Vision

• To make quality the defining element of higher education in India through a combination of self and external quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance initiatives.

Mission

• To arrange for periodic assessment and accreditation of institutions of higher education or units thereof, or specific academic programmes or projects;.

• To stimulate the academic environment for promotion of quality of teaching-learning and research in higher education institutions;

• To encourage self-evaluation, accountability, autonomy and innovations in higher education;

• To undertake quality-related research studies, consultancy and training programmes, and

• To collaborate with other stakeholders of higher education for quality evaluation, promotion and sustenance