Bhushan Dewan, former Vice President Business Excellence in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Joins Tanla to ensure consistency in Project Excellence delivery and quality products

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Wednesday, April 25, 2007 - (BUSINESS WIRE India)
Tanla Solutions, a leader in telecommunications and software products, service with offices in India, Ireland and the United Kingdom, announced today that it has appointed as chairman of Dewan Bhushan, Quality & Business Excellence.

Based solutions Tanla offices in India, Bhushan is responsible for the development and implementation of quality assurance throughout the economy, will help the company to its global presence of a cut Telecom - munications, products and service providers in the fields of telecommunications, media and sectors of digital communication.

Uday Reddy, Chairman and MD, Tanla Solutions, welcomed the new agreement with the words: “Bhushan Dewan unprecedented powers has been internationally recognized professional quality. With several years of experience in quality and improvement of overall management process for IT services market leaders, we are confident it is a very valuable addition to Tanla.

A recognized expert on the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige criteria for performance and excellence of the European Foundation for Quality Management Excellence in Business, Bhushan brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the organization.

Comment to his appointment, Bhushan Dewan said: “Tanla Solutions is a dynamic and highly valued supplier of telecommunications solutions to a number of clients receiving tent in India and furthermore, that this position is a challenge that I can appreciate . I am very happy I am to the next step in my career with this innovative company and we look forward to other rely on the company’s commitment to quality and Business Excellence. ”

Process Improvement Bhushan has projects for different business functions strategic, tactical and operational. This includes the leadership and strategic planning, customer and market processes, information technology and knowledge management HR processes and delivery process and support processes.

Before taking up his duties within the TCS, Bhushan career around different positions of CEO, Quality Systems International, Professor of Management at NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies), and he also served as commander of the Indian Navy.

Bhushan has obtained his M. Tech in the telecommunications sector of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Post-Graduate Diploma in Management Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.He is also the author of two books published in the World whole in the areas of information technology.

Udhagamandalam, May 10 - HAVING successfully acquired university status from three State Governments to become the first multi-State varsity in the country, the ICFAI University has chalked out a strategy of going global.

Accordingly, it has initiated the process of obtaining accreditations from reputed global management bodies, the Dean of ICFAI Business School, Prof Naveen Das, said here on Monday.

He was addressing the principals, vice-principals and directors of various engineering colleges and business schools across the country at the inaugural session of the three-day ‘National Conclave of Leaders in Education’, considered a unique and first-of-its-kind three-day residential development programme.

“Having consolidated our position in the domestic space, we have now started looking at global market and steps towards acquiring global accreditations have began,” Prof Das said.

As a part of this process, the ICFAI University has already acquired memberships in the Association to Advance Collegeate School Business and the European Foundation for Management Development , which is a prerequisite for obtained accreditations of these management bodies.

Stating that the process would take around three to four years for acquiring global accreditations, Prof Das said the accreditations would help ICFAI University get into the league of global institutions and become one of the few Indian management schools to attain such distinction.

The ICFAI University, which has been focussing on investing its limited financial resources on building faculty teams operating through leased premises, has now started making significant investments into building its own campuses. It has already built one at Gurgaon.

“We are now in the process of building a huge campus spread across 100-acre in Hyderabad at a cost of around Rs 80 crore. The campus should be ready by next year. We have also decided to set up a spacious campus at Bangalore, for which the process of locating the land has started,” Prof Das said.

On the conclave of leaders in education, the ICFAI Business School Senior Faculty Member, Prof B. Karunakar, said a series of five such three-day programmes are being organised during this month.

Over 1,000 participants from across the country would be attending these programmes.

The three-day programme includes topics on emerging opportunities in educational sector, importance of intellectual leadership and institution building, and fostering research culture.

KOLKATA: international accreditation seems to be the keyword among several top B-schools in India. IIM (Ahmedabad), XLRI, Jamshedpur, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, and what are the gears to benchmark against the best in the world.

This step will not only be more institutions of the “global ambitions, and the reception of foreign students, but also help to retain the most familiar with their international partners, for the provision of common services and the implementation of student exchange programs.

IIM-A recently announced its decision to the coveted EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), accreditation, which contribute to increasing their “Global Positioning.” According to an IIM-A spokesman of the Institute, the process has started, the application for accession to European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), a non-profit organization, the International Business Schools accredited. The application is the EQUIS in the near future.

Speaking to ET, Mr. Julio Urgel, director, EQUIS and high quality services on EFMD, said an Indian Institute has received a formal request for accreditation EQUIS, and six-seven others, including IIM-A, have shown interest. However, he refused to reveal the names of others, but adds that the application of international accreditation has been increasingly common throughout the world.

“Most of the best schools to recognize that this is a global village where the rich and the schools can not afford to play more national. They should be in touch with international developments. India is not to be different. ” Which probably explains the haste of the leading institutes of this “opting.

XLRI, Jamshedpur plans, the rules of accreditation agencies like SAQS (South Asian Quality System) and EQUIS by the end of February. “Our goal is to our programs to a certificate of quality to meet international standards, as a” father N Casimir Raj, the director, told ET XLRI.

According to the father Abraham, the director, XIM, Bhubaneswar, accreditation, means the parties concerned to establish the credibility of an establishment of processes and systems. “The students from accredited institutions are easier to obtain and internship opportunities for the pursuit of higher education, especially in doctoral programs in the B-schools,” he said.

XIMB has already submitted an application for admission SAQS about six months, and there may be more than one year or more before obtaining approval. MDI Gurgaon was the first institute in India to obtain accreditation from the AMBA (Association of MBAs), while ICFAI Business School (IBS), Hyderabad has also SAQS accreditation.

TAPMI, Manipal application for accreditation by the AACSB ()-2003, with the ISB, Hyderabad following suit during the past year. For TAPMI, the accreditation process is already AASCB midterm and director Nagabrahmam D is convinced that more and more Indian Institute follow suit