IQAC

IQAC in MATS University takes care of the quality measure in the teaching-learning process. It catalyses the system for providing quality education, adopting innovative teaching-learning methods and assessing them is a sustainable and continuous process. QQT (Quality, Quantity and Time) is the main spine of IQAC. In MATS it synergizes all the schools to improve their work processes and achieve learning outcomes & objectives. It also facilitates and directly works with the faculty members committees and clubs to plan out the best possible strategies for enhancement of quality in all the endeavors.

Aims & Objectives

  • Achieve academic excellence through a focused and innovative approach.
  • Impart value-based education to foster moral and ethical development.
  • Cultivate holistic personality growth in students.
  • Preserve and promote cultural heritage.
  • Develop a scientific temperament and critical thinking.
  • Enhance employability through skill-based learning.
  • Nurture entrepreneurial competencies.
  • Prepare learners to fulfill social responsibilities.
  • Uphold gender equality and feministic values.
  • Empower women through holistic and inclusive education.

Vision

To make quality the hallmark of higher education by integrating self-assessment, external evaluation, and sustainable quality enhancement initiatives.

Mission

  • Foster an academic environment that promotes excellence in teaching, learning, and research.
  • Encourage self-evaluation, accountability, autonomy, and innovation among all stakeholders.
  • Engage in quality-focused research, consultancy, and training programs.
  • Equip learners with the latest technological advancements in information communication.

Strategies

Academic Quality Assurance Strategies

  • Curriculum Design and Development: Review and revise curricula to ensure relevance, alignment with industry needs, and modern trends.
  • Teaching-Learning Process: Implement innovative methods like flipped classrooms, blended learning, and experiential learning.
  • Assessment and Evaluation: Develop effective methods to measure student learning outcomes.
  • Faculty Development: Provide programs to enhance teaching, research, and mentoring skills.

Research and Innovation Strategies

  • Research Policy: Develop and implement a comprehensive research policy.
  • Research Funding: Identify and secure funding opportunities from various sources.
  • Research Collaborations: Foster partnerships with universities, industries, and research institutions.
  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Encourage entrepreneurial initiatives through incubators, accelerators, and other support mechanisms.

Quality Assurance and Accreditation Strategies

  • Quality Policy: Develop and implement a quality policy that outlines the university's commitment to quality assurance.
  • Quality Assurance Mechanisms: Establish mechanisms, including internal quality audits and external assessments.
  • Accreditation: Pursue accreditation from recognized agencies to demonstrate the university's commitment to quality.

Infrastructure and Resource Development Strategies

  • Infrastructure Development: Develop and maintain state-of-the-art infrastructure, including classrooms, laboratories, libraries, and IT facilities.
  • Resource Allocation: Ensure optimal allocation of human resources, finances, and equipment.
  • Maintenance and Upkeep: Ensure regular maintenance and upgrading of infrastructure and resources.

Student Support Services Strategies

  • Student Counseling: Provide counseling services to support academic, personal, and professional development.
  • Career Guidance: Offer career guidance and placement services to support students' aspirations.
  • Student Engagement: Foster engagement through extracurricular activities, sports, and cultural events.

Governance and Leadership Strategies

  • Governance Structure: Establish a clear structure defining roles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes.
  • Leadership Development: Provide programs to enhance leadership skills of faculty and staff.
  • Communication: Ensure effective communication among stakeholders, including students, faculty, staff, and external partners.

Functions

  • Continuously improve the institution by developing intervention strategies to enhance quality.
  • Conduct regular meetings to communicate decisions to relevant departments for implementation.
  • Monitor the compliance of decisions through Steering Committee meetings.
  • Ensure the quality of teaching, learning, infrastructure, and facilities.
  • Facilitate coordination among students, teachers, and management for quality maintenance.
  • Analyze and ensure adequacy of facilities provided to students.
  • Encourage and adopt new ideas for improving education and research quality in higher education.

Benefits

Academic Benefits

  • Improved academic quality through adherence to NAAC standards.
  • Enhanced teaching-learning methods and their effectiveness.
  • Better student outcomes and career preparedness.

Research and Innovation Benefits

  • Increased research output and quality.
  • Encouragement of innovation and entrepreneurship among students and faculty.

Infrastructure and Resource Benefits

  • Improved and well-maintained infrastructure.
  • Optimal resource allocation to support academic and research activities.
  • Better maintenance and upgrading of resources.

Student Support Services Benefits

  • Enhanced counseling, career guidance, and support services.
  • Improved student engagement through diverse activities.
  • Better feedback mechanisms for academic and support improvements.

Governance and Leadership Benefits

  • Clear and effective governance structure.
  • Enhanced leadership skills among faculty and staff.
  • Transparent and efficient communication mechanisms.

Quality Assurance and Accreditation Benefits

  • Improved quality assurance mechanisms meeting NAAC standards.
  • Enhanced accreditation readiness and quality assessments.
  • Better reputation and ranking through quality initiatives.

IQAC Composition

Sr. No. Name Designation Role E-mail ID
1 Dr. K. P. Yadav Vice Chancellor Chairperson vc@matsuniversity.ac.in
2 Mr. Gokulananda Panda Registrar Senior Admin Officers registrar@matsuniversity.ac.in
3 Dr. Pradeep Saxena Controller of Examination coe@matsuniversity.ac.in
4 Dr. Ramesh Kumar Sahu Deputy Registrar dr@matsuniversity.ac.in
5 Dr. Deepika Dhand Pro Vice Chancellor Faculties provc@matsuniversity.ac.in
6 Dr. Umesh Kumar Gupta HoD, MSMSR drumeshgupta@matsuniversity.ac.in
7 Dr. Ashish Saraf HoD, MSS drashish@matsuniversity.ac.in
8 Dr. Ranjana Das Sarkhel HoD, MSAH-English dr.ranjanadsarkhel@matsuniversity.ac.in
9 Dr. Shaista Ansari HoD, MSAH-Psychology dr.shaista@matsuniversity.ac.in
10 Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak HoD, MSP principalmsp@matsuniversity.ac.in
11 Dr. Sanjeet Tiwari HoD, MSED sanjeet@matsuniversity.ac.in
12 Dr. N. K. Dhapekar Associate Professor, MSEIT drnkd@matsuniversity.ac.in
13 Dr. A. J. Khan Principal, MATS College khanaj@matsuniversity.ac.in
14 Mr. Priyesh Pagariya Member, Management Management priyesh@matsuniversity.ac.in
15 CA Bankim Shukla Chartered Accountant Nominee from Local Society bankimshukla@matsuniversity.ac.in
16 CA Sourabh Soni Chartered Accountant sourabhsoni@matsuniversity.ac.in
17 Dr. Vijay Bhushan Dean (Academics) Dean- IQAC dean@matsuniversity.ac.in
18 Dr. Prashant Kumar Assistant Professor, MLS Dy. Dean- IQAC (Academics) drprashant@matsuniversity.ac.in
19 Dr. Omprakash Chandrakar HoD, MSIT Dy. Dean- IQAC (Administration) dromprakashc@matsuniversity.ac.in
20 Ms. Urshita Baranwal Assistant Registrar Coordinator urshita@matsuniversity.ac.in
21 Mr. Anjan Joshi Project Coordinator Member anjanjoshi@gmail.com
22 Mr. Kavit Passary Director, Passary Minerals Pvt. Ltd. Industrialist 9937479040
23 Ms. Mitali Yadav BBA, 5th Sem. Students 6364056390
24 Mr. Darsh Chandarana M.Sc. Psychology 3rd Sem. 8780592912
25 Mr. Sriyansh Kumar Jain MBA 2024 Passout Alumni 8817661222

Minutes of Meeting

Select a year and then a date to view the respective Minutes of Meeting (MoM). The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) meetings for MATS University are detailed below.

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IQAC Initiatives Activities and Compliance Report

IQAC Initiatives Activities and Compliance Report

Planned IQAC activities vs compliance for the Academic Year 2024-25. Status as on 27.12.2024.

Sr. No. Planned Activities Compliance
1 Academics: All the AC, BOS, etc to be conducted as per timeline. All the Academic council meetings and Board of studies meetings have been conducted timely by all the schools and responsible departments.
2 All the necessary preparations for inspections. PCI, NIELIT and PURC inspections were successfully done.
3 Dikshaarambh to be conducted It was successfully done in the month of July and Aug. 2024 by all the schools.
4 Staff requirement wherever required All the academic and non-academic staff recruitments are timely done by the HR Dept. Still, it is going on as a routine process.
5 Orientation programme for newly joined faculty Done by the schools
6 Planning for Conferences, workshops and Seminars. All the departments were given instructions to do it and it has been done by all the departments.
7 Planning for IQAC Steering Committee Meeting Last meeting was done on 08.06.2024 and the next is scheduled on 30.12.2024.
8 NAAC- Criteria wise the documents must place in IQAC All the 07 Criteria Heads along with the team members have actively worked to systematize the records. Proper filing has been done. Routine and Process monitoring by management is being done on regular basis.
9 Extra-curricular Activities: Committees Plans for new academic session • All the committees are timely conducting the activities. Regular meetings of statutory and non-statutory committees are going on regularly. MOM are timely shared with all the concerned.
• Renewal of Ombuds Person has been done. Dr. Kunj Bihari Sharma is our new OP.
• Ganesh Utsav, Navratri Utsav, Fashion Shows, special days celebrations, competitions were done.
10 Clubs’ activities to be planned by the students All the clubs have conducted their activities in which students have participated very enthusiastically. They have done activities within the University and outside the University in other organizations and institutes. Reports are present in the Club files.
11 Annual Sports and MATSOTSAV Planning Annual Sports has been successfully conducted in the month of Nov.2024. Sports was conducted in the odd semester and the annual function will be conducted in the even semester.
12 Outreach Programs: • Water Conservation Program • Organic Farming • Eco Fem Project • Food Processing • Green Initiatives All the planned activities have been done and are generating a good impact. The reports of every activity have been shared in the monthly progress reports. Also, the progress reports have been kept in the files of Social Work department.
13 Project Planning: • NIELIT • SRLM • Training Projects • Germplasm Conservation • BIRAC Three batches of 30 students each have started in NIELIT project. Another project of NIELIT and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya has been given a principal approval.
SRLM and other projects are in pipeline.
BIRAC chapter has not given the project.
14 Infrastructural Development: • New Auditorium • Value additions in the Classrooms, Conference Hall, etc. • Lab’s routine requirement and upkeep • Library Upgradation • Hostel Issues • Mess and Canteen Issues New Auditorium work is in progress.
All the requisitions received from the different school for Classrooms, Conference Hall, Labs, Library, etc were considered duly and work is over.
The library has been upgraded as per the need.
Hostel issues related to repair and maintenance have been resolved.
Mess and Canteen issues are resolved to a larger extent, but still international students will take time to acclimatize with the Indian food.
Orell Language Lab AMC has been renewed.
15 International Admissions: • Efforts for getting students from different countries. • International Liaison with the stakeholders. • International Collaborations and MoUs. • Preparedness for the international student’s management • Compliance of all the statutory Compliances • Visited Nepal and Sri Lanka for liaison. Got good response from the government. Understood the higher education rules and regulations of these countries.
• Signed MoUs with the local consultants.
• Visited Embassy of Ghana and Zambia in New Delhi.
• Completed the formalities of EdCil Office in New Delhi.
• Developed good rapport with the consultants of different African Countries.