IFQM Symposium 2025

Quality & Innovation to Make India Globally Competitive

IFQM Symposium in an annual event, scheduled for Sept 18-19, 2025, at Taj Palace, New Delhi. This event, which is by invitation only, will see about 350 delegates, including 200+ CEOs and CXOs, besides senior faculty & students from leading academic institutions. There is a special focus on MSME and Academia, as they are amongst the key drivers for building our nation’s capabilities.

You will experience a rare opportunity of sharing the time and space with the leaders who collectively believe that Quality and Innovation underpin our journey towards a Developed India. Equally, importantly, you can interact with fellow leaders to exchange ideas that can shape our action agenda to make Quality as a central strategy to what we plan and execute. The specially curated Symposium Agenda will bring insights through an eclectic mix of Speakers by way of discussions, conversations and engagements, essentially to elevate the level at which we deploy world-leading practices.

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AGENDA

Day 1 – 09:00 AM Onwards

• Lighting the Lamp
• Viksit Bharat – Imperatives and Opportunities
• Keynote: Integrating Quality and Innovation for Excellence in Manufacturing
• Fireside Chat: Leading in a BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, & Incomprehensible) Environment
• Fireside Chat: Imperatives for India to be a significant player in the Global Supply Chain
• Sector Panel Discussion: Auto & Engineering – Making Products in India for the World (Durbar)
• Industry Academia – Participation of Academia in enabling India’s Growth story (Jehangir)
• Sector Panel Discussion: Aero & Defence – Making Products in India for the World (Durbar)
• Digital – Making friends with AI (Jehangir)
• Launch: IFQM offerings – Digital Tools (Durbar)
• Fireside Chat: Steering India’s MSMEs into Global Supply Chain (Durbar)
• Fireside Chat: People – The Ultimate Drivers of Quality, Innovation and Excellence (Durbar)
• Launch: IFQM Quality Excellence Prize
• Thematic Dance Performance on “Quality in Indian Culture” (Durbar)

Day 2 – 09:00 AM Onwards

• Film – Recap of Day 1 (Durbar)
• Panel Discussion: How does India ramp up to World Class Quality? (Durbar)
• Panel Discussion: Total Quality – Lessons for Business from the disciplines of Fine Arts (Durbar)
• Transforming MSME sector through Quality, Innovation and Excellence (Jehangir)
• Sector Panel Discussion: Electronics and Semiconductors – What does it take to succeed globally? (Durbar)
• Sector Panel Discussion: Pharma and Health Sciences – Going up the Pharma Value Chain (Jehangir)
• Sector Panel Discussion: Health and Hospitals: Developing India by improving access to quality healthcare and superior infrastructure. (Durbar)
• Engagement: Learnings from Dr. Kano – Quality plus Innovation in Design and Manufacturing (Jehangir)
• A Message from JUSE (Durbar)
• Fireside: Crisis as a catalyst for National resurgence (Durbar)
• Actions to integrate Academia – Industry ways of work (Jehangir)
• Symposium Takeaways (Durbar)
• Closing Remarks
• Vote of Thanks (Durbar)