Mr. Janak Kumar Mehta

  • Chairman & Managing Director, TQM International Pvt. Ltd.
  • Honorary Chairperson, Asian Network for Quality (ANQ)
  • Honorary Member of International Academy for Quality (IAQ)
  • President, Indian Society for Quality
  • Advisor, Indian Foundation for Quality Management

Business leader with focus on organizational transformation through quality management and business excellence across all functions and all levels based on holistic approach to management.

janakmehta@tqmi.com

RECOGNITION

  • Deming distinguished Service Award for Dissemination and Promotion (Overseas) In 2012 by Deming Prize Committee – JUSE, Japan – Only the second person in the World – Outside japan
  • Lancaster Medal in 2012 by American Society for Quality (ASQ) – Only Indian
  • Harington -Ishikawa Award by Asia Pacific Quality Organization in 2015 in Shanghai
  • Founders Medal by International Academy for Quality, USA in 2018
  • Honorary Member, International Academy for Quality since 2018

PUBLIC SPEAKING

He has been a Keynote speaker and Invited speaker at conferences across the world in 48 countries including Japan, USA, Europe, China, Middle East, South East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Africa and South America.

Mr. Mehta has been involved in setting up various institutions for quality promotion in India and overseas and continues to do so. This includes Quality Council of India (QCI), TQM Division of CII, Indian Society for Quality (ISQ) and Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) as nonprofit organizations and two for profit making organizations.

You may learn more about his work at following websites.

iaquality.org
www.tqmi.com
www.isqnet.org
www.anforq.org

PAST EXPERIENCE: CONSULTING (35 YEARS)

2003 to 2023

Chairman and Managing Director of TQMI.


1996 to 2002

Managing Director TQMI 2002. TQMI teams have guided about 1000 companies in quality and productivity improvement and cost reduction.


1996 to 2006

Director T4T Consultants Pvt. Ltd. doing organizational transformation work in the Middle East and South East Asia.


1988 to 1992

Advisor Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) he set up the TQM Division of CII in 1988 and nurtured the initial phase of quality movement in India. He was fortunate to obtain guidance from stalwarts like Dr. V. Krishnamurthy, then Chairman of Maruti and Steel Authority of India Ltd.

PAST EXPERIENCE: BUSINESS (25 YEARS)

1986 to 1988

Chief Executive of BECO Engineering Company

1980 to 1985

General Manager, Carbon Corporation Ltd., Nashik, India

1976 to 1979

Works Manager HEG Ltd., Bhopal, India

1963 to 1975

Various capacities at Union Carbide India Ltd., India

Professional contribution towards quality, productivity and social aspects

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Helping companies to improve overall performance through Total Quality Management, Toyota Production Systems, Total Productive Maintenance covering all aspects of management.


Guiding organizations to challenge Deming Prize and other Business Excellence Awards.


Strategy planning and deployment, New Product Development, process improvement, people engagement and capability building.


Mr. Mehta has the unique blend of business experience for 25 years leading to the position of Chief Executive and 35 years of consulting experience guiding organizations on variety of Total Quality Management and business excellence approaches from Europe, Japan, and the USA. He has contributed to the development of national infrastructure for quality, standardization and conformity assessment in India and has advised other countries. He contributed to global integration of quality movement as President and later Chair of International Academy for Quality (IAQ) and Chairperson of Asian Network for Quality (ANQ); and through collaboration with American Society for Quality (ASQ), European Organization for Quality (EOQ), Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers (JUSE), Middle East Quality Association (MEQA) and Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO). He has been the founding President of Indian Society for Quality from 1996 to 2001.


For his outstanding contribution, he has been elected as Honorary Chairperson of the Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) and Honorary Member of the International Academy for Quality (IAQ) and. Mr. Mehta has chaired awards committees at IAQ, ANQ and Indian Society for Quality (ISQ) for developing and awarding many awards in India, Asia, and at the international level. Some of the Awardees are business leaders of large global corporations. He was a Jury Member of the Mohamed Bin Rashid Government Excellence Award of UAE managed by the Prime Minister’s office since 2021 to 2023.


Janak has thus unique experience of TQM & business excellence within a company, company-wide covering entire supply chain, Group wide covering all companies in a group, nation-wide, region wide and global. He covers diverse business segments from discreet manufacturing, process industry and service sector including financial, communication, IT, healthcare etc. He has helped 17 companies to challenge and win the Deming Prize, one of the most coveted enterprise level awards for Total Quality Management.


He was awarded the Deming Distinguished Service Award by Deming Prize Committee, Japan, Founders Medal by International Academy for Quality, Lancaster Medal by American Society for Quality (ASQ) and Harington -Ishikawa Award by Asia Pacific Quality Organization (APQO)


He has been a keynote speaker and invited speaker at conferences/companies around the world in 46 countries including Japan, USA, Europe, Japan, China, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Africa and South America.


Mr. Mehta has been involved in setting up various institutions for quality promotion in India and overseas and continues to do so. This includes TQM Division of CII, Quality Council of India (QCI), Indian Society for Quality (ISQ), Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) and Indian Foundation for Quality Management (IFQM) as nonprofit organizations and three others for profit organizations.

VOLUNTARY WORK

  • Chairman – International Academy for Quality (IAQ) 2015 to 2017
  • President – International Academy for Quality (IAQ) 2012 to 2014
  • Chairman – Ishikawa – Kano Award Committee of ANQ since 2016
  • Honorary Director – Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) 2011 onwards
  • Chairperson Asian Network for Quality 2009-2010
  • Member – Governing Council, Quality Council of India (QCI) 2009 to 2013
  • Member – Governing Council of Indian Society for Quality (ISQ) 1996 onwards
  • Founding President – Indian Society for Quality 1996 – 2002
  • Member – Governing Council of Bureau of Indian Standards (BSI) 1990-1991
  • Chairman – Engineering Services Committee, Confederation of India Industry (CII) 1983 to 1988
  • Member – Governing Council of National Productivity Council (NPC) of India 1986-1987
  • Chairman – Nashik Zonal Committee, CII 1983 to 1985
  • President – Chinmaya Mission, Nashik 1980 to 1985

EXPERIENCE ACROSS VARIOUS SECTORS AND GEOGRAPHIES

Manufacturing:

Process industry, discreet manufacturing, petrochemical, metals, food processing.


Services:

Financial services, Software, IT enabled services, healthcare.


Geographies:

India, Middle East, ASEAN, Europe and Africa.