Media Release
Mangaluru, Sep 10: NAAC accreditation for colleges is an integral part of the functioning of higher education institutions in India to know its strengths, opportunities and weaknesses through an informed review process. As preparation for the fourth cycle of NAAC Accreditation, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru, in association with National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), organized a webinar on 'Revised Accreditation Framework for Autonomous Colleges' on Monday September 7.
Dr Ganesh Ananth Hegde, advisor of NAAC Bengaluru was the resource person for the webinar.
Principal, Fr Dr Praveen Martis SJ initiated the webinar with his initial remarks, Dr Ganesh Hegde began the session with the mission statements and core values of NAAC envisages. He provided the instructions to the institutions for submission of documents to the Institutional Information for Quality Assurance Cell. He explained in detail the seven criteria and the key indicators of NAAC Accreditation. He also said that statistical analysis of each criterion in 500 words should be presented to the NAAC committee during the Peer Team visit to the college. He stressed the importance of a student satisfaction survey for the NAAC grading concluding the session with an explanation of the Data Validation and Verification process. Around 200 participants from the different autonomous colleges in Mangaluru city and the colleges affiliated to St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru under the PARAMARSH Scheme of UGC participated in the webinar.
Dr Divya Shetty, assistant professor of the department of PG Studies and Research in Chemistry invoked God’s blessings through a melodious prayer song. Dr Loveena Lobo, director of PG block introduced the resource person to the participants. Mannual Souza, assistant professor of the department of English proposed the vote of thanks. Manoj Fernandes, assistant professor of the department of Business Administration compered the programme.
Naveen P Mascarenhas, co-ordinator of IQAC of the college moderated the session. Dr Richard Gonsales, director of the LCRI block and Dr Adarsha Gowda took overall charge of the programme.