S Ramadorai Wins IMC Juran Quality Medal 2013
CITATION for S Ramadorai at the IMC Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Awards Ceremony, 19 March 2014.
Subramanian Ramadorai, is the Adviser to the Prime Minister of India in the National Council on Skill Development, Government of India. He holds a rank equivalent to an Indian Cabinet Minister.
Mr Ramadorai is also the Chairperson of the governing board of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences; and Vice-Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services. Earlier, as CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services, he transformed the company into a distinguished software and services company, globally. He has authored The TCS Story… and Beyond that documents his leadership challenges and strategic successes at TCS.
During Mr Ramadorai’s era at TCS, he led the adoption of the Tata Business Excellence Model criteria, company-wide. The adoption of this model, perhaps one of the toughest in the world, helped foster a culture of excellence in every operation and in every geography where TCS had footprints. Today, TCS is a global brand – Made in India.
One of the TCS characteristics, nurtured by Mr Ramadorai, is that employees need to think to their full potential: left-brain logical thinking; and right-brain creative thinking; in order to service the most demanding business and government customers. In addition, the Corporate Software Training Center, in South India, established by Mr Ramadorai, is a factory for producing world-class software-talent. The synergistic advantage of Customer Focus and Employee Focus is manifest in the galloping Business Results of TCS. A best practice.
Mr Ramadorai is a sensitive human being. His contribution to Adult Literacy, in regional languages, using discarded computers, has transformed the lives of thousands of women and their families. A benchmark practice
In his current role as Advisor for the National Council on Skill Development, Mr Ramadorai is focused on a long-term national initiave to match the demand for quality skills with the supply of certified skills. Not only will this benefit the quality of life of Indian citizens; it will also help in delivering quality Indian outputs from manufacturing and service industries. Mr Ramadorai, a true Son of India.
We salute Mr Subramanian Ramadorai, Advisor to the Prime Minister of India in the National Council on Skill Development; and Vice Chairman, Tata Consultancy Services; winner of the IMC Juran Medal 2103.
