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Definitive explainers for NAAC, NBA & NIRF

Short, fact-checked definitions for the acronyms and frameworks Indian higher education leaders encounter every day. Updated for the post-2025 NAAC framework and NBA GAPC v4.0.

What is AQAR?

AQAR (Annual Quality Assurance Report) is the mandatory yearly report every NAAC-accredited higher education institution in India must submit to document its pe...

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What is DVV?

DVV (Data Validation and Verification) is NAAC's third-party verification process where every quantitative claim in an institution's Self Study Report (SSR) is ...

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What is SAR?

SAR (Self-Assessment Report) is the comprehensive document an engineering, pharmacy, management, or architecture programme submits to the National Board of Accr...

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What is SSR?

SSR (Self Study Report) is the comprehensive document a higher education institution submits to NAAC during accreditation, documenting institutional performance...

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What is GAPC v4.0?

GAPC v4.0 (Graduate Attributes and Professional Competencies Version 4.0) is NBA's framework defining the 11 Programme Outcomes engineering graduates must demon...

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What is MBGL?

MBGL (Maturity-Based Graded Levels) is NAAC's post-2025 accreditation framework that classifies institutions into five maturity levels (Basic to Global Excellen...

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What are PEO, PO, PSO, CO?

PEO, PO, PSO, and CO are the four levels of the Outcome-Based Education hierarchy that NBA-accredited engineering programmes must define and measure. They sit a...

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Bloom's Taxonomy in NBA

Bloom's Taxonomy is the cognitive-levels framework NBA expects programmes to use when writing Course Outcomes โ€” ensuring COs span the full range from basic reca...

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