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An experienced Leader with 17 years in Software Quality including 10 years of Leading and Managing Quality Function. Elaborate experience in Strategizing and Executing the Quality Program through Front Line Managers and Principals and tuning QA Practices to deliver high quality releases.

During this journey, worked for product companies (Symantec, BMC Software and Bindview) focused in domains of Compliance and security, Identity Management, gained in-depth skills in building and nurturing Quality Engineering function, setting strategic focus, identifying success factors, understanding customer requirements and building Enterprise Class Quality for both Large and Medium businesses.

A senior member of ASQ and Project Management Institute.

Mechanical Engineer handling Senior/Middle level managerial assignments in the areas of System Improvements, TQM, ISO & Training implementation across my span of 24 years .Expertise in implementing 5-S, KAIZEN, ISO-9000 ISO 14001 & IS 18001, TPM & Six Sigma, Lean Six sigma techniques .Have Proven abilities in enhancing process Capabilities (CP, CPk), optimizing resource & capacity utilization, escalating productivity & operational efficiency; while curtailing costs & expenses. SOP'S preparation for system improvement .

Work Experience
Over 15 Years of experience from various industries and companies such as Deutsche bank, Infosys BPO and Grasim Industries Limited (AV Birla Group) in leading organization change Journey - Quality, Transformation, Business Engineering, Operational Excellence, Client Delivery Management and Business development
Qualifications
Holds BE from REC, Bhopal along with MBA (HR). Some of the professional qualifications include:
· Certified Quality Leader
· Six Sigma Master Black belt
· Lean Trainer
· Certified SCRUM Master
· Certified ISO Internal quality Auditor
· eSCM and COPC professional.
· Certified Assessor for AVB Chairman’s Award for manufacturing Excellence (2004 Model)

Have experience of establishing change function from inception in multiple organization. Worked in Manufacturing and Service industry specializing in Business and Strategic Planning, Performance benchmarking, Risk Management, Process re-engineering. Global programs under leadership have led to significant process improvements in the areas of Nostro break reduction, T0 submissions, STP rate improvement, Backlog reduction, Query reduction, Cycle time reduction, Error reduction, Functional Realignment, Line Balancing, Cross Business Capacity creation and Strategic Operating Model Changes.

Specialise in assessing business need and designing change intervention to drive achievement of strategic goals, drive performance culture, strengthen employee experience, knowledge sharing and strengthen change DNA for the organization. Some of the program include: Champion Workshop for Sr Leaders, Problem solving & Mistake Proofing workshop, Theme based workshops, Lean and Six Sigma Academy for focused groups, etc

A seasoned professional with over 19 years of rich experience in Strategic Planning, Organization Performance Excellence, Business Process Management & Re-engineering, Project Management, Quality & Risk Management and Strategic Sourcing. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt holder, Certified 5 S Champion, Certified Lead and Internal Quality Auditor for ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 10002:2004. Also certified assessor for IMC RBNQA. Holds Specialized Diploma in Compliance, Governance & Risk Management in Insurance by I.I.I & I.C.S.I and PMP Trained

I am basically Electrical Engineering Graduated done by BE course from COE -Pune in 1981.I am having different field experience@ 34 years in different industry such as power distribution, chemical, petrochemical, cement etc in electrical projects and maintenance. I am BMG six sigma green belt and completed Black belt course , presently working as internal faculty for Green belt training. I am giving guidance to green belts in their projects in different green belt projects in lean, service sector, HR services, production and maintenance field since last 5 years. I am also SAP power user for Plant maintenance module

As a Master Black Belt in Quality, leading business improvement projects, along with driving the team of Black Belts in the function like Finance, IT, Infrastructure and Logistics etc. Driving continuous improvement & transformation projects through usage of Lean, Six sigma & other methodologies.
Work experience in various domains of Operations, Finance, IT etc. Leading & coaching the Six Sigma Business Impacting projects, driving annual loyalty surveys for Customer & Distributors, managing the Process Excellence Journey, driving Culture Building initiatives like Kaizen and Knowledge Management, and Program Managing critical projects.

Currently working as a Assistant General Manager Quality and Service Excellence. Dynamic true quality professional with 16 years of experience in the Healthcare, Insurance and the financial sector. A keen strategist, planner and implementer with expertise in devising strategies aimed at enhancing overall organizational growth, sustained profitability of operations and improved business performance. In this capacity am responsible for establishing and driving excellence, process reengineering, BPMS and Six Sigma projects. For process reengineering the role outlines quality assurance, project management methodology and six sigma improvement projects (Maximizer, Green Belt, Black 1lstrj Belts)..I have the extensive experience in identifying, leading and executing strategic projects for meeting customer, shareholder and employee business goals. I have mentored 100 +six sigma projects so far. I have sound doman knowledge and am well versed with the Indian industry. Academic and Professional Qualifications include: - MBA from IMT Ghaziabad, Six Sigma Black Belt Certified and ISO 9001:2008 Certified Internal Auditor from TQMI. Won both Internal, External (CII Six Sigma ) and International accolades for continuous projects. Won the ASQ International Team Excellence Bronze Award at World Conference on Quality and Improvement projects’2014 at Dallas

A graduate Mechanical Engineer with with 34 years of rich experience in spearheading multi location manufacturing Plant Operations , supply Chain management with key focus on top line growth with sustainable bottom-line results. A keen strategist & implementer with expertise in managing entire operations with key focus on profitability & optimal utilization of resources.. An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills; strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities. An enterprising leader, ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Lean manufacturing practitioner with abilities in leading multi-skilled motivated teams to achieving organisational goals and industry best practices.
Has been actively participating in Quality Circle activities since 1987 and of late a jury in NCQC & CCQC events.
Lead organization in CII-ACT ,ACMA and ACMA -UNIDO cluster programs .Executed successful Six Sigma Projects driving excellent bottom line results.

Narendra Brahmankar is Mechanical Engineer with Post Graduation in Plastics Mould Design and Post Dip. in Management . He is Management Consultant & has wide work experience of over 26 years in the industry out of which 14 years is into Plastic Industry and 13 years in the Quality Management Systems as a Consultant, Auditor & Trainer.
He has worked in the companies such as Supreme Industries, Bright Brothers and Mutual Industries in Tool Room and Projects departments. During this tenure he got good exposure in Project Management and Successfully handled various projects for engineering industry.
He is also IRCA registered QMS 2008 AUDITOR, IRCA approved EMS/OHSAS AUDITOR and a Certified Sr. Examiner of Business Excellence from IMC RBNQA Trust.
He is an Empanelled auditor cum Trainer for QMS with a TuV Nord from last 13 years.
Has assessed 6 applications for Business excellence from IMC RBNQA Trust, conducted 300 + third party QMS audits & helped various organizations in Manufacturing as well as Service industry, for Process Mapping & Performance Improvement.
Has received Certificate of Excellence for Demonstration of Team Performance during IMC RBNQA Assessment Cycles 2013 & 2015.
Had also participated as examiner in 26th QIMPRO Convention (2014)

Over the past 18 years, gained significant knowledge and expertise in domain areas like Telecom, Manufacturing, Media Studios, IPTV, Stock Exchange. Recent focus has been in gaining knowledge in Healthcare domain, where majority of the CSR activities and projects are centered.

Involved in managing and implementation of large complex projects, which were multi vendor, multi geography and cross software platforms. Software Development, Migration & Integration, Business/ Technical Consulting, Risk Assessment & Analysis and Software Project Management are some of the types of projects which have been executed.

Amit is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA in Project Management. He is a Certified Six Sigma Green Belt and a Level 2 Vibration Analyst from Vibration Institute, USA. With around 16 years of experience across technical, maintenance, consulting, asset optimization and project management functions, Amit has developed monitoring methodologies for measuring PM Effectiveness & RCA effectiveness and developed a spares management philosophy for insurance & vital spares for inventory reduction. He has also successfully published papers on subjects like Vibration Analysis, Six Sigma and Asset Integrity Management System. His problem solving, analytical thinking and positive mindset have allowed him to lead and execute effectively.

Engineer with post graduate management diploma, 36 years of experience in operations, quality, projects and management consultancy. working for the Tata Group for the past 30 years in various companies, large part of the last 15 years dedicated to the performance excellence and change management areas. Worked on management tools such as balanced scorecard, six sigma, risk management and development / assessment center.

Devraj Chattaraj is a Deputy General Manager in Tata Business Excellence Group (TBExG), a role in which he is involved in propagating the Best Practices programme across group companies through interventions like creating and managing discussion forums on EDGE portal, working with companies to make the EDGE White Label the KM portal of choice for them, planning & managing EDGE webinars, running promising practices campaign, implementation of best practices in group companies and conducting workshops on Knowledge Management through Tata Network Forums (TNFs). He is responsible for conducting benchmarking studies with non-Tata organisations. Apart from Best Practices, he plays a role in Operational Excellence (OPEx) Deep Dive diagnostics and designing & delivering customized capability building workshops on problem solving.

Hemant Chaubal is a Senior Business Analyst having an additional role as Head of QA and Documentation in NuLEAP Technologies, a small-sized IT company working in niche areas of the Pharmaceutical and Life sciences domain.
Also involved actively in regulatory compliance consulting assignments with respect to standards such as GDPR, HIPAA and 21 CFR Part11 in Healthcare and Pharma Industry.
Hemant has done his Masters in Organic Chemistry in 1977 followed by DMS in 1983 from Bombay University.
He then took up a commercial research project in I.I.T., Bombay in synthetic chemistry for a year working on indigenously synthesizing a pre-cursor for anti-malarial drug, Chloroquine.
This was followed by a twenty-year- career as a Research Scientist at Hoechst Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (now Aventis Pharma-) in natural product isolation, downstream processing, and analytical chemistry.
Hemant joined NuLEAP Technologies (then Megaware-) in 2006. Areas include Bioequivalence, Pharmacovigilance and LIMS. His contribution is in Quality Assurance for these products which have to be compliant with stringent US FDA rules among other international regulatory authorities. Any lacunae in the software application can lead to both huge losses for the customers in terms of non-compliance by auditing agencies as well as risk to the patients at large, though in an indirect manner. Constant improvement in basic design strategies, requirement gathering modalities, extensive discussions with customers have paid rich dividends.

A healthcare quality professional, having medical degree, defense background, management credentials, corporate hospitals’ management experience and a distinct skill-set for hospital accreditations (NABH & JCI). Core competencies include healthcare quality management systems & accreditations, hospital management, medical/clinical administration, patient safety & risk management, healthcare quality training, management teaching & research.

Shantanu Das is General Manager and Head, Energy Management in Reliance Industries Limited, Dahej Manufacturing Division. He has total 13 years of Industrial and 3 Years of Academic Experience in the field of Chlor Alkali, Bio Chemical, Petrochemicals and Energy Business. He is a Green belt in Six Sigma and also an Energy Auditor from BEE. Apart from his fascination in Quality Tools and Operational excellence he has great interest in Safety and Environmental studies in Manufacturing facilities and also in Energy Management. He was Examiner of Qimpro-2015,2016,207 and attended the Seminar in Dec 2015.

Currently Head - Corporate Business Excellence & Lead - HR (Seeds Division) at Rallis India Limited
20+ years eventful and enriching experience covering HR, Business Excellence, Strategy, MIS, Finance & Accounts in Agrochemicals (Agri-inputs, Agro chemicals + Seeds).
Working with TATA group since 2002, joined Rallis India at Mumbai and have been to Delhi, Lucknow, Ranchi, Kolkata & currently at Bengaluru covering various function including HR, Business Excellence, Strategy, MIS, Finance & Accounts, and Regional Sales.
Professional interests also include: Business Excellence, HR, Employee Engagement, Innovation, Organizational Development and Change Management.
Qualified Business Excellence Assessor - Certified TBEM (Tata Business Excellence Model - The BE model adapted by Tata group based on MBNQA, USA) and CII-EXIM Bank Award for Business Excellence (adapted from EFQM, Europe) Assessor, CII Excellence - Customer Obsession, CII-HR Excellence
Had a chance to assess and learn from various Organizations covering Group Cos. Tata , Godrej , Aditya Birla, Murugappa, Vedanta, Manipal, Somany and others, Associated with QIMPRO since 2012.
Academics: PGCHRM (XLRI, Jamshedpur), MBA (Indira Instt. of Management, University of Pune), Engg. Graduate- Govt Engg.College, B R Ambedkar University, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

Anup Kumar Das, (B Tech, MBA),General Manager, started his career in Polyester production in 1991 with OSL,JK Corp and is working for Reliance Industries Limited since 1996. He has a rich experience of 21 years in production and process control. Currently he is responsible for deployment of Six Sigma at Reliance Industries Limited, Hazira Manufacturing Division. He has led several high impact high value projects and has developed several Black/Green/Yellow belts. He is an expert in process optimization, lean and six sigma and has many articles published to his credit. He is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (BMGI, ASQ) and a Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence (ASQ).

Sudipto is a Six Sigma practitioner, data science enthusiast and educator with over 15 years of experience in teaching and consulting on process improvement and design methodologies across various industries including eCommerce, IT/ITES and Manufacturing.He is currently working at Flipkart, managing process engineering programs with the logistics division, Instakart (eKart).When he's not working, he is spending time with his wife (who is also a Six Sigma consultant) or watching movies.

Pawan is holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IMT, Ghaziabad. He has over Thirteen years of diversified experience in Automobile, Consumer Electronics & Home Appliance, Telecom, Insurance sector and now learning Healthcare space.

Pawan is currently working as Head and Vice President - Quality & Service Excellence for Max Healthcare. He has led teams to customize Six Sigma course materials to meet the requirements of LG, New Holland Ford, Bharti, MLI and now MHC. He has facilitated the implementation of more than 200 Six Sigma projects.

Pawan has also assisted select organizations in their journey towards implementation of 5-S, Daily Work Management, Problem Solving / Quality Circles, BPMS, BSC, Service Excellence, Project Management, innovations, Six Sigma Approach,. Continuously Improve/re-engineer Service delivery processes towards maximizing customer Satisfaction, defect reduction & cost optimization. Quality Culture development through Training on Process management, Process improvement etc. Coordinate the implementation of a robust “Process Audit” program. Develop & use MIS to track Process/Service delivery levels against competitive benchmarks. Monitor performance against standards for call centers & support units

Mr. Projit De is currently working as Professor in Amity Business School, Amity University, Mumbai. He is involved in inspiring young minds towards Quality Management subject and other Marketing Management courses.
Previously, he was with Mahindra EPC as Head – Quality and as AGM – Quality at Torrent Power He was heading quality & safety functions at Bhiwandi operations, formulating & implementing QM procedures initiatives.
He is well versed in formulating quality procedures and in improvement initiatives based on COPQ analysis, project time plan analysis, customer complaints, customer satisfaction survey action plans.
He has been involved in supplier assessments, site quality & safety audits, Internal Audits, formulation of project quality plans, inspection & test procedures and field quality plans for various electrical & automation equipment. He has rich working experience in quality management for over 21 years coming from earlier organizations Siemens Ltd, Bureau Veritas and M. N. Dastur & Co.
He is qualified Electrical Engineer from Mumbai University with PG degree in Management studies. He is also LA for ISO 9001 & OHSAS 18001 and a certified Quality manager in projects. He is also involved as Lead Examiner for IEEMA ISQA quality award since 2008 .

Mr. Jayesh N Desai is a Textile Engineer working with Reliance for the past 20 Years.
He is working as a SR GM- Production in Polyester plant. He leads a team of 20 engineers & 300 workforces. He has been involved in managing & improving shop floor processes with a focus on achieving Quality & Productivity excellence.

He is Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from American Society of Quality (ASQ). Has been in core team involved in the preparation and achieving the coveted DEMING prize and EFQM award to Reliance Industries Hazira. He has represented Reliance at many forums at National and International levels such as International Quality Circle Competition, National competitions for Young Manager, Six-sigma competition at ASQ,CII, SCMHRD , Quality Council of India , & QIMPRO to name a few.

Winner of more than 11 National & 2 International awards for his six sigma Projects. Including QUALTECH award in year 2008&2009.

Shilpakala Deshpande is working in Global Audits and Quality in Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology, outsourcing services and local professional services.
She specializes in Quality Assurance Management. Presently, she has 16+ years of industry experience in Process definitions, Process Improvements, Audits and Assessments and Quality Assurance & Consulting. Her current role is that of ensuring compliance to standards and processes through compliance audits, internal audits and other regional audits. Her previous role was that of Delivery Excellence Lead for Northern European region.

Shilpakala specializes in the design and development of Quality Management System (QMS) and Trainings. Her specific areas of expertise include driving implementation of ISO standards like CSA STAR Cloud Security, ISO 9001, ISO 20000, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, CMMi & PCMM. She has successfully implemented/ enhanced Client Satisfaction Index Management & Internal Departmental Satisfaction Index Management in the companies that she has worked with. She simplifies process complexities by Process re-engineering and Implementation of Business Excellence Model.

She has worked in various domains like Telecommunication, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), ITES, IT and Finance.

She is associated with many Quality forums like IMC RBNQA, Qimpro, CSI, SPIN (Mumbai), Process Excellence Network etc. Certified examiner for IMC RBNQA and Qimpro. She is interested in emerging technologies and keeps upgrading her skill-set to align with changing technology environment.

In her spare time, Shilpakala loves to write and spends time with family. She is an avid reader, connoisseur of music and seeks adventure in outdoors.

Connect: https://www.capgemini.com/experts/cloud-services/shilpakala-deshpande/

Dynamic professional with more than 8 years of experience in Process Improvement programs, Service Quality, Innovation leading to cost reduction programs. Qualifications achieved and that match my profession are PMP certification, Black Belt from ISO, Green Belt. Fostered a culture of operational excellence and gained expertise in Five S, Kaizen, Process Mapping, D-M-A-I-C, QC Tools, etc.

Aggressively identify opportunities, develop, focus and provide tactical Quality solutions. My work places have provided ample opportunities to leverage my skills in the quality teams I was associated with. Prior to quality, I was serving Operations wherein data analysis interested me. Achievement oriented with excellent gap identification skills, people management skills & ability to manage change with ease. Instrumental in stakeholder management, gap identification, conflict management which to hand in hand to achieve project success.

Mr. Nitin Dumasia is a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Foundry Technology and Lean Management. He is internationally recognized for Lean Management in Manufacturing and Service Industries by APO, Japan. He is Certified Six Sigma Black Belt by ASQ, USA. He is a Certified Lead Auditor of ISO 9001:2015 by BSI, UK. He is empanelled and working on Lean Manufacturing Projects with National Productivity Council (NPC) and Quality Council of India (QCI), Govt. of India. He is a Certified Enterprise Risk Management Personnel. He has a very deep experience of Training, Hands on implementation and Consulting Services in all types of industries ranging from Small Scale Enterprise to a Multinational Corporations. He has vast experience for Process Improvements activities, Lean Implementation in Indian Manufacturing companies and has benefited his clients to reduce manufacturing lead time, In process damage reduction, MIS Development, Workplace Management, Kaizen implementation, Inventory Management Systems Implementation, etc. He is associated as Assistant General Manager with RSM Astute Consultech Pvt Ltd and prior that he has worked Hilti Manufacturing India Pvt Ltd, Pentair Water India Pvt Ltd, InspirOn Engineering Pvt Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, etc.

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Vast of experience in renowned Indian / multinational organisations in areas of Management system Design, implementation and Performance Improvement drives. Exposure to OB and various management systems in India & Abroad, worked as international Quality consultant – trainer & auditor for excellence protocol. Trained in Brisbane Australia.
 Involvement in special projects like Business Process Engineering and handled special assignments including new offices for an international organization in India ( DNV Pune was started as a pioneer)
 Excellent contacts with Government, Industries , Academics & Auditing Institutions and strong ability of network
• IQRS (International Quality Rating systems) from Australia.
• Ph. D From University of Pune
• Bachelor of Engineering from College of Engineering , Pune University ( Instrumentation & Control Engineering )
• Master of Management Science from Pune University.
• Registered auditor and trainers for Quality, Environment and safety.

A Passionate leader and a consultant by profession having profound knowledge of operation management and human resources. As a Corporate Trainer He has conducted training programs across a wide array of competencies, through various levels of professionals. His programs are designed
and tailored befitting her client needs and goals. He is an M.Tech in Manufacturing Management from BITS-Pilani and an ISI certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt , with more than eight years of combined Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Work Study, Supply Chain & Manpower Management experience. Leading and Managing end to end clientele of Elyn Consulenza. Previously worked with companies like Milacron India Ltd., Cipla Ltd., Jyothy Laboratories Ltd and Zydus Cadila Healthcare Ltd. in the functions like Supply Chain, Quality and Productivity Improvements and Operational Excellence and contributed to several crores of savings. Also providing consulting to MSMEs keeping focus on the integration of Humans, machines, materials and information to achieve the most excellent performance of the system. Believing in change, change for better.

16 years of experience including 12+ years of success in quality management and directing business excellence programmes across diverse industries (trading, tourism and education). Led efforts for implementation, certification, and re-certification of Integrated Management System (IMS) comprising of ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001/ISO 45001 systems and for business excellence awards such as IMC RBNQA, APQO, IOD and others.

Possess an entrepreneurial leadership style, success in optimising costs/improving productivity, and a talent for connecting with C-level decision makers to roll out important business growth initiatives.

Successfully completed six cycles as a business excellence assessor for IMC RBNQA and three cycles as an examiner for QualTech Prize (Qimpro).

Abhijit Gothoskar runs his own consultancy in pharmaceutical formulation development. He is a doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Pune University and also an MBA degree holder. He is registered patent agent with Government of India and ASQ certified SSBB. His area of expertise includes development of formulations and drug delivery systems, quality improvement and cost savings.

19 years of experience in implementing TQM across Automotive - Electricals, Fuel Injections , as well as Metals and Mining industry.
B.E Mechanical Engineering, PGDBA(Operations), PG(TQM). I am a Data Scientist . Got trained by JUSE, Japan. and TPM facilitator by CII, TPM Club of India.
Had Experience in judging and evaluating case studies of Quality circles, 5S, TQM, Sixsigma etc., - Served as a Judges in National and Local Chapters of QCFI - HQ India. Also Won Gold Medal for the recognition of Paper presented in International TQM Convention, held in Daka. Published articles on 5S to Autonomous maintenance etc.,Served in the judges pannel since 2014 in QIMPRO.

G.Balaji, B.E Mechanical Engineer from College of Engineering, Anna University and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt by ASQ (American Society of Quality).
Certified Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence by ASQ (American Society of Quality).
Certified Project Management Professional by PMI (Project Management Institute).
Dynamic Professional with over 14 years of Professional Experience in Strategic Planning, Quality Control & Assurance, Business & Operational Excellence, Change management, Process Engineering, Project Management, Team Management , Audit and Assessments, Coaching / Mentoring / Training Staff and Internal Green and Yellow belts.
Currently Associated with NOK Asia Company Pte Ltd, Singapore as Assistant Section Manager – Quality and Engineering Support Division.
Key Performer in driving the continuous Improvement Projects across the organisations by adoption of Lean, TQM, 6 Sigma, DMAIC Methodologies.
Lead Internal Auditor for IATF 16949 Quality Management System by SGS, Singapore.
Lead Internal Auditor for ISO9001 Quality Management System by SGS, Singapore.
IRCA and IEMA Accredited Lead Auditor for ISO14001 Environmental Management System.
Lead role player in driving the Quality Circle Concepts in the organization.
Associated with many Quality Forum / Project Management Forums like Qimpro, ASQ and PMI.

I have worked on shop floor for 4 years after completion of B.Tech & then went for full time MBA in Operation Management. I worked in diversified area of the manufacturing Plant to acquire the knowledge of the various functions of a company. I also understand how a service & manufacturing company operated differently to from their purchase of material/services by vendors to value addition in the material & services till sales of the material/ services to their customers after working in company like WNS, Genpact, JSW & Piramal.

Production & Industrial Engineer from IIT Roorkee, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from ASQ, Certified Quality Examiner for IMC RBNQA Award, Certified TPM Facilitator from Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), TPM Club India with 4 years of experience in the industry of Business Excellence implementation in both Manufacturing & Service Functions.
Expertise in Data planning & analysis while implementing process improvement, standardization and cost reduction initiatives along with quality systems. Expertise in implementing focused improvement projects using lean tools like VSM, Waste elimination through Kaizens, etc. Well versed in conceptualizing and implementing TPM pillars like JH, KK, QM, PM, etc. and coordinating all the TPM activities for further deployment and confirm the organizational QA/QC requirements. More than 30 months of Training Experience of Business Excellence Concepts under Six-Sigma, TPM, TQM & CII-Exim. Currently, working at Piramal Enterprises Limited, responsible for driving Business Excellence Initiatives based on CII Exim Business Excellence Model in the Service Functions of HR, IT & Accounts in the organization.

ASQ certified Black belt, Qualified lead auditor for ISO 9001:2008 standard, EFQM assessor, PMP certified Professional with hands on experience of about 22 years in the diverse fields of Quality, Product development, Project Management, Production & Planning in the automotive, Building construction & Electrical fitting industry in India & international arena. A keen planner, strategist & implementer with demonstrated abilities in planning quality standards and accelerating the business growth through the implementation of cost efficient and advanced production processes with Sound understanding of
o APQP, PFMEA, Control Plan, SPC, MSA & Inspection Standards
o Six Sigma, TPS, JIT Methodology, Lean, Ind 4.0
o EFQM Excellence Model
o Kaizen, Root Cause Analysis, VA/VE
An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills. Strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities. Possess a dedicated, flexible & detail oriented attitude.

An astute, results-oriented leader with an experience of 15 years in Digital Process Management, Project Management, Digital Branch Transformation, Social Banking and Commerce, Quality Management, Team Management & Client Servicing with Black Belt and Lean Sigma Projects with Global Certifications from the American Society Of Quality and Project Management Institute.

MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL—CERTIFIED SIX SIGMA MASTER BLACK BELT & LEAN PRACTITIONER with 8 Years of Rich Experience in Manufacturing, TPM Implementation & Six Sigma Methodology Deployment. Currently working with Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd since last one year as Manager Manufacturing Excellence developing people capabilities and enhancing plant efficiencies and performance through deployment of TPM and Six Sigma ways of working.

J.Jegan is a post graduate in Textile Tech. from Anna University. He has a qualitative experience of 18+ years spread across in Operational & Business Excellence, Advanced Quality Management, Problem Solving, Customer Experience, Change Management, Business Analytics etc
He is a Certified Black Belt (ASQ), Certified Master Black Belt (ISI-B), ASQ EQLP 2017-18 : On-site Emerging Quality Leaders Program, United States;
EPQM 2017 - Executive Program on Quality Management by Dr. Kano, (HIDA) / AOTS, Japan and Business Intelligence / Predictive Analytics professional from SAS Inst. Active member in many Quality Councils / Societies / Forums - ASQ, JSQC, ISQ, QCI, LMII, CII –Inst of Quality, NIQR etc.
J.Jegan’s has a successful career track record in R&D, Manufacturing, Service / ITES, Healthcare, eCommerce / Logistics, Telecom, GBS / Electronic Mfg etc . He is passionate to learn Foreign Languages (German from Goethe Inst., French from Alliance Françoise and pursuing Business Japanese from ABK AOTS. He is currently practicing Yoga from the fundamentals and applying in Quality profession.
• Master Black Belt of the Year (2017) – Six Sigma Segment by WQC
• ASQ Fresh Faces – New Generation of Quality Leaders - 2016 class of under 40 quality professionals 40 New Voices of Quality by QP
• Recognized as "50 Most Impactful Quality Professionals 2016" by WQC

• Dynamic career of nearly 13 years that reflects pioneering experience and year-on-year success in achieving Manufacturing Production Operations, Project Management and Process Improvement objectives
• Skilled in steering the successful roll out of production operations involving defining scope, setting timelines, analyzing requirements and identifying dependencies as per pre-set budgets
• Proven track record in appraising prevalent processes, categorizing loopholes if any and undertaking effective measures for alleviating them and documenting the same
• Innately wired for strategic & tactical thinking—formulated & executed project related strategic plans and drove initiatives to realize bottom line results, realign, acquisition policies in the pursuit of objectives of leading organization and enhance client relations to create an amicable & transparent environment
• Leveraged skills in execution of continuous / breakthrough improvement modules such as TPM, WCM and so on
• Comprehensive knowledge of Work / Job Flow, Time & Motion Study, ISO 9000 & 14000, Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, DET, ISO Standards, MMEM, BEC, CMMS, RBNQA, GPNQA, Why-Why, WWBALA, PM Analysis, ECRS, other
• A forward thinking person with excellent communication, leadership & time management skills; exceptionally well organized with a track record that demonstrates self-motivation & creativity to achieve corporate & personal goals

Professional career spanning 14 years in the Service & manufacturing organizations has provided me learning in the field of Business Process Management System, Process Improvement, Performance Management, Customer Experience, Customer Service, Training and Operations

Goals:

While Six Sigma & Lean help to make process robust & efficient, analytical skills and personnel effectiveness are important element of establishing culture in the organization, and making it a way of life.
Contribute to an organization that will benefit from my strengths in Business Process Design, Process Audit, Risk Management, Internal Controls, Process improvement, Performance Metrics Design & Measurement, Benchmarking and other quality initiatives like 5S, TPM, Six Sigma, lean, SPC, MSA, PPAP, APQP, Balanced Scorecard etc

An astute professional with 17 years of experience in multiple facets of Business Development, Marketing & Communication, Operations, Risk & Compliance, Information Technology, Quality Initiatives & Business Process Re-engineering. Holds a patent for Noise Dashboard – a process performance management framework to enhance the end user’s experience of service delivery. An Active associate of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Indian Merchants Chamber (IMC) and American Society of Quality (ASQ). He has served in HDFC Life Insurance, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Confederation of Indian Industry. He is a strong proponent of following process oriented approach before designing & implementing a technology solution. Mayank has presented in various conferences. He is practicing Quality Methodologies, Six Sigma and have mentored 100+ improvement projects and trained over 200+ participants through various training programs. He is also a Business Excellence Assessor for last 6 years and contributing for the development of industry.

Pranay Jaiswal - Founder and Chief Consultant, REDEXCELL CONSULTING
Pranay is an ASQ-certified Quality and Business Excellence Professional with 28 years + rich work experience in Service and Manufacturing sectors, facilitating large and diverse organizations in their pursuit of Business Excellence.
His areas of expertise include Organisational Performance Mgt, Quality Mgt, Management Consulting, Process Re-engineering, Audits, IT, Training, Manufacturing, & Environment Mgt. He has led organizations to global excellence certifications like RBNQA, COPC, SW CMM, ISO 9001, ISO 27001. He has facilitated several six sigma projects resulting in cost optimization, cycle time reduction and enhanced Customer experience.
In the past, he has worked with GTL Ltd, Hexaware Ltd. Aptech Ltd, Standard Batteries Ltd., Bombay Oil Industries, Procons Consultants and Modipon Ltd. He also serves as an active Senior Examiner on the IMC RBNQA board and leads teams of examiners in annual RBNQA assessments.
His educational qualifications and professional certifications include: MAM, B.Sc. Tech. CSSBB, CQMOE, CEQM (RBNQA) COPC RC, ISO 9000:2000 & ISO 27001 LA, CSQA & AMFI. His other interests are reading, travel, music and Marathon Running.

I, Dinesh Kakkad, am a qualified Electrical engineer (BE-Elect.), a Post Diploma in Television Engineering (PDTVE), having more than 35 years of professional experience, out of which 6.5 years in the field of technical education and 28.5 years in a continuously running Chemical Industry. Post this and since 2007, I have been a freelance Consultant.
During the industrial career, I handled various responsibilities as an Instrumentation Engineer, a Project Engineer and a Quality Systems Manager. During this time, I acquired additional qualifications like ISO 9001 Lead Auditor, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Internal Auditor and have completed 40 audits. I am also trained in MBNQA based Examinership and have assessed more than 6 global, MNC and Limited companies. I am also Examiner for assessing SME clusters for Lean Manufacturing, appointed by NABET, QCI, New Delhi and have audited 48 MSMEs. I am ZED Assessor and have assessed 9 MSMEs on behalf of Quality Council of India, New Delhi. Recently, I have been qualified as WASH (Workplace Assessments for Safety and Hygiene Post COVID - 19) Assessor to guide all business establishments for safe working in current times.
I am well versed in various Quality tools and techniques like PDCA, SPC, COPQ, Benchmarking, Best Practices sharing, 5 S, Kaizen, Strategy tools like BSC and Organizational Change Management philosophies like TQM, TPM, TPS or Lean, WMC and Deming Award for Manufacturing and have participated in many of them for departmental and company wide improvement and innovation interventions.

Master Black Belt with 16+ years of experience. Currently working with Sutherland Global Services in Mumbai. Earlier worked with IBM and HCL Technologies. Specialties: Driving Sustainable results through Process Adherence & Standardization, create a Quality Excellence DNA through training, building a Continuous Improvement culture in the organization and execution of Quality methodologies.

Profound in initiating, implementing & managing process & quality improvements with appropriate, structured & data driven methodologies to enhance operational effectiveness and meet strategic & operational goals with demonstrated benefits in bottom-line costs, cycle time reduction, increased efficiency, productivity and accuracy. Adept in managing cross functional projects and fostering symbiotic relationship with multiple stakeholders with clear focus on value addition . Key Skills - Business Excellence, Business Process Re-engineering, Project Management, Change Management, Business Process Management, Quality Functional Deployment, Operations Management, Risk Management, Outsourcing and Vendor Management.

Since Dec. 2002: Running consultancy, advising clients in matters of financial planning, wealth management, and providing ‘Value Add’ services.

Evaluated 3 Educational institutions, an Infrastructure company, and 3 Manufacturing companies for performance excellence.
Made “Online assessment for Process Improvement for 29 & Innovation for service sector companies.
“Certified Qualitist” by Qimpro Consultants, 2019.

‘ZED Assessor’ by The MSME Ministry, 2017.

Certificate of Excellence by IMC-RBNQA for performance assessment as a Team member, 2013.

1989-2002
In charge of a team managed Industrial-Civil projects (INR: 3150 million) from finance/costs aspects and supervised accounting function.

I am impaneled as a ‘Trainer’ by Five different bodies. I have conducted Twenty-two sessions on Investor Education, Finance, Investments & Banking.

Published twenty-six on Economic, Finance, Investments, Capital Markets, Education, Skill Development, Tourism, & Digitization.

Published a book on “Investments – Art or Science” (ISSN: 978-93-89583-07-6), 2019.

‘Mentor’ with BYST-CII Pune. 3-students are doing their Internship under my guidance.

Best Presenter Award at Doctoral Research Conference, 2016.

Ph. D. (Macroeconomics) & MBA-Finance.
Hobby: Reading professional literature & traveling.

BE mech Shivaji University 1974,
M.Tech Mech IIT Bombay 1976
Research engineer, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd,
Product Manager , Kirloskar Brothers Ltd, 1976 -1988 Notable work on Pump as turbine for North East region (Arunachal Pradesh), Roorkee University, development of CAD center from Concept to execution,
R & D Manager, Khimline Pumps later SULZER Pumps 1988 - 2002-- API 610 pumps for seismic area, development of fully computerised pump test lab, development of CAD/CAE center from Concept to execution, ISO certification ,
R & D Manager Mather & Platt pumps, 2002 -2003 Process development based on TOC, software for remote operation of pump house(Conceptual),
Independant Consultant Since 2004 -- Implementing BE model -- as per CII/EXIM bank model, as per RBNQA model,
Training in ISO 16949 modules,
Pump Laboratory Designs (6 labs so far)

Having joined RIL in 1984, Mr Sharadchandra Karve has with him over 31 years of rich experience spanning domains of Manufacturing, Debottlenecking, Project planning & commissioning, Learning & Development, Six Sigma & Quality Deployment Functions.
Presently ” Lead for Corporate Process Improvement cell “at Reliance Industries. Before joining this cell he had been associated with Shared Service Organization in capacity of Quality Head. He has been instrumental in developing sustainable Quality initiatives at Patalganga Manufacturing Division , Reliance & Corporate Shared Services Organization Reliance . He is a passionate Quality trainer and during last 7 years, he has coached 34 RIL employees to get ASQ Black Belt Certification, 200 Green Belts and Mentored 300 + Improvement Projects for Manufacturing , Services and Reliance Retail. Among the Six Sigma Projects executed Two of them got recognized Internationally (By IPQC London and Singapore ) and four at National Level.
Mr Sharadchandra Karve is an ASQ Certified Master Black Belts ( 1 among the 6 Indians ) , Certified Black Belt from ASQ, BMGI India and SSMI . ASQ Certified Manager for Organizational Excellence & also a Certified Examiner of Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Awards.

Associate Manager Business Excellence
Location -Pune
• Creating Six Sigma culture in the organisation by driving Six Sigma programs across all plant locations.
• Training & mentoring of Six Sigma Green belt projects across all plant.
• Initiated Six Sigma Yellow Belt program for spreading six sigma culture at all levels in the organisation.
• Central Quality-
• Work closely with plant quality team in continual improvement initiatives
• Sharing best practices across the business units through monthly Quality Review platform
• CSAT Survey-
• Conducting customer satisfaction survey from third party across all business verticals for key customers to measuring the health of our relationship with customer.
• Competitions/ Workshops-
• Participation / sponsorship for various quality competitions /training programs

I am an experienced professional working since last 24 years in the service and manufacturing industries in Execution, Operations, R&D, Consultancy and Corporate divisions either as Head – Improvements Initiatives or Strategy & Business Excellence, Industrial Engineering or Quality or Energy or Operations or Technology or Improvements.
Previously, I have worked with Tata AutoComp, Pidilite Industries Ltd., Gharda Chemicals Ltd. and The ACC Ltd.
Currently, I am working with Tata Housing Development Company Ltd since last five years. I am in the position of General Manager and responsible for driving Strategy & Business Excellence & Industrial Engineering in the organization. Focus areas are Improvement Journey, Best Practice Adoption, Benchmarking, Value Engineering, Process Improvement and Project Management.
I am Gold certified in Tata Group “Business Excellence Leadership Program “by Tata Quality Management Services (TQMS). I am also external assessor for CII EXIM Bank Award for Business Excellence since last two years.
My educational background is:
Graduation : Chemical Engineering (REC, currently NIT, Durgapur) – Year 1989.
Post-Graduation : Industrial Engineering & Management (IIT, Kharagpur) – Year 1991.
Certification : Six Sigma Black Belt, External Assessors – Tata Business Excellence Model and CII EXIM Bank Business Excellence Award.

Aarifa is dynamic professional with over 19 years of versatile multi-cultural experience and deft in managing Consultancy and Research Projects, Ideation, Consumer Insights, Auditing, New Business Launches, Retailing, HACCP-FSMS, Sales and Marketing, Vendor Supply Chain Quality and Quality Management of Own Brand products (Pvt.labels).

She has set up quality departments and business operational processes for organization ventured into new markets and launched new service solutions including coaching for Business Excellence, Bench-marking Best Practices, Implementation and Sustenance of Continual Process enhancements.

Proven Leader and Team builder including work association with the senior leadership team in leading Retail, Finance, Home Shopping TV Channel – Media, Education sector and MNC in Food – Beverage industries.

In the past, Aarifa has worked with Aditya Birla Finance Limited, Aditya Birla Shared Services, Zee Learn, Star TV, Future Group, Hindustan Unilever,Coca-Cola, Cadbury and Cipla.

Certified TPM Facilitator & Six Sigma BB professional with 19+ years of hands-on in leading Business Excellence initiatives, integrating the principles of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Daily Work Management & Six Sigma. Highly focused approach on cost reduction, productivity improvement & operational efficiency enhancement with employee involvement.
Presently, working on key business process improvement initiatives in a global pharmaceutical company. These include identification, prioritization and implementation of operational improvements. Focusing on best practices across the organization on Engineering, Quality, Productivity & Delivery.

Diverse Industry background: Pharmaceutical, Textile, Energy, Paper, Chemical & Automobile

Proven record of accomplishment in developing, mentoring and leading cohesive national teams to achieve results. Multi-faceted leadership experience in operations, business transformation and large-scale change management for project implementation.
Hands-on exposure on Order to Delivery end-to-end business processes; experience in implementation of ISO 9001, QS 9000 & TS 16949 quality management systems in automotive sector

The rich experience is for 32 years in the areas like Manufacturing, Sales & Marketing,Manufacturing Excellence, Plant management, Outside processing cell management, TPM, Six Sigma, Supply Chain (APO), ERP (SAP, BaaN) implementation, Production planning & Control , Materials, Subcontracting, Manufacturing etc.
Currently working with Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. as Head of Manufacturing and responsible for following Assignments.
• Currently heading manufacturing operations for all plants and other functions like Central Production Engineering, Manufacturing Excellence.
• Leading strong work force of 1400 employees pan India.
• West Zone Head for Industrial Coating divn. (Auto) with sales TO app 250 cr. PA.
• Plant head for state of the art plant at Bawal servicing esteemed customers like Maruti Suzuki Ind. Ltd, Honda SIEL, HMSI, Honda Moto corp etc.
• Championing Manufacturing Excellence Initiative across all plants using enablers
• Led Outside processing cell
• Led Supply Chain Solution Implementation project SAP- APO (Advanced Planner & Optimizer) at 5 plants, 10 RDCs, 66 Depots.
• Implementation of e-learning software, Knowledge Management tool
• Led SAP support function to give end user support to more than 600 users across all
• Head of Supply Chain Planning Cell for Industrial segment

I am employed as QA/QC Manager with KEO International Consultants in Qatar, has over 20 years’ experience in project management, construction supervision of highways, local roads, bridges, culverts, drainage and other civil engineering projects. I have been extensively engaged in Construction Quality Assurance and Quality Control activities like Audits, Inspections and testing of pavement construction materials.

Nilesh Kumar is currently working as Vice President Operation Transformation for HSBC. Nilesh comes with a rich experience in BFSI & Manufacturing industries for more than 20 years. Nilesh has graduated from IIT BHU & management education from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He is certified Black Belt, Master Black Belt, and Lean Coach & PMP professional.

Prior to joining HSBC, Nilesh has worked as Director Process Excellence at Cognizant Technology Services working with Investment banking domain.

Nilesh also served as Vice President, Business Process Engineering at Deutsche Bank for around five years. He drove several process transformation initiatives for various asset classes & product areas. Nilesh also worked with ICICI Lombard as Head Business Excellence for more than 4 years. At ICICI he has led customer support team as delivery head and Service quality manager.

Nilesh started his career with Tata steel Raw Material Division in 1996 and worked in manufacturing operation, cost reduction, safety improvement, six sigma, TQM, TOC and business excellence.

At industry level, Nilesh is a part of CII assessment panel for assessing companies on CII EXIM Award for Business Excellence based on European Foundation of Quality Management model. Nilesh had been serving as Jury/ examiner for multiple academic & Industry seminars and competitions including CII Six Sigma National Award, Qimpro, and NITIE etc.

Swapan was born in Orissa, India. He completed his B.S in Chemical Engineering from NIT-Rourkela, India in 1988 and proceeded to US for his MS degree. He graduated from University of Nevada, Reno in 1991 with a Major in chemical & metallurgical Engineering and Minor in Environmental EngineeringSwapan is a leader in sustainability and EHS and have created and headed sustainability functions in four major multinationals across the energy utility, oil, gas and chemicals sectors. Have developed and implemented company-wide sustainability strategies and programs and have a particular focus on identifying and developing commercial and market based opportunities based on sustainability. Strategic leader and proactive self-starter with a track record of building and leading effective cross-functional, multi-site, and multi business teams, driving behavior change initiatives, and implementing EHS strategies. Strengths include developing cost-effective EHS programs that align with business goals and implementing sustainable cultural/organizational change through creating partnerships and buy-in. Excellent influencing capabilities and extensive company-wide networks in leading the EHS function across 61 countries.

Manish is currently working with Infosys Limited the Principal Auditor with the Corporate Audits, Assessments and Certification Group. In his current role, he manages complex audit program within the organization, its various subsidiaries, legal entities and vendors too. These audit programs are mainly focused on Contractual, Regulatory and Statutory Compliance dealing with multiple focus areas, including Data Privacy, Security, Intellectual Property and many more.

He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore with specialization in Corporate Strategy and Capital Management. He is an active member of various forums including Data Security Council of India where he is currently contributing as SIG Member on "BYOD - Bring your own Device" and "Economics of Security." He is also part of Executive Committee of National Bar Association of India for the IPR Committee since 2011. He was elected as an advisory council member for Institute of International Trade, Kolkata from Feb'13 - May'15. He has been an avid speaker, moderator and delivered numerous key note sessions on Data Security, Privacy, Information Security, Business Continuity, Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, Contractual Risks in IT Projects, Internal Quality and Process Audits, Constraint Based Assessment.

An Engineer of Mechanical filed.
- QMS 9001:2008 Lead Auditor ; TPM Facilitator –Certified by CII as well as Certified Sustainability Practitioner assessor.

Professional Background:
Over 13 years STANDING experience of R&D-Product Validation, Quality Control, Quality System, Project, Business Excellence (TQM-TPM) in Automotive, FES & Textile sector. •Man of Total Quality Management – Program Manager for Deming & TPM Excellence Award @ FES-Swaraj Division.
•Proven track record in implementing "Defect Free production" for achieving substantial reduction in terms of customer complaint, supplier de-rating and scrap reduction. •Played major role in Carrying out defect analysis, Detailed Product Portfolio, Coordinating Customer & Plant for future & present business. Expertise at handling the Customer & Manpower.Skilful in enhancing systems to bring greater result efficiency levels under PQCDSM. Foreseeing performance bottlenecks and taking corrective measures to avoid the same.Resourceful at strategizing techniques for maximum utilization of resources.

• 14 years of experience in quality assurance, quality engineering, Warranty analysis , 6-Sigma, Purchase, Process & New Product launch
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Management Representative and Lead Auditor for QMS ISO 9001:2015 & ISO/TS 16949
• Expertise in Statistical analysis using Software Minitab , SPSS & Red X
• Published research article in Research Gate Revisiting Pre-Control Charts: A Case Study Of The Automobile Component Manufacturer.

Vijaya Sunder is currently working as Head of Business Process Excellence with World Bank, Chennai. Prior to this, he has worked with Barclays, American Express and Citibank. His experience and contribution in leading cross-functional organizational-programs for process improvements has helped in organizational transformation. He has led and mentored various reengineering programs that helped improve the customer experience, employee satisfaction, eliminate process defects, increase productivity and reduce costs across service organizations. He is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt (from Indian Statistical Institute) and Lean Champion. He is a Lean Six Sigma Trainer – trained more than 1000 people in various Lean Six Sigma leadership trainings till date. He also is certified in Business Process Modelling and Six Thinking Hats. He is a distinction holder in MBA from the Sri Sathya Sai University and gold medalist in Bachelor of Engineering from the Anna University. He is a key note speaker in various national and international conferences and has publications in reputed journals on topics - Leadership and Quality. He also practices teaching for MBA students in subjects related to Quality, as a Visiting Faculty at various Business Schools. He is currently associated with Indian Institute of Technology-Madras for PhD doctoral research

Production & Process engineering in Chemical/Metal plant/VSF/,Business Excellence, GPCB,DISH, CCoE, PNGRB compliance, Energy conservation and performance evaluation of equipment as per BEE guidelines and report submission to statutory bodies, , Erection and commissioning of chemical plant, Business Excellence and WCM implementation in plant, Six Sigma Projects based on DMAIC methodology, QMS, EMS ,HSE systems as MR(IMS), analysis of technical problems, Hazop and safety in plants, HIRA and EIA, energy audits as per EC act 2001, performance and efficiency evaluation of pumps, compressors, cooling tower, fans,HVAC, MSFE, Crystallizers, scrubbers, vacuum pumps, boilers, furnaces, heat exchangers, Energy Conservation measures to conserve natural resources–coal, steam, power and water, Qimpro examiner for evaluating technical improvement projects, Conducting training programs, root cause analysis, HTRI, MINITAB, VISIO,PRIMAVERA software, operational trouble shooting, Identifying opportunities for improvements and it’s techno commercial analysis, utility balance and calculations, aiming for zero discharge to comply pollution control board norms, internal and external thermal imaging and predictive maintenance, audits for QHSE systems, Monthly progress reports and business review reports, adopting world class practices, overseas exposure for technical problem solving in Thailand & Indonesia units, Awards for business excellence, 14 principles of process safety management

Santosh is an Information Technology Engineer by Qualification and is a certified Quality Leader & Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, PRINCE®2 Practitioner, ITIL® CSI Intermediate professional.
He has worked in Process Excellence function across Technology, Telecom & BFSI domains in Voice & Non Voice processes, was also part of delivery for telecom and technology processes. He was also involved in transition of processes (includes Research & Analytics) from client location to offshore.
Santosh was instrumental in setting up Process Excellence functions in his previous assignments, transactional quality audit framework and Management Information System.
He has also led consulting projects which include Data Analytics , Value Stream Mapping., IVR Mapping & Lean Six Sigma Projects.
Santosh was also a part of winning & finalist teams in various Lean Six Sigma competitions (CII, IQPC, NIQR, ASQ, ISI)

An Executive MBA and Bachelor of Engineering (Instrumentation) Graduate. A Quality Professional with a rich experience of 29 years. A Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Qualitist - Quality Manager, Lead Auditor of ISO 14000 and ISO9001. Presented Technical Papers on Quality in external events/conventions and international conferences which were appreciated and won critical acclaim. Presently working as an Deputy General Manager Production (Plant Head).

18 years of experience in Conceptualization, Defining, Developing and establishing and handling Operations in Process Architecture and Improvements; Corporate Operational Development & Business processes, Process Model Amalgamations & Blending of Global Best Practices within a QMS, Conducting & Managing Training Programs for optimum Resource Utilization. Was responsible for Strategic Enterprise Expansions in Establishing New Practices within Consulting & Manufacturing verticals by PoC, RoI, Addition in Value based Business practices, Premise thru automation or adjustments of revenue generation model; Product Development, Process Designing and Technology Determination; Establishing new LOB’s and Managing Resources & Operations across LOB’s. Hands-on Experience in Process Capability Assessments, Process Definition, its development & implementation, Technical and Process Training programs. Worked as Quality Head, SEPG Head, Organizational Configuration Management Head, Lead Auditor/Assessor, Trainer and Change Management Champion. Conversant and applied various approaches applicable to Manufacturing, IT and Construction verticals like ISO (9000, ISO 20000, 27000); CMMI ver. 1.3. (Dev & Serv); & COBIT. Provided End 2 End Consultancy as well as Innovative Functional (Onsite) Consultancy for clients across the globe as a Niche Process and Quality Management Consultant.

Neeraj Mehra is an Industrial Engineer from Thapar University plus Operations Management from SCDL. Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from AT&T. He is equipped with more than 15 years of Cross functional Shop floor experience in the field of Quality and Production that include special processes like Welding, Dehydration, painting and Compressor Assembly operations. Also, skillful in training and implementing Quality Improvement Methodologies such as Juran on Quality Improvement, Lean and Six Sigma. Currently heading the Quality department for Refrigerators and Washing machines at Mohali Plant of GODREJ Appliances. As a Lean -six sigma professional he has successfully completed more than 6 Nos of high impact Projects and presented them in Various National forums like QIMPRO and Won various Accolades at national level for Six Sigma and Quality improvement projects. A dynamic professional who is adapt at overall planning, scheduling and management of projects, ensuring completion of assignments within time and budgetary parameters. Expert in Quality System Implementation (Supplier Up gradation, In process / Final Quality and Reliability Testing. An enterprising leader with abilities in leading multi-skilled motivated teams to achieve organizational goals and industry best practices.

KAUSHAL MEHTA is Vice President and Head - Quality and Six Sigma for Shared Services Organisation at Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, India. He holds an MBA from M S University, Baroda and is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). Kaushal is an ASQ Senior Member and Treasurer of ASQ LMC, Ahmedabad. He is an ASQ CSSBB, CMQ/OE and Master Black Belt from Indian Statistical Institute, Mumbai.
He has multiple industry experience of about 18 years with more than one decade association with quality movement in various forms. Throughout his career, he has been spearheading the effort to deliver seamless customer experience and raising efficiencies by leveraging structured problem solving methodologies.
He is presently involved in deployment of emerging technologies like RPA (Robotic Process Automation) as a key Digitisation tool for realizing untapped efficiencies from mature shared services processes. This will help in integrating legacy systems with newer digital technologies and creative a digital workforce.
Kaushal is also part of team entrusted with driving innovation-led solutions using D4 methodology to tackle some really challenging problem areas.
He believes in using Quality as a differentiator and passes this thought to next generation professionals he mentors.

Anand Mehta, comes with about 10.9 years of experience in Business, Process & Quality Consulting, including Business Excellence & Project Management. Currently, he works as a Strategy & ValueBPS™ Consultant with Tata Consultancy Services. He is responsible to establish value based engagement with customers, addressing their strategic priorities and help customers grow their profitability.
Earlier, he was a Senior Consultant with Qimpro Consultants, responsible to demonstrate quality principles and deliver improvements in business, operations and customer facing processes. He has also worked with companies like Aegis, HDFC Life, and Intelenet Global Services before joining Qimpro.

In his engagement with over 10+ clients across geography, he has demonstrated value, established C-level mindshare and provided disruptive solutions that improved client’s business outcomes. He has led and delivered consulting assignments in areas of End-2-End Transformation, Customer Experience, Digitization, Cost reductions, BPM, Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) reductions, Business Excellence (Malcom Baldrige Model) & Process Excellence (Six Sigma and Lean).

He is a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt from ASQ and he is also a certified senior examiner for business excellence with IMC’s Ram Krishna Bajaj National Quality Award, India

Abhishek Meshram is the Assistant Vice President –Corporate Quality Assurance at YES BANK. He is responsible for driving strategic initiative and process improvement projects for the entire operations & and service delivery including Business and Service excellence framework for the Corporate operations across all channels – including Corporate Branch Service Delivery & Trade Finance,CMS,Treasury & Branch Banking.
Abhishek has completed his Master’s in Business Management from IIT –Roorkee & Bachelor of Science from the Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur (MP). He brings with him over 14+ years of experience in Banking & Financial services industry spanning across Indusind Bank, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Cent Bank Home Finance & ICICI Capital Services. He is Certified Six Sigma Black Belt with added professional qualification like CAIIB, QMS Internal Auditor, and Certificate in Trade Finance, Customer Service & AMFI, and NCFM etc.
At YES BANK, Abhishek is involved in driving Business excellence framework, Deploying Internal Financial Control Framework, conducting effective Benchmarking, Service Quality Audits, devising analytics tools and implementing/mentoring Process improvement projects .
He has General management experience which includes leading teams in a range of Finance & Operations functions apart from Banking and Quality Domain experience

A graduate Chemical Engineer, Post Graduate in Project Engineering and PhD in Environmental Engineering with over 30 years of experience in Learning and Development, Knowledge Management and Quality. I am a certified QMS, EMS and OSHMS auditor, also a certified Quality Management examiner for IMC last 12 years. A visiting faculty and on Board of Examiner of leading Management colleges in Mumbai.

I'm a Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt with rich & extensive experience in Lean Six Sigma Implementation, Process Improvements, Business Process Re-engineering and Service Quality. I've hands-on implementation experience in Services and Manufacturing industries across different functions in diverse and multicultural organizations. Currently working as Director-Quality with Nokia Corporation. Won top award in the IQPC Lean Six Sigma summit in Orlando, USA. Presented Lean Six Sigma Projects in various International and National forums. I'm a graduate Engineer in Metallurgy from VNIT, Nagpur and Diploma in Business Finance from ICFAI.

Mosesraj is CIO and head of excellence, has been instrumental in driving cloud adoption, modernization of infrastructure and is driving excellence in delivery leveraging Agile and CMMI.
As part of cloud adoption he is spearheading automation of financial, human resources and CRM processes using cloud based products. Also under his leadership, Brillio has successfully gone live with office 365, Yammer, SharePoint, NetSuite, Oracle Fusion and Salesforce.
With over 18 years of experience across manufacturing and IT, his interests are in driving organization wide change initiatives, project/program management and software engineering metrics
Prior to Brillio, he has worked with Infosys Technologies and with MRF Tyres. He is a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Salem and has a master’s degree M.S. in Software Systems from BITS

A Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt & trained on New Product Development for Service Sector with 13 years of rich hands on experience in Service Delivery, Client Relationship & Quality Management, Process Reengineering, Operations & Team Management and Business Resiliency with impeccable Process Excellence credentials.
In my current role, I am primarily responsible to drive Customer Centricity and Process Excellence within the Organization, by engaging with employees at all levels (C.15K+ employees), through use of Excellence Model and Lean Six Sigma methodologies. In my capacity as a Lead Kaizen program manager I am been able to deliver sustainable cost saves of Rs.61.4Mn in FY16.
Mentored more than 150+ improvement projects (Small, Medium, Strategic large scale) & trained more than 1000+ candidates on structured problem solving tools (LEAN, DMAIC), TMW, DWM & Standardization, FMEA till date.
My key skills in BFSI : Business process re-engineering, Lean Six Sigma Deployment , Project & Program Management , Process Automation & Technology Enablement, Process Excellence, PCMM, Business Analysis, Organizational Excellence, Staff Engagement

Arup Kumar Mukhopadhyay - Certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB), MBA (Marketing) & B.Tech (Textile Technology)

- Overall experience of 30 years in Industry & Corporate segments – Manufacturing, Six Sigma & Business Process excellence.
- Currently working as Lead in Continuous Improvement (CI) and Performance Improvement Cycle (PIC) in Hydrocarbon Mfg. (Refinery & Petrochem.) facilities, under Governance & Integration (G&I) of Group - Safety & Operation Risk (Group - S&OR) Business Function in Reliance Ind. Ltd. (RIL)
- Currently deploying Operation Management System (OMS) of M/S British Petroleum (BP) at RIL
- Developed Business Processes of DMAIC, DFSS, Innovation & CI in SAP (PPM_C-Project) Portal for all manufactruing & business function of RIL
- Leading Six Sigma deployment in Manufacturing, Businesses, procurement & other Service functions
- Executed & guided over 750 improvement projects across Hydrocarbon Mfg. & service functions
- Expertise in Manufacturing & Technical Service in Polyester & Acrylic processes
- Worked with various technologies like, DuPont, Zimmer, Neumag in Polymerization, Spinning & D/L
- Worked in Technology transfer of Japan Exlan (Acrylic) with M/S Consolidated Fibres & Chem. Ltd.
- Business Process Excellence Journey - EFQM Award (2008); Deming Award (2007); RBNQA (2002)

 A Competent Professional with over 25+ years of extensive experience in Operations, Metal Finishing, Process Control, Quality Assurance, Systems, Inspection and Testing in Automotive & General Engineering Industry. Hands on Experience in handling Green field project, Operations, Recruitment, Training, Supply Chain development. Proven record of devising & implementing quality improvisation measures viz ISO 9001: 2001, ISO/TS 16949: 2002, ISO 14001:2004,OHSAS 18001: 2007, Lean Tools (VSM, SMED, '5S', Gemba Kaizen, Global 8D, Quality Circles, TPM, TQM, Pokayoke, DWM & Six Sigma). Hands on Experience in devising, implementing Lean Manufacturing Tools across the organizational processes. Extensive experience in leading Technology transfer, product & process design and development and ensuring compliance with stipulated quality standards. Well conversant with advanced product development methods like QFD and Project Management. Extensive Experience over 10 + year experience in Co-ordinating with JV partners in Technology Transfer and Project Establishments. An effective communicator with strong problem solving, analytical and organizational abilities.

I worked with Garware Nylons , Pune as a Trainee Supervisor for three years in the Nylon and Polyester plants. I learnt the basic nuances of manufacturing and man-machine interaction.
I joined RIL in 1983, at Patalganga (PG) Plant in the very initial phases of its first Polyester plant and worked for 33 years till 31.03.2016.
I had the opportunity to work with a great technical team where I worked in the erection& commissioning of plants. Here I learnt not only technically, but also on various aspects of Manufacturing and Management.
In 2010 , I led the Business Transformation at our site. This was big drive to restructure the organization across all sites. Being part of greater team ,I interacted with a lot of people at various locations and all levels during the development and implementation process.
I led the six sigma initiative at PG for three years. I lead almost 20 projects every year successfully and also trained the young Engineers as Green belts. We won various competitions and also the Qimpro awards twice
I was the MR for OHSAS & QMS at PG. I was also involved in the Process safety and workplace safety at site.

A Management Graduate with over 16+ yrs of Professional Experience. Also a CSSBB & Lead Auditor on ISO 9001:2015.Have worked with companies in India and Abroad in various Industries like Steels, Plastics, Insurance & Banking. During tenure with these Industries have hands on experience on various segments like Sales, Marketing, Production, Quality, Dealer Network, Product Placements in Domestic & International markets, trainings, Team Management, EXIM, PRP etc...
Also executed projects on new vertical developments, like new startups, recruitment, vendor development, negotiations, Steel straps manufacturing line to PP, Six sigma objectives etc...
Currently working as a Management Consultant, helping many of SME's, sick units for a turnaround. Also attached with couple of Education Institutions in India & Abroad for Trainings of Lean / Six Sigma, ISO 9001:2015, Change Management, Team Management, soft Skills etc... Have conducted Lean Six Sigma, Change Management trainings in Singapore, Doha, Hong Kong for Senior Management of Banks like ABN AMRO, DBS & other companies.

Er. Sonali Nasikkar is a Chartered Civil Engineer, with specialisation of Quality Operations with Six Sigma Methodology.
Having a combined work experience of fifteen years in the field of Civil Engg. In reputed firms and Education Institute, having A Grade in India, Have gained varied experience in Civil Engg & Architectural softwares, Teaching field, Site Visits,Quality Audits, GIS and Project Management, Quality operations with Six Sigma and lean methodologies and ISO 9001:2008 and 2015 QMS.
Till date completed more than 500 Quality Audits, 450 Hrs of mentoring BB and 50+projects of implementation of six sigma and lean sigma.
On the basis of which has secured Certified status of Six SIgma Master black belt and Certified Six Sigma Master Implementer from India and USA.
Er. Sonali is specialised in achieving business excellence of any sector with combinations of different methodologies and tools.

Accomplishments
 Designed and implemented layouts of 3 sites of the ICD Project at Nepal in 1998-99 and increased the project revenue by Rs 10 million
 Completed the manufacturing unit of DG sets in Daman on time.
 Recipient of Excellent Performance Certificate from Daewoo Construction
 Identified cost savings potential of Rs 230 million through bench-marking in Overheads cost and Repair & maintenance cost across all locations of Hero
 Saved the company Rs 13 million per annum through plugging of gas (propane) leakage observed during energy audit at Hero MotoCorp Ltd, Haridwar plant
 Identified savings potential of Rs 50 million per annum through implementation of proposals for energy conservation.
Professional Summary: Excels at Building effective teams that succeed in any work environment. Expertise in problem solving through root cause analysis and increasing efficiency.
Skills
 Energy Audit
 Problem Solving & Data Analysis
 Plant Maintenance
 People development
 Project Management
 Automation

Having 10+ Years of experience on successful career with diversified fields of Lean, Six Sigma Business Process Re-engineering and Kaizen experience on IT/ITeS/BPO/KPO/Consulting Roles on BFSI, Health Care, Life Science, Bio Science, Contact Research, Retail, CPG,FMCG,EB Verticals, Market Research & Consumer Research ( The A.C.Nielsen Corporation, USA).
Having great functional and technical knowledge on BFSI and U.S.A. Mortgage Information Services, U.S.A Title Insurance, U.S.A Property Information Services, Financial Services, U.S.A Property chain of Tittles & U.S.A. Real Estates Information Services on Residential and Commercial.
• Currently working as Head &,MBB-Delivery Excellence & Lean Six Sigma Quality in Excelra Knowledge Solution ( www.excelra.com ) (Formerly GVK Informatics, The GVK and GVK BIO company www.gvk.com www.gvkbio.com ),Since Jan’2015
• Worked as Sr.Manager,MBB- Delivery Excellence Group in “Tata Consultancy Services( TCS ), (www.tcs.com), Baroda/Vadodara,Gujarat
• Previously worked as Process Coordinator,Black Belt – Operations Excellence Group in “First American Corporation” (www.firstam.com , Fortune 500 Corporation), Hyderabad.
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A Certified Quality professional offering 16 years of experience in Operations, Business Excellence, Asset Optimizations and Project Management,
Presently associated with Vedanta Limited , Sesa Goa Iron Ore, Goa as Associate Manager- Business Excellence
Responsible for institutionalization of Business Excellence and Asset Optimization activities and Asset Scorecard Assessment.
Experience in Copper Refinery , Precious Metal Recovery, Dore Metal Process , Metal Accounting , Assessor for Asset Optimization framework
Well-demonstrated ability to develop and implement highly successful short and long term goals, routinely completing projects on time.
Possess excellent analytical and inter-personal skills with ability to drive quality enhancement, process improvement and cost savings initiatives.
Asset optimization, Asset Performance management.

Samir Palsule is a Mechanical Engineer with Management specialization in Operations and Supply Chain Management. He has total work experience over 25 years and has worked in variety of industries such as Chemical, Instrumentation, Automotive, tier II manufacturers for automotive, Tele-communications, Engineering industry. He has worked in mostly all the operational streams of the industry.
He drives Operational Excellence using Business Excellence and Quality Assurance tools. He has been part of various initiatives such as JIT, TQM, Kaizen, Six Sigma, FIBRES, Strategy Deployment Matrix, Lean Manufacturing, Productivity improvement based on OEE methodology, TPM, Pokayoke, Balanced Score Card, PPM reduction for incoming / in-process defects, customer complaint management & moving towards ZERO DEFECT, RPN reduction technique, layered audits. He has been himself a part of the Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma initiatives. He has conceptualized, planned and implemented the various initiatives in customized manner.
He is qualified auditors for various Management Systems. He is also a qualified Assessor for TBEM, AA and CII Exim award process. He has participated in various Business Excellence Assessments across Tata Group Companies and one of the Godrej Group Companies.
He believes in Operational Excellence way to improve the Organizational Profitability and long term sustainability.

An MBA Graduate in Finance with an overall experience of 9+ years in Banking and ITES industry.
A progressive managerial position in Operational Excellence with a growth-oriented NBFC Industry providing opportunities to prove the ability of continuous improvement. Seeking assignments in Process Management/Improvement by leading and mentoring Six Sigma/Lean projects, driving Six Sigma/Lean culture by facilitating various training programs and Kaizen events.
In earlier roles, managed continuous improvement projects in Retail and Corporate Banking, design capacity models for bulk processing data centres.
Hobbies - Travelling, Driving and Foodie.

I have been working scince 8 years in instrumentation maintenance and projects, automation in both cement and Waste Heat Recovery Power Plant. Major projects carried is Comissioning of WHRPP,Bag House,Flyash Handling system,coal Mill,coal firing,MVD installation and upgradation of plant automation. Doing the maintenance of reclaimer, rawmill, kiln, cooler, coalmill, WHRPP, weighfeeders ,beltweighers,VFD etc.

Dr Hemendra Pandya:
After completion of Ph D, I worked in the field of Textile Research for 12 years and then switched to specialization in Analytical Chemistry. I handled QC, QA, QMS and GMP functions at Atul Ltd for 17 years. Prepared and submitted Drug Master File (DMF) to US FDA and European authorities for manufacture of Bulk Drug. I successfully completed Six Sigma training at NCL, Pune conducted by GE for their select suppliers.
I am handling implementation of TQM | Lean at present at Atul Ltd. Elements relevant to batch chemical manufacturing under implementation are 5 S, Quality Circle, DMT, identification, monitoring and eliminating waste | losses and improvement projects.
Training, Systems Audit and Effective Communication Skills, apart from technical knowledge, are key to success in my professional career.

Extremely passionate about retail, Chithra has been in this industry for the last 9 years. She has been with Spencer’s Retail and Reliance Retail before joining Future Group in May 2009. She is currently DGM - Operations with Future Value Retail Limited (a future group initiative). Her exceptional domain knowledge in retail coupled with rich multi-faceted talent and background has qualified her to be part of the Project Management Office (PMO) to lead and drive key strategic initiatives. In her current profile she is actively involved in business modelling, design modelling, risk assessment, project charters, driving SOP audits, quality audits, writing of Standard Operating procedures. Her areas of expertise have been process standardization, implementation and evaluation based on risk assessment thereby resulting in fraud investigation and process improvements, therefore cost savings. Her achievements include automating of the entire audit process of 950 stores using a hand-held terminal making real time scoring and monitoring possible. This coupled with a complete outsourced model ensured time and cost savings. In addition to being a cost accountant, she is a certified lead auditor from BVQi & ICRA (U.K), a Forum professional in supply chain management and has done her Six Sigma as well. She has completed her “certificate program in innovation and creativity” and “certificate program in project management” from Harvard Publishing School. Chithra''s interests include reading, travelling and listening to music, besides learning and practicing alternative medicine.

Rolita is a management and engineering professional with 14 plus years of experience in General Management, Business Strategy, Marketing & Communications and Management Consulting in – Utility Services (Power distribution), Media & Entertainment, Infrastructure, Engineering and Construction & Education sectors. She has business acumen with expertise in Planning and execution capabilities; process re-engineering, Corporate Branding and Reputation Management, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability. She has exceptional communication and inter-personal skills coupled with analytical and logical thinking abilities to undertake complex assignments and deliver superior performance in a fast paced setting that will prove to be an asset to any organization.

I'm current associated with Dell Business Process Solutions as Advisor – Business Process Improvement. I'm currently managing and executing Lean Six Sigma Culture with Dell BPS. Key focus is to enhance Lean Six Sigma knowledge and experience by conducting trainings and mentoring on project execution. Setting up measures like Productivity Index (PI), Capacity Utilization (CU) for business delivery and bringing out inference through statistical analysis.
Prior to joining Dell I was working with TCS BPS, a leading BPO organization as Assistant Manager – Quality, Supporting projects in Telecom Domain and Infrastructure unit. Prior to this, I was working with Lason India, as executive Engineer.
I hold Bachelor of Engineering (EEE) degree from Madras University and Master of Engineering (Industrial Engineering) from Anna University, both from Chennai, India. I'm married for 3 years to Rohini and blessed with a son Ashwin Maadhav.

Siddharaj Purohit is a Business Excellence professional with 20+ years of industry experience. He has extensive experience in successfully deploying Quality frameworks and Process Excellence practices, leading & mentoring high-impact projects viz. Lean Six Sigma projects, Business Impact projects, and Consulting projects globally.
He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Lean practitioner, PRINCE2 Registered Practioner, and a trained Project Management Professional by PMI Global REP.

Dr Aravindan Raghavan is an ICF Accredited Professional certified coach, Master Black belt, International accredited Lean Six sigma trainer, an Author and an International Public Speaker. He is an engineer with B. Tech Chemical. He has also studied General Management from Indian School of Business. He has trained 8200+ employees globally. His 25+ years of experience in Petrochemical, Pharma sectors makes him an expert in managing Global Operational Excellence, Supply chain management in Big Pharma companies at corporate level. He also worked in areas of Business Strategy, Operations, Supply chain transformation, Organization Transformation and Deployment of Shop Floor Excellence globally engaging all employees. As a corporate excellence leader worked closely with CEO &COO to bring organization transformation to achieve P&L bottom line impact (Till date more than 55 Million USD in last 12 years).

Aravindan was associated with Reliance industries, Jubilant, Piramal group, Aurobindo pharma Dr.Reddys and currently heading the corporate operational excellence in Syngene international limited (a Biocon group) for spearheading their efficiency and effectiveness ‘’ LEAP’’ initiatives to transform as a world class service organization.

He has a unique experience of deployment of operational excellence program to entire pharma value chain business verticals ranging from Research services, API. formulations, Biologics to achieve mastery.

He has won lot of national awards and recognitions for best six sigma projects, Awarded Level 3 Qualitist by Qimpro and Six sigma professional of the year 2018 in manufacturing supply chain for contributions to pharma industry in field of excellence.

Aravindan’s vision is to touch and influence lives of at least 10000 people every year. He helps in areas excellence and leadership. Recently he co authored a chapter in COACH WISDOM – II book sharing his life context of ‘’ Self cull caring ‘’ and success story as Excellence leadership coach.

Radhika Ralhan is a sustainability expert with an experience of more than 8 years in the domain, a University Gold Medalist and holds an M. Phil in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics. She has enhanced her academic and research insights towards pragmatic implementation as showcased in her professional experience beginning with Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) for EU LENS -Learning Network on Sustainability. She presented India's perspective on sustainable service systems and systems thinking. During her tenure with United Nations Global Compact, India, she was responsible for expanding diverse sustainability chapters that constituted research development, human rights, and capturing responsible sustainable practices of leading companies in India. She spearheaded the corporate sustainability team of GlobalHunt Foundation, conducted CSR research, designed programs, training and implementation of CSR projects for leading private sector companies. As an academic she believes in interdisciplinary pedagogy as explicit in the courses she taught at renowned institutions both in India and abroad such as Politecnico Di Milano, Italy, IHM, Pusa, Delhi and Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. She has written diverse publication and her on Sustainable Consumption was presented in global forums in Milan and Istanbul.

A Lean Six Sigma professional with over 9 years of experience in Quality Management, Business Excellence, Production Management, Maintenance Operations, Erection & Commissioning and Team Management.
Currently Associated with Unilever Home & personal care Factory, Dubai as Quality Specialist - WCM.
Skilled in assessing businesses to identify improvement opportunities and develop cost reduction programs such as lean and Six Sigma to address these opportunities.
Proven excellence in business process engineering with proven ability in improving operations, formulating strategies and models for the distribution of financial and investment advisory products / services
Demonstrated Leader & Organizational Change Agent, delivering business results focused on improving manufacturing business processes to improve reliability, increase simplicity, and enable scalable growth
Capability in managing production operations, quality, maintenance and commissioning with key focus for profitability by ensuring optimal utilization of resources & diversification of business in various areas
Rich experience in business analysis with insightful knowledge of analysis, design, development, testing, training and quality assurance
Showcased capability in developing new processes and transforming old ones at business unit level while addressing staffing, technology, operations, maintenance, and training requirements
A creative and innovative thinker with relationship management skills with the capability to relate to people at any level of business and management

I am an Electrical Engineering Graduate by profession with a Post Graduate Diploma in Quality Management and a Master of Science in Quality Management from BITS , Pilani . I have more than twelve years of experience in teaching , training and effective implementation of different techniques and tools of Quality Management and Quality Management Systems like ISO 9001 : 2015 and the erstwhile QS 9000 .
My field of interest is the understanding and implementing the philosophy and works of Dr. W. Edwards Deming. Many of my papers on the subject have been published in Indian Journals and Journals abroad . I have also conducted numerous seminars on Quality and related topics .
Currently I am a visiting faculty on the roll of many institutions related to management and engineering and specialise in teaching Quality , Production , Supply Chain and related topics .
• I was fortunate to meet Dr. Joseph M. Juran (a pioneer in the field of Managing for Quality) in 2002 , and be in touch with him for six years until his passing in 2008 .
• I was awarded a Medallion by the National Centre for Quality Management for contributions to the development and dissemination of Quality in India .
• I was featured in the text book ‘Quality Control’ by V.A. Kulkarni and A.K. Bewoor .
• My contributions have been featured in the Active Learning Course titled 12 Days to Deming by Dr. Henry R. Neave (www.theuic.com/deming)
• In May 2018 , I was made Honorary Member of the Deming Alliance , UK
• In December 2018 was inducted into the Advisory Council of the W. Edwards Deming Institute , USA
• Currently acting as a Statistical Advisor to the Covid-19 Task Force

Sayantan Roy is a quality professional with over 15 years of experience in deploying Operational and Business Excellence methodologies in multiple industries.
He is currently associated with Tata Business Excellence Group (TBExG - a divison of Tata Sons) as a Deputy General Manager assisting Tata group companies in their Business Excellence journey. Overall he has more than 12+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Process Improvement and has successfully deployed six sigma in IT/ ITES and Banking Industry. Prior to joining TBExG, he was associated with Tata Motors Finance Limited, Jones Lang LaSalle, WNS and 247 customers and has been instrumental in deployment of QMS, EMS, LSS, Innovation and climate change initiatives. He is also a certified Trainer and has more than 300 hours of training experience including lean and LSS GB. Sayantan is an Electrical Engineer with Diploma in Business Administration and is a certified Tata Business Excellence Model (adopted from MBNQA) and CII EXIM Bank assessor.

Around 25 years of exposure in Vedanta Limited in Business Excellence, Asset optimization, Sustainability, Quality Control, Customer Support Services and Production departments.

Currently, Heading Business Excellence , Asset optimization & Sustainability at Vedanta Ltd, Sterlite Copper, Silvassa.
Lean Six Sigma Black belt certified in 2014 from Exemplar Global.
Management representative for Asset Management Systems ISO 55001:2014, Quality Management Systems ISO 9001:2015, Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001:2015, Energy Management Systems ISO 50001:2011, Quality manager for Laboratory Management Systems ISO 17025 : 2017 and for Occupational Health & Safety Management systems ISO 45001:2018.
Certified Lead auditor of ISO 9001 and OHSAH 18001: 2007.
Certified internal auditor of all the three management systems (ISO 9001: 2000, ISO14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007).
Member of Bureau of Indian Standards, MTD 8 (related to Copper & Copper Alloys).
Certified Examiner of IMC RBNQA (Ramakrishna Bajaj National Quality Awards), Completed 3 assessment cycles.Certified GRI training from KPMG.
Invited as Session Chairman in National convention organized by INSSAN- 2014 and 2015.
Exposed to various competitions and winner in Qualtech (Qimpro), NCQC, CCQC (organized by QCFI) and INSSAN (Indian national suggestion Scheme’s association).
Project assessor for Qimpro convention 2015 and 2016.

A competent professional with valuable experience of 25 years in the field of QC, QA.
Presently associated with Hindusthan National Glass Industries Limited, Virbhadra, Rishikesh as Assistant Manager Quality Assurance.
Adept at managing In process QA operations involving Run test & routine test, calibrations, stage inspections, pre despatch inspection, First time right, Process Inspection.
LEAD AUDITOR FSSC 22000 v5.1 from SGS
IMS Internal Auditor - DNV
Well versed with Quality System Basic, GMP, TQM, TPM, SPC, HACCP, FSSC, Six Sigma and PAS 223.
Effective application of 5S to on shop floor.
ISO 9001:2015, IS0 22000:2013 Approved Quality Internal auditor.
Application of SAP under quality module.
Understanding of production operations and development of latest technology.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, analytical & negotiation skills with strong organizational and team building abilities.
Completed three Six Sigma green belt Project.
Compilation of all the centralized reports of the organization i.e. Quality related MIS.
Familiar with statistical software Minitab16, Quality Companion 3 & Quality trainer from MINITAB.
 Master of Science degree in chemistry from HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar.
 Diploma in Quality Management from NCQM, Mumbai.
 PGDM-Marketing from AIMA-New Delhi.
 Problem solving Pro, Digital course from QIMPRO
Delivering training to a variety of individuals on topics ranging from SQC, ISO, FSSC, TQM.

Sumant Sahoo graduated in Mechanical Engineering and completed Masters of Technology, specializing in Quality, Reliability and Operations Research from the Indian Statistical Institute. He has 15 years of rich experience in Implementation of Business Intelligence Solutions, Optimization of Enterprise Operations, Products, Processes and Services with Six Sigma, ISO, CMMi, COPC and applied Statistics in various industries includes Software Development, IT Enabled Services, and Engineering industries. He has outstanding internal/external consulting and project management skills in a variety of disciplines including quality management, human resource development, customer analytics and customer relationship management. He has mentored and completed a Six Sigma project on “Developing Estimation model for Data Warehousing projects” which won the Runner-up prize in the International Software Estimation Colloquium. He has managed more than 100 six sigma projects as Master Black Belt.

His expertise includes:
• Data Mining & Analytics
• Statistical Analysis & Modeling
• Strategic & Tactical Analytics
• Six Sigma
• Operations & Transitions

• Mechanical Engineer having 31 years of experience in Manufacturing and service industry.
• Currently employed with Reliance Infrastructure Ltd. Mumbai, as a Vice President – Quality. Responsible for guiding the Quality journey of the Organisation.
• Corporate Management Representative for the organization.
• Prior to joining Reliance he worked as a Consultant / trainer on Business Excellence for 6 years and has helped many small/ Medium / big size organizations to take the journey of excellence.
• He is a Senior Examiner / trainer on Malcolm Baldridge Business Excellence model and is expert on TQM, ISO Quality Management Systems, 5 `S`, Small Group activities etc.
• Since 2001 he is on the panel of examiners for Indian Merchants Chamber that assesses Indian companies for Business Excellence.
• Conducts training programmes for underprivileged school children for a project `Leaders Of Tomorrow`.

Hitesh Sanghavi, Managing Director – CUNIX Infotech (CMMI Partner since 2003), CMMI cert. High Maturity Lead appraiser (HMLA), for CMMI (Development and Services). Experience of 27 years. He is BE (Computers),MBA, CMC (Cert. management consultant), Lead Auditor-ISO, Master Black belt Six sigma, CQA(Cert. Quality analyst), NLP, CPCD (Cert. Performance and Competency Developer),Transformational Leadership training, Cert. Balance scorecard professional (CBSP), Certified ISMS (Info-security management system), ITIL Certified and Certified Brand Manager.
Vital Stats: He has completed 152 CMMI SCAMPI appraisals, 25 HM appraisals, 175 audits in (CMM,CMMI, ISO, ITIL), 200+ trainings in CMM/CMMI, 150 in other quality related areas, 55 CMMI official CMMI introduction and 90 CMMI SCAMPI and 22 CMMI ML4-5 trainings.

He enjoys conceptualizing, crystallizing, measuring and mentoring organizational teams for high maturity performances. Significant contributor to Mumbai SPIN activities since 1998.

Received the “Best Partner Award” from Datamatics Ltd (CMM5, CMMI 5, PCMM 5)

Authored a book on VC++ 6.0, Visual basic (CHIP), Internet Programming (CHIP).

Authored Train the trainers manual, Managers manual and Sales Manual.

TRAININGS: Seminars and Corporate Training for more than 180 organizations in ISO, CMMI, Project Mngt, S/W Estimation, Metrics, Peer Reviews.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: IEEE, NACT, CSI, SPIN, PMI, CMMI -CMU, CII (ITES), IMCI

Started carrier in 1994 with Qimpro Standards Organisation, Mumbai as a Third Party Inspector conducting inspection on behalf of AMREP-Singapore, TISL & Compaq-Singapore. Joined TANDON group in 1997. Responsibilities included developing processes for new products and product control parameters, conducting internal audits.
From November 1998, worked as a partner in Quality Life Inc. helped various industries for availing certifications of ISO 9001, 14001, 18001, NABL, TS 16949, CE Marking, ISI Marking, etc. Currently founder of Vinay Sawant and Associates and working in the areas of Training (Technical, Soft Skills), providing consultancy in Business process and productivity improvement using LEAN, Business Excellence, support for IT system development, Supplier development, Development and implementation of HR practices, Top Management Mentoring, etc.
Industry experience includes:
Chemical, Oil, Engineering, Food, Rubber, Pharmaceutical, Hospitals, Educational Institutions, Financial institution - Banks, Testing and Calibration Laboratories, Construction, Garment, Fabrication, Plywood, Mining, Material handling, SPM Manufacturing, Electrical, Electronics industries & Other service providers like Painting contractors, Logistics, Gas agencies, HR service providers, Educational etc.
Few major customers:
Cadbury India Ltd, Pidilite Industries, Voltas Ltd. (A TATA company), Nelco Ltd. (A TATA company), The Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Ltd., DIESL (A TATA company), Haware constructions, PuranIk Builders etc.

Currently Working as Manager Operational & Supply Chain Excellence looking after Manufacturing Excellence Projects & Global Supply Chain Excellence Initiatives involving Indian as well as UK, Canada & US Sites at Piramal Enterprises Limited.

Previously was Heading, Business & Manufacturing Excellence at Yarn & Terry Towel manufacturing division of the Trident Group.

B. Tech in Production and Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee with rich experience in Textiles, Pharmaceutical Industry across Manufacturing as well as Service functions like Supply Chain, Logisitcs, Customer Centricity etc. Well versed in implementing Lean Six Sigma, Total Productive Maintenance (JIPM), Industrial Engineering, & Process Improvement/Automation.

A Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Quality Society of Australasia International..

21 Yrs of experience in the field of Quality
Post graduate in Quality Management from BITS
Certified Lean six sigma Master black belt from ISI
ISO 9001 : 2005 Certified Lead auditor
Handling all the area of Quality
Good team Mentor
Handling team of 15 to 20 size
Handling Product and system certification

Arijit is the Chief Operating Officer of Future Learning, a Future Group company and one of India's leading Skills, Talent and Leadership Development organizations. Arijit is a post graduate in management and has been a Banker with a missionary zeal towards Learning & Development and has worked across leading organizations including Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI OneSource and American Express, India. Prior to coming on board at Future Learning, he was leading the Digital Learning practice at Kotak Mahindra Bank. Arijit has extensive experience across Digital Learning, L&D Operations, Content Development, Service Quality, Business Process Reengineering, Operations and Customer Service.

Arijit is a certified Six Sigma Practioner from the Motorola University, KL, Malaysia, Business Continuity Management Specialist from BCMI, Singapore, Lead Auditor for ISO 9001, 10002 and 27001 standards from British Standards Institute and a Certified Bank Trainer from the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance.

Komal is the Founder and CEO of AlterEGO Consultants, a boutique consulting firm focussing on culture transformation by 'unleashing the superhero inside you'. AlterEGO focusses on high impact projects across Corporate L&D, Skilling, Livelihood, Digital Learning, Consumer Research and Mystery Shopping for clients ranging from BFSI, Retail, Education and ITES. Prior to setting up her own firm, Komal has worked for around a decade in ITES, Banking and Education sectors. She was a Teacher with Mumbai's leading IB School, Ecole Mondiale where was managing the Primary Years Programme and continuously innovating learning methodology. At Kotak Mahindra Bank, she has worked across functions including Service Quality and Training. At ICICI Bank, she was managing functional L&D.

Qualified Metallurgical Engineer with Management degree having over 28 years experience in Steel and Engineering Industry. Also Certified Master Black Belt in Six Sigma techniques having handled internal projects of Business Excellence. Previously associated with Aditya Birla Group, Uttam Galva and Topworth Group. Currently at senior level in Marketing and Business development with Astral Pipes Group.

Over 11 years of experience in the field of Execution, Quality Assurance, Quality Control in Infrastructure and Real estate organizations. Prior to joining Tata Housing, have worked with Mahindra Lifespace Developers and Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) Ltd. Professional achievements include Implementing Total Quality Management for over 6 years, Conducting Quality, safety assessments for more than 8years, getting Golden Peacock National Quality Award for Projects, getting Cityscape Awards, Involved in registering a patent for “Low Thermal Conductivity Fly ash Brick” Getting OHSAS 18001:2007 Certification, , Green Building design, Pre-certifications and certifications for over 6 projects. Currently Involved in Developing and implementing a Product Quality Rating system based on International benchmarking.

Completed Erection & commissioning of Thermal & Gas Power plants each of 25 MW and 12 MW respectively.
Erected an Bag House for Kiln/Raw Mill for reduction of Pollution and eliminated ESP.
Also completed recently an Hydraulic Truck Tippler Project of 100 T.
Now we are going for revamping of WHR Power plant for running continuously from Waste heat in a cement plant.

Om is a Vice President and Head of Business Excellence at GeBBS Healthcare Solutions. Responsible for driving International Quality Standards, Process Training, Quality Assurance, WFM and Lean Six Sigma etc. Om comes with rich experience in designing & implementing Quality Management framework across industries. He brings expertise in Quality Standards, Process Excellence, Cost Optimization, Performance Management, Operational Efficiency, Business Strategy, ISO, COPC, CMMI, PCMM, SA-8000, Transaction Monitoring and Training.in different roles. His deployments have been into different industries like Healthcare, Telecom, Airlines, Software development, Technical Support Services in KPO/BPO/IT space. Prior to joining GeBBS, Om was associated with Wipro as Global Quality Leader; he has also served VFS Global (largest Visa facilitation company) as Senior Vice President – Quality & Transformation, and at leadership roles at WNS Global Services & GTL Limited.

Om is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, holds a Master's Degree in Total Quality & Business Management and a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science. Currently he is also a research scholar in Entrepreneurship & Organizational Success.

Om is also on the advisory council of World Quality Congress, Advisory Board of Guranga Infotech, also on Panel of Assessor for few National and International award secretariats. Some of the national and international recognitions conferred are “Top 50 Most Impactful Quality Professional of India in 2014”, “Quality Leader of the year”, “Six Sigma Champion of the year 2015”, “Dubai Quality Appreciation Award” etc..

I'm certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Facilitator from AIG. I'm also certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001 (Quality Management System). I have total work experience of more than 11 years into service industry and more than 5 years into Organizational Excellence implemeting Lean & Six Sigma. I have experience into various domains like Finance & Accounting, Insurance, Travel, Utility & Telecom. I have also been involved in transition of 7 processes from the UK.

Hardcore Quality Professional with 21 years of cross functional experience in the fields of Business Excellence, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, World Class Manufacturing, Customer Service, Management Systems etc. Spent 11 years in Manufacturing Industry before switching over to Service industry.

A certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt from Indian Statistical Institute, currently associated with HDFC Bank, Mumbai as Head–Quality Improvement Projects, chiefly responsible for delivery of high impact end-to-end projects / process improvements in Retail Assets and Cards business of the Bank using methodologies like Lean Sigma, BPMS etc.

Prior to joining HDFC Bank, worked at ICICI Bank, responsible for implementation of BPMS framework along with mentoring Six Sigma Projects. Prior to this, spent 8 years with Biral Copper - Hindalco Industries Limited – a flagship company of Aditya Birla Group. One of the pioneer members who implemented World Class Manufacturing framework at Birla Copper.

MBA from Universitas21 – Singapore and Bachelor in Industrial Engineering. Recipient of the coveted Chairman’s Award for Young Achiever in A V Birla Group and Academic Excellence Award from U21 for his MBA. Also featured in Business India (10th August’08) in “FrontRunners”

Shrutin is a B.E., MBA (Finance), a Design Thinker & Quality Improvement Associate, with fifteen years of diverse experience.
Currently, by way of a small, innovation & design strategy firm called Crystal Planet Labs LLP, he helps young businesses globally to innovate or solve complex business challenges using his unique blend of strategy, design thinking and behaviour.
Visiting faculty for Masters of Design students at the National Institute of Fashion Technology.
Author of 'Design the Future', a book that simplifies Design Thinking for business.

Before start of consultancy services in Feb 2012 I had Professional carrier of 36 years was mainly related to Engineering Industry in the following areas ,
Industrial Engg. Projects – Capital Investments ,Establishment of Factory,
Manufacturing, General Management. Collaborations & Technology Transfer.
Knowledge and understanding about latest & Global trends related to Manufacturing like 5S , Kaizen , Kanban , Lean Mfg. , Group Technology , JIT , Toyota Mfg. System , Quality Assurance etc.

Attended at least more than ten Training programs conducted by very reputed institutions like,NITIE , NPC, Indian Statistical Inst., One of it is One Week at IIM Ahmadabad on “Innovative Practices in Manufacturing.”

Certified lead Auditor for ISO 9000 ( 2008) .

Visited once to Germany, France & China for business, training & conferences.

Visited twice in 2010& 11 to Japan. AOTS Japan Scholarship & Training for 2 weeks in Japan – Jan/Feb. 2010.For “Corporate Quality Mgt. for India” and in July 2011 for 2 weeks – “Executive Program for Corporate Management.”

Associated with IMC RBNQA as CEQM for last 9 years. For 2015 cycle felicitated with Certificate of Excellence
Fellow of NCQM from Aug 2017 [National Council for Quality Management - Mumbai]

Nilesh Shinde has 13 yrs of experience in various industries like Logistics operations, Finance and BPO industry. Domain Expertise : Customer Interaction Manager - Cards (Servicing), Insurance (Policy Servicing), Telecom (Order Fulfilment), Consumer Banking. Banking – Back Office Operations, Fraud Investigation and Dispute Management
Key Projects and Accomplishments: Transformation project for Citi Telesales Australia on “Dialer Strategy” resulting in increase in Right Party Contact by 54% and Increase in conversion rate by 12%. Transformation project for US Cards CRM Optimization resulting in reduction of Customer Service time by 20% and USD 2 MM benefit to the client. Net Promoter Score (NPS) Improvement project for US Cards resulting in improvement in NPS from 36% to more than 55%, giving more than USD 5 MM business benefit to the client. Developed a New Hire Performance Prediction Model, which helps reduce the learning curve for the associates by 20%. Nilesh is a certified Master Black Belt from Indian Statistical Institute, Mumbai, ASQ Black Belt, Post graduate in Masters of Management Studies and he graduated as Mechanical engineer from Mumbai University

Professional with over 10 years of experience in Quality Assurance, Food Safety Management, Auditing, Training and Customer Relations with esteemed organizations like British Standards Institute (BSi), and Pest Control (India) Private Limited.

Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2008 QMS as well as ISO 22000:2005 FSMS. I am also an “Assessor” for CII-FACE National Food Safety Awards.

Presently, an Assistant Professor at YMT College of Management, Kharghar. Current role involves gap analysis, documentation and training to establish Quality Management System and achieve ISO 9001:2015 and NAAC accreditation apart from other academic responsibilities.

Hold a Bachelors degree in Microbiology and MBA (Marketing) from Dr. D.Y.Patil University.

Professor Virendra Shukla has over 35 years’ strategic experience in Industry with leading Business Groups like Godfrey Phillips - Phillip Morris , RPG Group , Mehta Group , Aditya Birla Group at Strategic Human Resources Management level . He is an Visiting Professor to KJ Somaiya Institute of Management and Research , Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai. He has been a Faculty with SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai in the area of OB and HRM for 5 years and conducted MDPs in the areas of Leadership Development , Managerial Effectiveness , Performance Management , Emotional Intelligence , Personal Growth Lab and competency development for various organizations. Presently a Management Consultant for over 4 years to a $250 million Family Managed Corporation advising them on their Business Performance , HRM and CSR Strategies and Policies. A Management Educator and an Executive and Life Coach, he was a board member of an International Consulting organization from 1998 - 2006. A Business Excellence Examiner (RBNQA ) for Indian Merchants Chamber besides a Quality Improvement Assessor for Qimpro for over 2 decades. He is on the 2 Academic Advisory Boards of Management Institutions and adjunct Professor with TISS SVE besides a trainer and faciltator with HEI institutions in India

Sumant is a Science graduate from Delhi University. He has subsequently acquired modern jewellery manufacturing techniques in Pforzheim, Germany, Problem Solving Tools and Techniques from AOTS, Japan, Diploma in Sustainability Management from Swedish Institute, Sweden and a certificate course in Radical Innovation from Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, USA.
He started his career in 1986 with a German Company marketing Jewellery manufacturing equipments in India. In 1990 he joined a diamond and jewellery manufacturing concern in SEEPZ, Mumbai. In 1993, he joined Titan Industries Limited, when they were setting up their jewellery venture.
He has worked in various spheres of manufacturing operations, Category Management, Systems and Business Excellence and Corporate Communications. He led Jewellery Division division to win the coveted JRD-QV award in 2012 and is currently heading Innovation for the Company. Keeping his impeccable track record, he has been appointed as a Locational Ethics Counsellor for the Company since 2003.
He is a senior assessor for the Tata Business Excellence Model and has completed 14 assessments.
Sumant along with Mr. L.R. Natarajan are one of the winners for their entry submitted for the MIX Prize - Leaders Everywhere Challenge conducted by Harvard Business Review and Mckinsey, in 2013.

Am a mechanical professional with enormous experience of 15 + years. Exceptional in Projects & maintenance of rotating equipments such as Turbine, diesel engines, reciprocating and screw compressors. Grinding Mills Ball Mill installation, Pulse Jet Bag House in Kiln and Raw Mill circuit. Spirit driven team guiding skills with an extensive knowledge in the Technical, Engineering & Managerial areas to enhance the business also adept in operations and maintenance of Turbine and boiler related auxiliaries, Diesel engines, RO plant, DM Water plant and Heat Exchangers,. Progressive experience in implementation, maintenance, repair, and project accomplishments. Excellent project management and operational experience with expertise in team building, handling and goal-oriented working with a positive attitude. Ability to take initiative and guide the team in a proper way with an exact power of vision and positive attitude.

Quality Professional with an experience of 8 years encompassing Quality assurance, Administration, Operations and Marketing.
Graduate in Microbiology, Post Graduate in Hospital Administration and Masters in Healthcare Services.
My responsibility entails Preparation, collation, coordination, implementation, monitoring and documentation of all Key Process Indicators, Quality Improvement Projects and Risk Assessments of all departments across the hospital.
Conducting regular Internal Audits, Facility and Patient Rounds.
Documenting all the Policies & procedure as per standard, formulating the subjective evidences for the same.
Monitoring Clinical Outcomes. Conducting training for all levels of personnel about accreditation requirements, standards, patient safety and quality assurance.
Formulating, organizing and conducting different committee meetings.
Coordination, Monitoring and Supervision of Non Clinical Departments like Housekeeping, Security, IT, Food Services, Linen, Maintenance, OPD, Stores and Purchase.
Preparation for Accreditations and Awards.
Examiner at IMC Ramakrihna Bajaj National Quality Awards

Effective implementation of OHSAS 18001 and ISO 14001 for safe and healthy environment.
Ø Production planning.
Ø Process optimization by monitoring Energy consumption, false air measurement, flow measurement and Specific Heat consumption.
Ø Circuit sample & chamber sample of cement mill.
Ø Grinding media optimization in Cement mill & Coal mill.
Ø Close co-ordination with Quality Control department for better inter mediate and finish product.
Ø Job planning for major shut down for Refractory maintenance and other maintenance.
Ø Cost Control: Stores consumption, manpower and overtime.
Ø Identification and rectification of abnormalities by close Co-ordination with service department to reduce the break-down for smooth plant operation.
Ø Why-Why analysis for break down reduction.
Ø Daily reporting of MIS to Tech. Cell and Tech. Head.
Ø Onsite training for Safety to workmen regularly.
Ø Motivation of subordinates for better work culture.

Ms Vidhya R Unni is a qualified Master Black Belt from Indian Statistical Institute, Mumbai. She is currently working with KPMG in the Management Consulting - Business Excellence team.
She drives continual improvement projects using quality methodologies like Lean, and Six Sigma.

Ms Vidhya has domain expertise in – Banking, Finance, Insurance BPO, and Healthcare. Her areas of specialization are training, consulting and technical writing on Lean Six Sigma methodologies.

Prior to that she was working as a Lead Black Belt with Tata Consultancy Services. She has over twelve years of experience out of which she has spent eight years in quality management handling quality initiatives and implementing Lean, and Six Sigma methodologies. Previously, Ms Unni worked as a Senior Consultant with Qimpro Consultants Pvt Ltd. At Qimpro, she successfully facilitated Lean Six Sigma Projects in various hospitals as part of a National Demonstration Project sponsored by the Quality Council of India.

Mr. Reny Varghese is a healthcare management Professional based out of Mumbai. He holds a Graduation in Medical Radiology, a PG Diploma in Hospital Management and an MBA in Healthcare Management. In 2013, he got certified as an internal auditor from National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare providers (NABH).
Reny has worked with Health Care Organizations like Ruby Hall, Pune, Apollo Health& Lifestyle Ltd, Hinduja Healthcare Pvt Ltd in the past. He is currently designated as DGM- Design & Project Consulting for Wadia Group of Hospitals, Mumbai which are premier teaching institutes in Pediatrics and Maternity with 600 beds. In his career, he has commissioned 3 major hospitals in Maharashtra.

Apart from being an Advisory Council Member for Oriental Institute of Management, Navi Mumbai, he is been a visiting faculty to few more Management Institutes in and around Mumbai. He is also a regular speaker in Healthcare Management conferences.

Mechanical Engineer with 11+ years of rich experience in the field of Manufacturing & Business Excellence in Automotive & Chemical Industry. Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt & an IIMC Alumni of EPYM. Hands-on experience of implementation of various Business Excellence (TPM & TQM) concepts during the Deming & TPM Consistency Award Journey. Facilitated 100+ problem-solving projects. Instrumental in establishing Skill Mapping, gap identification, and preparing a road map for skill up-gradation. Skillful at enhancing systems to bring greater result efficiency levels under PQCDSM. Foreseeing performance bottlenecks and facilitating corrective measures for de-bottlenecking. Conceptualizing strategizing techniques for maximum utilization of resources
Currently leading TQM initiatives for SRF Ltd in Packaging Films Business.

Acted as International Judge for World Quality Conference of ASQ 2015 (Prelim Round).
Winner of Best Lean Consulting Firm Award.
Recognized as Global New Voice of Quality by – ASQ, USA.
Appeared on cover page of ASQ's Quality Progress Magazine Nov 2011 Issue.
Winner of Shingo Video Contest 2014 on “Enterprise Excellence”, USA
Recipient of Young Enterprenioner Award from Economic Development Forum.
Internationally Certified Management Consultant (CMC) – ICMCI
QCI Approved Sr. QMS Consultant (QCI-NRBPT) 2003-2012
NPC Approved Lean Management Consultant
Certified Manager for Quality and Organizational Excellence, ASQ, USA
Certified Business Excellence Award Examiner for RBNQA.
Hon. Secretary ASQ (Local Member Community - Gujarat)
Visiting Faculty to various colleges i.e. MSU, SPU.
Invited for training by CII, BMA, QCI, MSME & Ind. Asso.
Six Sigma Black Belt (ISI-SQC-OR)
Lean Management Champion (AMA)
QMS Lead Auditor (IRCA – UK)
TS 16949 Internal Auditor (TUV)
Ex. Co-Chairman (Quality Committee-SGCCI)
Invited to Japan by JPC to study Quality Awards
Invited by Malcom Baldridge Award Committee USA for study Quality awards.
Invited as Chief Guest (South Guj. Prod. Council)
Invited as Session Chairman
Acted as Judge in CII Kaizen Competition
Member (ASQ, IMCI, QCFI, AAAI, BMA, SEVA, SGCCI)