Venu Srinivasan is the Chairman Emeritus of TVS Motor Company, one the leading manufacturers of two-wheelers in the world and Sundaram-Clayton Limited, a leading manufacturer of auto components in India. He was conferred the Padma Bhushan Award, the third Highest civilian award in India, in January 2020.

He has received a Doctor of Management by Purdue University and a Doctor of Science by University of Warwick in Coventry, UK and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India.

He became the managing director of Sundaram-Clayton in May 1979. He went on to become the chairman of TVS Motor Company. In the late 1980s, Srinivasan scripted a turnaround for the two-wheeler maker and implemented Total Quality Management. Srinivasan brought in Professor Yasutoshi Washio of Japan, a Deming Application Prize Winner and Japanese quality management guru Professor Yoshikazu Tsuda as mentors to strengthen the TQM processes within the company. Today, its facilities also make bikes for BMW Motorrad through a strategic partnership with the German firm.

He was the recipient of ISQ Jamsetji Tata Award in 2004 which is given to industry leaders who have made significant contribution to the Indian society through their work of leading on organization with exceptional and holistic focus on quality. Dr. Venu Srinivasan has been awarded the Deming Distinguished Service Award for Dissemination and Promotion of TQM.

Venu Srinivasan was elected as President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) year 2009-10. Srinivasan was conferred the coveted Padma Shri Award by the President of India in 2010 for his contributions in the field of trade and industry. He is the "Goodwill Envoy for Culture and Diplomacy of the Republic of Korea". He was earlier the Honorary Consul General, Republic of Korea (in Chennai). In 2010, he was honoured by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, with the civilian honour, Order of Diplomatic Service Merit, in recognition of his contribution to promoting bilateral relations between South Korea and India.

Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) chose Srinivasan as one of the winners for its Ishikawa-Kano Award for the year 2012, for his contribution to the theory and practice of quality management within TVS Motor Company.

Mr. B. Muthuraman has been awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government in 2012.

Born on 26th Sep 1944, Mr Muthuraman had his early college education at the Madras Christian College, holds degrees in Bachelor of Technology in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT, Madras (India) and a Masters of Business Administration from XLRI, Jamshedpur (India). He has also completed the Advanced Management Programme at European Centre for Executive Development (CEDEP), France and has undergone the “Challenge of Leadership” Programme at INSEAD, France.

He is also the former Chairman of the Board of Governors of XLRI- Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur and National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (N. I. T.). Mr. B Muthuraman was also nominated as the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur by the Honourable President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil. He is currently the Chairman of Board of Governors of UVCE. He is also currently the Chairman of XIME, Chennai.

Balasubramanian Muthuraman joined Tata Steel as a trainee in 1966. He was later shifted to the marketing and sales division after he had gained experience in the fields of iron-making and engineering development after 10 years. He worked for 20 years in this position before being appointed the vice president of the company. He was appointed as Executive Director in 2000, Managing Director of the Company in 2001 and non-executive Vice Chairman in 2009. Mr Muthuraman had held board positions in a large number of organizations. He was on the Board of International Iron & Steel Institute for several years and in its Executive Committee for 4 years. He served on the Board of Global Compact of the United Nations for 4 Years. He served on the Board of Bosch India Ltd. for 6 years. He was also on the Boards of Tata Industries Ltd. He was the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT, Kharagpur; NIT, Jamshedpur and XLRI, Jamshedpur. He was Chairman of several Tata Steel Group companies like Nat Steel, Singapore; Tata Steel, Thailand; Tinplate Company of India Ltd; Dhamra Port Company Ltd.; Tata Sponge Ltd. and Tata Martrade International Logistics Ltd.

He is associated with two NGOs as well, viz. PREJA Foundation, a joint venture between Pan IIT and Jharkhand for skill development; and Nudge Foundation, Bangalore; working in the area of skill development.

Mr. Ando is a TQM consultant. Currently President & CEO of Ando Engineering Office Limited partnership. He is a Trusty and an Academician for the International Academy for Quality (IAQ), a QC Instructor for JUSE, a lead examiner of Deming Prize committee, and a Honorary Adviser of QC Circle Saitama Section.

His Major fields as a TQＭ consultant include:

• Application of TQM methods (Policy Management, Daily Management, QC Circle and etc.).
• Statistical techniques and their application to quality problem solving,

His carrier of over 40 years of experience includes consultations and lectures in a broad range of industries, in Japan, U.S.A., Thailand, India, Singapore, and etc. 29 of them were received Deming Application Prize under his consultancy. He has been consulting for corporations, independently and as a member of a consulting team led by quality guru such as Prof. Noriaki Kano, Prof. Tatsuo Ikezawa, Dr. Kenji Kurogane, Prof. Kaoru Ishikawa, Prof. Tetuich Asaka, Prof. Hitoshi Kume, Prof. Ikuro Kusaba, and Prof. Yoshinori Iizuka. His consulting style is succeeded from those gurus.

Besides those major works, he is experienced as:

A Visiting Professor of Waseda University, a Senior Consultant in Joiner Associates Inc., U.S.A, a Lecture in Tokyo Univ. of Science, Housei Univ., a Board member of Japanese Society of Quality Control (JSQC), Chairman of International Committee of JSQC, an Executive Director of QC Circle Head Quarter, a Deputy-Adviser of QC Circle Kanto Region, a Deputy Task group leader of ISO 176 (In charge of developing ISO9004-2009)

Recognitions:

Some of the major honours he received are:

2020 ANQ Ishikawa-Kano Silver Medal, 2019 JSQC Fellow, 2018 AOTS Commendation for Business Meritors, 2011 IAQ Masing Book Medal, 2010 JSQC Distinguished Service Award for Promoting Quality Control, 2010 Nikkei Quality Control Literature Prize, 2001 JUSE: QC Basic Course Seminar, Annual Campaign Prize (Also received in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2015. 1987 Nikkei Quality Control Literature Prize (Also received in 1997, and 2010) Recently he has been contributed to develop many JSQC Standards for Quality Management and/or to translate them to English. Many of them are upgraded to JIS Std.

Specific activities in and related to India:

He made invited speech 3 times in ISQ conference:
He contributed following Indian clients to get the Deming Prize as follows:
Ashok Leyland, 2 plants in 2016, 2017, Elgi Equipment Ltd. in 2019.

Rane Holdings Limited. 4 companies in 2003, 2005, 2005, 2007 , 2 companies got Deming Grand Prize in 2011, 2012, Sanden Vikas (India) PVT. Ltd., Sona BLW Co. Ltd., Tata Steal Co. Ltd. in 2008, Deming Grand Prize in 2012, Tinplate Company India Limited, Titan Co. Ltd.

He published a book “Daily Management The TQM Way” from Productivity & Quality Publishing Private Limitted, in India. In addition, at the time of AOTS seminars, JUSE International Seminars and etc., he gave many lectures to Indian Participants.

Topic:

Restructuring of TQM - JSQC Standards

TQM should be customized flexibly according to the environment of each industry, business category, and organization, and also that should evolve with the times. So far, in the long history, based on the efforts of many organizations, new ways of TQM have been continually presented and TQM itself has been improving and diversifying. On the other hand, because of the diversity, TQM becomes difficult to understand. Then, some people hesitate to introduce TQM, lost the direction in the middle of promotion process and/ or strayed, by emphasizing originality too much the organization fells into a self-styled way that was far from the basics, and it produced harmful effects or diminishing or expanding too much In order to overcome those difficulties for beginners, JSQC has been developing many TQM related standards. This year (2022), JSQC developed a new standard "Guideline for TQM". I would like to introduce this new standard together with overviews of the other JSQC standards, especially Policy Management and Daily Management.

Education: Masters from Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor’s degree from University of Madras

He began his career as a Management Trainee in Rane Engine Valves Limited in 1979. Having assumed the executive leadership as the Chairman of Rane group of companies in 2006, he has steered the group through testing times of recent economic downturn. Utilizing the period of economic slowdown towards strengthening management and leadership capabilities, he carved out a leaner, stronger and nimbler Rane Group. He is focused on leveraging the foundation of operational excellence towards driving growth. A qualified Chartered Accountant, he holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Pennsylvania State University, USA. He has held several positions of high responsibilities with various industry forums and had been the President of ACMA and Madras Management Association, and Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Southern Region. Currently, he is Honorary Consul for New Zealand in South India.

As President of Apollo Tyres, Satish Sharma guides strategy and oversees the implementation of key functions like manufacturing, sales and marketing, customer relations and profitability in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. A member of the company’s Management and Supervisory Board, he is a man who prefers taking challenges head-on. He is credited with Apollo’s steady sales growth, in the last 5 years.

Satish Sharma began his career with JK Tyres, moving very soon to the position of a Manager, where he was responsible for brand and product management, planning and development, advertising and sales promotion, market research and after-sales service.

He joined Apollo Tyres in 1997 as a Product Manager and was gradually promoted to the position of Chief, Marketing. Sharma's eye for new products and market strategies has contributed consistently to the company’s progression. Known for his innovative marketing initiatives and exceptional leadership qualities, he continues to mentor and coach business units within the organisation. Satish took over as the Chief, India Operations for Apollo Tyres in April 2006. In early 2014, he was redesignated as the President for Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa region, and was inducted to the Board as the Wholetime Director in March 2019.

Currently, he is also the Chairman of the industry body, Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA). A Chemical Engineer from the National Institute of Technology, Raipur, Madhya Pradesh, Satish also holds a post-graduate diploma in Business Management from Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. He is a member of the Institute of Engineers, Indian Rubber Institute and All India Management Association (AIMA). An avid sportsperson, who is extremely passionate about his fitness, Sharma enjoys golf and running. He actively participates in the half-marathons held every year. Apart from sports, he loves challenging crossword puzzles and travelling with his family.

About Apollo Tyres Ltd

Apollo Tyres Ltd is a high-performance tyre manufacturer headquartered in India. It is built around the core principles of creating stakeholder value through reliability in its products and dependability in its relationships. The company has manufacturing units in India, the Netherlands and Hungary. India and Europe are the company’s two domestic markets from where products are exported to over 100 countries. In each of the domestic markets the company operates through a vast network of branded, exclusive and multi-product outlets. The company manufactures and sells Apollo and Vredestein brand of tyres.

TOPIC:

Experience sharing on TQM leading to Deming Prize

He is a well-known Medical Entrepreneur pursued his MBBS., degree at Madras Medical college in the year 1992 and MD., in Anesthesiology at BJ Medical College, Pune in the year1997. He is the first-generation Doctor in his family and is married to Dr. N. Suchitra MBBS., DGO., aleading Obstetrician & Gynecologist and blessed with one male and female children.

He is the Founder and Managing Director of Kauvery Hospital, which was started in the year 1999 as 30-bedded hospital with the mission “MAKING GREAT HEALTHCARE AFFORDABLE” Now it is 3000+ bed hospital in Tamil Nadu in 6 cities with 8 units with an average 843 crore turnover per year. Kauvery hospital has established more than 32 Occupational health centers concerning the need of Industrial Health. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Medicall - India’s largest Medical equipment exhibition since 2006.

He is also Managing Director of Agile Health since 2017. He is NABH assessor from 2009 and the first NABH assessor at South Tami Nadu.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Awarded as outstanding Anesthesiologist of India for the year 2010 by Indian society of Anesthesiology.

Awarded Medial Entrepreneur 2018 by Indian Medical Association

Certified Assessor in NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare)

Awarded Best Doctor Award 2012 in Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai

Lean six sigma Champion

HOSPITAL AWARDS

Ranked among the hospitals in South India - 2021

Listed among the Best Hospitals in India – 2021

Aval Vikatan Maanbumigu seviliargal virudhu by Vikatan on International Nurses Day - 2021

14 th Healthcare Excellence Award by FICCI - 2022

Times Health Survey Critical Care Ranking - 2022

World’s Best Hospital in India – 2022

Topic:

"Waste reduction in Health Care -Our Experience"

Prof. C. Muthamizhchelvan, Vice Chancellor, SRMIST, holds a Ph. D in Materials Science from Anna University, Chennai, India and is a recognized Guest Professor at Shizuoka University, Japan. His areas of research are Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. He has 185 publications to his credit.

He has been associated with SRM Institutions since 1985 and has served in various academic and administrative roles for the past 35+ years. He has published 171 papers and his main area of research lies in Nano Science and Technology. He is a participative leader driving the vision of the university by initiating and executing path breaking ideas, developing people and devising strategies to transform the university to global standards. He is a strong advocate for transforming curriculum towards the design thinking approach based on problem solving that enhances the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation. He has led the institution on international and national accreditation processes like ABET (USA), IET (UK), NBA and NAAC.

Topic:

How academia is preparing students with Quality acumen

Kiran Manohar Deshmukh is the Chief Technology Officer at Sona Comstar. He holds a bachelor’s degree of technology in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He has significant experience in automotive components manufacturing and has worked in the areas of, among others, manufacturing, process control and design. He was honored with the Ashoka award by the Indian Society for Quality in 2006. He is responsible for, among others, developing new technology partnerships and building competencies in manufacturing excellence in our Company. Prior to joining Sona Comstar, he has worked with Bharat Gears Limited where during the term of his employment, he attended the training program at Gleason Works. He has also worked with Sona Koyo Steering Systems Limited as the deputy managing director and executive vice chairman, CQ Workskills Services Private Limited (now Sona Skill Development Centre Limited) as the managing director, SKAP Forging Private Limited as a director. He joined Sona Comstar on July 1, 2019.

Nitish Rai graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Army Institute of Technology, Masters from SIBM and have spent over 12 years in manufacturing, heavy engineering and power industry working across the globe for major Indian conglomerates and MNCs like Kirloskar, Thermax and Fortum.

Founded FreightFox in 2020 with a vision to make logistics a competitive advantage to manufacturing industry through data and technology. FreightFox was recognized for advance tech and data application by NITI Aayog and is part of 100+ Accelerator powered by AB InBev, Coca-Cola, Unilever and Colgate Palmolive.

Topic:

Digitalization in Logistics

Aravind Maiya is a Mechanical Engineer, Lean Expert, Certified coach from Coaching Foundation India

Experience/ Profile : Career span of 26 years in Bosch covering various responsibilities - Methods, Industrial Engineering, Investment, Space & facility planning, Lean Manufacturing, Deployment of Business Excellence, Location strategy, Real estate planning and realization, Plant Manager for Power Tools @ Chennai, Digital strategy & implementation, Manufacturing strategy & coordination for Bosch India.

Topic:

Manufacturing of the Future’…..

Manufacturing is evolving continuously along with Industry revolution. What remained constant in all these years is ‘Change’. Change is inevitable and digital is new normal.

Process excellence and Lean manufacturing forms the base for continuous improvement and this can happen only with inspired and competent people. With digital revolution, industry is highly benefited to boost the performance and achieve larger success. It is expected to shift from ‘Flow’ manufacturing to ‘Fluid’ manufacturing with different levels of cyber-physical interface between human and machine. The future of Manufacturing is lean, connected, automated.

Mr. P Kaniappan was appointed Managing Director, WABCO India Limited in July 2014. Prior to which, he led WABCO in the strategic growth market of India as Whole-time Director since 2009 following the company’s acquisition of a majority stake in the Brakes division of Sundaram Clayton Limited. Mr. Kaniappan started his career as a graduate engineer trainee at Sundaram Clayton Moped division in Hosur, India, which later became a part of TVS Motor Company Limited.

In 1992, he joined the Sundaram Clayton Brakes division located in Chennai, India, and held various management roles of increasing responsibility within the Brakes business. In 1999 he moved to the Foundry division as the business head. In 2001, he became the operations head of the Brakes business and later became President (operations) of the Brakes division. During his tenure as Head of supply chain in Sundaram Clayton he transformed the supply chain function and played a key role in winning the coveted Deming prize and Japan Quality Medal as the first company in India.

When Brakes Division become part of Wabco, the global leadership acknowledged the culture and practices of Wabco India as unique which came from Sundaram Clayton’s TQM journey. Mr Kaniappan was the custodian of this culture and practices which Top management of Wabco preferred to maintain in India. This is true transformation of an Indian company to global standards and the top management of a multinational company wanting to maintain it.

Even with further change of guard, this company maintain its uniqueness and contribution to the global entity. In this regard, Mr Kanniappan’s role is very significant.

Mr. Kaniappan was ranked amongst the top 100 and Best CEO’s in 2016 by Business Today (BT) which is the largest circulated business fortnightly magazine in India. He was also recognized with Frost & Sullivan’s IMEA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, for his contribution to the manufacturing sector.He became Managing Director, ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd from April 2022 after Wabco was taken over by ZF.

Education:

Degree in Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Karnataka He also holds Executive MBA degree from Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai. The Wharton School, AMP, Management 2011 - 2011

KN Radhakrishnan is the Director and Chief Executive Officer of TVS Motor Company since October 2018.

An eminent leader in the automobile industry, Radhakrishnan is well known for his strategic planning, focus on quality, passion for customers and eye for technology.

In his previous role, he held the position of President & Chief Executive Officer, TVS Motor Company. He started his career as Management Trainee in Sundaram-Clayton Automotive Brakes Division and later became the head of Business Planning and HR & TQM of Sundaram- Clayton – Brakes Division and all the component divisions such as aluminium die casting, plastic, rubber and Harita Seating System. During this journey, he has also been at the helm of all component divisions of the TVS Group. Before assuming the position of President & CEO, he held the position of Executive Vice President (India operations), TVS Motor Company.

With decades of leadership skills, he has played a crucial role in transforming TVS Motor from a local favourite company to the third largest two-wheeler manufacturer in India, respected for quality globally. During his tenure, the company’s turnover increased from Rs. 2,955 crores (2004-05) to Rs. 20,791 crores (2021-22) and achieved annual sales of over 33 lakhs two-wheelers. His relentless efforts and commitment have helped the company win the prestigious Deming Application Prize in 2002 from the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, Japan and the prestigious TPM Excellence Award from Japan institute of Plant Maintenance in 2004.

The company commenced its overseas plant in Indonesia in June 2007 and entered the 3-wheeler segment in March 2008 under his esteemed leadership.

KN Radhakrishnan holds a Master’s degree
from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai and has also undergone Management Education Programme from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is Executive Committee Member of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.

Qualification

• Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from MNREC Allahabad India in 1984
• Master of Technology in Industrial Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology New Delhi in 1986
• PhD from Industrial & Systems Engineering department of IIT Kharagpur on subject of “Quality Management Systems and Predictive Analytics” in 2019

Work Experience

• Joined Tata Steel as Graduate Trainee – 1986 batch.
• Lead Assessor for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & ISO 18001 management systems
• Certified Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Instructor from Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance Japan in 2000
• Six Sigma Black Belt from IGE India
• Completed Post Graduate Diploma in Quality Management (PGDQM) from Mahindra Institute of Quality (MIQ) Nashik in 2010.
• Tata Business Excellence Model (based on Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award) External Assessor for the Tata group of companies. Conducted 15 external assessments of Tata group companies till date (last 8 as Team Leader)
• Facilitated TPM & TQM implementation at Tata Steel with active assistance from JIPM TPM Consultants & JUSE TQM consultants of Japan.
• Published a book titled “Daily Management the TQM Way: The key to success in Tata Steel” authored jointly with Prof. Yukihiro Ando of Japan. This book was awarded the “Masing Book Prize – 2011” by International Academy of Quality (IAQ) at ANQ Vietnam in Sept. 2011.
• Presented 2 technical papers in International Conferences (in USA & Japan) and published 2 technical papers in International journals on TPM & TQM deployment.
• Worked in Industrial Engineering (10 years), Capability Development (5 years), Standard Costing (1 year) and Improvement function (19 years) at Tata Steel.
• Have worked closely with TPM & TQM Gurus of Japan (Dr. N Kano, Prof. Y Ando, Mr. T Watanabe) to implement various quality management concepts at Tata Steel. Tata Steel became the first Steel company (outside Japan) in the world to win the coveted “Deming Application Prize” in 2008 and “Deming Grand Prize” in 2012.Facilitated Tata Steel to achieve “Benchmark Leader” status in the recently concluded TBEM assessment.
• Led a team of 17 senior executives from many Tata group companies who worked on the business transformation of Air India for a 6-months duration on acquisition of the erstwhile government company by Tata group.

Mr. Sunderraman is an electrical engineering graduate from IIT Madras (1976 Batch) and a Postgraduate in Management from IIM Ahmadabad (1980 Batch). He has learnt the essentials of Quality from the legendary Quality Exponent Dr Deming and expert from Japan through JUSE programs.

He began his career with Godrej group in 1980 in the marketing field. Over the last 40 years, he worked in manufacturing, quality, strategic planning, logistics, sourcing, supply chain, project management office and innovation through varied assignments. He drove the corporate initiative on Disruptive Innovation in several businesses across Godrej, working closely with Prof Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School. He led the breakthrough for the bottom of the pyramid with ‘Chotukool’, an affordable solid state cooling solution with low carbon footprint and no greenhouse gas – primarily focused on the basic preservation needs of the larger populace of India.

Sunderraman is actively involved in several nationwide initiatives of the Confederation of Indian Industry. He has been a keynote speaker in several seminars and conferences over the last three decades. He is a visiting faculty in many Management Institutes as a faculty on Strategic Quality Management and Innovation.

He has been closely associated with Prof Shoji Shiba – world renowned expert in Quality and Breakthrough - in developing Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing Programme (VLFM), modelled on the globally recognized Leadership for Manufacturing Programme in MIT. Sunderraman has been a core member of the Governing council and leads Senior Advisory Committee that guide VLFM. He is the lead faculty and module designer for several modules on Breakthrough Management and New Business Development.