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About ISQ

Indian Society for Quality is being promoted as a ‘Not-for-Profit’ Society by Quality Professionals with the objective of providing a National Forum for Quality Education and for advisory role. The society will act as a catalyst and facilitation body for exchange of information and experience regarding Quality Management principles, technology and practices.

Janak Mehta, President ISQ

“Empower Indian manufacturing quality. Attend ISQ Conference 2024. Share insights, learn, and shape the future of excellence.”

Avneesh Gupta, Chariman ISQ

"ISQ Annual Conference 2024: Elevate Indian manufacturing quality, unite leaders, practitioners for innovation, sustainability, and global impact.”

The theme for the conference is "Empowering Excellence: Quality-Driven Strategies for Fostering Economic Well Being" keeping in perspective the ambition of the country achieving competitive advantage.

A. Registration for Pre-Conference (12th December 2024)

Note: Registration fee covers participation fee, lunch and tea breaks during pre-conference.

Individual Member

(for one seminar)

₹2,200 Additional GST 18% applicable

Individual Member

(for both the seminars)

₹3,500 Additional GST 18% applicable

Not a ISQ member

(fot one seminar)

₹2,500 Additional GST 18% applicable

Not a ISQ member

(for both the seminars)

₹4,000 Additional GST 18% applicable

B. Registration for Annual Conference 2024 (13th & 14th December 2024)

Note: Registration fee covers participation in 1.5 days annual conference, lunch, tea breaks, participation in award night and dinner on 13th December 2024

Individual Member

₹10,000
Additional GST 18% applicable

Not a ISQ member

₹11,000 (per delegate) Additional GST 18% applicable

Not a ISQ member

3 or more delegates

₹10,000 (per delegate) Additional GST 18% applicable

Student delegate

₹4,000 Additional GST 18% applicable

C: To register through email, download the registration form below

Organisations who like to register using the registration form and pay directly to the ISQ bank account, please download the registration forms

Download registration form for pre-conference seminars here
Download registration form for the annual conference 2024 here

12^th December 2024

13^th to 14^th , December 2024

10:00 am – 01:00 pm
(Pre-conference 1)

Facilitated by Mr. Anil Sachdev

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02:30 pm – 05:30 pm
(Pre-conference 2)

Facilitated by Mr. N. Ramanathan

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Note: Agenda subject to minor modifications

Day 1 : Friday, December 13, 2024 - Annual Conference	Venue: M. S. Ramaiah Medical College Campus M S Ramaiah Nagar, Mathikere, Bengaluru, 560054

09:30 - 09:45	Safety announcement, Lamp Lighting & Vandana	Master of Ceremony (MC) :
09:45 - 09:55	Welcome Address	Dr. K N Subramanya, Conference Chair & President, ISQ Bangalore Chapter
09:55 - 10:00	Agenda	Mr. Parag Auty, Chair -Program Committee & EC Member, ISQ Pune Chapter
10:00 - 10:15	Presidential Address with deliberation on conference theme	Mr. Janak Mehta, President ISQ
10:15 - 10:20	Introduction of Chief Guest	Mr Anil Sachdev
10:20 - 11:05	Inaugural Speech by Chief Guest	Dr. M.R. Jayaram, Chairman of Gokula Education Foundation

11:05 - 11:30	Networking Break [Tea/Coffee]

11:30 - 12:15	Key Note Speech # 1	Mr. B. Muthuraman, Former Vice Chairman, Tata Steel
12:15 - 13:00	Presentation of winning Case studies of TOPS Convention, a compeition of problem solving projects	Winners from competitions conducted by the three chapters

13:00 - 13:50	Networking Break [Lunch]

13:50 - 14:15	Quality Quiz	Quiz Corp team from college to moderate
14:15 - 14:35	Speech by Harsha Award Winner #1	Sivanesan Ramachandran - Former President Quality, Sourcing, Service & Aftermarket Ashok Leyland Ltd, Topic: Leveraging AI for improving Cost of Quality
14:35 - 15:35	Panel Discussion : Theme: Quality in the Digital Age: Leveraging Quality 4.0 while Upholding Quality Priniciples	" Session Chair & Moderator : Mr. Mahesh Hegde, Former President, ISQ Pune Chapter, Panelists: Mr. Kiran Deshmukh, Former CTO - Sona Comstar, Mr. Amitabh Mathur, President & Managing Director, APTIV India & ASEAN, Mr. Kumar R., Head Quality Management, Bosch India"

15:35 - 16:00	Networking Break [Tea/Coffee]

16:00 - 16:20	Speech by Harsha Award Winner #2	R.G. Periaswami, Executive Vice President at TVS Motor Company Limited
16:20 - 16:40	Speech by ISQ Ashoka Award Winner#2 (Virtual)	Mr. Aravind Goel, MD & CEO of Tata AutoComp Systems Limited (Virtual)
16:40 - 17:00	Speech ANQ Ishikawa Kano Silver Medal winner	Mr. Ashok Sharma
17:00 - 17:40	Key Note Speech # 2	Mr Janak Mehta

17:40 - 18:30	Networking Break [Tea/Coffee] , Commuting to Hotel for Awards Night (Strategy Hall - Taj Yeshwantpur)

19:00 - 20:45	ISQ Awards Night (Light Entertainment, announcement of awards and acceptance speeches by award winners followed by address by Chief Guest)

20:45	Onwards Cocktail and Dinner

Note: Agenda subject to minor modifications

Day 2 : Saturday, December 14, 2024 - Annual Conference

Venue: M. S. Ramaiah Medical College Campus M S Ramaiah Nagar, Mathikere, Bengaluru, 560054

09:00 - 09:20	Speech by Harsha Award winner # 3	Mr. Rajinder Singh, Executive Dean, MIQ
09:20 - 09:50	Keynote Speech #3	Dr Jagannath Das, Deputy Director (Safety,Reliability & Quality Area), ISRO
09:55 - 10:40	"Coffee Chat : Theme: Prosperity for all, through Quality"	"Mr. N Ramanathan, ISQ Dronacharya Award Winner in chat with Dr. Jairam Varadaraj, MD, Elgi Equipments Ltd"
10:40 - 11:00	Speaker being identified

11:00 - 11:30	Networking Break [Tea/Coffee]

11:30 - 12:15	Prize Distribution for QSA (5) and Sponsorship companies	Mr. Vijay Kalra
12:15 - 12:45	Keynote Speech - Overseas Speaker (through online)	"Dr. Ayed Alamri, President Saudi Quality Council (Topic: Quality and Business Excellence Movement in Saudi Arabia... the leadership role of Saudi Quality Council)"
12:45 - 13:00	Summarization of conference proceedings	Mr. Chandra Mouli, Executive Chair ANQ Congress 2025
13:00 - 13:10	Announcement of ANQ Congress 2025 with ISQ annual conference	Mr. Chandra Mouli, Executive Chair ANQ Congress 2025
13:10 - 13:20	Vote of Thanks followed by National Anthem	Mr. Parag Auty, Chair -Program Committee & EC Member, ISQ Pune Chapter

13:20 - 14:20	Networking Break [Lunch] & End of the Conference

Geetanjali Vikram Kirloskar
(Chief Guest)
Chairperson & Managing Director
Kirloskar Systems Private Limited

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
(Jamsetji Tata Award Winner)
Executive Chairperson
Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited

Dr. Jairam Varadaraj
(Speaker in Coffee Chat)
Managing Director
Elgi Equipments Ltd.

Diamond Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

Annual Conference 2024

Empowering Excellence: Quality-Driven Strategies for Fostering Economic Well Being

Theme of 2024

Registration is open (early bird registration)

A. Registration for Pre-Conference (12th December 2024)

Individual Member

Individual Member

Not a ISQ member

Not a ISQ member

B. Registration for Annual Conference 2024 (13th & 14th December 2024)

Individual Member

Not a ISQ member

Not a ISQ member

Student delegate

C: To register through email, download the registration form below

Pre-Conference Seminars

Annual Conference
2024

Schedule.

Theme: TQM for New Product Development

Note: Agenda subject to minor modifications

Event Guests & Speakers

Sponsors.