Applicants are required to submit details pertaining to the online application from (available
on website)
At this stage, the NBQP Secretariat for completeness and adequacy of the application will scrutinize all the online applications
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.
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.
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
The team of experts nominated by the QCI will be carrying out the assessment of the projects submitted.
The projects will undergo the following phases of assessment
Stage 1: Online Application
Applicants are required to submit details pertaining to the application from (available on website) comprising of mandatory & optional fields.
Please Note:
The structure of the application form is different this year. Also, please go through the ‘Detailed Project Report” (Suggested template to prepare case study) before submitting your Project.
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 at this stage. The reasons of rejection will be duly intimated and discussed with the applicant. The decision on final rejection will be taken by the Assessment Team and Jury. After preliminary screening projects will undergo assessment as follows;
Stage 2: Preliminary Screening: - Document Assessment:
All eligible applications will undergo document assessment by the Assessment Team. The Assessment Team will examine the case studies on the basis of the assessment criteria as per the criteria listed .
The projects will be scored based upon the above assessment parameters. The marks obtained by each project at Stage 2 will be concluded through consensus approach by the assessment team. The assessment team will decide about the projects that will be invited for a live presentation at QCI office at New Delhi i.e. the next stage of assessment. The actual finalization of marks will be done during Stage 4.
Stage 3: Project Presentation at QCI office
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 Stage 3 will be informed about the site verification schedule well in advance.
Stage 4: Site Verification for project implementation
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.
Report Submission
The assessment team will submit a report to NBQP Secretariat about their assessment of the projects and it will include recommendations for the various awards pertaining to the differentcategories of Award.
Stage 5: Final Selection and communication
NBQP Secretariat will forward the assessment report and recommendations of the assessment team to the Jury that has been formed for final selection of the awards. The jury will consist of eminent experts appointed by NBQP/QCI and the D.L. Shah Trust.