Audit Process Manual
Audit Process Manual
(Autonomous)
Dundigal, Hyderabad – 500 043
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1. INTRODUCTION
Internal Audit would help the Institute in improving economy, efficiency, effectiveness and
transparency in institute’s administration in general and financial administration in particular. It
will also help in maintaining a sound record keeping system with adequate checks and balances
to ensure a sound information system for decision making by the executives. Type of internal
audit consist of academic audit and administrative audit.
The academic audit process emphasizes reflection and improvement rather than compliance with
predetermined standards. The purpose of an academic audit is to encourage departments or
programs to evaluate their “education quality processes” – the key faculty and program activities
required to produce, assure, and regularly improve the quality of teaching and learning. Its
emphases on faculty members and departments/programs approach educational decision-making
and how they organize their work, use the resources available to them and work collegially to
provide a quality education in the best interests of the discipline and student learning.
The administrative audit is a process of evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of the
administrative procedure. It includes assessment of policies, strategies & functions of the various
administrative units.
The internal academic and administrative audit is conducted jointly by development and internal
audit office and Internal Quality Assurance Centre (IQAC) within the institute twice a semester
at department / units and external academic audit by the experts nominated by the principal. The
audit office prepares, maintain and submit academic audit reports in prescribed formats for each
semester at regular intervals.
OBJECTIVES
1. To ensure academic accountability
2. To understand the existing system and assess the strengths and weaknesses of the
departments and administrative units and to suggest the methods for improvement and for
overcoming the weaknesses
3. To identify the bottlenecks in the existing administrative mechanisms, opportunities for
academic reforms, administrative reforms and examination reforms etc.
4. To suggest the methods for continuous improvement of quality
2. AUDIT PROCESS
The audit process comprises of three phases, internal audits in phase 1& 2 and external audit in
phase-3.
Internal audit shall be done by the audit team under the supervision of IQAC of the institute.
Dean-IQAC should be constitute suitable teams for each department. Each team should comprise
three faculty members (as far as possible, one member from IQAC shall be included in each
team). The members of the audit team visit the departments, center facilities such as examination
section, computer centre, office of the deans, Careers and Employability Center (CEC), library
and auditorium. The team after completing the all stages of inspection and interactions,
department specific documents and college specific documents audit reports are generated and
handed over to the IQAC.The external academic auditing shall be conducted jointly by an
Internal Quality Assurance Centre (IQAC) within the institute.
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3. AUDIT CATEGORIES
The Internal Audit process is categorized into academic, faculty research and administrative audit
to evaluate the outlays and utilizations for optimality, across the various focus areas.
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The academic audit is based on
• Self-evaluation reports of the departments
• Feedback from stakeholders
• Faculty academics performance
• Faculty research performance
3.2 FACULTY RESEARCH AUDIT
The research and development audit concentrate on Academic and sponsored research. Academic
research includes faculty publications in refereed and indexed journals (SCI / SCIE / Scopus),
funded schemes sponsored research projects, publications, collaboration activities intellectual
property rights (IPR) and tech transfers are verified every quad in an academic year through
prescribed form named as Performance Appraisal Scoring System (PASS-Research) is available
in the institute website. Sponsored research audit checks the details of research projects and
proposals (submitted / ongoing / completed) with respect to sanction letters and utilization
certificates of all funded projects and schemes. Revenue generated and utilization records of
consultancy activities is to be verified.
Accounts section:
Balance sheet and financial audited statements are prepared by registered chartered accountants
to be verified at the time of administrative audit.
Student services:
Details of admissions and diversity of students, scholarships provided by Government / Institute,
minutes and action taken reports of student grievances are verified as a part of student affairs
audit.
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IT infrastructure:
During audit, the officer of IT infrastructure management services should provide details of
computing and networking facilities, campus surveillance system, content development facilities
and legal softwares.
Central library:
Audit team checks the details of Library infrastructure, learning resources such as books,
volumes, titles, journals and intuitional memberships.
Audit of administrative units:
All dean offices are audited periodically with respect to various parameters in prescribed formats
available through audit form.
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FORM NO. AAC01
1. Teaching activity (Details of lectures, tutorials, practical and other teaching related activities)
• Below 75% 0
• 75% - 85% 3 Marks
• 86% - 95% 6 Marks
• Above 95% 10 Marks
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4. Full stack of course content development
• Per course 7 Marks
Level
S. No Course code Course name Year Weblink
(UG / PG)
Period Sponsoring /
S. No Details Place Organizing
From To
agency
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FORM NO. AAC02
Designation:____________________________________Department:________________________
General Instructions:
• Expected Value: PhD faculty with administrative position is 60% and other PhD faculty is 75%.
• If space provided in the columns is inadequate, use separate sheet and mark it as annexure
• Filled in form along with all supporting documents is to be submitted to R&D.
S No Parameter Details
1 Research publication in First tier journals
of their field refereed. (e.g. international
well reputed, indexed journals with high
impact factor in its field) (5%)
2 Research publication titles in refereed
and indexed journals (SCI/SCIE/Scopus)
(20%)
3 Research publication titles in Scopus
indexed International Conferences (10%)
4 Publication titles in Book chapters (2%)
5 Book Publications with publisher details
(5%)
6 Citation Index Count (4%) Earlier At Present
Source: Scopus / Google Scholar
h – Index (3%) Earlier At Present
Source: Scopus / Google Scholar
i-10 index (3%) Earlier At Present
Source: Google Scholar
7 IPR Activities Filled (3%) Published (10%) Granted (20%)
(Patents / Industrial Designs only)
Source: IPO / WPO
8 Submitted any proposal/s for Funded
Research Project (20%)
brief details
9 Submitted proposal/s for Funded (FDP / Workshop / Seminar / Conference / Awareness
Research Scheme (10%) Programs / Science fair / Brain Storming Sessions etc.)
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11 Consultancy Work undertaken (10%)
brief details
2.
3.
SELF-TARGET
Date:
Signature
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FORM NO. AAD01
Evaluation Period :
5. Development of class schedules and faculty assignments teaching & laboratory workloads
S No Name of the department Type of activity Status
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6. Reviews and resolves faculty workload issues
S No Name of the department Type of Issue Resolve Status
9. Identification and allocation of duties to course coordinators, laboratory coordinators and class
in-charges
S No Name of the faculty Name of the Attach list
department
10. Feedback on faculty, Course Outcome Based Education (OBE), Student exit survey
S No Name of the Feedback Name of the Status
department
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FORM NO. AAD02
Evaluation Period :
1. Prepare the annual budget of the college with administrative team and HOD’s/Dean’s and
control the proper utilization of budget in the institute.
S No Name of the Date(s) Status Minutes of meeting document
budget
3. Maintain the data of students undergoing full semester internship and record of external
examiner appointments
for all UG & PG practical examinations and project works.
S No Type of activity Status
4. Plan and implement schedule of examinations (CIE/SEE), tech talks, concept videos,
seminars and UG/PG project works including FSI in consultation with controller of
examinations (COE).
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6. Student course registration process status
S No Name of the department Name of the course Status
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FORM NO. AAD03
Evaluation Period :
S Review status
Name of the department No. of courses
No
S Review status
Name of the department No. of courses
No
S No. of
Name of the Program Date(s) Detailed report
No Participants
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6. Accessibility Resources for Faculty
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Name of the department No. of courses Status
No
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FORM NO. AAD04
Evaluation Period :
1. No. of faculty created E-Learning readiness videos
S No Name of the faculty Name of the course No. of modules Detailed report
completed
2. Action plan to complete the E-Learning readiness videos for all the courses
S No Name of the faculty Name of the course Action plan Detailed report
3. Provided training, & demo’s videos to faculty and students on how to use ICT equipment.
S Name of the Faculty / No. of
Topic Dates
No Training Students Participants
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FORM NO. AAD05
Evaluation Period :
1. Research activities.
S No Name of the activity Date(s) Status
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7. Conducted Research Ethics Committee (REC) and Research Advisory Committee
(RAC) meetings.
S No Name of the meeting Date(s) Minutes of meeting
8. The faculty who has published papers which are either Web of Science and/or
SCOPUS indexed shall be paid incentives based on the quality of the Journals in
which the papers are published.
S No Name of the faculty No. of papers Status of Incentive
published in
Web of Science
and/or SCOPUS
indexed
10. Faculty are encouraged and paid incentives for attending conferences, workshops and
FDPs; completing E-Learning Readiness Videos (ELRV); getting grant of Patents (Design
or Utility); book and book chapter publications etc.
S No Name of the faculty Type of incentive Status of Incentive
12. Coverage of all institute events and send press releases in print and digital media.
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Name of the event Date(s) Detailed report
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13. Updates on social media about all campus activities, outreach, extensive activities,
entrepreneur meets, student achievements and institute performance.
S Type of activity Date(s) Detailed report
No
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14. Design campus brochures, flyers and bill boards for various events conducted within and
outside the institute.
S Name of the event Date(s) Status
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18. Partnerships and develop funding solutions with industries and research institutions for
steering, funding and cooperation.
S No Name of the industry / research institution/Funding Funding Status
Agency
19. Organized workshops/training sessions/ seminars/ interactions with various research experts
and achievers.
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23. Faculty Development activities.
No. of Detailed
S No Name of the programme Topic Dates
Participants Report
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32. Organized workshops/training sessions/ seminars to the faculty /students
No. of Detailed
S No Name of the programme Topic Dates
Participants Report
36. Invited Lectures and Chairmanships at national / International Conference / Seminar etc
S No Name of the faculty Title of Lecture / Organized by
Academic Session
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FORM NO. AAD06
Evaluation Period
1. Conducted activities both inside and outside the campus for the benefit of society for a better
environment to live.
S No Name of the activity Date(s) Detailed report
1. No. of MoU’swith public and/or private organizations in carrying out social outreach programs.
Type of Organization
S Date and duration of
Collaborating Organization Private/Govt/
No MOU
University/NGO)
2. Meet With Students-An outreach activity to interact with students of various institutions of
Telangana
4. Awards / Recognitions
S No Name of the activity Name of the Award / Type of Organization
Recognition Private/Govt/
University/NGO)
5. Preparation of Data Capturing System (DCS) for National Institutional Ranking Framework
(NIRF), All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) and other Ratings.
S No Name of the Ranking Date(s) Status
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FORM NO. AAD07
Evaluation Period :
1. Details of conducted 45 Hours of coding hackathons, coding challenges for building desired
software code.
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Name of the program Date(s) Detailed report
No
6. Mock interviews are conducted to enhance the confidence levels of students and prepare
them for corporate interviews
S. Date(s) of Mock No. of students participated Status
No interview
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FORM NO. AAD08
Evaluation Period :
1. Conducted workshops, trainings, and other activities to strengthen the professional development
of the staff members
S No Name of the program Date(s) Detailed report
/Training
2. Planed, coordinated, and supervised activities such as workshops, seminars, mentorship program
and hands on experience program for students.
S No Name of the activity Date(s) Status
3. No. of MoU’s with public and/or private organizations which provide internship and continuing
studies.
Type of Organization
S Date and duration of
Collaborating Organization Private /Govt /
No MOU
University/NGO)
4. Supervised and promoted continued professional development activities for faculty and students.
S No Name of the activity Date(s) Status
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7. Details of External relationships with industry, professional organizations, educational
institutions and other bodies
S No Name of the Date(s) of Mail /Contact Status
industry/organization/
educational institution
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FORM NO. AAD09
Evaluation Period :
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FORM NO. AAD10
Evaluation Period :
1. Coordination works related to the admission of students and hostels.
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Type of work Date(s) Status
No
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FORM NO. AAD11
Evaluation Period :
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FORM NO. AAD12
Evaluation Period :
S.
Name of the program Date(s) Detailed report
No
Name of
S. No Title of the proposal Date(s) Status
funded scheme
S.
No Collaborating Organization Duration of MOU Type of Organization
S. Supported
Name of the student Type of grant Status
No amount
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FORM NO. AAD13
Evaluation Period :
2. No. of MoU’s
6. Give details of activities to get the placements like writing Emails, phone calls, Messages.
S. No Name of the activities No. of mails sent Dates Status of mails
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