ASQ-LMC Conference - Future of Quality in India - 'Leadership Dimension'

Today an event organised by American Society for Quality (India) Ltd. was successfully held in ITM university Gurgaon.

The theme of the conference was ' Future of Quality in India - Leadership Dimensions '.

We saw a elite bunch of eminent speakers invited in the conference and they enlightened the audience with their knowledge, experience and views related to quality. The audience included professionals from different industries, academic people and young students .

The speakers who came to the conference includes :

1. Mr. Bharat Wakhlu - Board of Director ASQ & Group Resident Director,  TATA ( His Speech )

2. Dr. K. Kumar - Director, Maruti centre for excellence (MACE)

3. Mr. Kush Verma - Director General NAIR (National institute of administrative research)

4. Mr. Vineet Sharma - EVP - Quality & Business excellence,  MAX New York Life Insurance

5. G. Sundararaman - ASQ LMC Delhi chair & Vice President - Engineering & Quality, JCB India

6. Mr. Cuby James - Founder & Director - Second school and Ex. Director Convergys

7. Mr. Sachin Garg - ASQ LMC Delhi communication chair & AVP - Quality & Business excellence, MAX Newyork Life Insurance

8. Mr. Prashant Hoskote - Director Quality & Performance excellence, MAX India

9. Mr. Aryan Viswakarma - GM-Corporate Quality at Inox Wind ltd

10. Mr. A K Jain - Former Executive Director (BHEL)

11. Prof. Prem Vrat - Vice Chancellor & Prof. of Eminence , IMT University

12. Mr. Arun Kumar (IAS) - Retd Secy GOI

The main charm of the event was the mix of quality leaders from different sectors like Manufacturing, Service, Education & Healthcare.

To have the active participation from the audience, Panel discussion event was held with a Q & A session in the end. The panel memebers ( Mr. James, Mr. A. K. Jain & Mr. Arun Kumar ) responded very effectively to the questions put up by the audience.

A very effective live case study from Maruti supplier was also presented in the end.

Mr. Sachin gave ASQ LMC updates & also he gave presentation about the Mentor program to be started by ASQ LMC.

A new book was launched "Management Thoughts on Quality" by Mr. Aryan Viswakarma.

Overall the event was more than just the event, the views & knowledge shared by the speakers was priceless and they taught us all something new and made us realise the individual responsibility towards fulfillment of quality objectives for the delightment of customer.

In my next post, I will try to summarize the views presented by the speakers and will share with you in brief.