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Our 1 Convocation

Advanced Diploma award

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6 North-West QualTech

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Short-term programmes

1 Lean Six Sigma Black

Belt programme

concluded

Management

development

programme for KDDL

TQM Refresher For

Winsome

TQM Workshop for

Markfed

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Miscellany: A Box Full of

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Forthcoming programmes:

B.Tech. Programme

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Six Sigma Certification

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Brig. Surinder Singh - Editor

Suparna Sinha - Associate Editor

Harish & Harpreet - Design

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from the editor’s desk

It is with great joy and a sense of achievement that we bring out the 2 issue of 'Pragati'.

The 1 Convocation of the School, held with dignity and grace, was a major milestone.

NWQT Awards attracted more entries than ever before. It was encouraging to see that a

large number of learners of our School were representing their companies in the finals of

the competition. Also, a new category of awards was initiated from this year onwards for

the Service sector with the institution of Educomp Quality Innovator Award.

Our corporate training programmes are gaining in popularity and in frequency and the

level of satisfaction of the participants in these programmes is also rising. But, most

importantly, the success stories of our Alumni are truly heartening. Many of them are in

touch with us either through the Alumni Association or otherwise. These stories are a

source of great motivation not only to the high achievers themselves but also to their

colleagues.

If you, as a reader have a story to tell, waste no time and email it to us right away.

Good luck and good wishes!

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Brig. (Retd.) Surinder Singh

Dean Academics

It gives me immense joy to present the 2 issue of Pragati. The warm reception extended

to the 1 issue by our alumni, current learners, corporates and academics of the region has

been highly motivating. We hope this newsletter will give you a quick glimpse of the

School's activities as well as a better sense of connectedness with us.

The School crossed a major milestone in its journey in January 2010, when students of the

1 Batch of its flagship B.Tech.-Industrial Engineering & Management (Specialisation in

TQM), were conferred degrees during the 1 Convocation. It was a very emotional and

satisfying moment for all of us. Yet, the only thing constant in today's dynamic

environment is “change”. Therefore, the B.Tech programme, after a successful intake of 8

batches, has been totally revamped, and it is being launched in a new from July

2010 session. Our Alumni Association has come into being and vigorous activities are

around the corner. We are actively engaged in further expansion of our consulting and

corporate training activities.

As we move ahead, we look forward to your support and suggestions. Do write in and let

us know your thoughts!

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Manish Trehan

CEO

from the CEO’s desk

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The School’s 1 Convocation was held on 23 January 2010. The occasion was

graced by Dr. Rajneesh Arora, Vice Chancellor, Punjab Technical University,

Jalandhar and Mr. Suresh Kumar, IAS, Principal Secretary, Technical

Education, Punjab. It was a day of fond memories and achievement for the 77

learners who received their well-earned degrees in B.Tech.-Industrial Engg. &

Management (Specialisation in TQM), with much excitement.

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The ceremony started with the ceremonial lighting of lamp of wisdom

followed by a soulful rendering of Saraswati Vandana. Dean Academics gave

the welcome address which was followed by the award of degrees.

The felicitation ceremony was a spectacle to watch. Graduating engineers, attired in their robes, went up to the

stage to receive their parchments from the VC who did the honours with a pleasing smile on his face. Thereafter,

medals to the toppers. The first, second and third positions of B.Tech in the 1 Batch of the School

were secured by Abhinav Ranjan, Anil Kumar Bamby and Sandeep Kumar Sachdeva respectively. In addition, the

best projects done by School's learners in the final semester of the 1 Batch were also awarded. Two teams were

jointly declared as winners – the team of Anand Nishikawa Co. Ltd. comprising of Sanjeev Verma, Mohinder Pal

and Avtar Singh, and the team from Federal-Mogul Goetze (I) Ltd. comprising Amarjit Singh, Deepak Kumar,

Ashwani Kumar Sharma and Anil Kumar Thakur.

Before completion of the ceremony, the graduating engineers took an Oath to keep abreast of every advancement

in the field of Quality and ensure that brand “Made in India” rises to the top in today's intensely competitive global

race and becomes a true reflection of India's glorious heritage. Thereafter, there was a group photograph of the

students with the Vice Chancellor.

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Advanced Diploma award ceremony

A total of 172 students of the 2 and 3 batches received their Advanced

Diploma, on 23 January 2010. The Diploma is awarded on completion of first

two years of B.Tech.- Industrial Engineering & Management (Spl. in TQM)

programme.

On crossing the first milestone in their journey towards world-class Quality,

the students took the customary pledge.

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Mr. Sunit Kapoor, Director & Plant Head for Federal Mogul Goetze (India) Ltd., Patiala Plant, who was the Chief

Guest for the function, lauded the School for its pioneering effort in disseminating application-focused learning in

the field of Total Quality Management (TQM).

Mr. Anil Rijhwani, Sr. General Manager with Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd. was the Guest of Honour for the

ceremony. During the function, awards were also given to students of all semesters, who secured the first three

positions in the University Exams held in Dec. 2008 and June 2009.

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A glittering ceremony was organized for the 6 North-West QualTech Convention and Awards 2009 at the School

premises on 5 March, 2010. Over 250 delegates witnessed the day long contest in which Mr. Manpreet Singh

Badal, Finance Minister, Punjab was the Chief Guest. His electrifying address covered the urgent need for all

workers and executives to respond to the challenges being faced by industry today.

Mr. R C Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. delivered the keynote address, which was an education in

TQM. Mr. Dinesh Dua, CEO of Nectar Lifesciences Ltd. set the tone for the day with a highly motivating inaugural

address, in the morning.

The competition this year was intense. Winners were selected from a field of 40 applicant teams from various

companies from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and NCR, after a rigorous evaluation. 18 teams,

who were short-listed for the finals, presented their projects before an eminent jury and an august gathering of

industry professionals during a day-long event. The 18 finalist teams reported a total saving of Rs. 29.16 crores as a

result of these projects.

Our School's learners were also in the teams who reached the finals. They are: Sunil Kumar, R.S.Solanki, Rajagopal

& Manoj Kumar from KC Engineers. Yogesh Puri & Manish Punj from Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (Swaraj Division).

T. Chandrashekhran, Gursharan Singh, Suresh Agnihotri & Shiv Singla from Farmparts Company. Deependra

Maurya from Sona Koyo Steering Systems Ltd. and Satvinder Singh Sohal from Tata Teleservices Ltd.

The award winners were as follows:

: Subros Ltd., Noida

: Reliance Industries Ltd., Hoshiarpur

: Mahindra & Mahindra (Swaraj Division), Mohali

: Moser Baer Photo Voltaic Ltd., Noida

: Arisht Spinning Mills, Baddi

: Secure Meters Ltd., Unit-3, Barotiwala

: Hycron Electronics, Baddi

: KC Engineers, Ambala

: Amritsar Distt. Cooperative Milk Producers Union,Verka

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Manufacturing Sector

a) Vardhman Quality Navigator Award for Large Business Category

b) Trident Quality Pioneer Award for Medium Business Category

c) Winsome Quality Pathfinder Award for Small Business Category

(Turnover greater than Rs.350 crore)

(Turnover between Rs. 100 to Rs. 350 crores)

(Turnover less than Rs. 100 crore)

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Service Sector

a) Educomp Quality Innovator Award

: Tata Teleservices Ltd., Mohali

: Bharti Airtel Ltd., HPHP Circle, Chandigarh

Winner

Runner Up

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First Lean Six Sigma Black Belt programme, which commenced on 4th

September 2009, was completed on 24 January 2010 with the project

presentations and examination.

The programme was conducted in the School premises in association with

QT&T Consulting (Asia) Private Ltd., Singapore. 36 participants from various

corporates of the level of Engineers and Managers participated in the

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programme and completed 11 projects resulting in recurring annual savings to the tune of Rs. 4.01 crore.

A Management Development Programme (MDP) for KDDL is under progress in our School. The programme was

inaugurated on 2nd January 2010 by Padmashree Chandra Mohan, Chairman Governing Council and Mr. Dinesh

Aggrawal, COO of KDDL.

22 participants comprising of middle and junior management officers of 4 different units of KDDL are undergoing

training in management, technical and behavioural skills. This MDP will be completed over a time period of 10

months, concluding by October 2010. The participants will undertake projects based on the training imparted.

These projects will commence in June 2010 and are expected to result in substantial improvements in productivity

and quality.

A 2 day refresher programme on Quality Improvement Tools was undertaken for Winsome Textiles Ltd., on 16 &

19 March 2010 at the Baddi plant. The refresher was attended by 24 participants from cross-functional teams of

the company. The programme was inaugurated by Mr. Ashish Bagrodia, Managing Director and Mr. Anil Sharma,

CEO, Winsome Textiles Ltd., Baddi on 16 March 2010.

During the programme, the participants identified various improvement projects in their respective groups in the

areas of Productivity improvement, Reduction in energy consumption, Maintenance, Equipment availability, Yield

improvement, Testing time reduction etc. These projects have now been initiated and are being facilitated our

team. They are likely to be completed by September 2010.

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Management Development Programme for KDDL

TQM Refresher for Winsome Textiles

TQM workshop for Markfed

Markfed has engaged the school, to train its employees and promote TQM

culture for continuous improvement across the organization.

During the inaugural ceremony of the TQM workshop held on 24 Oct. 2009,

Mr. Saravjit Singh, IAS, Managing Director, Markfed, stated that in an era

where the input costs are rising and meeting the customer requirements for

quality, cost and delivery are becoming more and more challenging, TQM is

the only rescuer. He said that this TQM workshop would facilitate the process

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of transformation of Markfed to meet the challenges of global competition.

The training is being imparted to cross-disciplinary teams, comprising 27 senior officers from five plants of

Markfed.

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National Convention of

An extract from his e-mail:

Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI) was held at

Bangalore from 18 -20 December 2009, in which, 740 teams and more

than 5000 delegates from all over India participated. Our learner, Nikhilesh

K. Shandilya, from SRF Ltd., TTBG Malanpur was sent for this convention, in

which, 12 teams from SRF participated. Nikhilesh’s team won Par

Excellence and Distinguished Award in this convention.

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“It is hard to believe that we have implemented 2644 Kaizens in last week

at Gwalior unit - thanks to my TQM Gurus. It is due to Gian Jyoti School and

the facilitation by all of you.”

Fine show by PGSTE learner

Prize winning Team from SRF Ltd.(2 from Left: Mr. Nikhilesh K. Shandilya)

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Three years of B.Tech. with job and family pressures was always a tough decision. But, after 5

years of experience post-diploma, my career had reached a stage, where prospects of growth

were limited. So, despite all pressures I opted for this course. It is a unique programme, it is

more of interactive learning and knowledge sharing. All fellow students come from different

industries with huge work experience. It made me realize the vastness of industry and

processes. Experienced and dedicated faculty has immensely added to our knowledge. Study

material is very useful and simple. Learning is a natural process as part of this B.Tech.

All this knowledge and guidance from faculty has helped me enormously in my career. At the time of joining this

B.Tech programme, I was working in Sigma Freudenberg NOK as Development Engineer. Thereafter, during last

three years, I have progressed to the position of Quality Manager (UP) in HDFC Bank. I changed from

Manufacturing to Service industry, as I learnt that Quality is applicable everywhere. In the end, I would say, to

survive in today's competitive world we have to continually improve ourselves.

Harpreet Singh, Quality Manager (UP), HDFC Bank Ltd.PGSTE Alumni who graduated in June 2009,

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The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for

wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated

when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree.

Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and

said, "This is for you, Daddy.”

The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again

when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know,

when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The

little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not

empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy.”

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A box full of kisses…

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.

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Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his

bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the

love of the child who had put it there.

By: Suparna Sinha (Junior Faculty/Associate Editor)

In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love andkisses... from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, moreprecious than this.

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B.Tech. Programme being relaunched in part-time mode

Six Sigma Certification Courses

As per new university regulations, our flagship B.Tech-Industrial Engineering & Management (Spl. in TQM)

programme has been converted into a regular, 8-Semester programme, delivered in part-time mode, with contact

sessions on weekends only.

The course content of this application focussed programme has been expanded and laboratory/seminar courses

have been added. As before, the programme's structure and delivery continues to be tailored for the convenience

of working professionals. It continues to be a mix of Quality Management, Industrial Engineering, General

Management and Skills Development.

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A certified Black Belt exhibits team leadership, understands team dynamics, and assigns his/her team members

roles and responsibilities. They have a complete understanding of the DMAIC model in accordance with six

Sigma principles.

The 11 day programme will be split into 5 sessions of 2 days each plus 1 day for project presentation and

examination. The programme will be completed over a period of 5 months. The participants will be required to

complete one Six Sigma Black Belt project and clear a written exam to complete the certification.

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt programme is a 7 day programme spread over 3 sessions of 2 days each plus 1

day for project presentation and examination. The programme will be completed over a period of 4 months.

The participants apply the tools learnt on an improvement project selected from their own organization. They

are required to complete 'One' Quality Improvement project using the tools taught. On the last day of the

workshop, the participants will present the Project before an independent Jury and appear for the written exam.

Date of commencement : 21 May, 2010 Entry deadline : 15 May, 2010

Date of commencement : 25 June, 2010 Entry deadline : 15 June, 2010

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Forthcoming Programmes

For more information on all 3 courses mentioned above please visit:

or contact Mr. Harmanjeet Singh (Assistant Manager-Marketing) at +91-9888692634, Tel. 0172-2236187.

PTU’s Gian Jyoti School of TQM & Entrepreneurship, B-102, Phase-VIII, Industrial Area, Mohali-160059

www.tqmbizschool.org

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