The Bureau of Indian Standards under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution is inviting applications for Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award for 2013 by August 31.
The award was constituted in 1991 and is one of the most prestigious awards for organisations who have excelled in the field of “quality”, either in manufacturing sector or in service sector. There are five awards, one for ‘Best of all’, one each for large scale manufacturing and medium, small and micro scale manufacturing and one each for large scale service sector and medium, small and micro scale service sector organisations. In addition, there are commendation certificates for large scale and medium, small and micro scale organisations in various manufacturing and service sectors.
Organisations winning the ‘Best of all’ award would be given a cash award of Rs 5 lakh. Organisations winning the other awards would be given a cash award of Rs 2 lakh. Organisation receiving the commendations certificates would be given a cash award of Rs 1 lakh. Application forms may be downloaded from the BIS website (http://www.bis.org.in)