Leadership
RAMESH C. GROVER
Brief Profile
Mr. Grover is one of the founding directors of QGS. An Ex-Director at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), B.Tech. from IIT Delhi, he is a renowned professional in the domain of Environment, Health & Safety and Energy Management Systems. He has authored multiple books in this domain.
Experience
He has over 50 years of experience across various organizations. Primarily, his expertise encompasses:
Current
- Director - Quality Growth Services Pvt. Ltd.
Past
- Director - Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Govt. of India
Education
Academic
- B.Tech. - Chemical Engineering - Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
Professional
- Lead Auditor - ISO 9001:2015
- Lead Auditor - ISO 14001:2015
- Lead Auditor - ISO 45001:2018
- Qualified NEBOSH Expert
- Qualified OSHA Expert
PRAVEEN K. PASRICHA
Brief Profile
Mr. Pasricha is also the founding director of QGS. He was an Ex-Director at Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). He has completed his MBA and Mechanical Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra. He is a respected consultant in the area of business excellence and quality management. He has vast experience of carrying out onsite consulting and projects hand-holding, in-house and public training in India and over 20 countries across the globe including Europe, Middle East, South East Asia and African and Indian Sub-continent. He has mentored over 500 improvement projects in Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen & Disciplined Problem Solving. He has trained over 200 Executives, 250 Champions, 350 Black Belts, 600 Green Belts and 2000 personnel in Root Cause Analysis through Disciplined Problem Solving Approach.
Experience
He has more than 50 years of experience with different organizations. Primarily, his expertise encompasses:
Current
- Director - Quality Growth Services Pvt. Ltd.
Past
- Director - Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Govt. of India
Education
Academic
- M.B.A. - Operations Management - National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra
- B.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering - National Institute of Technology (NIT), Kurukshetra
Professional
- Master Black Belt - Lean Six Sigma
- Lead Auditor - IATF 16949:2016
- Lead Auditor - ISO 9001:2015
- Lead Auditor - ISO 14001:2015
- Lead Auditor - ISO 45001:2018
- Lead Auditor - ISO 27001:2013
- Lead Auditor - VDA 6.3
T. VENKATARAMAN
Brief Profile
One of the Founder Directors of QGS, Mr. Venkataraman is a Lead Consultant on Quality, Environment, Occupational Health & Safety, and Food Safety Management Systems such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, & ISO 22000. He is also the Lead Consultant for the Social Accountability Management System as per SA 8000, the Anti-Bribery Management System as per ISO 37001, the Laboratory Management System as per ISO/IEC 17025, and the Road Traffic Safety Management System as per ISO 39001. He has given consultancy to more than 1000 organizations in India and abroad on various management systems, Process Improvement, System Deployment and Integrated Management Systems (IMS) etc. He has designed and developed the training modules for QMS, EMS, OHSMS and EnMS Lead Auditor Training Courses and Internal Auditor Trainings and is a high-rated faculty in the field of all the Management Systems Trainings, having conducted more than 900 such trainings.
Experience
He has more than 48 years of experience with different organizations. Primarily, his expertise encompasses:
Current
- Director - Quality Growth Services Pvt. Ltd.
- Managing Partner - SATISFY India
Past
- Director - Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Govt. of India
Education
Academic
- B.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering - Kerala University
Professional
- Registered Lead Auditor with IRCA (U.K) for
· QMS (ISO 9001)
· EMS (ISO 14001)
· OHSMS (ISO 45001)
- Lead Auditor – ISO 22001
- Lead Auditor – ISO 37001
- Lead Auditor – SA 8000
- Lead Auditor – ISO/IEC 17025 (Laboratory Management System)
- ZED Consultant (Ministry of MSME)
SURENDRA P. TIWARI
Brief Profile
Mr. Tiwari is a Director at QGS. His experience comes from different corporate houses at leadership roles in various organizations. Surendra leads the Business Excellence Division of the company. He is an expert of international repute in the domain of Lean, Six Sigma (DMAIC and DFSS), TQM, TPM and QMS and, is considered among one of the highly respected faculties and consultants in the field. He has conducted over 12,000 hours of classroom training (through public and in-house courses in India, Europe, Africa and Middle East Asian countries) covering over 700 training programmes, and 650 organizations in various sectors.
Experience
He has more than 40 years of experience with different organizations. Primarily, his expertise encompasses:
Current
- Director - Quality Growth Services Pvt. Ltd.
- Managing Partner - SATISFY India
Past
- Pooja Forge Limited
- Whirlpool of India Limited
- Kelvinator of India Limited
- Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Govt. of India
Education
Academic
- M.S. - TQM - Kuvempu University (Gold Medallist)
- EPG Diploma - Data Analytics, SOM, IIT Delhi
- PG Diploma - SQC & OR, Indian Statistical Institute
- M.B.A. - Operations, Symbiosis University
- PG Diploma - Computer Applications, IIBM
- M.Sc. - Maths & Physics, TMB University
- B.Sc. - Maths & Physics, TMB University
Professional
- Master Black Belt - Lean Six Sigma
- Lead Auditor - IATF 16949:2016
- Lead Auditor - ISO 9001:2015
- Lead Auditor - ISO 14001:2015
- Lead Auditor - ISO 45001:2018
DR. SUMIT SHANDILYA
Brief Profile
Dr. Shandilya is an Executive Director at QGS. He is an Analytics, Operations, Supply Chain and Business excellence professional. He is a key resource for the deployment of Lean manufacturing system, Six Sigma, Industry 4.0, Quality Management system, Performance Management, TQM, TPM, Problem Solving, Malcolm Baldrige Business Excellence Model and Operational Performance Excellence strategy initiatives. He has been a recipient of numerous prestigious awards like the Platinum Award in Research by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), BW’s 40 under 40, ET Young Leader award, National Merit Award etc. In addition to all this, he has published numerous research papers in reputed journals and conferences. He has also published a few patents in the field of problem-solving with Govt. of India.
He has been a sportsman in Shotput (Athletics) where he has represented Haryana and Maharashtra at National games securing a bronze medal thrice. He received the state honours as a star of the naval wing (NCC) from the then Chief Minister of the state, the best sportsman award and the bowler of the tournament award at a Regional Cricket Championship. His hobbies include playing Chess and Sudoku.
Experience
He has more than 18 years of experience with different organizations. Primarily, his expertise encompasses:
Current
- Executive Director - Quality Growth Services Pvt. Ltd.
Past
- Chief Executive Officer - IIPE India
- Chief Business Excellence Officer - ISPAT Group
- General Manager & Head - Business Excellence, BAL
- Vice President - APEX Group
- HERO MotoCorp Limited
- Maruti Suzuki India Limited
- VISA Steel Limited
Education
Academic
- Ph.D. - Operations, BML Munjal University
- M.Tech. - Electric Vehicle Technology (Mech), VNIT Nagpur
- PG Diploma - Project Management, MIT Sloan
- M.Sc. - Applied Statistics, Panjab University
- MBA - Operations, SIBM Pune
- PG Diploma - Renewable Energy, Symbiosis University
- B.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering - Kerala University
Professional
- Master Black Belt - Lean Six Sigma
- Certified Sustainability & ESG Practitioner, MNIT Jaipur
- Lead Auditor - IATF 16949:2016
- Lead Auditor - VDA 6.3
- Lead Assessor - CQI 9, CQI 12, CQI 15, CQI 23, CQI 29, CQI 30
- Lead Auditor - ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018
SACHIN GROVER
Brief Profile
Mr. Grover is an Executive Director at QGS. He is a seasoned professional in the area of Sustainability and ESG with a global exposure of execution in Auditing, Consulting and Training. In the Management Systems domain, Sachin has led training and consulting for ISO 50001, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 & ISO 9001 in India and abroad. These include Executive Sessions, Business Risk Assessment and Internal Auditors training, Implementor Courses, TPM/TQM Courses etc. He has carried out more than 3500 man-days of audits and 4500-man days of Consulting & Training on Sustainability, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 22301, TPM, TQM, Six Sigma etc. in more than 24 countries including US, UK, Spain, Belgium, UAE, Bahrain, South Africa, Egypt, Malaysia, Singapore Etc. He is one of the few approved auditors pan India to conduct Safety & Environmental Audits on behalf of Metro Projects such as DMRC (Delhi Metro), MEGA (Ahmedabad Metro), Mumbai Metro (MMRCL) and Bengaluru Metro (BMRCL).
Experience
He has more than 24 years of experience with different organizations. Primarily, his expertise encompasses:
Current
- Director - Quality Growth Services Pvt. Ltd.
Past
- Director & Country Head - American System Registrar (ASR)
- Associate Director - Quality Growth Services Pvt. Ltd.
Education
Academic
- B.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering - VIT
Professional
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
- Lead Auditor - ISO 9001
- Lead Auditor - ISO 14001
- Lead Auditor - ISO 45001
- Lead Auditor - ISO 22301
- Lead Auditor - ISO 27001
- Qualified IOSH, UK
- Carbon Capture & Sink, University of Penn