NEW NAAC – NEW METRICS AND NEW CHALLENGES

March 19th, 2024

1) 10 Criterions:
Input: 01. Curriculum Design; 02.Faculty; 03.Infrastucture; 04.Finance
Processes: 05. Learning & Teaching; 06. Extended Curricular Engagements; 07. Governance
Outcomes: 08.Student Outcomes; 09. Research & Innovation; 10. Sustainability

2) NEW METRICS:
a) 01: Curriculum alignment to Program and Course Outcomes (PO/PSOs and COs)
b) 01: Curriculum Flexibility – MEME, ABC, Electives, Dual Degree, Twinning, Mother
Tongue, Inter-Institutional Credit Transfers, Creditization of EC and CC
c) 01: % of Skill Oriented Courses aligned with NSQF & Skill Focus
d) 01: % of Online Courses through SWAYAM
e) 01: Indian Knowledge System Incorporation
f) 02: Faculty Recruitment Processes; Transparency;
g) 02: Whether pay and allowances as per UGC/AICTE Norms
h) 02: Faculty Diversity, Faculty Cadre, % of faculty working continuously for last 3 years
i) 03: Learning Management System; AR/VR; Virtual Labs
j) 03: Research Resources – Plagiarism Check; Software-Statistical, Simulation etc.
k) 03: Divyangjan – Assistive Technology Facilities etc
l) 04: Financial Sustainability & Growth; Corpus; Decentralized Budgeting;
m) 04: Risk Management Strategies
n) 05: New Pedagogical Techniques – Kinesthetic learning; Game based learning
o) 05: Continuous Evaluation: MCQ; Portfolio; Case Study; Open Books etc
p) 06: Technical/Domain Clubs; Activities; Chapters of Professional bodies
q) 06: Hackathons – Conducted; Students Participations!
r) 06: Cultural Clubs & Activities
s) 06: Mental Health, Meditation etc.
t) 06: Impact of Institution on Communities; Clean Village; Disease free Village;
Empowered Women Communities; Adaptation of Villages under UBA
u) 07: Institutional Development Plans; Strategies & Interventions.
v) 07: Digital India Policy Guidelines; e-Governance; Use of Samarth e-governance;
NAD/ABC Implementation
 w) 07: Effective Leadership; Effective delegation of powers.
x) 07: Health & Life Insurance; Campus in-house creche, staff quarters etc.
y) 07: Grievances - Ombudsman
z) 08: % of Students Graduating against the enrollment.
aa) 08: Students & Alumni – Learning Experience – Survey.
bb) 09: National/International Faculty; Community based Research; Technology Transfer
cc) 10: Carbon sequestration; Air Pollution; Water Budgeting; Paper waste recycling;
dd) Surveys/Feedbacks at different instants/Criterions.
ee) Etc…

3) 10 CRITERIA AND METRICS:

Sr. No Metric No Metric Descrietion u Au Aff
1. Curriculum Design
1. 1.1 Outcome based Curriculum ✓ ✓ ✓
2. 1.2 Stakeholder Participation ✓ ✓ X
3. 1.3 Curriculum Flexibility ✓ ✓ X
4. 1.4 Practical and Industry Focus ✓ ✓ ✓
5. 1.5 Practical and Skill Orientation ✓ ✓ X
6. 1.6 Online and Blended learning ✓ ✓ X
7. 1.7 Curriculum Revision ✓ ✓ X
8. 1.8 Indian Knowledge System ✓ ✓ ✓
2. Faculty Resources
9. 2.1 Recruitment ✓ ✓ X
10. 2.2 Pay and Allowances ✓ ✓ ✓
11. 2.3 Faculty Diversity ✓ ✓ ✓
12. 2.4 Faculty Development ✓ ✓ ✓
13. 2.5 Faculty Retention ✓ ✓ ✓
14. 2.6 Faculty Student Ratio ✓ ✓ ✓
3. Infrastructure
15. 3.1 Physical Infrastructure ✓ ✓ ✓
16. 3.2 Learning Resources ✓ ✓ ✓
17. 3.3 IT Infrastructure ✓ ✓ ✓
18. 3.4 Research Resources ✓ ✓ ✓
19. 3.5 Divyangjan Friendly Facilities ✓ ✓ ✓
20. 3.6 Innovation Resources ✓ X X
4. Financial Resources and Management
21. 4.1 Capital Income ✓ ✓ ✓
22. 4.2 Revenue Income ✓ ✓ ✓
23. 4.3 Capital Expenditure ✓ ✓ ✓
24. 4.4 Revenue Expenditure ✓ ✓ ✓
25. 4.5 Sustainabilityand Growth ✓ ✓ ✓
26. 4.6 Financial Controls and Risk ✓ ✓ ✓
Management
 5. Learning and Teaching
27. 5.1 Pedagogical Approaches ✓ ✓ ✓
28. 5.2 Internships, Field Projects etc ✓ ✓ ✓
29. 5.3 Assessment ✓ ✓ ✓
30. 5.4 Academic Grievances Redressal ✓ ✓ X
31. 5.5 Catering to Diversity ✓ ✓ ✓
32. 5.6 Learning Management System ✓ ✓ ✓
33. 5.7 Industry Academia Linkage ✓ ✓ ✓
6. Extended Curricular Engagements
34. 6.1 Technical/ Domain related Clubs ✓ ✓ ✓
activities and technical festivals
35. 6.2 Hackathon and Ideation ✓ ✓ ✓
Workshops
36. 6.3 Cultural Clubs Activities and ✓ ✓ ✓
Festivals
37. 6.4 Mental Health Clubs and Activities ✓ ✓ ✓
38. 6.5 Sports Clubs/ Teams and Activities ✓ ✓ ✓
39. 6.6 Community related activities ✓ ✓ ✓
Including U B A
7. Governance and Administration
40. 7.1 Statutory Compliance ✓ X X
41. 7.2 Institutional Development Plan ✓ ✓ ✓
42. 7.3 e- Governance ✓ ✓ ✓
43. 7.4 Student and Employee Welfare ✓ ✓ ✓
44. 7.5 Grievance handling Mechanism ✓ ✓ ✓
45. 7.6 Quality Assurance System ✓ ✓ ✓
46. 7.7 Effective Leadership ✓ ✓ ✓
47. 7.8 Inter University Collaboration ✓ X X
8. Student Outcomes
48. 8.1 Placement/ Employment ✓ ✓ ✓
49. 8.2 Academic Progression ✓ ✓ ✓
so. 8.3 Self Employment/ ✓ ✓ ✓
Entrepreneurship
51. 8.4 Competitive Exams ✓ ✓ ✓
52. 8.5 Awards/ Prizes/ Recognitions in ✓ ✓ ✓
Curricular and extended curricular
areas
53. 8.6 Enrolment Ratio ✓ ✓ ✓
54. 8.7 Graduation rate ✓ ✓ ✓
55. 8.8 Student/Alumni Learning ✓ ✓ ✓
Experience
9. Research and Innovation Outcomes
56. 9.1 External Research Grants ✓ ✓ ✓
57. 9.2 Research Publications ✓ ✓ ✓
 58. 9.3 Research Quality ✓ ✓ X
59. 9.4 PhDs Awarded ✓ X X
60. 9.5 Research Fellowships ✓ X X
61. 9.6 IPRs Produced ✓ ✓ X
62. 9.7 Research Collaboration ✓ ✓ ✓
63. 9.8 Number of Student Start ups ✓ ✓ ✓
10.Sustainability (Green Initiatives)
64. 10.1 Community Activities ✓ ✓ ✓
65. 10.2 Waste and Water Management ✓ ✓ ✓
66. 10.3 Progressing towards Net Zero ✓ ✓ ✓
67. 10.4 Green Audits and Initiatives ✓ ✓ ✓
68. 10.5 Collaborations with Industry/ NGOs ✓ ✓ ✓

More Insights:
• The weightage for Input will be 25%; Process & Output will be 75%
• Nearly 50-60% New Metrics in New NAAC. HEIs need to align to new processes to
achieve good number of ‘Excellence’, in all metrics.
• As such, the new system is not easier and more complex.
• Most likely no Experts Visit; Fees will be relatively less.
• No CGPA, No Grading; Metrics are categorized as Good, Concern & Weak.
• Golden window from May (last week) to June (Mid) where the HEI can submit
the DQA(IIQA) & opt for SSR either, existing frame work/binary.
• From June mid DQA(IIQA) submission will be on hold for 2/3 months.
• From December 2024/January 2025: Prequalifier based Level 1 to Level 5
Accreditation.

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