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NAAC Shifts to 10 Key Attributes in the New Binary Accreditation Framework!

The new Binary Accreditation framework will introduce 10 key attributes:

  • 📌Curriculum
  • 📌Faculty Resources
  • 📌Infrastructure
  • 📌Financial Resources and Management
  • 📌Learning and Teaching
  • 📌Extended Curricular Engagements
  • 📌Governance and Administration
  • 📌Student Outcomes
  • 📌Research and Innovation Outcomes
  • 📌Sustainability Outcomes and Green Initiatives

1. Curriculum Design

1.1 Outcome-based curriculum

Curriculum framework is in alignment with Program Specific outcome such as POs, PSOs & Cos

1.2 Stakeholder Participation

Participation of Students, Teachers, Employers, Alumni, Entrepreneurs in curriculum design

1.3 Curriculum Flexibility

Academic Curriculum Flexibility is reflected through incorporation of component such as- MEME, ABC, Elective/optional/Dual Degree/twinning programme/education in mother tongue/creditization of EC and CC engagements/inter-institution credit transfer

1.4 Practical and Industry Focus

Percentage of courses with emphasis on field projects / research projects / internships / field work/practical hands on training etc.

1.5 Practical/Skill Orientation

Percentage of Skill oriented Courses aligned with NSQF and Skill focus included in curriculum design courses in last three years

1.6 Online and Blended Learning

Percentage of online course through SWAYAM and other recognized platforms, which are credited in the curriculum during the last three years

1.7 Curriculum revision

The frequency of curriculum revision (Program and courses) in the last three years

1.8 Indian Knowledge System

IKS is promoted through integration of components in curriculum such as:

  • Certificate Courses/workshops/seminars on IKS
  • Components of IKS in core curriculum
  • Promotion of students projects and researches on IKS

2. Faculty Resources

2.1 Recruitment

  • Short listing based on ORDINANCES of Central/ State/ other Universities
  • List of candidates shortlisted posted on website of the institution
  • Provision of appeal against shortlisting
  • Selection committees constituted as per UGC regulation 2018
  • Roster followed for selection of teachers
  • Selection based on Academic Score/Written Test/Personal Interview
  • Required No. of teaching position as per regulatory body and Filled Up Posts of Faculty
  • Selection process for faculty transparent and open

2.2 Pay and Allowances

Whether the pay and allowances are as per UGC/AICTE norms

2.3 Faculty Diversity

Ratio of teachers with gender and geographic diversity to the total number of teachers

2.4 Faculty development

Percentage of faculty attended training programs (AICTE, UGC, ARPIT and similar), faculty sponsored for industrial training, fellowships etc.

2.5 Faculty Retention

Percentage of faculty worked in the institution continuously for the past three years against the sanctioned post

2.6 Faculty Student Ratio

Number of students per faculty, cadre-wise faculty strength

3. Infrastructure

3.1 Physical Infrastructure

The physical infrastructure facilities includes: Classrooms /lecture halls, Laboratories ,Workshops, Hostel, Computer Lab, Sports facilities, Grounds, Gymnasium, Auditoriums, Seminar halls, Health and wellness center, Canteen, Guest House, Transportation facilities, Faculty common room, Separate clean washrooms for girls and boys, Clean drinking water facilities, Adequate lighting facility, Museum, Artifacts (classification in terms of academic/non- curriculum/Area)

3.2 Learning Resources

Average expenditure on purchase of books, Language lab, e-books consortia membership/subscription and digital resources added to the library year wise during last three years

3.3 IT infrastructure

  • High-speed and reliable internet
  • Effective Learning Management System
  • Virtual Labs/classroom
  • Technical support for ICT-related issues
  • Computers
  • Licensed software
  • AR/VR

3.4 Research Resources

The Institution has an e-Library including - e – journals, Membership/subscription of e – ShodhSindhu, Membership/subscription of Shodhganga, Discipline-specific Databases, Plagiarism Check software, Licensed statistical software, discipline specific simulation software

3.5 Divyangjan friendly facilities

  • Built environment with ramps/lifts for easy access to classrooms
  • Divyangan friendly washrooms
  • Signage including tactile path, lights, display boards and signposts
  • Assistive technology and facilities for Divyangjan – accessible website, screen-reading software, mechanized equipment
  • Provision for enquiry and information: Human assistance, reader, scribe, soft copies of reading material, screen reading

3.6 Innovation Resources

Availability of innovation/tinkering labs, fabrication lab, technology business incubators

4. Financial Resources & Management

4.1 Capital Income

The amount received towards Capital -Government grants, management contributions, loans, endowments, etc.

4.2 Revenue Income

Amount received from multiple sources like Fees, R&D grants, Salary Grants, Alumni contribution, Consultancy, endowments, Scholarships, etc

4.3 Capital Expenditure

Amount spent on various infrastructure like Instructional building, academic infrastructure including library, hostels, residences, amenities, payment of rentals

4.4 Revenue Expenditure

Amount spent on various heads like Salaries, maintenance, administration, scholarships & assistance, Electricity, transport, career guidance and skilling, Employee benefits, extra curricular and cocurricular activities etc

4.5 Sustainability and Growth

Strategies for financial sustainability and growth: Corpus created, investments, plans for increasing capital and revenue income, Decentralized budgeting

4.6 Financial Controls & Risk Management

  • Internal audits
  • External/statutory audits
  • Risk Management approaches

5. Learning and Teaching

5.1 Pedagogical Approaches

Teaching learning techniques include, (1) Lecture based teachinglearning, (2) Group- teaching and learning, (3) Individual learning/self study, (4) Inquiry based learning, (5) Kinesthetic learning, (6) Game Based learning, (7) Expeditionary learning, (8) Technology based learning, (9) Peer teaching, (10) Learning through problem-solving, etc

5.2 Internships, Field Projects etc.

Percentage of students undertaking internships and field Projects

5.3 Assessment

The Continuous Evaluation system of the institution is conducted at different intervals using different methods like: (1) MCQ (2) Portfolio (3) Open book exam/ take home exercises (4) Case study (5)Projects/Assignments

5.4 Academic Grievances redressal

The Grievance redressal system in the academic areas includes: (1) Sharing copies of answer script (2) Re totaling (3)Re-evaluation (4) Faculty consultation on student performance (5) Attendance (6) Any others

5.5 Catering to Diversity

Support for Differential Learning needs include: (1) Inclusive Remedial Teaching (2) Peer assisted Remedial Teaching (3) Multi-Sensory Remedial Teaching (4) Skill Based teaching (5) Individualized teacher interventions (6) Language barrier remedial (7) Any other please specify

5.6 Learning Management System

The Institutional LMS includes the following:(1) Sharing teaching Material (2) Submission of Assignments (3) Mobile Learning (4) Ediscussion platforms (5) Assessment outcome (6) Blended learning support (7) Asynchronous learning

5.7 Industry Academia Linkage

Nature of industry academia collaboration includes a. Lectures from Industry experts b. Field visit c. collaborative workshop with industry and stakeholders, d. internship, e. industry visit, f. organising seminar/conference

6. Extended Curricular Engagements

6.1 Technical/Domain related Clubs activities and technical festivals

No. of Technical/Domain Clubs with no. of students, activities clubwise, no. of institutions participated in the technical festivals, involvement of industry bodies, establishment of chapters of professional bodies, etc

6.2 Hackathons and Ideation workshops

No. of Hackathons/workshops participated by students and no. of hackathons conducted by institution with number of external students participated

6.3 Cultural Clubs and activities and festivals

No. of Cultural Clubs with no. of students, activities club-wise, no. of institutions participated in the cultural festivals, etc

6.4 Mental health clubs and activities

No. of activities or clubs involved in promoting mental health (Yoga), counselling, Meditation etc.

6.5 Sports clubs/teams and activities

No. of students participated in the sports events organised by other institutions at the state and national levels, Sports events organized by the Institution

6.6 Community related activities including UBA

(I)The social awareness and impact created by the institution on communities can be illustrated through (1) Improved sex ratio (2) Improved GER (3) Clean Village recognitions (4) Disease free village (5) Eco-friendly communities/village (6) Improved literacy levels (7) Empowered women communities (8) Any other to be specified (Social awareness and impact level to be added) (II) Hygiene related activities, Medical camps, blood donation camps, promoting village sports, educating rural students etc. (III) Adoption of village under UBA

7. Governance and Administration

7.1 Statutory Compliance

The Acts, Statutes, Ordinances, Regulations of the university are formed following statutory guidelines and the public disclosure in HEI website includes display of : a. Acts, Statutes, Regulations and Ordinances b. Details of the members of different statutory committees and their functions. c. Frequency of meetings and Minutes of meetings. d. Annual reports. e. Academic regulation, calendar, circulars etc. f. Curriculum and regulations with CO/PO

7.2 Institutional Development Plan

HEI clearly stated its vision and mission and oriented well drafted Institutional development plan (IDP) by promoting the same through: a. Displaying vision and mission statement in various strategic locations, on the website, brochures, and advertisements. b. The IDP along with long term goals, Operational Goals, clearly defined milestones are widely published and hosted in institutional website . c. The regular academic and administrative audit accounts and re-orient the institutional activities towards the IDP d. Specific strategies and interventions are identified. e. Specific interventions strategies and course correction to re-align to IDP.

7.3 e-governance

Implementation of Digital India initiatives of GOI and others g-Gov initiatives through a. Digital India policy guidelines / NAD and ABC implementation. b. Administration including complaint management and paperless office. c. Finance and Accounts though digital systems d. Student Admission and Support though e- governance platforms e. Digital services in augmenting examination section f. Use of Samarth egovernance platform h. Any other please specify

7.4 Student & Employee Welfare

Effective Employee Welfare provisions for teaching, non-teaching staff and other beneficiaries which includes following: (1) Subsidized interest/interest free loans or consideration/concession to employees' dependents in admission (2) Health & life Insurance schemes (3) Support through in-campus infrastructure facilities like inhouse crèche, school(s), staff quarters, hospital, and other facilities (4) Policy on various leaves and academic concessions (5) Safety audit and resultant maintenance for continuous quality living & ambience (6) Any other please specify

7.5 Grievance handling Mechanism

Institutional level grievance handling Mechanisms is available and has the redressal cells to resolve grievances including sexual harassment and ragging cases. 1. Women Anti Sexual-Harassment Cell 2. Anti Ragging Cell 3. Counseling Centre 4. Grievance redressal Cell 5. Ombudsman 6. Specify if, any other Cell

7.6 Quality Assurance System

The institution has dynamic Internal Quality Assurance Centre/System and its facetscare: (1) Well represented as per the guidelines of NAAC. (2) It intertwine its activities with several bodies and committees of the institution evidencing through record keeping of data. (3) It aligns its initiatives with IDP conducts orientation programs on institutional quality, seminars, workshops, inter-university collaborations and other measures. (4) Regularly conducts Academic Administrative audits and assess the granularity of performance using data-driven approach and provides feed back to the system. (5) plays crucial role in participating in Ranking and accreditation exercises at national and global levels. (6) Conducts rolling Stakeholder satisfaction survey and index the same.

7.7 Effective Leadership

Effective leadership is reflected in various Institutional practices through: a. Adequate representation of stakeholders in decision-making. b. Delegation of powers c. Establishing effective communications d. Effective feedback system. e. Layered Approval f. Provision of escalation levels on important organizational aspects

7.8 Inter University collaborations

The University promotes National and international collaborations to provide exposures to its faculties and students through: (1) Networking and sharing resources (2) Consortiums (3) Mentoring institutions (4) Collaborative research (5) Joint programmes, etc

8. Student Outcomes

8.7 Graduation rate

Percentage of students completed the program in stipulated time against the enrollment

8.8 Student /alumni learning experience

Through Survey

9. Research and Innovation Outcomes

9.1 External Research Grants

Number and amount of externally funded research projects per faculty through government and non-government sources such as industry, corporate houses, international bodies for research projects during the last three years

9.2 Research Publications

Weighted number of peer-reviewed research publications per faculty in SCOPUS / Web of Science / UGC Care, conference proceedings, or book chapters

9.3 Research Quality

Institutional average h-index and citation index from SCOPUS and Web of Science

9.4 PhDs Awarded

Number of PhDs awarded per full-time teacher during the last three years

9.5 Research Fellowships

Number of research fellowships (JRF/SRF) received by the institution during the last three years

9.6 IPRs Produced

Total number of IPRs, including patents, copyrights, and trademarks, granted in the last three years

9.7 Research Collaboration

  • Interdisciplinary research
  • Inter-University collaborations
  • Community-based research
  • Technology transfer

9.8 Number of Student Startups

Number of outside start-ups incubated and supported through TBI

10. Sustainability & Community Engagement Outcomes

10.1 Community Activities

Number of camps conducted by NSS/NCC and other organized bodies for community activities (percentage of students participated).

10.2 Waste and Water Management

The institution effectively implements measures to conserve resources and manage waste through:

  • Rainwater harvesting (bore well recharge, open well recharge, check dams, percolation, etc.)
  • Wastewater recycling plant
  • Divided water distribution system for recycled water
  • Maintenance of natural water bodies inside or outside campus
  • Segregation of solid waste at source
  • Bio-waste management plants
  • E-waste management
  • Bio-medical waste management
  • Paper waste recycling plants

10.3 Progressing Towards Net Zero

The institution implements facilities for alternate sources of energy and energy conservation measures, including:

  • Solar energy
  • Wind energy
  • Biogas plant
  • Wheeling to the Grid
  • Sensor-based energy conservation
  • Use of LED bulbs / power-efficient equipment

10.4 Green Audits and Initiatives

  • Energy Audit
  • Carbon sequestration
  • Measuring air pollution
  • Water budgeting
  • Maintaining a clean and green campus
  • Out-of-campus initiatives

10.5 Collaborations with Industry/NGOs

  • Active NCC units of Air/Navy/Army wings
  • Active NSS units with planned activities
  • Collaborations with industries as part of CSR activities
  • Social service and community awareness programs (blood donation, tree plantation, disaster relief, Swachh Bharat initiatives, etc.)
  • Other collaborations yielding focused results for community welfare