LETTERS
The story, Harmonising Indian Quality with the Developed World (March-April ’08) provided the “ringside” view of the various aspects of “Quality” that touch human life in one way or the other. Indeed, the speakers’ take on “Quality” truly enlightened me about what kind of significance the word makes in our daily life. “Quality” is an inseparable part of human life. And it must be upheld at any cost. Moreover, in a developing country like India, it assumes greater sense as the dream of becoming a developed country can only get fulfilled if every Indian gives due respect to “Quality”.
        Ram Badola, Kanpur
   Lt Gen (Retd) H Lal rightly pointed out that “National Wellbeing” can be achieved when the state can provide food, shelter and security of life and property to every citizen, along with Quality of education, in the story Small initiatives by QCI for National Wellbeing (March-April ’08). Without a doubt, ‘Quality Council of India’ has taken very good initiatives like developing a standard for Quality management of schools to perk up the Quality of education in India. Such initiative, on ground level, would definitely give boost to the ailing education system in the country. ‘Quality Council of India’ should also leverage its resources to introduce such programmes in other areas as well.
       Raman Singh, Gaya
LETTERS

  Bangalore’s triple bonanza for Quality health services, (March- April, ’08) gave the perfect insight on the state of hospitals in Bangalore. As a resident of Bangalore, I can proudly say that Bangalore lives up to its reputation as the ‘medical hub’ of India. The three Bangalore hospitals which have received the NABH accreditation truly exemplify the fact that Bangalore cares for its people’s health as against any other city in India. After earning the “kudos” for being the IT hub, it has once again proved that it has the capacity of being tagged as truly “world-class” metropolitan city.
       M Balaji, Bangalore

   This refers to the piece Optimising productivity through Six Sigma, (March-April, ’08). With the adoption of Six Sigma’s DMAIC, NTPC would surely optimise productivity. This would be another feather in the cap of NTPC. As a matter of fact, NTPC would surely produce remarkable results with the adoption of Six Sigma’s DMAIC. The NTPC officials have taken the right step at the right time. Power generation requires tremendous boost and NTPC being the biggest power generation company would certainly reap the benefits of Six Sigma’s DMAIC.
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Rejuvenating School Education through Accreditation
The Quality Council of India's initiative to set Accreditation Standard for Quality school governance comes at a time when the country’s primary and school education need healthy doses of Quality inputs. The accreditation process does not override the curriculum; instead it enhances it. HOOLS OF QUALITY Educatino Lead story.qxd 6/16/2008 11:40 AM Page 3
  NGOs in India are playing a laudable role in spreading literacy and Quality education. They can, however, be more effective if their activities are coordinated and guided.
 The country has progressed economically and major steps have been taken to enhance education standards but somewhere along the way, we seem to have lost sight of our traditional values. Lt Gen H Lal points out that the time has come when we must start moulding the character of students to become good citizens.
   Delhi Public School, Greater Noida, may be a relatively recent addition to the DPS family, but this has given it the opportunity to build in innovative systems, making it among the best.
It means Question, Understand and Apply, and it is the motto of the Scottish High International School, Gurgaon, which, inspite of being relatively new, has already achieved high standards in Quality education.
 The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Delhi aims to churn out graduates who can use all the three Hs, viz, Head, Hands and Heart.
Navyug Schools strive to give opportunities at par with public schools to the brightest students amongst the economically weaker sections.
Delhi Public School, Greater Noida, may be a relatively recent addition to the DPS family, but this has given it the opportunity to build in innovative systems, making it among the best.
Kendriya Vidyalayas have maintained a tradition of Quality in education eversince their inception about half a decade ago. However, before they can jump on the bandwagon of accreditation by QCI, there are some further criteria to be fulfilled.
   Events, announcements and listing from QCI. And all the news on the latest developments and initiatives on Quality.
QCI has joined hands with GLOBALGAP, the Global partnership for Good Agricultural Practices. Gap recently established the Indian National Technical Working Group (NTWG).
QCI recently organised a three-week refresher course on “Food Safety” for college and university teachers, in collaboration with the Indira Gandhi National Open University. A report.
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