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Internal Quality Assurance Cell
(IQAC)

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore campus-level Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) aims to develop a system for conscious, consistent and catalytic action to improve the academic and administrative performance of all the schools and centres in the Coimbatore campus, which is also the headquarters of the university. It works towards promoting measures for institutional functioning towards quality sustenance and enhancement through internalization of quality culture and institutionalization of best practices. IQAC is the internal mechanism for planning, and monitoring Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Enhancement (QE) activities of various schools in the AMRITA Coimbatore campus.

The IQAC for Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus comprises of members from the Schools of Engineering; Business; Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Physical Sciences; Agricultural Sciences; Arts, Humanities & Commerce; Architecture and Social & Behavioral Sciences as well as campus administration. This campus-level IQAC is responsible for NBA & NAAC accreditation and NIRF & various rankings as also its statutory submissions & compliances as well as activities & initiatives towards improvement of institutional quality at the campus-level.

This campus-level IQAC supports the university-level IQAC as well as the Amrita Center for Accreditations, Rankings, and Eminence (CARE) towards rankings and accreditations at the university level.

Functions

  • Data & evidence collection, collation, curation, consolidation, submission, and archival for accreditation and rankings such as Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) of NAAC; and NBA self-assessment report (SAR) of NBA  
  • Conceptualizes feedback mechanisms and intervention strategies to remove deficiencies and escalating these to the university administration for implementation  
  • Organization of workshops, seminars, conferences, and events on quality-related themes  
  • Showcasing of the university & campus best practices in international and national fora 
  • Development and application of quality benchmarks/parameters for the various academic and administrative activities  
  • Margdarshan & mentoring of universities and autonomous higher educational institutions by knowledge exchange; conducting Academic & Administrative Audit (AAA); participation in various academic, research, and administrative committees such as Academic Council, IQAC, Board of Studies, and academic advisory committees; and hosting delegations who visit the campus to study the university’s best practices.  

Accreditations & Rankings

  • Based on the evaluation of all the campuses and programs by a peer review committee in 2021, the University has been re-accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with ‘A++’ grade with a CGPA of 3.7 for all its campuses and programs in the 3rd cycle.  
  • Amrita is ranked as the 7th best university in India in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking of Ministry of Education, Government of India published in 2024. Amrita has been ranked one of the top private universities in India consistently for the last 7 years in the NIRF rankings 
  • Amrita is ranked 23rd in Engineering and 28th in Management in the NIRF 2024 rankings 
  • All eligible 7 UG engineering and computing programs of AMRITA Coimbatore campus have been accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA).  
  • The MBA program is one of the few programs in India secure international accreditation by AACSB  
  • The Ministry of Education has ranked the campus as the greenest and cleanest university campus in India in the Swachh Campus rankings in 2017 and 2018.  
  • The campus was conferred Green Champion award in 2021 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.  

Members

Internal Quality Assurance Cell
(IQAC)

Amrita IQAC Members
S. No. Name Designation School/Department/Centre/Office
1 Dr. Sasangan Ramanathan Dean, Faculty of Engineering 

Chairman – IQAC

Engineering
2 Dr. Prashant R. Nair Vice-Chairman – IQAC IQAC
3 Prof. C. Parameswaran Principal Director,
Chairman
Corporate & Industry Relations (CIR),
Campus Development Committee (CDC)
4 Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan Dean PG Programs
5 Dr. K.P. Soman Dean Artificial Intelligence (AI)
6 Dr. Nava Subramaniam Dean Business
7 Dr. Sudheesh Manalil V. Dean Agricultural Sciences
8 Air Commodore Satish R. Menon Campus Director CDC
9 Dr. S. Mahadevan Principal

Associate Dean

Physical Sciences

Student Affairs

10 Dr. Vidhya Balasubramanian Principal Computing
11 Dr. Rangasami P. Vice-Principal Social & Behavioral Sciences
12 Dr. Kalyani Suresh Vice-Principal Arts, Humanities & Commerce
13 Dr. A. Senthil Kumar Vice-Principal Business
14 Dr. M. Sethumadhavan Head Cyber Security
15 Dr. A.R. Srikrishnan Chairperson Aerospace Engineering
16 Dr. Nikhil K Kothurkar Chairperson Chemical Engineering
   17 Dr. K. Rameshkumar Chairperson Mechanical Engineering
   18 Dr. Dhanya Sathyan Chairperson Civil Engineering
19 Dr. S. Balamurugan Chairperson Electrical & Electronics Engineering
20 Dr. N. Madhu Mohan Chairperson Electronics & Communication Engineering
21 Dr. K. Somasundaram Chairperson Mathematics
22 Dr. Sudip Kumar Batabyal Chairperson Physics
23 Dr. T.G. Satheesh Babu Chairperson Chemistry
24 Dr. Janci Rani P.R. Chairperson Food Sciences
25 Ms. Ambika P Vice-Chairperson English
26 Dr. Sripad H Ghaligi Chairperson Amrita Darshanam
27 Dr. A. Sakuntala Director Architecture
28 Mr. M. Sreevalsan Director ICTS
29 Mr. Rajkumar R. General Manager Human Resources (HR)
30 Dr. A.S. Ramkumar Senior Administrative Officer Office of Dean-Engineering
31 Dr. Krishnakumar P. Deputy Controller of Examinations Mechanical Engineering
32 Dr. O.J. Kumaresan Director Physical Education
33 Dr. K. Bagavinar Chief Warden Hostel Administration
34 Mr. S. Sivesh Kumar Admissions Coordinator Admissions
35 Mr. Vijay Narayanan General Manager – Campus Development & Administration, Arasampalayam CDC
36 Mr. Vinod Kumar S. Accounts Officer Accounts
37 Dr. Jeyothi Prakash M. Deputy Librarian Central Library
38 Ms. B.V. Archana Information & Publication Coordinator Office of Dean-Engineering
School & Department-Level IQAC Coordinators
Sl. No. Name Designation School/Department/Centre/Office
1 Dr. A. Balachandran Director – Career Competency Development (CCD) &  Atal Incubation Center (AIC) CIR
2 Mr. Srikanth S. Additional Director – Placement CIR
3 Dr. Madhu Menon General Manager – CCD CIR
4 Mr. Krishnan R. Head – Amrita Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE) CIR
5 Dr. Hemamala Krishnan Assoc. Professor Business
6 Dr. Bhawana Jain Asst. Professor Business
7 Dr. V. Sivakumar Professor Aerospace Engineering
8 Dr. T. Rajesh Senthil Kumar Asst. Professor Aerospace Engineering
9 Dr. P. Geetha Assoc. Professor AI
10 Dr. Harishchander A Asst. Professor AI
11 Dr. Meera Balachandran Professor Chemical Engineering
12 Dr. Duraisamy Kumaresan Professor Chemical Engineering
13 Dr. Prakash C. Asst. Professor Civil Engineering
14 Mr. Lalith Prakash E. Asst. Professor Civil Engineering
15 Dr. N. Lalithamani Assoc. Professor & Vice-Chairperson CSE
16 Dr. T. Deepika Asst. Professor CSE
17 Dr. Chungath Srinivasan Assoc. Professor Cyber Security
18 Mr. Saurabh Shrivastava Asst. Professor Cyber Security
19 Dr. E. Prabhu Asst. Professor ECE
20 Mr. M. Ganesan Asst. Professor ECE
21 Dr. R. Jayabharathi Assoc. Professor & Vice-Chairperson EEE
22 Dr. K.R.M. Vijaya Chandrakala Assoc. Professor EEE
23 Dr. Balaji K. Assoc. Professor Mechanical Engineering
24 Dr. Mohanraj T. Asst. Professor Mechanical Engineering
25 Dr. K. Gayathri Asst. Professor Mathematics
26 Dr. V. Pragadeeswarar Asst. Professor Mathematics
27 Dr. Lakshmi Mohan Asst. Professor Physics
28 Mr. S. Boopalakrishnan Asst. Professor Chemistry
29 Dr. Nandhini I. Asst. Professor English
30 Dr. Kavitha Raj Asst. Professor English
31 Dr. A. Balasubramanian Asst. Professor Mass Communication
32 Mr. Arun Kumar V.N. Asst. Professor Mass Communication
33 Dr. V. Priya Asst. Professor Social Work
34 Dr. Raneesh C. Asst. Professor Social Work
35 Dr. U.K.V. Sarma Asst. Professor Amrita Darshanam
36 Dr. Reena S. Asst. Professor Agricultural Sciences
37 Mr. P. Gopakumar Manager ICTS
38 Ms. Shakila V. Manager HR
Stakeholder Representatives
Sl. No. Name Details Stakeholder
1 Ms. Maya Sreekumar Vice President & India Head-Recruitment & Training, CTS, Coimbatore Employer/Industry
2 Dr. Anbalagan Thangavel Technical Project Manager, Robert Bosch Engineering & Business Solutions Ltd., Coimbatore Employer/Industry
3 Dr. C.S. Kumar Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur Parent
4 Dr. Ginil Kumar P. Clinical Professor of Urology, AIMS Kochi Parent
5 Ms. Sivakamy Lakshminarayanan. Software Development Engineer – Level 2,  Microsoft Alumni
6 Dr. Kuruvachan K George Scientist, Ins8.ai, Singapore Alumni
7 Dr. Alagumurthi Natarajan Professor, Pondicherry Engineering College Academic Expert

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Contact

Internal Quality Assurance Cell
(IQAC)

Dr. Prashant R. Nair
Head & Vice-Chairman,
Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)
W-207, Academic Block # 1
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
Phone: 0422-2685120
iqac@cb.amrita.edu, prashant@amrita.edu

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