Criteria Wise Consultancy
UGC - NAAC Gap-Filling Consultancy
Establish New School, College or University
NAAC Assessment in any institution may come up with multiple deficiencies where Team-NIC acts as a Single Window for all Solutions.
- Mock Audit: Team-NIC provides IRCA Accredited, qualified, experienced, and professional auditors to conduct mock and certification audits for NAAC, NBA, ISO and other Quality and Recognition Processes.
- Books Publishing: Team-NIC provides publishing services for books including content writing, editing, formatting, designing, ISSN/ISBN assignment, digital publishing (eBooks), Printing, Binding, and distribution services.
- Research Publishing: Team-NIC provides services for publishing Research Journals and Conference Proceedings including eJournal Management System that is capable of automating ‘Call-for-Papers, Manuscript-Submission.
- Reviewer Engagement, Review Comments Capturing, Editing, Volume Setup, and One-Click Publishing of eJournal. Our extended services include publishing and distribution of print Journals, Newsletters, Conference Proceedings, and Event Reports.
- Patent and IP Services: Team-NIC provides services for creation of patents by identification of innovations within your resources, converting innovations into inventions, writing technical descriptive documents, writing design documents, and developing designs into patentable systems. Team-NIC provides end-to-end services for filing the patents for identified inventions.
- International Collaborations and MoU: Team-NIC has been working as facilitation and Catalyst agent for International Collaborations, Affiliations, Accreditations, Recognitions, International Scholarships, Student-Exchange Programs, Faculty-Exchange Programs, Corporate Collaborations, MoU Signing with NGO’s and innovation Cells, establishing Centre for Excellence, formation of Boards/Committees with global participation, and other National and International Collaborations.
- Branding and Social Marketing: Team-NIC has been most recognized and appreciated for its Digital Branding Services that includes transformation of official website of the institution, Hosting Services with CDN, Search Engine Optimization, Press Releases, Press Conferences, Blog Management, Social Media Content Management, and all other aspects of brand management in digital and physical world.
- Teaching Evaluation & Surveys: Team-NIC has developed ready to float very effective Feedback Recording System for recording reviews from students, parents, alumni, staff, society, and other ‘interested’ and ‘affected’ parties.
- Quality Process Certifications: Team-NIC offers Capacity Building Facilitation, Consulting Services, Auditing, and Certification for creation and effective implementation of Quality Processes in the Organization that later would be extended to Quality Certifications viz. ISO 9001 (Quality Management), ISO 20001 (Service Management), ISO 27001 (Information Security), Lean Six Sigma, and others.
Establish New School / University / College:
- Planning Consultancy: ‘Planning-Consultancy’ service is about creation of Overall Plan of the new establishment as per the objectives and available resources. Planning Consultancy includes creation of initial plan, road-map, effort-plan, schedule, budget, progress monitoring plan, and imparting of other required knowledge about starting a new Institution.
- Initial Infra Consultancy: This service is about facilitating the client for creation of initial infrastructure required for starting the new institution as per set objectives. This includes review of building plans, course plans, fee-structures, compensation structures, course curricula, labs and library infra, teaching facility infra, research infra, and others.
- Documentation Consultancy: This Service is about facilitation for creation of required Ordinance, Mol, MoA, Charter, R&R, Financial Reports, Institutional Plans, Reports, and other documents required for compliance of eligibility to apply for required initial approvals from competent regulatory bodies.
- Initial Regulatory Approvals: This Service is about facilitation for applying and securing the initial approvals from all competent regulatory and statuary bodies to start operations of the new Institution in the mentioned region as per set Ordinance and Charter.
- Branding and Admission Consultancy: This Service is about promotion of strong brand about the institution, calling admission, opening admission centers, and engaging and arranging admission events etc. This service includes facilitation about eMarketing, Press Releases, Specialized Event management, USP Creation etc.
- Quality Management Consultancy :This service is about facilitation for creation and effective implementation of Quality Processes in the Organization that later can be extended to Quality Certifications viz. ISO 9001 (Quality Management), ISO 20001 (Service Management), IS027001 (Information Security), Lean Six Sigma, and others.
- Accreditation Consultancy: This service is about facilitating for the appropriate accreditation for the courses of the established institution. In India, Technical and Management Professional Courses need to be accredited by AICTE whereas Science, Commerce, and Arts trades need to be accredited with NAAC. Pharma, Medical, Law, and other trades need to be accredited from respective competent accreditation organizations.
- Placement Consultancy: Success of any Academic Institution is mostly measured with the placement and employability of its students. Placement Consultancy from Team-NIC can be vital for this.
NAAC CONSULTANCY & CAPACITY BUILDING
Criteria Wise Consultancy
Criterion I – Curricular Aspects:
- Revision of Program Structure and Course Curricula based on modern Industrial demand and Best Practices
- Introducing new Courses focused on Professional Skill Development and Employability of Students
- Facilitation for conducting BOS Meeting, Recording MoM, and other coordination and records creation
- Introducing Elective Courses in Academic Programs and facilitation for accordingly updating programs.
- Introducing and Conducting Short-term Courses focused on transferable life skills and professional and moral value addition.
- Creation of digital infrastructure for course delivery to increase student participation with flexible schedules
- Creation, Implementation, and Maintenance of Online Feedback systems (for students, teachers, employers, alumni, staff, and others) with inbuilt Audit Trails, Statistical Analysis, and Quick Reporting facilities.
Criterion II – Teaching-Learning and Evaluation:
- Brand Transformation to increase application inputs
- Placement Support for recruiting eligible, efficient, and professional teaching and non-teaching staff
- Conducting Participating Learning Programs groomed with Industrial Practices like Agile Methods, Lean-Six Sigma, and other management programs suitable for all academic streams.
- Facilitation for development, installation, training, and maintenance of Smart Classes, Broadcasted Classes on Video Conferencing, and other ICT Solutions.
- Timely Information and Updates about open nominations, call of participations, and support in eligibility for different awards of regional, national and international repute.
- Support to speedup examination evaluation and result declaration process with ICT Systems.
- Independent Student Satisfaction Survey
Criterion III – Research, Innovations and Extension:
- Facilitation in updating Institutional Policies in support of Research and Development
- Facilitation in creation of Instrumentation Centre, Green House, Museum, Media Studio, Business Labs, Research Database, Theatre, Art Galleries, etc.
- Support in getting funding for Research Projects
- Facilitation and Support in creation of eligible and efficient research projects in association with International Research Societies and Bodies
- Facilitation in setting up Incubation Centres and Centre of Excellence to support transfer of knowledge.
- Active facilitation for conducting National and International events of Seminars, Conferences, Summits, Investor Meets, Talk-Shows etc.
- Support in providing desired visibility to research outcomes and receiving eligible recognitions.
- Support in creation of efficient Code-of-Ethics for Research Publications
- Third Party Plagiarism Check Support
- Facilitation for Patent/Copyright filing and publishing. (this includes identification of Intellectual Property, creation of respecting documents, filing of case, and other desired activities for IP Consultancy)
- Research Paper Publication Support (this includes formatting, editing, plagiarism check, content improvement and other facilitation to improve the acceptability of research paper in national/ international journals)
- Book Publishing Support (this includes content improvement, formatting, editing, designing, printing, publishing, ISBN assigning, and distribution of printed and digital Books at globally)
- E-Content development support for different LMS.
- Support in improving Web-of-Science Bibliometrics
- Support in identification of Consulting Skills, adoptable talents, and opportunities for consulting engagements in paid and volunteer categories.
- Support in Audit Trails and Metrics Improvement for Consultancy Tasks.
- Facilitation support in Social Sensitization Activities directly linked to Students Skills impacting holistic developments.
- Support in getting appropriate visibility, recognition, and awards for all Social Sensitization Activities.
- Support in executing, implementing, and maintaining collaboration Mol/MoU with organizations of global impact.
- Other required support in impactful collaborations and extension activities.
Criterion IV – Infrastructure and Learning Resources:
- Facilitation in setting up Central Libraries, Departmental Libraries, Research Libraries, and Digital libraries with text and reference material appropriate for use of students and staff
- Facilitation in setting up appropriate laboratories, class rooms, smart classrooms, smart boards, ICT enabled conference-halls, computers, Internet, and other infrastructure.
- Advisory support in getting affordable subscriptions for eJournals, eLibraries, and knowledge databases.
- Support in developing and implementation of library tracking systems to showcase the evidences of average per day use of libraries by students and teachers.
- Facilitation for updating Policies for budgetary provisions in IT Facilities updating and maintenance.
- Setting up eContent Development Centres, recording studios, broadcasting studios etc.
Criterion V – Student Support and Progression:
- Facilitation for getting signed and implemented MoU for different scholarships internally and externally.
- Conducting Counselling Sessions, Capacity Building, Guidance, Personality Improvement, Life Skills, Leadership, and Motivational sessions for students for improving their performance in competitive examinations and employability.
- Creation and Implementation of policies complying to regulatory guidelines on Grievance Redressal, Anti-Sexual Harassment, Anti-Ragging, Workplace Environment, etc. with tracking of timely actions.
- Placement Consultancy to improve Placement results.
- Tracking systems for placement and higher education pursuing of immediate alumni.
- Direct support in establishing and working of students councils, Alumni Councils, Professional Chapters, cultural events, and other activities.
Criterion VI – Governance, Leadership and Management:
- Professional Support in establishing Vision, Mission, Objectives as per IS09000 Guidelines and Measurable Tracking of achieving the same.
- Implementing effective eGovernance in Operations of Institution through ERP and SAP Solutions.
- Strengthening Employee Appraisal and Promotion Systems of the institution with Digital Tracking.
- Facilitation for updating and implementing policies with best practices about providing financial support for participatory activities of staff like conferences, seminars, talk-shows, professional certifications, etc.
- Conducting Workshops, FDP, Orientation Courses, Refresher Courses, and other Professional Skill Development Classes for staff.
- Arranging for funds from NGOs for specific causes
- Quality Certifications (IS09000, ISO20001 and others)
- Periodic Audits for Financial/Non-Financial operations.
Criterion VII – Institutional Values and Best Practices:
- Conducting programs to support gender equality, Safety and Security, Environment Sensitization, Waste Management, Water Conservation, Sustainable Development, Peace Promotion, and other issues of global importance.
- Facilitating and Guiding about Concept of Green Campus
- Facilitating for ISO14001 and IS050001 standards and Quality Audits and Certifications
- Periodic alerts and facilitation in celebration of Events and commemorative days, events and festivals of Global Importance like World Environment Day, World Sustainable Development Day,
- Support in identification, recording, presenting, and publicising best practices out of existing practices of the institution and support for adding compatible best practices for further improvement.
Other Umbrella Services of Immediate Importance:
- Identification and Facilitation for filling the Security Gaps in Institutional Infrastructure and Operations (IS027001)
- Identification and Facilitation for covering the Points of Energy Waste and preserve environment
(ISO14001 and ISO50001) - Total Quality Improvement for Services and Satisfaction of Students, Parents, Staff, Society, and other parties (IS09001 and ISO20001)
- Overall Brand Improvement through periodic Press Releases, Blog Writing, Search Engine Optimization of eContent, Updates on Events & Awards, and other ways.
- Periodic enrichment of Programs, Libraries, IT, and other infrastructure with OpenSource, FreeSource, Shareware, and Affordable Systems.
- Periodic Audits for compliance to Regulatory, Statuary, Quality Standards, and other requirements.
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Team-NIC has been appreciated for its NAAC Accreditation Consultancy; NAAC FDP; NAAC Training; NAAC Assessment Preparation; NAAC Accreditation Planning; Understanding NAAC Requirements; Understanding NAAC Assessment Process; Understanding NAAC in simplified manner; Knowing about NAAC Accreditation; Getting trained on NAAC Accreditation Framework; NAAC Pre-Visit Readiness; Preparing NAAC Application Documents; NAAC Documentation; Training about NAAC Preparation; Advisory support for curriculum planning as per NAAC requirements; Consultancy support for managing teaching and learning process as per NAAC framework; Student Assessment and Performance as per NAAC requirements; Process Ourcomes as per NAAC requirements; Infrastructure development and management support as per NAAC requirements; Human Resource Management as per NAAC assessment; Management and Administration support as per NAAC Assessment; Leadership Advisory for NAAC accreditation; Benificiary Satisfaction Analysis as per NAAC expectations; NAAC Workshops and hands-on feel about NAAC assessment; Going through NAAC Questionnaire and gromming skills for NAAC Assessment; and and any advisory/consultancy about NAAC Assessment and rating.
Must be noted that NAAC has not authorised any agents or consultants to undertake SSR/SAR preparations work NOR is Team-NIC an agent of NAAC for any of its processes. Team-NIC acts only as a facilitator for improving the process-understanding and expects continuous cooperation and efforts form institutes for Maintaining and Improving Quality of Education as per Objectives of NAAC. Team-NIC does not commit any minimum rating or score in NAAC assessment NOR it claims any influence in the external assessment for NAAC Accreditation. Team-NIC or any of its representative does NOT pretext for getting the approval of NAAC affiliation or expedite any NAAC Processes, or any personal influences with NAAC Officials for any types of consideration.
