Girdhar J. Gyani BE, ME, PhD

Dr. Girdhar J. Gyani is Secretary General, Quality Council of India, which is an autonomous body, set up by Government of India to establish & operate National Accreditation Structure in accordance with the International Standards. The council has been entrusted with the task to promote Quality through nation wide quality campaign. Mr. Gyani has been instrumental in setting up of National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) and is currently officiating as its CEO.
Mr. Gyani has put in 38 years of service in the areas of Teaching, Research and Quality Management. He is elected Director on board at International Accreditation Forum (IAF) representing Low & Medium Income Economics. He is senior member of American Society of Quality (ASQ), Member Institute of Quality Assurance UK, Member All India Management Association, Life Member Computer Society of India, Life Member HRD Network Forum and Fellow Institute of engineers ( India ). Mr. Gyani was conferred with 16 th Lal C Verman Award for year 2002 in recognition with distinguished contributions in the field of “Standardization & quality control”. Mr. Gyani is recipient of Rotary Centenary Award in year 2004 for Excellence in the field of Quality.
Mr. Gyani is credited in developing Indian Institute of Quality Management (IIQM), from its inception (1993 to 2003) as institute of excellence offering training & consultancy services in all aspects of Quality. During this period, Mr. Gyani as chief mentor guided 30 technical institutes for World Bank project (IMPACT) on excellence in educational systems. Mr. Gyani designed & launched India 's first M.S. Programme in Quality Management which was adapted by BITS, Pilani. He developed one year (3-trimesters) diploma course in Quality Management, for MQI in MAURITIUS . Mr. Gyani is very widely traveled across the globe mostly in reference to Quality & Accreditation. He has authored number of books & publications on Quality & HRD.