The Kakatiya University has fully geared up for the three-day visit of NAAC peer team for the assessment of the university to award grading.
The University which celebrated its 41st Formation Day this month is going for the cycle-3 of accreditation process by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
This was the third time the university would be presenting itself for the NAAC assessment. In 2003 the university went for NAAC accreditation during the period of Vice Chancellor C.K. Kokate and was awarded B+ Grade.
The assessment process took place for the second time in 2009 when N. Linga Murthy was the Vice Chancellor and was given ‘A’ Grade. The university, which was supposed to go for the cycle-3 accreditation process in the year 2014 as the previous grading expired, could not do so in view of the State Government failure to appoint a regular vice chancellor.
Current Vice Chancellor R. Sayanna, who completed one year in the office this month, made serious efforts in preparing the entire administrative staff and faculty for the NAAC assessment.
A clean and green activity by the NSS volunteers and staff of the SDLCE had been conducted for one week on the campus to spruce up the premises. The service associations gave a call to their employees to be ready for extra work on Sundays falling on August 20 and 27 and were declared working days.
The NAAC grading is prestigious for every educational institution. Funds from Central Government and agencies like the UGC, CSIR, DST (Dept. of Science and Technology), Rashtriya Uchathar Sikhsa Yojana depend on this rank, a senior professor explained.
According to the university sources in order to qualify for any grade (C to A++) an institution needs to score at least 30% of the quantitative System Generated Score (SGS) and qualitative score in each criterion.
The Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of an institution should be between 3.76 and 4.00 to get A++ grade, 3.51 and 3.75 for A+ grade and 3.01 and 3.50 for A grade. The accreditation status is valid for five years from the date of approval by the Executive Committee of the NAAC.
