North-West QualTech Awards

Instituted in 2004 by PTU’s Gian Jyoti School of TQM & Entrepreneurship, the North-West QualTech Awards, have been a platform for recognition of excellence in team performance. Our focus has been middle managers working in cross functional teams for quality improvement.

Over the years, these awards have acquired a lot of prestige in the North-West region. More than 150 teams from leading organisations of the region, committed to Quality, have participated in the last five conventions. A number of top-class quality improvement projects have been presented by them. Winners are selected by an eminent Jury, comprising of business leaders, after a rigorous process of evaluation.

Competition is open for both Manufacturing and Service companies. This year, we have added a separate award for the service sector.

 
Award Categories

Manufacturing Sector

Service Sector
NWQT NWQT NWQT  
NWQT
Vardhman Quality
Navigator Award
Trident Quality
Pioneer Award
Winsome Quality
Pathfinder Award
  Educomp Quality
Navigator Award
For business with
Turnover > Rs. 350
crores
For business with Turnover between Rs. 100 - 350 crores For business with
Turnover < Rs. 100
crores
  Including Banking, Insurance, IT, ITes, Healthcare, Telecom, Education & other sectors
     
         
   
 
Participation Benefits

A tool for learning
Exposes teams to different methodologies and their potential benefits.

Fosters spirit of competition
Healthy competition among participating teams for being recognised as the best-in-class.

A forum for sharing best practices
Opportunity for sharing of experience by various organisations who have adopted structured Quality Improvement as a weapon for competitive advantage.

Inspiration
Regional platform for leadership in Business Excellence. Extensive media publicity adds to market image.

Overall winner is directly nominated to nationally recognized “Qimpro QualTech Awards” held in Mumbai since 1988.

 
 
Who should participate ?
Teams that have worked on projects to continually improve their organization’s processes by doing one or more of the following:
  • SIMPLIFYING-Stop doing unnecessary things
    .
  • IMPROVING-Doing things better
using methodologies such as Six Sigma, Juran on Quality Improvement, Kaizen, Lean, TQM, SPC, Quality Circles, etc.
 
 
Evaluation Criteria
   

1. Relevance to organizational goals

2. Project Plan

  • Clear and relevant goals
  • Defined:
    • Improvements
    • Financial Savings
    • Time frame
    • Expenses
  • Resources
  • Measures for success

3. Execution

  • Use of structured improvement methodology
  • Systematic data collection and analysis (Improvement tools used)
  • Improvement journey and execution
  • System for reporting results and monitoring by Top Management.

4. Results

  • Gains vis-à-vis goals: Financial/Others
  • Steps for making gains permanent
  • Improvement journey and execution
  • Spin-off of knowledge to other business areas

 
Entry Fee (Inclusive Service Tax)
 
Large & Medium Companies
Small Companies
Rs. 11,000/- per project
Rs. 7,500/- per project
 
Service Sector Companies
Rs. 11,000/- per project
 
 
Competition Process
 
  • An applicant team submits a 25 page project report, for a specific category, to PTU's Gian Jyoti School of TQM & Entrepreneurship. There is no restriction on the number of applications per organization in each category.

  • Each project report is assigned to three Examiners for individual scoring. One of the three examiners is a professional from the School.

  • Based on the examiners’ evaluation, the finalists are short-listed in each category. The short-listed projects are then circulated to Panel of Judges.

  • The short-listed finalist project teams present their projects to the Panel of Judges, over the one-day event, North-West QualTech Convention.

  • The winners are announced and awards are presented at an Awards Ceremony in the evening on the same day.
 
Past winners & Past QualTech’s
 
North-West QualTech Awards, 2008
 
North-West QualTech Awards, 2007
 
North-West QualTech Awards, 2006
 
North-West QualTech Awards, 2005
 
North-West QualTech Awards, 2004
 
 
Contact Details
 
Student Profile
   
Manish Sharma
DGM - Mktg. & Training
Mobile: +91-98554-06222,
E-mail: m_sharma@tqmbizschool.org
Vinod Bhardwaj
General Manager (MDP)
Mobile: +91-99148-11947,
E-mail: vinodbhardwaj@tqmbizschool.org
   
PTU's Gian Jyoti School of TQM & Entrepreneurship
B-102, Industrial Area, Phase VIII,
Mohali 160-059 (Punjab)
Phones: +91-172-223-6187, +91-172-654-1187
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