IQAC Meetings

1.  Welcome address by the Chairman
2. Reading and approval of minutes of the meeting
3. Action Taken Report
   4. A.O.B.

1.  Welcome address by the Chairman
2. Reading and approval of minutes of the meeting
3. Action Taken Report
4. A.O.B.

1. Welcome by Chairman
2.  Reading of the Minutes
3. Reading of the ATR
4. New Plan / Projects
5. A.O.B

1. Welcome by Chairman
2. Reading of the previous meeting’s minutes.
3. Discussion of ATR of previous meeting
4. Induction of new members
5.  Continuation of the term of existing members or new members to be selected.
6. Discussion of new plans/projects if any
7. A.O.B

1.  Welcome address.

2. Reading of the previous meetings minutes.

3.  New Members inducted.

4. Short term goals.

5. Long term goals.

6. O.B.

1. Reading of previous meeting minutes held on 16^th June 2016.
2. Short term goals of the Institute and long term goals / plans to be made.
3. Activities conducted to promote goals.
4. A.O.B.

 Minutes

The Director/Principal welcomed all the members present at the IQAC Meeting and called the meeting to order:

1. The minutes of the previous meeting held on 16^th June 2016, were read. As there were no queries, it was considered as approved.  I. Bhanumurthy proposed the acceptance of the minutes of the meeting.  It was seconded by Ms. Sujatha Madhvan.
2. I. Bhanumurthy said that the long term and short term strategies need to be spelled out in order not to lose focus. All the members agreed to this.  This would ensure the quest towards quality and sustenance.
3. As discussed, a 3-year plan could be implemented to assess its impact on the institute for long term goals. Some of the areas that could be considered.

• Digital Campus
• Smart Campus
• Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan (Adopt a Village).

This long term plan could be worked out in-depth and perhaps discussed in the next meeting after the modalities were worked out, suggested Prof. Mirza.

A resolution to this effect was taken.

4. Short term goals and immediate Knowledge Building Programme.

• To ensure a more learner-centric learning.
• To implement innovative and more interactive methods of teaching.
• To ensure proper support structure for both students and staff.
• Feedback needs to be taken from students, parents and peer reviewed feedback for staff.

<li”>A.O.B.

• It was suggested that every detail with regards to implementation of quality efforts should be documented.
• The Principal/Director would review them twice a year.
• LMC could review the entire performance and sustenance once a year.
• It was also brought to the notice of the members that the institute was awarded the prestigious Swachhatam Mahavidyalaya Sanmman Award for the academic year 2016-17. The award was conferred by the CM Shri Manohar Parrikar at the Convocation Ceremony of the Goa University.
• Also in the month of April, students accompanied by staff member Ms. Martha Rebello on a Culinary visit visited the Escola do Turismo de Portugal Douro Lamego, Portugal. This was in fulfillment of the MOU signed by the Institute and Turismo de Portugal.  The duration of the Exchange Program was 1 (one) month and it was wonderful international exposure for our students and added uniqueness to our program.
• Open Day was held on 7^th May 2017. Many parents made use of the opportunity to visit the college and have a personal interaction with the students.

As there was no other matter to discuss, the meeting ended at 4.30 p.m.  The Principal thanked everyone present for their valuable suggestions.

IQAC Co-ordinator

1. Welcome to all the committee members by the Advisor.
2. IQAC goals explained to all the members by the Director/Principal.
3. To explain the aims and goals of IQAC by Ms. Martha Rebello.
4. A.O.B.

1. The Advisor welcomed all the members to the official IQAC meeting. As it was the first meeting, members were introduced to each other.
2. Director/Principal Irfan Mirza also welcomed them and explained what the role was of IQAC in detail. He addressed the committee on the significance for an IQAC Cell in the Institute.

• One of the members Mr. Peter D’Silva wished to know in what way it would benefit the institute when standards were already in place. To which the Director responded that quality had to be sustained and it had to internalize the quality culture.  Also, we would be able to understand the strengths and challenges of the Institute and address them.

3. Martha Rebello, who had attended the workshop conducted by the IQAC of the Goa University explained in detail the aims and goals of the IQAC.

 Aims and Goals of IQAC: The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) is normally established as a post-NAAC accreditation quality sustenance measure. However, since quality enhancement is a continuous process, V.M. Salgaocar Institute of International Hospitality Education has decided to start the process of documenting its efforts and measures towards academic excellence well in advance.

• The aim of the cell is to focus on outcome-based education designed to get jobs in the hospitality line.
• The method of functioning will be to constantly evaluate what we have done and what VMSIIHE is doing towards quality enhancement of teachers. This includes encouraging the research output of all teachers: including publications, workshops/ seminars attended. It will encourage the teaching staff to complete their PhDs.
• The cell will serve as a recommendatory body to the Chairperson, the Principal. In turn, it is the responsibility of the Principal to execute the suggestions. He will handle the financial dimension and will work out the logistics of the recommendations with the Management.

Functioning: The IQAC will document all field visits, workshops conducted/attended, teaching methodologies adopted by staff, innovative ideas incorporated to enhance knowledge, and any innovative methods adopted by VMSIIHE in its teaching-learning environment. In the discussion, some of the current practices of VMSIIHE were highlighted.

4. All the other members agreed that perhaps a 3-year plan could be made to achieve the necessary targets.

As there were no other matters to be discussed, the meeting ended with the Director/Principal thanking all the members.  The dates for the next meeting would be intimated to all the members.

1. Meeting brought to order.
2. Report of Workshop on Assessment and Accreditation.
3. Starting a Cell in the Institute and to form a committee.
4. Members to be constituted for the IQAC.
5. Distribution of material on IQAC.
5. A.O.B.

1. Director/Principal Irfan Mirza welcomed the members. The meeting was brought to order.
2. With reference to the VMSIIHE which intends to go through the accreditation process in due course of time, Director/Principal Irfan Mirza said the go-ahead was given by the Management to institute a Cell in the Institute at the earliest.
3. Martha Rebello and Ms. Sujatha Madhavan had been delegated to attend the NAAC Awareness Programme/Workshop under the IQAC, Goa University on 19^th & 20^th February 2015. A report of the workshop was submitted by Ms. Martha regarding the sessions.  Quality and documentation was stressed upon at every session and presentation of the workshop.

• Martha mentioned that VMSIIHE from the time of its inception had ensured that proper documentation of activities (academic, co-curricular and extracurricular) was being taken care of.

4. A tentative list of the names for the IQAC committee was proposed by the Director/Principal. This would be finalized after receiving an O.K. from the proposed members.
5. Some printed material about information on the IQAC was circulated to all the members present at the meeting, which was prepared by Ms. Martha. ( Attached IQAC Material and List of proposed Committee Members ).