Lucknow: The re-evaluation process of the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) at Lucknow University began on July 21. An eight-member peer team constituted by NAAC visited the University and carried out an intensive evaluation of various departments of the university to determine its grade. Vice-chancellor Prof. Alok Kumar Rai presented a detailed PowerPoint Presentation on how LU has successfully adopted New Education Policy (NEP) and introduced over a dozen student and teacher-centric schemes.

Besides presenting the university's progress on NEP, he also listed the university’s achievements as per NAAC guidelines, research work and publications by teachers and placements of students.

The NAAC team was led by Prof BB Biswal, director at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Meghalaya. During its three-day visit, the team will evaluate 49 departments and 17 institutes of the century-old university with affiliations to 542 colleges in five districts, including Lucknow, Hardoi, Rae Bareli, and Lakhimpur Kheri, and Sitapur.

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On day one, the NAAC team visited 12 departments, including social work, geology, anthropology, Sanskrit, ancient Indian history, chemistry, biochemistry, business administration and economics.

The visiting NAAC team raised certain queries with regard to NEP implementation, issues related to coordination with the government, support from different stakeholders and the future vision, to which the vice-chancellor replied.

The V-C spoke about ICT implementation undertaken in different organizational functions ranging from admission to the examination. He shared his strategic vision for administrative, academic and infrastructural development. The vice-chancellor, in his presentation, also elaborated on the green and societal initiatives of the university.

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Prof Rai also underlined the strengthening of the brand of the university, which is clearly reflected in the increasing student interest not just from the country but abroad.

The team, divided into three small groups, visited various departments including mathematics, geology, economics and others for physical verification of the claims made by the university in its Self-Study Report (SSR), which is submitted to the NAAC.

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At the geology department, the team interacted with M Sc second-semester students who were doing practicals on sedimentology. The department displayed the research work and publications by faculty members. The NAAC team members clicked photographs of the department that was buzzing with activities.