The word quality has a wide meaning hidden in it. But along with quality, honesty, transparency and reliability are also equally important and it is the real wealth of the 21st century. Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways said this while addressing the valedictory function of the ‘National Convention on Quality Concepts’ organised here at the Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management, Nagpur (RCOEM) by Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI). On this occasion National President of QCFI Avinash Mishra; Executive Director of QCFI D K Srivastava; Director QCFI Vijay Krishna; Chairman Nagpur Chapter QCFI A K Jain; General Secretary of RCOEM Rajendra Purohit; CEO and Managing Director of Solar Industries India Ltd Manish Nuwal; and others were also present on the occasion. Gadkari said he is happy to see more that more than 10,000 delegates took part in the national convention. “I strongly believe that the convention will certainly give a new direction to all of us,” he said.

 

Gadkari further remembered his association with the Quality Circle Forum of India and said, “I got an opportunity to work with the Quality Circle Forum in 1995. At that time I was the Maharashtra Public Works Minister and I had a great experience working with Mrs. Punawala and her team. 55 flyovers, Worli-Bandra Sea-Link, Mumbai-Pune Expressway, etc. were done in Mumbai. At that time, there were 26,000 people to work with on various Government projects worth Rs 1800 crore. After that we set up Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited, (MSRDC) and managed to complete projects worth Rs 8,000 crore with small team of only 49 people. That is the skill of management,” he highlighted. Gadkari also said that good management goes hand in hand with maintaining good quality and it requires speedy decision-making, transparency and a corruption-free environment.

 

“Through Quality Circle, we are all getting all the technical education. But along with this, we should also acquire human values and become sensible human beings,” Gadkari concluded. Gadkari unveiled a book on 5S and presented the awards to organisations under Nagpur Chapter. Solar Industries, CEAT, JSW and Elkem won the awards in ‘Best Supporting Organisations’ category from Nagpur Chapter for their commendable efforts in implementing the quality principles. MSME, Hyderabad was awarded as Best Service Sector organisation award (Govt Sector), while Adani Power LTD, Raighar unit was awarded as Rank-1 in 5-S Certification of QCFI jointly with JUSE (Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, Japan). The certifications for World Class Manufacturing (WCM) were presented to Titan Eyewear Hosur among large scale industries and in MSME units Sashi Sidnal Foods Pvt Ltd Belgaum. QCFI Nagpur Chapter was awarded for successful conduction of event and setting new benchmarks for upcoming conventions. RCOEM was awarded as the best host for jointly organising the event and best in class staff, infrastructure facilities. Vivek Shrouty, Secretary QCFI, proposed vote of thanks.