AQAR

Annual Quality Assurance Report

As per the Guidelines all the HEIS(Higher Education Institute’s) need to submit AQAR online. Submitting AQAR by e-mail/hard copy is not be accepted w. e. f 1st January 2019.

HEIs which have not yet registered to online portal of NAAC need to follow the registration process and requested to register immediately. This is applicable to all HEIs which have been accredited by NAAC. Those who not registered to online portal are not able to submit the AQAR. (For further details of registration process, kindly refer NAAC Website – Apply online page).

After registration the AQAR will be available in HEI portal, under the Manage AQAR menu.

The academic year displayed in the portal under the Manage AQAR menu for filling AQAR does not consider the reports submitted earlier by email.

After submission of AQAR, it will be verified by NAAC and clarification may be asked regarding the data/information provided in the AQAR.

During clarification period the HEIs can edit their AQAR based on the clarification requested or may provide the reason for 0/Nil data for any of the metrics, in the response box and re-submit the AQAR. The last date for submission of response will be 15 days from date of clarification requested.

After re-verification of the response submitted by HEI the AQAR will be accepted.

For each cycle of accreditation with validity period of 5 years, HEIs have to submit only 4 AQARs. In case of extended validity by NAAC for HEIs with ‘A’ grade in three consecutive cycles, wherein the validity period is increased to 7, the HEIs have to submit 6 AQARs.

Timeline

All accredited HEIs have to submit AQAR regularly to NAAC. On completion of the Academic year, HEIs have to submit the AQAR on or before 31st December of every year, irrespective of their Date of Accreditation.
Ex. 1): If an HEI is accredited on 16 Sept. 2019, the HEI need to submit the AQAR of 2018-2019 before December 31, 2019. It means, previous Completed Academic Year (2018-2019) AQAR needs to be submitted.
Ex. 2): If an HEI is accredited on 12 March 2020, the HEI need to submit the AQAR of 2019-2020 before December 31, 2020. It means, previous Completed Academic Year (2019-2020) AQAR needs to be submitted.

Ref: NAAC -> About NAAC web-page