The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) is a public autonomous body that assesses and accredits Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in India.

[2] NAAC was established in 1994 in response to recommendations of National Policy in Education (1986).

This policy was to "address the issues of deterioration in quality of education", and the Programme of Action (POA-1992) laid out strategic plans for the policies including the establishment of an independent national accreditation body.

[6] The process of NAAC is done by colleges and universities with the help of Internal quality assurance cell.

NAAC published a consolidated list of higher education institutions with valid accreditation as of 11 March 2020.