Category: Awards

EGA 2023 – Application Now Open

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Envirocare Green Awards 2023

Envirocare Green Awards is an initiative by Envirocare Labs started in 2018 with a vision to motivate and empower professionals & organization’s in the field of environment. 

EGA is a non-commercial activity of self-motivated and like-minded people dedicated to making a positive difference to Sustainable Care. 

The objective is to inspire stakeholders to think green & contribute towards a world that is not only progressive but also responsible towards its provider.

The applicants for these awards will be evaluated by an independent international Jury – renowned & respected in their professional fields. The award ceremony would be preceded by keynote speaker sessions.  

The application for this award is online and is open for across the globe under the following categories:

1. Individual / s

2. Private Ltd / LLP / MSME

3. Public Sector / Large Corporates

4. Non Government Organisation NGO / Cooperatives

5. Government Organisation / Municipal

6. Academia

7. Others

To apply please click here for online Google Form:https://forms.gle/ZfWBjSR8PA6W5Bqe7

The short listed applicants will be required to make online presentation for Jury evaluation. The data submitted would be confidential and used only for the purpose of EGA

Application deadline 15th June 2023, Please feel free to reach out to EGA Secretariat Ms Deenal Shah: +91 9167232025 | ega@envirocare.co.in

For regular updates on EGA 2023 , visit  https://lnkd.in/eDiKu3R

22nd MMA Competition for Outstanding Woman Manager of the Year Award 2023

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22nd MMA Competition for Outstanding Woman Manager of the Year Award 2023

We all have the power to create the future we want. But reaching our full potential requires a little more than status quo. The big differentiator is not Brains or Brawn but resilience and most importantly an ability and willingness to go The Extra Mile!

MMA has conducted their 22nd MMA Competition for Outstanding Woman Manager of the Year Award 2023 on the theme “The Extra Mile”. How do women walk that extra mile in their Managerial, Profesisonal journey is the theme for this year.

Mrs.Rama Venugopal, our Executive Director was one among the panel judges for the cited competition and we are happy to share some of the photographs in this regard

Mrs.Rama proclaimed that “Joy of being part of jury. We learn so much in the process too. Times are changing and so are the Women Power, Skills they possess and the career goals they have are simply amazing”

Source:https://www.mmachennai.org/

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Industry Information Updates – Healthcare Sector

Recognising Fearless Heroes

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The Initiative : J Mitra, to Recognise & Felicitate these Healthcare Workers/ Frontline Warriors

#fearlessheroes

The corona pandemic has thrown everyday life out of control since March 2020.

Despite the pandemic, the lockdown, fear of contagion, and adverse work conditions, the corona warriors (healthcare workers) have stood their ground, tending to patients, and their duties – with a selfless spirit – putting their lives, and the lives of their near and dear ones at risk for the greater good of the humanity.

The Initiative : J Mitra, to Recognise & Felicitate these Healthcare Workers/ Frontline Warriors

J Mitra to recognise and felicitate these healthcare workers/frontline warriors
This will be a digital initiative
The Fearless Heroes Award

Nominate Now

Who is J Mitra ?

The Target Recipients :

  • Doctors
  • Core Management Team at Healthcare Organisations
  • Lab Technologists
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Business Owner
  • Research Scientists, Technologists, and Innovators

The Selection Process

  • Nominate the individual you know and can verify the authenticity of their contribution
  • Review by J Mitra internal team
  • Verification & Validation email from J Mitra recognition team
  • Acceptance by prospective recipient

The Recognition Comprises :

  • A Citation / Certificate of recognition / appreciation
  • A designed infographic containing the recipient’s photograph, basic detail, and recognition message
Nomination Form

For more information and updates, visit – https://fearlessheroes.thetide.in/

Quality Champion Award

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QCI Quality Champion Award – Announcement

3rd Edition – QCI Quality Champion Award – 2021-22

Quality champion award has been institutionalized by Quality Council of India with a purpose to recognize and motivate the individuals pursuing the path of Quality, Excellence for benefit of Organization associated with, society & Group/s. This Award provides a unique platform to the individuals for showcasing their significant & unique achievements and advancement in quality systems at all levels of the organization/society including recognition for their technological innovations, implementation of quality best practices for significant improvement in processes, products and services.

Quality Champion Award aims to honour outstanding individuals who have demonstrated/contributed significantly towards the Quantum (breakthrough) improvement in Quality in organisational/Social goals/objectives by

– Facilitating a quality journey
– Getting benefits to self, organization and society.
– Getting patents, publication, rewards, stakeholders appreciation within and outside the organisation
– Sustained growth of the organisation and society (business results, quality, innovation and technology)
– Upliftment of the stature of the profession.

Eligibility Criteria – Who can Apply

1. Individuals from any sector/organization from any function/department, who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the Quality principles through its application, management, promotion etc. to elevate Quality in any sphere(organizational/societal/social etc.) and satisfying the following:
* The applicant has direct contribution to the field of quality within India
* The applicant, through his/her work shall have a significant impact both within the organization and also towards the society and other stakeholders at large.
* The applicant has demonstrated excellence, actions, behaviours which are considered as a role model by peers and others to emulate across sectors.
2.Indian Nationals including NRI (holding Indian passport) and OCI card holders
3.Should have at least 10 years of professional experience.
4.Shall have a formal education qualification
5.Candidate should not be convicted by any court for any irregularities.
6.Candidate should also not have any investigations against them by Central/State govt. agencies of any nature

Note:

a)Following are not eligible to apply :
* QCI Employees, professionals on the payroll of QCI/its Boards and divisions
* Prevailing QCI Board/Council/Governing Body members and Committee members QCI/its constituent Boards ex. ACM, TCM members
b)Applications are accepted on self-nomination basis. Providing 2 recommendations from the field of work supporting applicant’s nomination would be advantageous

Application Fee

There is no Application Fee.

Assessment Criteria

1.Education and Skills (pertaining to Quality and other related areas including type and level of education acquired).
2.Professional Qualifications ( Methodology/tools/trainings etc. to drive organisational level change for internal/external stakeholders)
3.Working Experience : Key Professional management/leadership positions including organization wide responsibility for a major quality function(Current and key role(s) in last 10 years, including relevant projects and assignments with significant results/achievements through the application of quality related concepts/methods, impact on professional sphere ).
4.Delivery in external forum (Quality Related presentations made in national/international seminars, webinars, conferences, delegation etc.
5.Publication (Quality related articles/paper/book published).
6.Innovation in approach, Innovation in application of Quality tools and techniques, any patent(s).
7.Upgradation / development through soft intervention (demonstrated role modelling and mentoring of others, training, technical assistance, disseminating cutting edges concept of technologies)
8.Technology / digital interventions
* Application of new technologies within the organization or as a part of some project/initiative.
* Achievements on the Digitalization front through: demonstration through actual achievements – People, Product and services.
9.Benefits to the Organization(Enhancement of the processes /products, services/ quality infrastructure/building human resources driving change in the work environment , customer delight, including the horizontal deployment to other processes and units)
10.Impact on society/Quality of life/Stakeholders (brought positive change in the community/society etc.)
11.Recognition/accolades related to leadership, operations excellence, quality and performance improvement etc, peer and public recognition, any honorary title etc.

Assessment Process

1. All applications received will be initially scrutinized for completeness and adequacy of the applications.
2. Assessment team will be formed for assessment of application.
3. Shortlisted applications (after step 1) will be evaluated and scored by the assessment team as per the assessment criteria
4. Brief interaction with the shortlisted applicants (credentials, work ex, awards etc) as necessary.
5. Feedback through applicant’s customer(s)/Partner(s) from work) of the shortlisted applicants by the Assessors as per the need identified
6.The recommendation list will be reviewed by QCI Jury and the Awardees will be finalized

Terms and Condition

1. By applying for the awards, the applicant will be deemed to have read and understood the eligibility criteria and to be bound by Terms and Conditions.
2. Only online applications through the QCI Quality Champion Award web portal will be accepted
3. By applying for the awards, the applicant has agreed to allow the details of their application to be shared with the assessment panel, jury and representatives of NBQP – QCI for the purpose of administration and judging of the awards and any other purposes to which the applicant has consented.
4. In case no application qualifies for a particular award the same will not be given.
5. The names/data/scores of the applicants, the scoring system developed for the evaluation will be kept confidential. Such information shall be made available only to those individuals who will be directly involved in the assessment and administrative process and shall not be disclosed in the public domain.
6. The Award winners will be notified via e-mail. Entries which are not shortlisted will not be notified via email or other correspondence.
7. Winners names will be announced during the Award ceremony and their names will also be listed on the Awards website and on QCI/NBQP social media channels.
8. The assessors, jury and QCI reserve the right at its absolute discretion to reject/disqualify any entry which is not accompanied by the appropriate / correct supporting documentation or any entry which is found to be inaccurate, false or misleading.
9. The jury decision will be final and no explanation, correspondence or discussion will be offered or entered into before or following the jury’s decision. Additionally, feedback will not be given on any successful or unsuccessful entry before or following the jury decision
10. No other certificate etc. shall be issued to the unsuccessful applicants.
11. By submitting application for the Award, the applicant acknowledges and gives consent on behalf of all the reference(s)/nominator(s) mentioned on his/her application for contacting them via email and/ or telephone for purpose of reference check/seeking feedback etc.
12. QCI reserves the right at its own discretion to alter or reschedule the awards and these terms at any time and without notice
13. An applicant is discouraged from influencing any officer of QCI at any stage of the Award cycle.
14. If any prospective candidates is found to be canvasing, then the application will be disqualified without any prior intimation

Timelines

Application window open till 30th Nov 2021

Guidelines For The Applicants

Template of application form and How To Apply

Where to Apply ?

https://www.qcin.org/nbqp/dsa/ChampionAward_2020/QCI/Login.aspx

QCI – D.L. SHAH Quality Awards

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QCI – D.L. SHAH Quality Awards – Announcement from QCI NBQP

About the Award

Applicant organizations, who are QCI members qualify for a 10% relaxation in the application fees.

OBJECTIVE

The QCI-DL Shah Quality Awards were launched in 2007 and are positioned PAN-India as the recognition for successful projects of an organisation that have resulted in continual improvement of processes, products and/or services, better/effective operations and increased customers/stakeholders satisfaction. The awards are given for specific projects which have to be submitted in the form of case studies supported by adequate evidence in the form of documents or video clips.

AWARD CATEGORIES

There are 3 levels of the Award.These levels are:

  1. Level 1 : QCI-D.L. Shah Quality Platinum Award
  2. Level 2 : QCI-D.L. Shah Quality Gold Award
  3. Level 3 : QCI-D.L. Shah Quality Silver Award

Each level has its own distinct rigors and requirements for quality and performance with minimum qualifying marks to be achieved. During the site verification when no suitable project (case study) is found to be eligible under a sector / category, no award shall be given.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Project(s) can be from any function or department of the organization and is open to all type of organizations/sectors like :

  1. Any Govt Enterprise
  2. PSU
  3. NGO
  4. MSME
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Healthcare
  3. IT/ITes
  4. Finance
  1. Infrastructure
  2. Education
  3. Service
  4. Pharma
  1. Food
  2. Petroleum Oil,Gas
  3. Other

Sectors covered by Gol under Udyog Manthan are encouraged to apply

An organization submitting projects, shall satisfy the following conditions:

  1. The applying unit should be located in India (project(s) implemented at the sites abroad will also be considered on case to case basis).
  2. Projects should have been concluded within the last 3 years from the date of announcement of the award.
  3. Only those Projects which have concluded and have demonstrated benefits for minimum 6 months at least shall be considered.
  4. The organization shall not have been convicted by any Court for any irregularities
  5. Multiple projects applied under the same title from various units shall not be considered by virtue of implementation at other unit/plant in the horizontal deployment process.
  6. Projects applications which have been received in the past but after incorporating substantial continual and break through improvements in the process resulting in outcome(s) demonstrating quantum jumps may be considered after the period of 3 years.
  7. Projects that are entirely sub-contracted are not acceptable, however projects driven through the strategic leadership of the management and implemented with the help of outsourced facilities which are not available in-house would be acceptable (Projects shall be implemented by the applicant under the strategic plan/leadership of the management)
  8. Applications which seem to have negative influence on the human being, Quality of life, environment, Health, Safety, Society etc. will not be considered

Note:

organization can submit a maximum of 3 projects from a particular unit/branch or its regional office.

APPLICATION FEES

Organization TypeApplication Fees*
MSME/Educational/Govt/NGOINR 5000
OthersINR 10,000
Note:-
*G.S.T 18% will be applicable on application fees.
**MSMEs are required to mention their valid UAM registration number while filling up the online application form.
Applicant organizations, who are QCI members qualify for a 10% relaxation in the application fees..

Where to Apply ?

Apply Here

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Please click here to see the Detailed Evaluation Criteria

Note

1. Various sectors like large manufacturing, IT/ITes, Finance, Health Care etc. have started applying digital transformation initiatives in their respective areas. In case the organization has took any such initiative, the organization shall provide the information regarding application of new technologies or any

  1. Application of new technologies within the organization or as a part of some project/initiative example any application of Internet of Things (IOT), artificial Intelligence, Robotics etc
  2. Achievements on the Digitalization front through: demonstration through actual achievements – implementation in pipeline or ready for execution as per the roadmap/strategic plan approved by the top management on the aspects mentioned below:
    1. People : Readiness of your organization and its people to accept the changes as a consequences of the transformation including skill upgradation etc.
    2. Product/Services : The impact which digital transformation has or will have on your product(s) and services including the preparedness of the stakeholders.
    3. Process: Impact of the digital transformation on your processes/operations.

2. Such projects for which financial impact cannot be arrived at (e.g. Projects belonging to Government, Education and Social Sector etc.), financial benefits will not be considered as a parameter for evaluation. However, such projects should state the environmental, socio-economic and other benefits with reference to the assessment criteria.

ASSESSMENT PROCESS

a. Online Application

Applicants are required to submit details pertaining to the online application from (available on website)

Guidelines for Preparing project report

b. Preliminary Screening

At this stage, the NBQP Secretariat for completeness and adequacy of the application will scrutinize all the online applications

c. Document Evaluation

  1.  All filtered applications from previous step will undergo document assessment by the Assessment Team
  2. The Assessment Team will examine the case studies on the basis of the assessment criteria
  3.  Incomplete applications or such applications which lack clarity on the enablers, processes or results or are unrelated to any applications of quality tools and techniques will be rejected during this stage.
  4. The decision for cut-off marks and thereafter the selection of projects that will go for the next stage will be taken by NBQP team based on the input/feedback received from the assessment panel.

d. Project Presentation at QCI office

  1.  The aim of the project presentation is to objectively comprehend and seek clarifications from the project team that have actually executed the project. After the presentation, the Assessment Team will finally decide the marks for various criteria through consensus approach. The decision for cut-off marks and thereafter the selection of projects for which site verification are needed will be taken at the end of this phase. Organizations shortlisted after this stage will be informed about the site verification schedule well in advance

Guidelines for preparing the presentation by the Applicant organizations

e. Site Verification

The aim of site visits will be to ensure that the claims made in the project including savings as well as tools employed are verified. The Assessment team will scrutinize the necessary documents as well as interact with Top Management, Project Head & Team personnel of the organization including people involved in the project in order to satisfy that all claims are justified. The CEO/COO/VP along with Project Head shall debrief the Project and answer all the queries put up by the site assessment team.

Note :

  1.  All filtered applications from previous step will undergo document assessment by the Assessment Team
  2. The Site assessment plan will be created by QCI-NBQP with inputs from the assessors and will be informed to the organizations in advance accordingly
  3. Depending on the size of the organization, the physical site visits will be conducted by an assessment team comprising of
    1. a) 2 assessors (including 1 lead assessor) for Large organizations
    2. b) 1 assessor for small organizations
    3. c) Additionally, assessment team may have representation from QCI Team as well
  4.  The terms and conditions w.r.t physical site visit are mentioned in the respective section

f. Report Submission

The assessment team will submit a report of their assessment to NBQP Secretariat for this stage and it will include their inputs regarding their recommendations for the awards.

g. Final Selection

NBQP Secretariat will compile the results based on the cut off set and feedback received from the assessment team and share the recommendation list with the D.L. Shah Trust for the final approval on the winning projects and number of awards

GUIDELINES FOR THE APPLICANTS

Guidelines for the applicants to prepare a project report for project submission
Guidelines for preparing the presentation by the Applicant organizations

Template of application form and How To Apply

AWARD PRESENTATION

The awards will be presented during a special Award Ceremony.

TIMELINES

Application window date starts from 23rd Aug 2021 till 31st Dec 2021

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AWARDS

  1. 1. Non – disclosure and confidentiality
    1. a) The names of the applicants, evaluation and scoring system developed for the assessment process will be regarded as proprietary and kept confidential. Such information shall be made available only to those individuals who will be directly involved in the assessment and administrative process and shall not be disclosed
    2. b) QCI will not disclose the details about the shortlisted/non-shortlisted candidates at any stage of the assessment. The qualified projects will be notified via e-mail/call by the QCI office directly. 
  2. 2. Any misinterpretation of facts will disqualify the organization from Awards and fees would be non- refundable
  3. 3. Applications will be considered only if the eligibility criteria are satisfied
  4. 4. Incomplete applications or such applications which lack clarity on the enablers, processes or results or are unrelated to any applications of quality tools and techniques will be rejected.
  5. 5. Project Site: only initial site where the project has been implemented will be considered, rest locations will only be considered as a case of replication. Successful applicants will receive the trophy/certificate only for the location against which they submitted the application
  6. 6. No changes in the project application (title, location etc.) will be accepted after the final submission
  7. 7. Application Fees towards submission of the project(s) is non-refundable/ non- adjustable
  8. 8. Any Quality Award applicant and Awardee cannot use the NBQP, QCI and D.L. Shah Trust logo in any way that suggests that QCI is affiliated with, sponsors, approves or endorses them, their organization/websites/products/services etc
  9. 9. QCI and D.L. Shah Trust reserves all the rights to final selection of the Awardee(s). No appeal or protest in this regard would be entertained.
  10. 10. If no outstanding entries have been received, no award will be awarded for the year
  11. 11. In case of Physical Site Visits, following conditions will be applicable

Cost to be borne by the applicant organization 
Besides the requisite application fees for participating in the Award the following costs are to be borne by the applicant organization.

  1. For Presentation round: All costs incurred by the Team Members of various projects who would be making presentation before assessment team members atQuality Council of India office, New Delhi.
  2. For Site verification 
    1. a) All incidental expenses from the residence of the assessment team/Head Office at Delhi will be borne by the applicant organization based on the consolidatedclaim raised by QCI.
    2. b) Airfare charges* (wherever there is air connectivity)/train/AC Sedan car (in case no air/train connectivity exists) 
    3. c) Hotel stay including Food/travel and other miscellaneous expenses.

Note: –

  1. Depending on the size of the organization, the Assessment team members(as stated in section” Assessment Process-Site verification ) and man-days would vary from 1-2 days, so the hotel and travel expenses will vary accordingly
  2. In case the assessment is carried forwarded to the 2nd day, then the stay expenses shall be borne by the applicant organization for the 2nd night as well 

CONTACT POINT

Ms. Shruti Gupta              Administrative Officer|NBQP   Mail at : shruti.nbqp@qcin.org         8800891834

Ms. Priyanka Maithani    Assistant Director|NBQP          Mail at : priyanka.nbqp@qcin.org    8178602471

Source : https://www.qcin.org/nbqp/dsa/home/Home.aspx

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