About

Directorate of Autonomous Colleges Affairs (DACA)
The Directorate of Autonomous Colleges Affairs is responsible for overseeing a range of functions pertaining to Autonomous Colleges affiliated with JNTUH. Here’s an outline of its key responsibilities.

Monitoring and Regulation of Affiliated Autonomous colleges :
This involves managing the affiliation process, conducting meetings, monitoring activities, and addressing issues like anti-ragging initiatives.
Addressing Complaints and Planning Developmental Programs:
The Directorate handles complaints against all affiliated Autonomous colleges, devises developmental programs, and supervises activities aimed at enhancing these colleges.
Ensuring Minimum Standards and Quality Education:
The Directorate promotes awareness of minimum standards for quality technical education, ensuring necessary academic infrastructure aligning with university syllabi and curriculum.
Equipping Colleges to implement Curriculum:
It ensures that affiliated colleges are adequately prepared to implement the curriculum effectively and deliver high-quality education across all courses.
Assessment of Institutions:
The Directorate conducts comprehensive and impartial assessments of institutions to ensure adherence to university norms and regulations.
Conducting Staff Selection Committee Meetings (SCMs):
It organizes SCMs to select and approve teaching faculty, principals, professors, associate professors, etc., and addresses specific issues related to salary payments for teaching staff in affiliated Autonomous colleges.
Within the Directorate, specific activities include:
Academic Affiliations and Academic Audit: This involves granting affiliation to affiliated Autonomous colleges, issuing No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for course or institution closures, and managing changes in college/society names. Overseeing Hostel Maintenance: The Directorate supervises hostel maintenance in all Autonomous colleges affiliated with the University. Managing Admissions Strength Adjustments: It oversees adjustments in admissions strength across various programs of autonomous colleges and addresses any other administrative issues relevant to them.