SPMVV receives ISO certification
The certificates include ISO 21001:2018 (Educational organisation management system), ISO 50001:2018 (Energy management system) and ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental management system). Apart from these, the university also received the 'Green Zone Certificate of Excellence'.
When the audits were conducted on April 16 and 17, the auditing teams expressed satisfaction over the performance of all the academic and administrative departments, and lauded the varsity for maintaining the highest standards in all its operations.
HYM International Certifications Private Limited's managing director Alapati Sivaiah, who officially presented the ISO certificates to the Vice-Chancellor V. Uma, registrar N. Rajani and IQAC director T. Tripura Sundari recently, praised the all-women university for exhibiting outstanding performance in documentation, implementation of procedures and administrative systems.
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