News HKE Vol 1, Issue 2 | Page 28

Strengthening OBE (Outcome based Education) for National Board of Accreditation Department organized a one day workshop on strengthening OBE for NBA under TEQIP - III with an intention to understand the importance of OBE for NBA. The NBA (National Board of Accreditation) has introduced a new process, parameters and criteria for accreditation. These are in line with the best international practices and are oriented to assess the outcome of the programme. Accreditation is a process of quality assurance and improvement, whereby a program in an approved Institution is critically appraised to verify that the program continues to meet and/or exceed the Norms and Standards prescribed by regulator from time to time. It is a kind of recognition which indicates that a program fulfils desired standards. For accreditation, institute need to follow certain processes for improving the quality of education. Dr. Umakant Kulkarni, Professor, S.D.M. Dharwad was the resource person for this workshop Staff Development Program The staff of IS department, Shri Basavaraj Hallankar attended an AICTE organized and NITTTR, Chandigarh hosted one week STIP on Skill Development Program under TEQIP- 111. About 24 staff of our college took the benefit of this event.