1.  Memoranda of Understanding: To develop relationships for mutual benefit, the University so far entered 40 into MoUs and established linkages with more than 60 organizations of International repute.  They include Research Institutions, Foreign Universities, Government Organizations, Non-Government Organizations, etc.

2.  ISO Certification: One of the prestigious achievements of the University in 2006 is to get ISO 9001:2000 certification, which is valid for 3 years. The University declared its Vision, Mission and Quality Objectives. A Quality Manual has been prepared and circulated to all the departments. A team of 20 Internal Quality Auditors have been trained and with their help Internal Audit was conducted for all the academic departments.  Two faculty members were given lead auditor training.

3.  Quality Policy: The University declared its quality policy and communicated to all its functional units.  The quality policy of the University is:

Andhra University is committee to achieving excellence in teaching, Research and Consultancy:

·        By imparting globally focused education,

·        By creating world class professionals,

·        By establishing synergic relationships with Industry and Society,

·        By developing state-of the-art infrastructure and well endowed faculty,

·        By imparting knowledge through team work and incessant efforts. 

4.  Quality Objectives: Quality objectives are set for every department and targets are fixed for the next academic year to enable the departments to mobilize resources towards focused growth.

5.  Quality Circles: Quality Circles are promoted in all academic departments to involve faculty, students, research scholars and non-teaching staff in the organization and development process of the respective academic departments.

6.  Research Grant: To encourage research, financial support of Rs.50,000/- per project has been granted to 50 faculty members every year. An amount  of  Rs. 25 Lakhs per year is earmarked purpose.

7.  University Research Fellowship: An amount of Rs. 50 lakhs has been allocated provide University research fellowships to research scholars.

8.  Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan award for Best Academician of the year: To recognize and encourage meritorious teachers, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan ‘Best Academician of the year’ Award has been constituted among teaching faculty by adopting specific selection criteria.  The Vice-Chancellor of the University presents certificates of merit to the award winners.  The awardees will be felicitated every year on 5th September.   In the  year 2006, Eight faculty members  achieved the award and in 2007 12 faculty members achieved the award.

9.  Performance Evaluation: For the academic departments and individual faculty members, performance indicators have been developed and the performance is assessed periodically.

10. Feedback: Feedback from students on faculty performance, usefulness of the curriculum, infrastructure, administration and support services has been taken to identify service failures and deficiencies and to take appropriate corrective and preventive measures.  Feedback is also taken from employees, parents, retired teachers, supporting staff and alumni of the University.

11. Internal Audit: Periodic audit is conducted in all departments by qualified internal auditors.  The audit reports are discussed at length at the review meetings of the administration to take up corrective and preventive measures.

12. Student Charter: The prime aim of the University is to see that every student has equal access to competent, and qualitative teaching which leads to vibrant academic, social and personal growth on the campus and off the campus. For this purpose, the University adopted a Student Charter which reflects the goals and commitment of the University and the responsibilities of the students to improve the University environment by upholding its values.

13. Dial Your University: In order to have a continued interaction with stakeholders of the University, the University has introduced a program called Dial your University.  The Vice-chancellor along with other officials of the University will be available online, for the public, on every Saturday to interact and provide information on the courses offered, fee details, examination schedules, academic calendar, etc. and clarify their doubts.

14.University Adalat: It has been constituted to settle the internal disputes within the University Campus and is organized on every 3^rd Saturday in the  College of Law.

15. Infrastructure development: Special focus has been given for the Infrastructure development of the University.  Construction of Biotechnology and Microbiology building, Guest House, Central Canteen, Hostels for International Students and Seminar halls in various Departments, providing extension facilities in many Departments, improving Sports facilities and renovation of Convocation Theatre and Central Library are part of this development programme.

16. New Courses Introduced: To meet the dynamic needs of the industry and society, several new courses have been introduced. The following are the details:

Arts and Commerce

1.         M.B.A. Retail Management

2.         M.A. Music

3.         Master of Physical Education

Science and Technology

4.       M.Sc. Agriculture Biotechnology

5.       M.Sc. Horticulture & Landscape Management

6.       M.Sc. Nano Science

7.       M.Sc. Electronics

8.       M.Sc. Instrumentation Electronics

9.       M.Sc. ( Tech ) VLSI Design

10.     M.Sc. (Tech ) DSP & ESD

11.     M.Sc. Foods, Nutrition and Dietrics

12.     M.Sc. Molecular Genetics

13.     M.Sc. Forest Management

14.     M.Sc. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

15.     M.Tech. Atmospheric Science

16.     M.Tech. Petroleum Exploration

17.     M.Tech. Industrial Pollution Control Engineering

18.     M.Tech. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering

19.     M.Tech. Nano Technology

20.     M.E. Transport Engineering

21.     M.E. Water Resources  Engineering & GIS

22.     M. Planning

23.     B.Tech. Ceramic Technology

24.     B.Tech. Geo-informatics

25.     M.E. CAD

26.     M.E. Industrial Engineering

27.     M.E. Construction Technology & Project Management

28.     M.E. Structural Engineering and Natural Disaster Mgt.

29.     M.E. Hydraulics, Coastal & Harbor Engineering

30.     M.Tech. Radar& Microwave Engineering

31.     M.Tech. Electronics & Instrumentation

32.     M. Tech. Remote Sensing

33.     M.Tech. Bio-Medical Engineering

34.     M.Tech. Bio-Infomatics

35.     M.Tech. Artificial and Robotics

36.     M.Tech. Computer Networks 

5 Year Integrated Courses

37.    M.S. Applied Chemistry

38.    M.S.  Software Engineering (Dual degree programme with BITS, Sweden)

39.    M.S. Information Technology

40.    M.S. Economics

41.    M.S. Geology

 

Twinning Programmes

43.   M.S. Molecular Biology & Biotechnology

                             (Kansas State University, USA)

44.   M.S. Software Engineering

45.   M.S. Signal Processing

46.   M.B.A. (Alcorn State University, Mississippi)

47.   B.S. Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management (HRIM)  

             (University of Delaware, Delaware)

48.   B.S. Computer Science (Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden ) to be started from the academic year 2008-09                            

Collaborative Programmes

49.   P.G. Diploma in Retail Management (Stra Ed Inc, USA)

50.   B. Com. Customer Services Management (HSBC)

51.   Diploma in Yoga (Planet Yoga, Hong Kong)

Finishing School

52.   P.G. Diploma in Medical Transcription (APSCHE)

53.   P.G. Diploma in Financial Services (APSCHE)

17.International Students: Special focus has been given to attract students from foreign countries to the campus for pursuing higher studies.  A brochure was prepared and sent to all Embassies by the Advisor, International Student Affairs.

18.Training for Supporting Staff: To bring attitudinal change and to develop administrative skills, the University officers are given training.  25 training programmes have been organized and more than 550 employees were given training by the end of March 2008.

19.Earn while you learn programme: This programme has been introduced in the University Library.  Under this programme, the University students from different constituent colleges are assigned some work in the library during their leisure time, after the study hours. An amount of Rs. 25/- per hour is paid to the students under the Program.

20.Alumni Associations: The Heads of the Departments are requested to promote alumni associations and every department has started a separate Alumni Association at the Department level and registered the same under the Cooperative Societies Registration Act. 

21.Employability: The University is taking up the responsibility of providing Placement to the Students by way of establishing continued relationships with the industry.  Placement officers are appointed in each college and in each of the four PG centers to assist and encourage placement activity.  The initial results are positive and hopefully by next year the University will become a credible source for campus recruitments for many companies. The University organized a few Job Melas for the benefit of students of the University and its Affiliated Colleges.

22.Campus Networking: In order to strengthen the applications of information and communication technology in academics, research and administration, the University has taken up campus networking project and completed it successfully.

23.Online Examinations: The University introduced online examinations in all regular UG and PG courses.

24.Nomination of Representatives from industry in PG Board of Studies: To bridge the gap between expectations from the industry and the perception of the academicians, the University has decided to nominate two members from Industry to each PG Board of Studies.

25.Management Review Meetings: Monthly Management Review Meetings are conducted by the IQAC involving Principals of Campus Colleges and Heads of all Academic Departments with Vice-Chancellor in chair.

26.Grievance Redressal Mechanism: To resolve the grievances internally, the following grievance redressal mechanism has been designed by instituting the following Grievance Cells.

·        Faculty Grievance Cell

·        Students’ Grievance Cell

·        Support Staff Grievance Cell

·        Women’s Grievance Cell

·        Grievance Cell for Differently abled

·        Grievance Cell for SC, ST & BC

27.Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Board: To review the progress and performance of various divisions of the University and to prepare plans for the future, this Board has been constituted. 

28.Quality Campaign in Affiliated Colleges: To promote quality consciousness in affiliated colleges, the IQAC directed all the affiliated colleges to establish Quality Assurance Cell and to nominate a Quality Assurance Officer.  The IQAC in association with some affiliated colleges, organized five workshops on Quality Themes in each district of Andhra University region.

29.Health Insurance for Students: The University introduced Health Insurance Scheme for all the students.

30.Orientation Programme for Placement Officers and Student advisors: The University has taken up initiatives to promote placement activity.  Placement officers have been appointed for all campus colleges and PG Centers.  An orientation programme for placement officers and student advisors was organized.  As a result of these efforts, the campus recruitment has improved significantly.

31.Teaching Plans: All the Heads of the Departments are developing subject wise teaching plans in coordination with the faculty.

32.Activity Diary: In order to generate a record of daily activities at the department level, an Activity Diary was designed. The Heads of the Departments / Directors / Coordinators are supposed to fill the columns of the Activity Diary every day and sign at the end of the day.

33.AU Quarterly Bulletin: To disseminate information relating to various developments, the IQAC brought out AU Quarterly Bulletin for circulation among the departments of the University, its affiliated colleges, other Universities in India, relevant Government officials and public organizations.  The first issue of the bulletin was released in July 2006 by the Director, NAAC, Prof. V.S. Prasad.

34.Studentships: The University is providing studentships for the first three rankers of M.Sc. Tech every year.  An amount of Rs.1.00 lakh has been allocated in the University Budget for the purpose.

35.NSS: To promote University-Society Interaction, the NSS volunteers of the University were involved in HIV / AIDS awareness campaign in July, 2006.  Two blood donation camps were organized and several students actively participated and donated blood.  Four NSS Youth Leadership Training Programmes were conducted from October 2005 to 550 NSS volunteers under the University jurisdiction. Nearly 30,000 NSS volunteers participated in AASHA programme. Plantation programmes were also organized. From July 2005, 120 NSS Programme Officers were trained under a 10-day Orientation Training Programme and 17 NSS Programme Officers were trained under a 5-day Refresher Course organized by NSS Training & Orientation Centre (NSS TOC).

     The Andhra University NSS unit has adopted 500 villages in the five Districts of Andhra Pradesh viz., Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari. Regional Co-ordinators were appointed to take up 58 village development programmes in each of these villages.  To achieve the objective of personality development of the student through community participation, the NSS Unit is involving 45,000 students in the process of village development. 

36.Directorate of Admissions: The University constituted Directorate of Admissions to conduct Entrance tests for admission into various courses and to take up admission process.  The objective is to give special focus for student communication, transparency and speed.

37.Examination (Tatkal scheme): Andhra University has introduced Tatkal Scheme for the issue of certificates, on the same day, to the degree holders on payment of special fees.

38.Modernization of University Library: The University library is modernized by equipping with computers and internet facility.  The ambiance of the library has been improved and additional student facilities are provided.

39.Community Services: Special focus has been given to community services during the last five years.  Several programmes have been undertaken by Engineering College and some departments like Social Work, Anthropology, Adult and Continuing Education, Psychology and Para Psychology, Law and Environmental Sciences. These are in addition to the programmes taken up by the NSS unit.

40. A scheme of coaching classes for entry in services for SC/ST Students: The scheme was sanctioned by UGC and an amount of Rs.8.5 lakhs was granted for the year 2006-07 for this purpose.

41.A scheme of coaching classes for entry into services for the students belonging to Minority communities: The scheme was sanctioned by UGC with a financial assistance of Rs.8.5 lakhs for the year 2006-07.

42.A scheme of coaching classes to prepare SC/ST students for NET Examination: The scheme was granted by UGC and a financial support of Rs.8 lakhs was given for the year 2006-07.

43.A scheme of Remedial coaching classes at UG/PG level for SC/ST students:  The scheme was granted by UGC with a financial support of Rs.9.75 lakhs for the year 2006-07.

44.Centre for study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy: This centre is one among the thirteen sanctioned by UGC in the country.  The UGC has sanctioned an amount of Rs.40,00,000/- for the year 2006-07.

45.Computers to the Faculty: The University distributed 450 desktop PCs to the faculty.