For Immediate Release
ASQ, FICCI Join Forces to Promote Quality in India
ASQ to Provide its Body of Knowledge to Executives in India
Milwaukee, Wis., November 24, 2008 — The American Society for Quality (ASQ) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) are entering into a joint venture to promote business excellence and quality to executives and quality professionals of industries and businesses across India. The venture expands ASQ’s presence in India, where the Society established an office in 2007.
The joint venture will broaden the relationship between ASQ and FICCI and increase the use and impact of quality in response to the diverse needs of India. The plan allows ASQ’s participation in the Indian local quality movement and aims to disseminate ASQ’s Body of Knowledge in this fast-growing economy.
“This agreement opens many doors for both ASQ and senior-level executives in India,” Roberto Saco, ASQ president said. “Bringing ASQ’s Body of Knowledge to India will assist Indian corporations, executives and quality professionals in producing quality goods and services, which is good for both India and the many multinational corporations that do business there.”
A signing ceremony took place November 20, 2008, before local media and an audience of more than 100 from prominent businesses. Dr. Amit Mitra, Secretary General of FICCI and Paul Borawski, Executive Director and Chief Strategic Officer of ASQ were present to sign the agreement. For more information about ASQ’s activities in India, visit www.asq.org/global/countries/india.html.
About ASQ
The American Society for Quality, www.asq.org, has been the world's leading authority on quality for more than 60 years. With more than 90,000 individual and organizational members, the professional association advances learning, quality improvement and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide. As a champion of the quality movement, ASQ offers technologies, concepts, tools and training to quality professionals, quality practitioners and everyday consumers, encouraging all to Make Good Great®. ASQ has been the sole administrator of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award since 1991. Headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., ASQ is a founding partner of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a prominent quarterly economic indicator, and also produces the Quarterly Quality Report.
About FICCI
FICCI is the rallying point for free enterprises in India. It has empowered Indian businesses, in the changing times, to shore up their competitiveness and enhance their global reach. With a nationwide membership of more than 1,500 corporations and more than 500 chambers of commerce and business associations, FICCI espouses the shared vision of Indian businesses and speaks directly and indirectly for more than 2,50,000 business units. It has an expanding direct membership of enterprises drawn from large, medium, small and tiny segments of manufacturing, distributive trade and services. FICCI maintains the lead as the proactive business solution provider through research, interactions at the highest political level and global networking.
