STRESS ON QUALITY FOR INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITIVENESS
Shri Sharad Yadav,
Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution called
upon the industry to lay stress on standardisation and quality
as the essential compenents for the success of industrial development
and building international competitiveness. Inaugurating the National
Institute of Training for Standardization, Quality and Management
of the Bureau of Indian Standards (NITSQM) at Noida today, the
Minister observed that more and more companies were becoming alive
to the need for adopting systematic approach to training and development
of its employees so that they could meet the global pressure for
competition, environment management and safe practices.
With globalisation
of trade and opening of the economy, there was a need to look
at quality and the consequent need to train our managers and executives
in the nuances of quality, Shri Yadav said. He urged the Institute
to impart training on environment upgradation so as to maintain
a better ecology for future generations.
In his keynote address,
Shri Wajahat Habibullah, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs
said that if our citizens’ charter has to be adhered to in letter
and spirit, the Bureau’s knowledge and expertise would need to
be canalised in the area of consumer education and the institute
could do commendable service in this direction. Since the inception
of Training Programme on Standardisation and Quality Assurance
in 1968, BIS has helped not only the Indian industry but also
trained representatives of developing countries so that they could
set up their own National Standards Bodies, he said. EEC 1993
and ISO 9000 standards ushered the need for strengthening Training
Activities of BIS for their own officers and for industry to handle
global competition.
Earlier in his welcome
address, Shri Nirmal Singh, Director General, BIS informed that
the first training programme in the new building would commence
in July, 2003.
The Training Institute
at Noida has a built up area of 7200 sq. metres at a cost of Rs.
16 crores out of which an amount of Rs. 8.5 crore has been given
by the Government.
