「Quality Next」– Evolution of Quality opens the Future
(Presentation Outline)
As part of the main theme of ICQ2025, "Quality Next – Evolution of Quality opens the Future," a Fireside Chat will be held with three distinguished speakers and a coordinator. Together with business leaders who have achieved excellence in the field of quality worldwide, we will explore the future direction of quality. This session will cover a variety of topics, including quality challenges in various industries, the fostering of quality culture for the future, practical examples, and the roles of business leaders and managers. It will provide a platform to share concrete perspectives on how to respond to challenges such as digital transformation, sustainability, and changing customer expectations.
Profile
Venu Srinivasan is Chairman Emeritus of TVS Motor Company, one of the largest two-wheeler manufacturers in the world and Sundaram-Clayton Limited, a leading manufacturer of automotive components in India. He is also the Vice Chairman of Tata Trusts, India’s most respected and largest philanthropic foundation and the majority shareholder of the Tata group. He is a Director on the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India.He holds an engineering degree from the College of Engineering, Chennai, India and a Masters in management from Purdue University, USA.Mr Srinivasan has held various important positions in the Indian Industry, such as the President, Confederation of Indian Industry and the President, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.
He has several prestigious awards to his credit including the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award of India. He was awarded the Deming Distinguished Service Award for Dissemination and Promotion (Overseas) Award (2019) by Japanese Union of Scientists and Engineers JUSE); the Ishikawa-Kano Award (2012) by the Asian Network of Quality, the apex body for quality in Asia. Under his leadership, his companies were awarded the Deming Prize and the Japanese Quality Medal in 2002.
The distinguished civilian honour “Order of Diplomatic Merit” (Heung-In Medal) was conferred by the President of Korea for his valuable contribution to promote Korea-India bilateral relations. In 2023, he was presented with the Outstanding Institution Builder of the Year award by All India Management Association (AIMA) for displaying exceptional vision and leadership in building an institution. He was conferred with Lifetime Achievement award by CNBC-TV18’s India Business Leadership Awards (IBLA) in 2023. In 2024, Ernst & Young, recognized him with the Lifetime Achievement award for his decades of entrepreneurial excellence in revolutionizing the two-wheeler industry in India. In 2024, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award by the Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence, for his contributions to Indian Manufacturing, leadership and corporate social responsibility.
His commitment to competitiveness and quality of our economy is manifested through his company’s market presence in more than 80 countries across the globe. Mr Srinivasan’s dedication to the transformation of rural India by empowering women in the rural areas can be seen through his passion towards setting up the Srinivasan Services Trust which has touched the lives of 1.6 million people in 2500 villages across the country in the last 28 years.