Regional Quality Conclave (RQC)
Theme: Quality for Manufacturing Competitiveness
26th June 2019, NEDFi Convention Centre, Guwahati
PROGRAMME
9:30-10:00 AM Registration
10:00 – 11:00 AM Inaugural Session
Welcome Address by NBQP
Introductory Remarks by FICCI
Special Address by Mr Rajendra Ratnoo, Joint Secretary, Department for
Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
Inaugural Address by Mr Ravi Capoor, Additional Chief Secretary, Industries &
Commerce, Act East Policy Affairs, Public Enterprises and Environment &
Forest Departments, Government of Assam
Concluding Remarks & Vote of Thanks by FICCI
11:00 – 12:00 PM Session 1 – “Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED)”
The Zero Defect Zero Effect (ZED) model aims to address the quality and ecological
needs of domestic and overseas customers, society, employees, partners,
regulators, and investors. The Zero defect segment of the ZED concept focuses on
customer (via zero non compliance and zero waste) whereas the Zero effect
segment of the ZED concept focuses on society (via zero wastage of natural
resources and zero air pollution/liquid discharge).
Moderated by:
• Panellists
QCI
Dr Rajeev Kandpal, Additional Chief Executive Officer, Government e
Marketplace (GeM), Government of India
ZED Awardee
ZED Awardee
• Discussion and Q&A
12.00 – 1.00 PM Session 2- “Reducing Cost of Poor Quality”
The Indian systems, processes, and products should be of such a quality that the
cost of poor quality disappears from manufacturing. The cost of poor quality
(CoPQ) helps companies analyze traditionally measured quality costs. These
include scrap, rework, and returned materials. The importance of quality can be
well appreciated by talking in terms of such costs incurred by a firm producing
defective products.
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Moderated by:
Presentation by Mr Subhajit Ghosh, Nestle
Presentation by Mr Mahesh Vaswani, Senior General Manager, Emami
Limited
Presentation by Mr.Sunil Kr. Singh, Head of Operations(Foods),ITC Ltd
Presentation by Mr Anant Pande, Chief-Operations, Jubilant Life
Sciences
Honda Cars
• Discussion and Q&A
1.00 – 2.00 PM Lunch
2:00- 3:00 PM Session 3- “New Technologies for Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing”
New technologies in Industry 4.0 and Sustainability are shaping future of
manufacturing. Industry 4.0 technologies are believed to provide large scale
benefits in terms of efficiency and operations. A circular economy is presented as
a system of resource utilization where reduction, reuse and recycling of elements
prevails. Also, Companies that have implemented this system have proved that
reusing resources is much more cost effective than creating them from scratch.
All these technologies result in lowering of production price and sale price, thereby
benefiting the consumer; not only economically, but also in social and
environmental aspects. The session would be therefore focusing on the three basic
components of Sustainability - Environmental Conservation, Social Responsibility
and Economic Development.
Moderated by:
Presentation by ONGC
Presentation by Mr Rene Van Berkel, UNIDO Representative of the
Regional office in India
Presentation by Mr Alok Gupta, Plant Operations Head, Dabur India
Limited
Presentation by Mr Arindom Paul, Cluster Head, Marico Ltd
Presentation by Mr.Ashok Kr. Singh, CGM, Patanjali Ayurveda-Tezpur
Plant
Presentation by Mr Rajeev Singh, Partner Management Consulting,
Deloitte
Presentation by Manish Sharma, President and CEO, Panasonic
Presentation by Mr. Meenu Singhal, Vice-President Industry Business,
Schneider Electric India
Presentation by Mr Gyanesh Chaudhary, MD & CEO, Vikram Solar
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Presentation by Mr Sumit Joshi, Managing Director and Vice
Chairman, Signify
Discussion and Q&A
3:00– 4:00 PM Session 4 -Panel Discussion on “Policy Measures for Enhancing Quality and
Competitiveness”
This session aims to discuss the key policy measures that would help in achieving
Quality and competitiveness in manufacturing sector.
Moderated by:
• Panellists
Mr Sushil Goenka, Managing Director, Emami Ltd.
Mr William Bissel, Director, Fab India
Col. Harmit Singh Sethi, Executive Director & Group Head, Corporate
Affairs, Dalmia Cement
Mr Amrit Deorah, Director, Aasray Foods
Mr Kenichi Yokoyama, Country Director, Asian Development Bank
Mr Junaid Kamal Ahmad, Country Director, World Bank
Mr Pabitra Buragohain, President, FINER
Mr Ramesh Kejriwal, Chairman, All India Rubber Industries Association
Mr Jagjeet S Kandal, Vice Chairman, Amalgamated Plantations (A Tata
Enterprise)
Discussion and Q&A
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