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1. Distinguish institutional and Programme accreditation and mention the significance of programme accreditation in international context. Programmes, and not Educational Institutions, will be accredited.

The Institution responds to the two part Questionnaire

Part I - About Institution

Part II - About Individual Programme.

Programmes will be considered for assessment and accreditation only at the written request of the educational institution and after agreeing to abide by the NBA

The institution will send Self-Assessment Report (SAR) in the prescribed format in respect of each programme to be accredited.

significance of programme accreditation in international context:Engineering education has reached high priority in recent years due to the rapid development in technology world over. India has been one of the pioneers of this development. Improving quality of education offers exceptional benefits to the society. The accumulated knowledge and good skills that are relevant for economic and social development over time represent an important component of human capital.Investments made to improve educational quality yield future economic benefits in much the same way as an investment by an industry for quality rating that enhances its productivity and income. High quality of education equips learners with a diverse set of knowledge and skills that are relevant to the nation on one hand, and to attain levels of international recognition and reputation on the other.Accreditation of an engineering educational programme is the primary quality assurance process used to ensure the suitability of that programme as the entry route to the engineering profession

The process of accreditation helps the Institutions in realizing a number of benefits, both tangible and intangible. If the Institution and programmes are accredited by NBA, the Institution and its programmes will

be identified with excellence in technical education

be assured of conformity to good practices and bench marks of global requirements.

be able to rate the programmes on a national platform to attract better student intake.

be able to appraise its strengths, weaknesses and opportunities through an informed review process.

be eligible for receiving funds from govt. funding agencies

be able to initiate innovative and modern methods of pedagogy

be a satisfied facilitator of human capital to world class employees and other stake holders.2. Discuss the scope for assessing continuous improvement in the programme with respect to input output based accreditation and OBA. Illustrate with examples: such as faculty,student,curriculum etc.,The programme outcomes are the skills and knowledge, which the students have at the time of graduation. The outcomes essentially indicate what a student can do from subject-wise knowledge acquired during the programme. The outcomes may be programme specific within broad categories given in the following. Generally, the engineering programmes must demonstrate their graduates have following capabilities: Demonstrate knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering.

Demonstrate an ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems.

demonstrate an ability to design and conduct experiments, analyse and interpret data.

Demonstrate an ability to design a system, component or process as per needs and specifications.

Demonstrate an ability to visualize and work on laboratory and multi-disciplinary tasks.

Demonstrate skills to use modern engineering tools, software and equipment to analyse problems.

Demonstrate knowledge of professional and ethical responsibilities.Benefits to Students

Students studying in NBA accredited Institutions can be assured that they will receive education which is a balance between high academic quality and professional relevance and that the needs of the corporate world are well integrated into programmes, activities and processes. It signifies that he has entered the portals of an Institution, which has the essential and desirable features of quality professional education.Benefits to Employers

Accreditation assures prospective employers that students come from a programme where the content and quality have been evaluated, satisfying established standards. It also signifies that the students passing out have acquired competence based on well established technical inputs.3. List the observations made on present and previous accreditation criteria of NBA.

The number of criteria and the total weights has been kept same at 8 and 1000 respectively in both systems.

The number of parameters to be assessed has been reduced

from 56 in the earlier system to 49 in the revised system.

A new focus of outcome approach can be viewed in the revised system compared to the resource and process approach in the earlier system.

More weight is given for students outputs and faculty contributions in Research and Development projects, Research publications, IPRs, consultancy work and interactions with outside world in the revised system of accreditation.

Minimum qualifying marks are specified for 3 critical criteria in the earlier system and 4 criteria in the revised system. These minimum requirements are shown in Table III and Table IV respectively.

More weight is given to the Programme Level performance than the Institute Level performance, in the revised system of accreditation. The split up of points among Institute Level and Program Level parameters in both the systems are compared in Table V.

Continuous Improvements is included as a new criterion in the revised system, for which marks are awarded based on the rate of improvement over three years rather than the absolute values in each year. This criterion facilitates institutions to work towards continuous performance improvement as performance improvement is a never

ending process.

4. Describe the importance of programme specific criteria in student mobility,relevance of the programme title and industry interactions.