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New Delhi [India], October 5: India’s ambition to grow to be a globally aggressive, self-reliant and innovation-led economic system have to be underpinned by a powerful tradition of high quality, innovation and excellence, emerged as a key message on Day 1 of the third version of the IFQM Symposium 2026 in New Delhi. Bringing collectively senior {industry} leaders, policymakers, world high quality consultants, CEOs, CXOs and academia, the symposium explored how India can leverage its scale, expertise and human capital to construct globally aggressive establishments and enterprises.
Delivering the keynote handle on “Powering Viksit Bharat – Scale without Boundaries to Advance Development through Technology, Digital Innovation and Inclusive Connectivity,” Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia – Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, Government of India stated that the world will quickly look to India to study high quality, innovation and self-reliance. He highlighted the position of initiatives comparable to IFQM in taking India ahead in the direction of Viksit Bharat@2047 and strengthening the nation’s journey in the direction of Atmanirbharta.
IFQM, established by a consortium of India’s main enterprises, is an industry-led motion dedicated to catalysing Indian organisations to grow to be globally aggressive and export-capable by Quality, Innovation and Excellence. The Foundation is concentrated on strengthening the capabilities of Indian {industry}, together with MSMEs, by initiatives that promote high quality, innovation and sustainable improvement according to the nation-first aims of Viksit Bharat.
Speaking on the symposium, Mr. N. Chandrasekaran, Executive Chairman, Tata Sons, highlighted India’s progress in constructing sustainable, world-class infrastructure and establishments. He stated, “India has made tremendous progress in developing sustainable world-class infrastructure and institutions. Our economy is doing very well, and over the last few years it has exceeded expectations. Achieving this amid global economic uncertainty is no mean task. It was possible because of infrastructure growth, manufacturing, especially precision manufacturing and investment in human process (education and skill development).”
Delivering the inaugural handle, Mr. S.N. Subrahmanyan, Chairman & Managing Director, Larsen & Toubro, targeted on the significance of constructing high quality a tradition throughout organisations. He stated, “In infrastructure, doing projects with quality is critical. We are still not there yet; there is a lot to learn from global practices. Hopefully, initiatives like IFQM will help us reach that level of excellence. Personally, I can share many examples, and each one contributes to the lessons we need to achieve quality. Every employee has to be involved. It’s not just about quality; it’s about innovation. Quality has to be a culture; I think that will make it happen.”
Recognising Excellence in Quality and GovernanceA key spotlight of Day 1 was the popularity of Mr. Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, IFQM, by the International Academy for Quality (IAQ) with the Marcos E. J. Bertin Quality in Governance Medal, recognising his contribution to advancing sound governance by high quality rules and strategies. The honour was introduced by Mr. Sunil Sinha, Trustee, IAQ, and Mr. Ral Molteni, President, IAQ.
Speaking on the event, Mr. Raul Molteni, President – International Academy for Quality highlighted IAQ’s imaginative and prescient of shifting past conventional high quality administration in the direction of “quality for humanity”, and underscored India’s rising significance in advancing this agenda. He famous that Indian corporations have demonstrated that Total Quality Management (TQM) will be applied at scale and evolve right into a broader motion. Mr. Sinha emphasised the significance of recognising leaders who’ve embedded high quality into the best way organisations are managed and ruled.
Reflecting on TVS Motor Company’s high quality journey, Mr. Venu Srinivasan recalled how Japanese high quality consultants helped strengthen the corporate’s give attention to TQM greater than three many years in the past. He emphasised that the Deming Prize shouldn’t be seen because the vacation spot, however as the start of an organisation’s TQM journey. He famous that the journey extends past processes and practices to constructing belief with stakeholders, highlighting the duty that comes with good governance.
IFQM and karlsruhe institute of expertise (equipment) be a part of fingers to strengthen industry-academia collaborationFurther strengthening its give attention to information, analysis and functionality constructing, IFQM and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) formalised a brand new collaboration by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the symposium.
Mr. Soumitra Bhattacharya, CEO and Director, IFQM, exchanged the MoU with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gisela Lanza, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, within the presence of Mr. Venu Srinivasan, Chairman Emeritus, TVS Motor Company.
The collaboration will strengthen cooperation in high quality and innovation and displays a shared ambition to embed these rules extra deeply into the methods and processes that drive {industry}. The partnership will even advance IFQM’s give attention to industry-academia collaboration, connecting tutorial analysis and experience with the evolving wants of Indian {industry}.
Taking the standard dialog throughout sectorsDay 1 featured six panel discussions that introduced collectively {industry} leaders and MSMEs to look at the challenges and alternatives throughout sectors and show how high quality and innovation can create measurable impression.
The discussions included “Pharma & Life Sciences: Moving Beyond Generics – Pioneering Global Leadership in Innovative Medicine”; “From Scale to Excellence: Reimagining Infrastructure for India’s Global Leadership”; “IFQM as Force Multiplier – Measurable Impact Across Sectors”; “Humble Beginnings to Global Standards – The Force Multiplier Playbook”; and “Transforming India into a Trusted Global Electronics Hub.”
The classes additionally highlighted the experiences of MSMEs which have benefited from the IFQM initiative, showcasing how targeted interventions in high quality, expertise, functionality constructing and innovation may also help companies strengthen their competitiveness and transfer in the direction of world requirements.
Day 1 additionally featured 5 keynote addresses exploring India’s Viksit Bharat ambition, high quality and innovation, technology-led transformation, synthetic intelligence and world competitiveness, together with views on China’s evolving position within the world economic system.
An unique CEO session, “Creating Force Multipliers for the Industry-led Movement – Boardroom Vision to Shop Floor Excellence,” introduced collectively senior enterprise leaders to look at the practices and organisational interventions that may translate boardroom imaginative and prescient into excellence on the store flooring. The session targeted on how management dedication, worker participation, high quality tradition and innovation can work collectively to create sustainable and measurable impression throughout organisations.
With its first day bringing collectively views from authorities, {industry}, academia, world high quality establishments and MSMEs, the IFQM Symposium 2026 strengthened the necessity for India to maneuver from scale to excellence and from particular person organisational initiatives to a broader, industry-led motion for high quality and innovation.
About IFQM Instituted within the yr 2023, IFQM is the Indian Foundation for Quality Management ( IFQM) that’s dedicated to the promotion of transformative adjustments throughout Indian industries. It seeks to institutionalize a tradition of high quality that meets and exceeds world requirements. It is about bringing in steady enhancements of each services, thereby elevating the notion about Brand India. Committed to the prosperity and high quality of lifetime of all, IFQM features as a catalyst in making Indian companies globally revered with cooperative belief, respect, empathy, and mutual sharing. Through its initiatives, IFQM helps India’s journey in the direction of changing into a developed nation by 2047, with an emphasis on innovation, excellence, and stakeholder engagement throughout sectors.
*The IFQM Governing Council: Mr. N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons Mr. Dilip Sanghvi, MD, Sun Pharmaceuticals Ms. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Executive Chairperson, Biocon Biologics Mr. TV Narendran, CEO & MD, Tata Steel Limited Mr. Okay.N. Radhakrishnan, Director & CEO, TVS Motor Co Dr. Randhir Thakur, CEO & MD, Tata Electronics Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Salil Gupte, President, Boeing India & South Asia Mr. SN Subrahmanyan, Chairman & MD, Larsen & Toubro Mr. Venu Srinivasan, Chairman Emeritus, TVS Motor Co & Chairman, IFQM
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