Walk all seven NAAC criteria and tick off which AQAR metrics and DVV proofs you already have in hand. You get a criterion-wise and overall data-readiness view, so your IQAC can see exactly where evidence is still missing. It runs in your browser, nothing is stored — and it shows readiness only, never a grade or score prediction.
Tick the metrics and proofs you already have collected and verifiable.
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A readiness self-audit for planning only. The items below are an indicative, simplified guide to common AQAR data and DVV evidence — not the official NAAC formats. The criteria, Key Indicators, metrics, Data Capture Formats and the accreditation framework itself are defined by NAAC and are changing (a Binary / MBGL model was introduced in 2025); always work from the current official NAAC guidance and your own SSR/AQAR templates. This tool reflects data readiness only and does not calculate, predict or guarantee any NAAC grade, score, level or outcome.
The background
Accreditation by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is won or lost on evidence, not effort. The institutions that sail through are the ones whose data was collected criterion-wise, all year, with proof attached — and the ones that struggle are those that try to reconstruct it weeks before submission. This checklist exists to make that gap visible early.
The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) is the report an accredited institution files with NAAC each year through its Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC). It records performance against all seven criteria. Its quiet superpower is cumulative: a well-kept AQAR archive makes the much larger Self-Study Report (SSR) dramatically easier to assemble when the assessment cycle arrives, because the data is already current, organised and evidenced.
Every AQAR and SSR is structured around the same seven criteria, each split into Key Indicators that carry quantitative and qualitative metrics:
Within each criterion, metrics come in two kinds. Quantitative Metrics (QnM) are number-based — full-time PhD faculty, library volumes, conference papers — and every one must be backed by documentary evidence. Qualitative Metrics (QlM) are short narrative responses describing institutional culture and best practice, usually capped at around 100–200 words. Both feed the assessment, but the QnM data is what gets verified.
Data Validation and Verification (DVV) is the stage where NAAC cross-checks every quantitative claim against the proof you uploaded — sanction letters, audited financials, attendance records, indexed publication links, geo-tagged photographs, signed MoUs — and increasingly against government databases such as AISHE and NIRF. An unsupported or inconsistent claim does not just score zero; it can trigger queries that pull a result down. The practical lesson: a metric you cannot evidence is a metric you do not have. That is precisely what this checklist asks you to confirm, item by item.
NAAC introduced a Binary Accreditation Framework and Maturity-Based Graded Levels (MBGL) in February 2025, moving away from the legacy CGPA-based A++ to C grades, with submissions aligned to Data Capture Formats (DCF) 2025. The seven-criteria backbone and the DVV discipline remain central, but the specifics are evolving — another reason this tool deliberately measures readiness of your data rather than attempting to forecast any grade or level, which only NAAC can decide.
Related tools: check ranking-data readiness with the NIRF data-readiness checklist, and compute outcome data with the CO-PO attainment calculator. To generate the AQAR and SSR from live institutional data, see NAAC accreditation reporting.
From checklist to live evidence
This checklist tells you what is missing today. CampusAlly's accreditation module keeps it from going missing in the first place — AQAR and SSR metrics are pulled from live institutional data across admissions, academics, attendance, examinations, research, placements and alumni, with the underlying proof attached to each entry as it is created. Criterion-wise dashboards show the IQAC where evidence is thin in real time, and DVV responses draw on documents that already exist instead of being chased department by department.
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About this checklist
The Annual Quality Assurance Report (AQAR) is the report an accredited institution submits to NAAC each year through its IQAC, presenting performance data across all seven criteria. Maintaining disciplined AQARs every year makes Self-Study Report (SSR) preparation far easier, because the data is already organised criterion-wise with evidence attached.
The seven criteria are: 1) Curricular Aspects, 2) Teaching-Learning and Evaluation, 3) Research, Innovations and Extension, 4) Infrastructure and Learning Resources, 5) Student Support and Progression, 6) Governance, Leadership and Management, and 7) Institutional Values and Best Practices. Each criterion contains Key Indicators broken into quantitative and qualitative metrics.
DVV stands for Data Validation and Verification. NAAC's DVV process cross-checks every quantitative metric in your submission against the documentary evidence you upload — sanction letters, audited financials, attendance records, indexed publication links, geo-tagged photographs and signed MoUs — and against government databases. DVV is where institutions most often lose marks, which is why having proof in hand matters.
No. It is a data-readiness checklist only. It shows which AQAR metrics and DVV proofs you already have against the published criteria, so you can see where evidence is missing. It does not calculate, predict or guarantee any NAAC grade, score, MBGL level or accreditation outcome — those are decided by NAAC through its own assessment process.
Yes. NAAC announced a Binary Accreditation Framework and Maturity-Based Graded Levels (MBGL) in February 2025, moving away from the legacy CGPA-based A++ to C grades, with submissions aligned to Data Capture Formats (DCF) 2025. The seven-criteria structure and the DVV process remain central, but because the framework is evolving, confirm the current requirements on the official NAAC portal.
Yes, completely free with no login. Everything runs in your browser and nothing you enter is sent to a server or stored. You can use it whether or not your institution runs CampusAlly.
CampusAlly pulls AQAR and SSR metrics from live data across every module, keeps DVV evidence attached as it is created, and shows the IQAC criterion-wise readiness all year.
