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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

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

Mr Anirudha Chakravarty is freelance consultant for Quality Improvement and Business Excellence and also Director at Qimpro. He is a BE Electronics from Mumbai University and a Six Sigma Black Belt from Six Sigma Academy (USA). He started his career as an IT hardware specialist, but over the last 15 years, he has worked dedicatedly in the field of Quality Management. His areas of specialization include assessments, training, facilitation and mentoring on Six Sigma, Intelligent Cost Reduction, International Quality Maturity Model, IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Award and Best Practices.

Mr Chakravarty, over the last 15 years has conducted over 20 assessments on Business Excellence for top organizations in India and overseas. He has trained over 150 Black Belts and 1500 Green Belts on Lean and Six Sigma. He has facilitated teams from various organizations to complete more than 500 process Improvement projects in manufacturing, service and transactional processes.

Previously, Anirudha has served as a Director at Qimpro Consultants Private Limited and was heading Business Consulting. He was the key driver behind the successful implementation of the first ever National Demonstration Project on Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare. Prior to that, he has served as Sr. Manager - Continuous Improvement and Best Business Practices (CIBBP) at Johnson Controls (India) Pvt. Ltd. He also played a key role in launching and guiding the Six Sigma initiative at MIRC Electronics Ltd.

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.

Business Transformation Leader with 12+ years of expertise in building, leading, transforming organizational processes, to maximize business results in Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), BFSI, Energy and Utility, Contact Centers and Manufacturing sector. Strong track record of process improvement, transformation and attaining business goals through digital initiatives, LSS implementation, improvement of Customer experience and other quality initiatives etc. Expert at building and motivating high-performing, cross-functional teams that exceed customer and shareholder expectations.

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.

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.

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 D V Deshpande is Vice President and Presently working in Operation And Maintenance Division of Lanco power limited in Corporate Operation service .He has more than 27years of experience in Operation and maintenance of Large size thermal power plant.He is certified six sigma Black belt. He has done many six sigma process improvement projects.

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.

A management professional with 7+ years of experience across the value chain in Strategy development & deployment, Business Excellence, Operational Excellence, Program management, Product life cycle management with global stakeholders .

Skill Set: Six Sigma (Green Belt), Project Management, COGS Reduction, Business Process Reengineering, Product Strategy & Development, Business Analysis, Stakeholder Management and KPIs reporting to CXOs (CEO/COO/CTO)

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.

Zahara is a certified Lean Six Sigma expert (Master Black Belt) & program management professional with over 17 years of experience in the areas of Process Excellence, Quality, Transformation and Change Management linked to strategic as well as tactical objectives of organizations. Zahara has been instrumental in establishing the process excellence framework for several companies in the service / back office environment. She has successfully mentored projects across cross functional teams using the six sigma, Lean, Agile and other discipline frameworks impacting customer satisfaction, productivity and efficiency to support bottom line targets and improve companies top line achievements.

She has deployed several tools such as “Voice of Customer” and “Cost of Doing Nothing Different” to create and manage a pipeline of projects impacting the strategic objective and direction of the organization.

Zahara is currently associated with Accenture in capacity of the Global Lead focused on Quality, Training & Change management.

Mr. G S Govindaraj is a professional, Chemical Engineer with Master of Business Administration and having 22 years of rich experience in Manufacturing Industry. At Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd, he was instrumental in adoption of RBNQA – Performance Excellence framework, coordinating company wide TQM – Continual Improvement projects implementation, supporting team for effective implementation of TPM activities. He administered effective implementation of Quality, Environment System with a key role as Management Representative (ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 14001:2004), and Occupational Health & Safety Management as Management Appointee (OHSAS 18001:2007) and Laboratory Management System as Quality Manager (ISO 17025:2005). He also lead Business Excellence role in other group companies of Vedanta Ltd . His previous assignments include Tata Steel for four years and Ion Exchange India Limited for three years before joining with Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd in 2005. He is currently working as Head – Operational Excellence at J K Paper Ltd and spearheading implementation of continual improvement activities and facilitating change management process across business units. His certification includes Examiner for Quality Management from IMC- Quality Cell, Manager of Quality/ Organizational Excellence and Six Sigma Black Belt from ASQ, TQM Facilitator from AOTS, Japan, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt from QAI and TPM Facilitator from CII – TPM Club India.

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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.

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.

My self Pavan Kumar gupta , Post graduate in MBA (Operation) & graduate in B.Tech from Mechanical engineering having 8+ years industry experience In quality and excellence function.
I am certified Six Sigma Black belt from ASQ along with exposure of 80+ improvement projects & certified internal auditor for ISO/TS 16949:2009.
Currently associated with Kansai Nerolac paints as ME (Manufacturing excellence) coordinator having responsibility to drive ME function that includes drilling of actions to achieve business plan & transforming in X Matrix, training and support for sigma green belt project, Monitoring & mentoring for FIP (Focused improvement project) drive, imparting training on various tools & techniques for problem solving through PDCA & DMAIC methodology, support to quality management system & Driving of 5S and kaizen Pillar in Plant.
Prior to this industry I have worked in Sheet metal, molding & assembly, Machining & Glass industries having responsibility as in charge for Quality control, quality assurance, TQM Coordinator & Manufacturing excellence coordinator.

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.

In my 13 years of experience, I have worked across varied industries like Telecom, Manufacturing and Logistics and Courier, travelled across countries in Africa and Asia, implementing new ideas and learning along the way. In my current capacity as Lead Specialist (Senior Manager-II) -solution and Process Design for City logistics , I am responsible for Creating, Improving and Maintaining the last mile processes (both forward and Reverse) with a view deliver a world class customer experience in optimized costs. I am very passionate about building sustainable processes and that is what I do in my current role.

My areas of interests and expertise include and is not limited to Reverse Logisitcs, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Lean manufacturing, Six sigma, Contract Electronic manufacturing services, E commerce, etc.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

- Have been working as Senior Examiner for RBNQA for more than 11 cycles,
- Six Sigma green belt certified from Motorola University,
- Integrated Management System auditor certified,
- Establishing, implementing and driving Business & Operational excellence
- Working in field of Quality from last 17 years
- BE (Instrumentation)

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Dr Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty is currently head and DGM Quality of Godrej Properties Ltd, Mumbai. His area of specialization includes Process Improvements and Process excellence using Six-Sigma, DFSS, Lean Six-Sigma, Quality Management, and Process Automation. He has PHD degree from IIT Bombay, Master of Engineering in Industrial Management from University College of Engineering, Burla, Sambalpur (Orissa) and Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from REC Bhopal (at present MANIT). He is also an ASQ certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Anexas certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

He has over 14 years of experience in many well know industry and has handled roles in various capacities and varied sectors (Manufacturing, Medical, Construction etc.). Over the years his experience has covered areas including Quality & Reliability Management, Six Sigma, Methods Engineering, Operation and Maintenance. He has experience in Automation of plant machinery and equipments to increase productivity and to reduce downtime with use of rives, PLC and SCADA system. He is a Lead auditor and internal auditor for ISO 9000, ISO 14000, OHSAS , 18000,, ISO13485 and ISO/TS 16949 for his current and previous organizations.He was guide for many industry based research/projects. He has published papers in National and International proceeding and has reviewed papers for many International Journals.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

Senior Vice President and Head - Corporate TQM, SRF Limited

B.E. (Electrical) DCE, Delhi and MS (Quality Mgmt) BITS Pilani. 28 years of wide experience spanning industry and consulting, as design engineer, project manager, business consulting leader and quality management change leader.

Leads group-wide promotion of improvement activities from the Corporate at the SRF group, an Indian multinational, integrating TQM, TPM and TPS with problem solving into building and sustaining a world class organization.

Successfully led the challenge of two Deming Prizes in the group.
In earlier stints, led consulting engagements for international clients in the retail industry, bringing to them business value through strategy and technology led interventions.

Trained by leading TQM gurus both in Japan and in India, Certified examiner - IMC RBNQA, senior internal assessor,

Board Member - Indian Society for Quality, Asian Network for Quality (ANQ), Associate Academician - International Academy for Quality (IAQ), Senior Member - ASQ

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

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

A seasoned professional with experience in Automobile, Tractor manufacturing and in Process Industry for Excellence practices.
18 plus years of rich experience in Business Excellence initiatives predominantly in Six Sigma, QMS (TS16949), TQM, TPM, Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing with hands on experience in Quality assurance and in Manufacturing.
Tremendous experience as a faculty by imparting training to more than 1200+ participants on systematic problem solving through QC Story, Quality Management system(TS16949), Six Sigma Green Belt, Black belt, SPC ,FMEA etc.
Have the credit of publishing Two statistical papers on Taguchi's Beta correction (Partial correction technique) and on DOE by Indian Statistical Institute(ISI) Bangalore and Mumbai.
Have been invited by CII to conduct Business Excellence assessments based on EFQM for 2018 & 2017.
Governing Council Member of QCFI-Mysore chapter from Aug 2018

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.

Manager with 9.5 years of Experience in Process Excellence & Re engineering, Operations & Requirement Analysis. Qualifications which includes MBA - Information technology & Project Management Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Business Process Manager, Enterprise risk manager, Prince 2 Expert and ISO Lead Auditor adds value to my interest in maturing as a Quality Professional. Areas which interest me is Business Process Re engineering where I have Re constructed and Monitored Projects on the basis of reduction of NVA's and Reduction of Lead Time. Currently I work with the Risk Advisory Services of EY India LLP. I am also a member of American Society for Quality and Global Association for Quality Management.

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.

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

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.

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..

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

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

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.

Over 12 years of experience in designing & driving quality, business excellence & customer experience for large originations such as Tata Communications, Café Coffee day, Vodafone Business etc. In my current assignment I designed Quality framework & customer experience program for Vodafone's enterprise business & driving improvement initiatives across customer life cycle & all touch points.

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.