Scholarship Policy, Recruitment Policy, Grievance Redressal policy

Initiative 10 : Initiatives to upgrade infrastructure.

1. Library is upgraded with SuperNova Magnifier & Screen reader and braile software for the visually impaired
2. Seminar Hall is equipped with Interactive Flat Panel Display
3. NAAC conference hall is equipped with Video conferencing equipment(Interactive Flat panel Display- Pro X5).
4. IQAC facilitated the subscription 28 EBooks and 10 E-Journals by SAGE publications India Ltd.
5. IQAC facilitated the Institutional Membership of DELNET to access various E-Resources/Databases.

Initiative 11 : Curriculum Enrichment initiatives

Faculty Participation in Academic Council/Board of Study of KUK.

 With the motivation of the IQAC, following members have been able to be part of Board of studies of their respective subjects in the Kurukshetra University to become instrumental in the design and review of syllabus and help college to upgrade the curriculum as per the latest market trends and demand of the stakeholders.

1. Ashutosh Angiras has been nominated as Associate Professor representative in the faculty of Indic studies for the period of two years w.e.f 18 Feb,2020
2. Sonia Batra has been nominated as Member UG Board of Studies Zoology.
3. Roshan Lal Dhiman has been nominated as PG College teacher representative in PGBOS in Physics for the duration of two years w.e.f from 11 Feb, 2020.
4. Nirvair Singh has been nominated as College Teacher representative in U.G.B.O.S in Punjabi for the duration of two years w.e.f 21 October, 2020.

Subject related Certificate/Add on courses for the skill enhancement of students.

 41 certificate courses on Hard/Soft/Life skills have been offered to students to enrich the curriculum with latest demands of the market and yet producing skilled manpower for the industry.

Initiative 12: Fund Generation

E-Resource development cell has executed 11 skill oriented certificate courses on nominal charges for the outside students, kids, professionals and house wives and generated handsome fund for the institution.

Initiative 13: Institutional Awards and Recognition for the initiaitives for the society

• Award of Recognition by MGNCRE, MHRD, Government of India for the college’s initiatives for community
• First Prize for Energy Conservation by
• Awarded ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015

Convener: Dr. Sushil Kumar

Keeping the idea of service quality at its core, the IQAC aims to develop a heightened level of clarity and focus in institutional functioning towards creation, sustenance, and enhancement of quality through better decision making, greater coordination amongst the constituents of College, and enhanced communication with stakeholders. The IQAC is developing parameters for excellence and a process of monitoring in all the areas. It is setting up various feedback mechanisms related to the College.

Following events were organised by the cell:

1.Organized One day National Seminar on “Intellectual Property Rights: Emerging Issues and Challenges” sponsored by DGHE, Haryana in collaboration with Central Library, Sanatan Dharma College Ambala Cantt on 25-Jan-2020 at Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantt.
2.Organized One day Seminar on “Environmental Issues: Threats and Mitigation” in collaboration with NSS & Energy Management Cell D, Ambala Cantt on 14-Feb-2020 at Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantt.
3.Coordinated re-designing, collection and analysis of feedback from all stakeholders for design and review of the curriculum for the session.
4.Facilitated establishment of Sanatan Dharma College as SWAYAM Local Chapter on 04-Oct-2019.
5.Coordinated enrollment of 44 faculty members of Computer Science, Commerce and Chemistry and one librarian in online refresher course on ARPIT-SWAYAM platform-initiative of Government of India from Sep-2019 to Dec-2019.
6.Facilitated signing of 36 Functional Memorandum of understanding with industry and institutions of high eminence.
7.Conducted Internal Academic and Administrative audit for the session 2019-20 in the month of February to identify areas of improvement and chalked out the action plan for the session 2020-21.
8.Conducted 15 meetings comprising members of IQAC and various cell to chalk out the action plan for quality improvements in various areas of curriculum planning & delivery, Teaching learning processes, Research, Extensions , Infrastructure , Student support services , Governance & administration and human values development.
9.Conducted Energy Audit of the college in association with Energy Management Cell for the analysis of energy utilization and assessment of energy conservative measures adopted and identification of corrective measures to be taken for further improvements.
10.Conducted Green Audit in association with Environment Cell to design the framework of Environment Sustainability in compliance with the applicable national policies.
11.Conducted External Academic and Administrative audit for the evaluation of institutional processes to enhance the quality of education.
12.Submitted the Institutional information on All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) portal on 27-Feb.
13.IQAC submitted the institutional data for participation in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), India Rankings 2020 in Nov-2019.
14.Following the mission of UGC to enable all non-accredited higher education institutions to get accredited by 2022, IQAC has started mentoring Nine Government & Aided Colleges for the NAAC Accreditation process under the UGC Scheme of “PARAMARSH” for Mentoring NAAC Accreditation Aspirant Institutions to promote Quality Assurance in Higher Education.

Convener: Dr. Sushil Kumar

Qualitative Initiatives by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC):

1. Financial Audit for the session 2017-2018 was conducted in the month of May-2018 to review the balance sheet and plan out the budget for the Session 2018-2019.
2. 7 Informal and 3 formal meetings of Internal Quality Cell under the chairman ship of Head of the institution, Dr. Rajinder Singh were held in the month of Nov & Dec-2018 to have brainstorming sessions on Revised Accreditation Framework for the better understanding of 7 Criteria, 32 Key Indicators, 121 Qualitative & Quantitative metrics and their importance in the order of weightage to chalk out the action plan for the coming session.
3. IQAC applied for National Institutional Ranking framework 2019 approved by MHRD for the ranking of our institution across the country in Nov-2018.
4. IQAC in association with Central Library of the College organized One Day Workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism” on 17-Feb-2019 under the financial assistance of UGC Scheme of “College with Potential for Excellence”, Phase- II for the faculty of Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantt. The faculty was on treat as three eminent personalities Dr. Naresh Vats, Registrar and Professor of Law, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Patiala, Dr. Rahul Taneja, Scientist, Department of Science and Technology, Haryana. Dr. Priya Rai, Deputy Librarian & Officer In-charges were resource persons of the workshop. They very effectively shared their experiences and gave insightful knowledge about procedure of filing IPR, Challenges and remedies of patent laws, plagiarism ethics, UGC plagiarism regulations and other IPR issues.
5. IQAC facilitated the conduct of one day Workshop on the topic “Awareness and Need of NAAC Assessment and Accreditation of the Colleges” organised by Haryana State Higher Education Council and sponsored by RUSA at Sanatan Dharma College, Ambala Cantt. The workshop was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Chairman, Haryana State Higher Education Council, Prof. Brij Kishore Kuthiala. Technical Session-I started with the insightful talk on “Revised Assessment and Accreditation Framework” by Prof. Gulshan Lal Taneja, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak which set the tone for one day workshop and emphasized that Quality Assurance is must and therefore quality assessment is to be accepted as a pleasant and productive challenge. Audience was delighted by NAAC Documentary Video and Video Tutorial after the talk. Prof. N. Narasimhamurthy, Dean Faculty of Arts, Bengaluru Central University enlightened the audience with his wonderful presentation on Self Study Report in Technical Session–II. Technical session-II was followed by a panel discussion and interactive session wherein participants from various colleges raised their questions and sought clarification on issues related to logistic fee, Peer team visit, IIQA submission and also shared the problems faced by them in the process of assessment and accreditation by NAAC. The workshop witnessed the presence of 247 principals from the colleges of Haryana.
6. IQAC subscribed for Digital Library in the month of Mar-2019 to be accessed online by the students of the college for 24 hours, 365 days from anywhere at any time.
7. Feedback from the students is collected in the month of Mar-2019 through Online College Information Management System and Action Taken Report is prepared after the analysis of the feedback responses by the feedback committee

Quality Initiatives undertaken by Internal Quality Assurance Cell:

1. With the untiring efforts of IQAC, College was accredited with Grade “A+” at CGPA 3.51 in Oct,2017 in the third cycle.
2. 11 meetings were conducted by the IQAC to plan and monitor the activities for quality improvements of the college
3. Facilitated the conduct of External Academic audit by inspection committee from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra for running B.Vocational programs under UGC scheme of DDUKK on 20th Aug,2017.
4. Submitted the Institutional Information on All India Survey on Higher Education(AISHE) portal on 2nd May,2018.
5. Conducted Energy Audit of the college in association with Energy Management Cell for the analysis of Energy conservative measures adopted and identification of corrective measures to be taken for further improvements.
6. Conducted Workshop on E-Content Generation  on 12th Sep,2017
7. Seminar on Culture of Yoga Defining Healthy Life Practices In 21st Century Organized By Department of Sanskrit
8. Two Days National Workshop on E-Learning, MOOC and Basic ICT Tools for Educators Organized By Department of Computer Science and Electronics & IT On 10-11 March, 2018