(1)The Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell shall be responsible for promoting measures for institutional functioning, towards quality enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices and shall be the head of the University Internal Quality Assurance Cell.

(2)The Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell shall be appointed by the Vice Chancellor, from amongst the teachers at the University not below the rank of Associate Professor or having equivalent research and teaching experience.

(3)He shall be appointed for a term of three years or till the age of superannuation, whichever is earlier and may be reappointed for one more term of three years.

(4)The Vice Chancellor shall ensure that the office of Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell is never vacant. When the Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell is by reason of illness or absence or any other cause, unable to perform the duties of his office, the duties of the office shall be performed by such person as the Vice Chancellor may appoint for the purpose.

(5)The Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell shall report to the Vice Chancellor and shall exercise the authority commensurate with the following responsibilities: -

(a)Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for various academic and administrative activities of the University;

(b)Facilitating the creation of a learner-centric environment conducive for quality education and faculty maturation to adopt the required knowledge and technology for participatory teaching and learning process;

(c)Acting as a nodal agency of the University for coordinating quality-related activities, including adoption and dissemination of good practices;

(d)Development and maintenance of Institutional database through MIS for the purpose of maintaining /enhancing the institutional quality;

(e)Preparation of the Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of the University based on the quality parameters/assessment criteria developed by the relevant quality assurance body in the prescribed format and submission of the same to the accreditation bodies and its follow up reports to the University Grants Commission;

(f)Interaction with State Level Quality Assurance Cell (SLQAC) in the pre and post accreditation quality assessment, sustenance, and enhancement endeavours;

(g)Ensure participation of the University and its constituent colleges in rankings and accreditations by National Institutional Ranking Framework, National Accreditation and Assessment Council and State Institutional Ranking Framework as mandated by the University Grants Commission or the State Government; and

(h)to timely and accurate updation of data with all relevant documents on the All-India Survey for Higher Education or similar other surveys mandated by the University Grants Commission or Government of India or the State Government, by whatever name, as the case may be.

(6)The Director, Internal Quality Assurance Cell shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties, as may be prescribed by the Statutes.