AQAR & Annual Reports

The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) is a report that institutions of higher education need to submit to the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) every year. The AQAR provides information on the quality enhancement initiatives and outcomes of the institution in the previous academic year. The purpose of the AQAR is to monitor the progress of the institution after the accreditation and to identify the areas of improvement.

Some of the main features of the AQAR are:

• It follows a prescribed format that covers seven criteria: curricular aspects, teaching-learning and evaluation, research, consultancy and extension, infrastructure and learning resources, student support and progression, governance, leadership and management, and institutional values and best practices.
• It requires the institution to provide quantitative and qualitative data on various indicators of quality, such as student enrollment, faculty profile, research output, student feedback, academic innovations, collaborations, awards and recognitions, etc.
• It also requires the institution to report on the action taken report (ATR) based on the previous AQAR and the post-accreditation initiatives (PAI) based on the recommendations of the NAAC peer team.
• It is prepared and submitted by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the institution, which is a body responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating the quality policies and practices of the institution.
• It is submitted online through the NAAC portal and is made available to the public on the institution’s website.