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NBA Accreditation: Definition, Benefits, and Process

Posted on February 22, 2022July 16, 2025 by Hemant Mahajan

With the advancement in the education sector, the quality of education and learning is enhancing day by day, and the introduction of a new Accreditation process by the NBA in 2015 is one such change that can bring great impact in terms of quality of education & institutional practices.

What is NBA Accreditation?

NBA, National Board of Accreditation is an accreditation agency representing India in the Washington Accord (WA). The NBA was established in 1994 and gained autonomy in the year 2010. Furthermore, it became a member of the Washington Accord in the year 2014. The main feature of the NBA is to assess the performance of higher education institutions issuing quality accreditation certificates to a specific program that complies with the quality Standards Criteria of the NBA.

The NBA accreditation supports various programs on mission and vision statement, Programme outcomes, course outcomes, faculty contributions, students’ performance, teaching-learning process outcomes, infrastructure, and library management.

Based on various criteria, NBA certification and accreditation support various funds, autonomous college status, deemed university status and having the authority of researching projects.

Why is NBA Accreditation important?

Let’s say a higher education institution has NBA accreditation and carries the stamp of recognition for its education quality assurance at undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate levels. Universities and colleges need to have NBA accreditation for as stringent NBA accreditation criteria with the purpose that they are at par with international best practices.

Having an NBA accreditation, higher education institutions can have better clarity of data, identification, and student encouragement that can lead to enhancement of the overall institution.

Benefits of NBA Accreditation

Managing quality standards

There are various ways through which an institution can manage quality standards, with NBA accreditation it becomes quite possible to meet stringent quality standards. Academia modules provide complete management to quality standards providing the necessity of students having to conduct a detailed analysis at college admission and management process.

It signifies the commitment to excellence, students also get benefit from the process of continuity in the improvement of quality that is a part of the NBA’s approach to promoting excellence in technical education.

Encourages trust in the institution

Institutions having NBA accreditation have a compulsion to meet and maintain high standards. This also increases trust and confidence among the public promoting accountability. This helps potential students and their families to have a certain level of trust in the institution for the amount of accreditation it receives.

Improves students’ performance

The modern generation of students expects an enhanced and advanced process of learning, teaching, examination, and result generation. Academia supports NBA accredited programs and supports Outcome-Based Education OBE, which can measure students on criteria like knowledge, skills, and attitude. Also, various facilities and curriculum ensure the student gets proper placement after their studies.

Helps in SWOT analysis targeting better outcomes

Having NBA accreditation institutions can do a SWOT analysis, let’s say, evaluation of their strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities/threats. Academia with its modules helps in perfect evaluation, it helps the institution understand where it currently stands and how it should move forward.

Promotes fund-raising

Accreditation necessarily helps educational institutions to secure and raise funds in the best ways. With the funding increasingly linked to effective performance and outcomes, accreditation would help institutions to avail performance-linked funding and incentives.

Better mobility going forward

It is always important that educational institutions create transparency and provide mobility to educational institutions, it encourages and makes possible easing out the mobility to students and professionals at all levels.

Enabling all the features that support accreditation, Academia facilitates higher mobility to students who are pursuing higher education.

With the rise of the advanced education ecosystem, higher education institutions in India need to adopt the accreditation process to garner the benefits of the NBA program focusing on the betterment and growth of educational institutions.

Process of NBA Accreditation for Higher Education Institutions

Online Registration

Institutions seeking NBA certification need to have an online registration as the first step. Institutions can submit the required documents with the registration form using the ‘eNBA’ portal.

Details Submission

Moving to the portal, a permanent user ID along with password credentials is generated after the payment of the nominal registration fee. Utilizing the permanent Id, institutions can submit more details like the name of the head of the institution, information related to key promoters, institution’s bank details, proposing programs along with various approval letters and regulatory authority.

SAR Report Generation

After this, the institution needs to prepare a self-assessment report (SAR). This whole process is done by self-evaluation of internal work processes & activities. This is an important step to have an institute apply corrective measures and improve the way it works.

Analysis & Evaluation by Committee Members

After completing all the processes, this phase is considered as an important one, it involves analysis and evaluation by the committee members of all the information covering all the areas in higher education institutions.

The major criteria for NBA certification depend on various factors like education outcomes, faculty performance, and overall facilities being provided to enhance students’ growth, the main goal of NBA accreditation is to maintain quality standards in many aspects and likewise.

Closing Notes

With this blog, I hope you got a good understanding of NBA accreditation and its advantages for your institution.

There are various other things that you must know about, get in touch with us and the best of our team will get back to you to make a factful and interesting discussion. Contact us today!

5 Amazing Benefits of Online Institute Management in Education Sector

Posted on July 2, 2020July 16, 2025 by Hemant Mahajan

The time has changed. The working style around the globe is changing, it isn’t limited to office premises anymore. With the changing dynamics of other working sectors, education is also following the same path.

It is noticeable that learning methods have also changed in the last few years. Video tutorials, online content, e-books, social media groups, global connectivity among students, teachers; all of this has expanded the horizon of education, its resources and distribution.

Along with learning management, institute management is also changing. Colleges, universities, and other higher educational institutions are adopting online student management (Education ERP) to manage their day to day tasks. It helps institutions to integrate all administrative processes in a single platform, brings seamless workflow, and ultimately enhances stakeholders’ satisfaction.

Considering the current scenario of the Corona pandemic, institutions have to manage their paperwork and other academic tasks remotely. They are using different platforms to deliver notifications and updates, which is quite tedious and time-consuming.

However, with the help of online institute management, it has been easier for institutions to maintain institutional continuity. Let’s see what benefits educational institutions can get with online education management software:

Reduced Costs

Educational institutions are full of paper works. They also need communication mediums to contact the student, their parents, teachers, and other staff members on a daily basis. For that, they need to partner with the third party to regulate these processes that increase the overheads. And that too fails sometimes.

With online institute management such as Education ERP, colleges and universities can reduce their stationary and communication costs along with other administrative expenses. It not only makes these processes more swift but it also simplifies maintenance of data and reports.

Academia Student Management System provides an internal messaging system to deliver notifications to students, teachers, or parents or to all of them with a single platform. Know how it works.

Institutional continuity

Many institutions have suffered a great deal of loss in the closures of educational institutions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has impacted students, teachers, and staff on varied levels. Due to internet connectivity, social platforms, and SMS & Email services, educators could only inform each other with the current status but the institutional continuity was compromised. As remote working became the only way to keep the business running, some educational institutions were not able to bring that on.

Here comes the role of online management. With the help of it, institutions can regulate most of their curriculum online. Assignment submission, fee payment, student marksheet distribution, syllabus management, and its distribution and much more can be done with automation in education.

Better Connectivity

Communication is the key to running a successful organization, and it would be ignorant if we overlook its role in the education sector. Proper communication is very important not only between teachers and students but also among all the stakeholders.

By bringing digital transformation in education management, the connectivity increases by many folds. Learning goes beyond the campuses. It provides exclusive portals for everyone where they can not only get the recent updates but can also manage their details and records. With Faculty and Student apps, it becomes super convenient to manage the day to day task, wherever whenever.

See how INIFD Indore getting the benefits of Academia ERP to increase communication.

Work alignment

College, university, or school all of them have various departments. Admin, admission, programs and courses, fee, transportation, hostel, logistics, and many more. Sometimes it becomes so scattered and tedious to manage records from all these departments and maintain the work alignment.

An education ERP helps to maintain these departments in one single platform. It simplifies the workflow brings alignment and increases productivity.

Error-free processes

To err is human!

Humans are prone to make mistakes, and there is nothing wrong with it but being an education leader, you can’t take the risk. One error can cause a series of chaos and that reduces the space for development.

Unlike humans, technology doesn’t make errors on its own. With a tool, we can not only make our work flawless but we can also save a lot of time. An online student information system like Academia ERP has many features that are designed to help teachers, students, parents, and management and allow them to manage their work efficiently.

The ultimate benefit

The most important thing that attracts educators to shift into a digital platform is convenience. It empowers all the associated members to operate their tasks whenever they want and from whichever device they choose. It breaks the limitation of growth and efficiency. It gives educators and management to think beyond bundles of paperwork.

How an Examination Management System Can Help Educational Institutions

Posted on March 12, 2020July 16, 2025 by Hemant Mahajan

An online examination management system can bring all the hassle related to managing examinations at educational institutions to ease.

When it comes to the examination season, it is a scary time not only for students but also for teachers, staff members, and University/College/School. Examinations processes require very seamless functioning, and it is dependent on exam admins, staff, teachers and exam centre manager. It requires frequent communication with all the members involved in the processes plus students, ensuring everyone is aware of the same information and last-minute confusion can be avoided (which usually happens).

Academia ERP is a comprehensive educational ERP software that provides Examination Management Module which covers all the tasks related to the management of examination right from exam registration forms and through the exam execution to marking schemes, results, the printing of mark sheets, reports and more. This module can assist staff in generating all the necessary forms that an institute needs from its students. As the module is connected to the student database; therefore, it is easier to retrieve all necessary information about the students by using just the Id/ name/ enrolment numbers. That helps to pace up the examination processes.

Academia Examination Module provides the followings functions for seamless & smooth management of examinations at the institute:

Exam Notifications
Exam courses and student registration
Exam Schedule
Exam Student Attendance Management
Student performance and mark entries
Grade, Percentage, GPA, CGPA management
Result preparation
Overall Reports for the exam and Marksheet management
Reports for result analysis

Here are the unique benefits of the Academia ERP examination management system for institutes:

1. It reduces the examination management costs

Examination management system assists in all the related processes and reduces paperwork. All the reports, certifications, question papers can be saved on the cloud database of institutes, that any authorized user can access any time he/she wants. It does not only save the cost of stationary but also the costs and places of storage of all the examinations reports & data.

2. It saves processing time

Academia ERP automates all the examination operations. Staff can generate all the forms, reports with it. With the integration of the Student Module; in which all the student data is saved, it becomes easier to get the student details and use it in the examination as required.

It also helps teachers in result calculation. Whatever is the marking scheme in a school, whether it is grading or percentage-based teachers can customize it according to their needs. They can also convert grades to marks if they require. This way, teachers can create results faster, and management can distribute them to students sooner.

3. It generates all the reports a school needs

Examination processes don’t end with results announcement. Schools need to maintain records for pre-examination reports, assessment reports, credit-based reports, and examination reports. They also have to keep a record of exam-papers for future reference for teachers and students.

Academia ERP helps educators to generate and manage all these reports with full details. All these reports will be on the webserver, but they can always download these reports individually or in bulk smoothly.

4. It is consistent and error-free

No one can not deny the power of computer-based calculation systems. Using this system in examination processes reduces the possibility of any error. With a sound system such as Academia SMS, teachers can avoid the time waste in re-evaluation, re-work in reports. That also increases the reliability and credibility of school management.

Add-on benefits of automated examination management system:

Saves time and energy of the staff
Reduces duplication of the work
Auto-works on student’s progress report that helps in improving students’ outcomes.
Eliminates manual forms
Automates processes for exams at all stages
Simplifies exam processes to make it easy and transparent.
Provides push notifications on Student Portal for all the latest updates
Sends SMS & Email notifications for students & teachers on mobiles

Exam Management Module in Academia ERP is an exceptional system that can automate and streamline the planning and execution of the entire processes, and it is designed to make the management cost-effective & efficient. The system manages access permissions for different users to avoid mismanagement of legal and official data by an unauthorized user for not only exam info but various other data as well.

Are you looking to automate examination processes in your educational institution? Academia ERP is the best option you can have. Know more about it, book a free demo of the examination management software today.

Why is campus modernization important for colleges?

Posted on December 2, 2019July 16, 2025 by Hemant Mahajan

Let’s be honest here. The challenge that you faced before COVID-19 have become more prominent now, and there is a whole new list of challenges that are knocking on your doorsteps to devour a large chunk of your business.

It is not just you, almost all educational organizations are facing similar problems and there is only one way to save your business – shed the old ways and transform your college.

Modernization is an impending need of the time, and you should be happy that the market is full of modern solutions such as college/campus management software. These advanced software solutions are highly efficient and feature-rich ERP suites that come with all the functionality you need for your business.

This includes – student discovery, applications, admissions, enrollment, fees, student performance, resource management and so much more. It is a robust and secure solution to optimize the internal and external working of your college while bringing automation to the processes. With a college management system, you can be benefitted in the following ways:

Improved admission rate

One of the biggest benefits of choosing a campus management system is the advanced admission module. The module allows you to design your campaign and generate online admission applications from interested prospects. Also, follow-ups and lead management become very easy. You can also digitally evaluate applicants and approve their admission.

Better teacher performance

Campus management software offers advanced analytics on student performance, engagement, and activities. This allows you to map the efforts of the faculty with the results and have more scope in improving teacher performance.

Reduced manual tasks

Manual tasks are prone to errors and consume a lot of time. Most of all, in a college there are hundreds of operations that are done on a daily basis and become a burden on your employees. For improved productivity and efficiency, you can choose a college management system and reduce the workload on your employees drastically. With process automation, you would also record unmatched best accuracy in data management and operations.

Elimination of Paper-based tasks

Go paperless with college management software and reduce your operational cost by up to 25%. Stationary cost is one of the biggest in the education industry with a digital solution you can completely run the college on a digital platform and reduce the paperwork down to a minimum.

Fee management

There are hundreds of transactions happening online through cards, UPI, net banking, and other sources. For colleges, it becomes very difficult to track each transaction and properly file it. With an integrated 3rd party payment gateway, an advanced campus management software would automatically track each transaction and manage the receipts. With add-ons such as timely reminders, real-time data updates, and more, you can completely eliminate data discrepancies and mismanagement from the fees & finance department.

Join the ‘smart’ club

Showing a digital-first approach in the market makes you a more viable choice for the tech-savvy generation. Since students are becoming more and more familiar with technology tools and apps, they would like to see colleges that show the same futurism and have adopted smart solutions to manage colleges and other operations.

Better resource management

Resource management is important more than ever. Across the globe, funding and investments in the education sector have dipped and hence have impacted the quality of education and resource accessibility. To avoid it happening to you, use college management software for improved resource planning, management, and reports & analytics.

Way forward

These were some of the amazing benefits of modernizing your college with advanced educational technology. If you wish all this to be yours, you can choose Academia ERP solution, an advanced college management platform for all your needs. Drop us a message here.

Top 5 modules that help in automating College Management

Posted on October 25, 2019July 16, 2025 by Hemant Mahajan

For any college to make a mark in the education space, a strong support system is of utmost importance. While an institution forges towards educational advancement, there is a range of other responsibilities that need equal attention. Spanning from student data management to logistics support and even daily assessments, college administration is indeed an arduous process.

A smart way to accelerate these tasks and introduce efficiency is by shifting to automation. A good education ERP not only offers 360-degree automation but also brings about a digital transformation in the institute ensuring a competitive edge.

Academia College Management System offers 20+ modules along with other configurable features. Here are the top modules that effectively automate the administrative processes in an institution.

Admissions

This module manages all aspects surrounding admissions including campaigns, registrations, online forms, and enquiries. The online application portal helps parents and students with numerous queries related to the processes and relieves the prospective students from multiple enquiry visits to the college.

The higher education system at times has additional steps within the selection process for college admissions which makes it even more complicated. With the help of a student information system, all of these can be integrated in a single module, making the process easier and simpler.

Attendance and Leaves

Daily class attendance conducted manually, is often a time-consuming task for the faculty and demands a significant amount of their already limited teaching hours. Academia College Management System automates this with RFID and biometric integration to track the attendance records of the students & even faculty using web & mobile devices. This also helps generate different reports related to attendance & leaves for a clearer record and analysis. The feature also allows online leave applications with automated leave processing for both students as well as the college staff.

Dashboard & Reports

One of the main advantages of automation is that it aids in better and quicker decision-making. For instance, it helps track the progress of the college and generate reports in a single click leading to faster conclusions.

An Education ERP also has features that give complete financial control, help with collated reports of the college activities and generate multiple reports on tasks such as attendance, leave, timetable, exam results, fee collection & dues, etc.

All of this helps in institution plan and strategize better on the educational as well as administrative fronts.

Fee Management

A fee management feature can set up the complete fee structure for an institution according to student categories, courses, service requirements, etc. The system also has provisions for alert notifications on late payments, fines and can send messages via SMS or email regarding the due date for payments.

An education ERP solution also provides customized invoice/ bill generation where you can make changes according to your needs and download records in pdf or excel format in bulk.

With a fee management system, you have the power to digitally control and automate the finances of your institute. You can access documents from other departments and view and generate reports from the financial database.

Inventory Management

Implementing college management software in your institute also lets you digitally control every minute detail associated with hostels and logistics. You can monitor the inventory related to the physical design of your hostel like no. of rooms, floors, beds, etc. With biometric integration, you can manage the hostel’s in/out records. With GPS integration you can keep a track of the location of the school/college vehicle. All of this saves a significant time that manual entries demand on a day-to-day basis

With all these and more, Academia College Management System is one of the leading ERP solutions for your college, offering a complete digital transformation through automation. Check out more from our experts with a free demo now!

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