Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has collaborated with the world's leading organization for quality in the USA, namely, the American Society for Quality (ASQ). A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed between the two organizations at a signing ceremony held on May 18, 2005 at Seattle at the time of the ASQ's World Conference on Quality and Improvement. The Annual Conference which began on May 15, 2005 culminated on May 18, 2005 with the signing of the Agreement. Over 2000 delegates including 220 international delegates attended the annual International event in its 59th year of functioning.

Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry as the National Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry with headquarters in New Delhi and offices in several Indian States and overseas has a special wing for education, training, consulting and carrying the quality movement in India for over 15 years. It is now, popularly known as the FICCI Quality Forum (FQF).

As per this Agreement, it would be possible for the Indian businesses and quality professionals through FICCI Quality Forum to benefit from the world acclaimed Training and certification programmes of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), in India. As per this Memorandum of Agreement, the Alliance will work between ASQ and FICCI on a structured and mutually exclusive basis.

FICCI Quality Forum

FICCI Quality Forum (FQF) is the management consulting division of FICCI.FQF is facilitating business organizations in India and other developing countries to enhance global competitiveness through training and consulting interventions using the best practices adopted by leading companies in the world.

To get the knowledge and training skills on latest management tools and techniques, FICCI has networked with premier global knowledge resources such as American Society for Quality, USA, LEAN Enterprise Academy, UK, Kaizen Institute, Japan etc.

American Society for Quality

The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the world's leading authority on quality. With more than 100,000 individual and organizational members, this professional association advances learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results, and to create better workplaces and communities worldwide.

As champion of quality movement, ASQ offers technologies, concepts, and training to quality professionals, quality practitioners, and everyday consumers, encouraging all to Make Good Great. ASQ provides professional training and certification that are considered as global benchmark and utilized by leading organizations around the world to set objective criteria to assess competency of quality professionals.

For more information log on to: www.asq.org

ASQ & FICCI Professional Certified Training Programs Offered in India

For further details please contact:

Amit Chatterjee
Head – New Initiatives & BD
FICCI – QF
Federation House, Tansen Marg
New Delhi-110001
Ph: 23322442 (d), 23738760 Extn:453
Mob: 9810064745
Mail: amitc@ficci.com
Fax: 23320714, 23721504

Manoj Kr Narula
Asstt General Manager
ASQ India , c/o FICCI-QF
Federation House, Tansen Marg
New Delhi-110001
Ph: 23359735, 23739947
Mob: 9910072265
Mail: manoj.narula@ficci.com
Fax: 23320714, 23721504