Bamu gets highest ever ‘A-plus’ NAAC grade

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) accorded Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (Bamu) ‘A-plus’ grade on Thursday.

This is the highest ever grade received by the university during its history.

It may be noted that the State Government made NAAC evaluation compulsory for all the higher educational institutions. The university's third NAAC cycle tenure ended recently. Bamu’s internal quality assurance cell (IQAC) filed a Self-Study Report (SSR) for re-accreditation (fourth cycle) a few months ago.

The university made all preparations on a war footing during the last three to face the fourth cycle of the evaluation. The grade helps to get funding, grants, and projects from the different agencies and departments of the State and central governments.

The NAAC Peer Team visited both campuses of the university from October 22 to 24.

After validating the data, NAAC, headquartered in Bengaluru, sent the seven-member team for the three-day evaluation of academic and administrative departments.

The team was headed by Dr A N Roy while members were Vimla M (member coordinator), Dr Vishal Goyal, Roveru Nagaraj, Gyanendra Kumar Raut, Sabiyasi Sarekhed and K S Chandrasekhar.

The result of this evaluation was expected on October 31.

The Bamu administration received the information on the result of the evaluation today. NAAC accorded an A-plus grade to the university with a 3.38 CGPA.

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highest ever grade to Bamu

In its first cycle of accreditation, Bamu obtained a B-plus grade with a 2.92 cumulative grade points average (CGPA) in 2005.

The university received an 'A' grade with a 3.07 CGPA out of five in the second cycle of re-accreditation in 2013. The council accorded a grade 'A' with a 3.22 CGPA in the third cycle in 2019. This is the highest-ever grade for Bamu in history.

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NAAC Process

There are some important stages for evaluation. They are as follows;

--Institutional Information for Quality Assessment (IIQA): March 21, 2024

--Approval of the NAAC for Report- April 4

--Self Study Report (SSR) submission-May 16

--Data Validation and Verification (DVV)- June 16 --

--Pre-qualification-September 4

--Mock NAAC evaluation- from September 23 to 25

--NAAC Peer team visited- from October 22 to 24

--Grade declaration: October 31

--Grade valid up to October 29, 2029