Mr. Chakravarthy T. Kannan, Secretary General, Quality Council of India (QCI), brings with him a distinguished career spanning leadership positions in the automotive and logistics sectors. He has led several key national organizations and global business expansion initiatives. With extensive experience as CEO of Mobility at Mahindra Logistics, where he successfully turned around complex B2B and B2C operations to achieve a positive PAT, Mr. Chakravarthy brings a wealth of expertise in strategic management and business transformation. He has also led several business transformations such as ‘Digital Product Development e-NPI’, ‘Quality Crusade’, ‘Geelantheid - a billion-dollar Global business setup’. As the founder of CATAPULT, an industry-first tech-based incubator, he has demonstrated a keen ability to drive innovation and accelerate user case maturation, earning recognition from industry giants like Shell and Intel.

His prior roles as Business Head and Senior VP at Mahindra & Mahindra have equipped him with strategic acumen and a proven track record of spearheading global business expansion initiatives and driving organizational growth.

With his rich sea of experience, coupled with an MBA in Corporate Strategy from Ross Business School and a background in Industrial Engineering, Mr. Chakravarthy is poised to lead QCI towards new heights of excellence and innovation in quality standards.

An accomplished & tech savvy CXO level Business Transformation leader with 30+years’ of strong global work exposure across Manufacturing, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), NBFC, Banking & HR consulting. Track record of delivering significant business gains & entity-wide transformation programs using Digital as an enabler. Specialization in Lean, Six Sigma & Process Automation (including RPA, AI & ML). Niche skill around troubleshooting & resolution with positive bottom-line impact. Deep experience ranging from devising tactical to strategic business solutions, driving innovation, executing organizational change, financial delivery & governance, nurturing & developing teams to contributing to diverse networks and social cause.

Rich exposure across multiple businesses/ functions, across geographies (UK, Africa, Europe & APAC).

An Industrial Engineer with management qualifications, an Industry speaker on Transformation and a visiting guest speaker at top Engineering & Management institutions like IIT & IIM.

A strong champion of diversity – was the APAC Chair for Reach, Barclays Diversity & Inclusion program for people with disability& mental health.

Learning exposure:

• Head – PPID, Quality Council of India – Jul’22 till date
• Director & Head of Process Excellence, Barclays Bank (Barclays Global Service Centre) Quality Leader, GE Money India
• Black Belt, GE Capital Intl. Services
• HR Consultant & Profit Centre Head, ABC Consultants
• Industrial Engineer & Project Manager, GEEPIndustries and LPS

Dr. Hari Prakash is PHD and M.Sc. in Horticulture/Agriculture from G.B Pant University. He has also earned additional M.Sc. in Ecology and Environment and Post Graduate Certificate in Business Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

He has more than 25 year diverse experience in techno commercial evaluations, project management, research, capacity building, gap analysis, strategic planning of diversified projects. Built & organized team by effectively engaging a motivated team to conceptualise and implement various projects.

He served different boards of Quality Council of India (QCI) for more than nine years. He managed and coordinated with multi stake holders of different ministries, authorities, organisations for developing and operationalising new accreditation schemes and completing various important projects. Before joining QCI, he managed business of MNC certification body which was accredited for Farm certifications, Global GAP, Food Safety, Social Compliance, Carbon Fix Standard, FSC, Ethical Trade Initiatives with other routine management systems.

He also led the system management team as a central resource of a conglomerate having business in infrastructure, aviation, tourism, golf, water sports, consumer products etc. He has experience in designing, documentation, implementation, auditing and certifications for integrated management system (QMS, EMS OHSAS, FSMS, SA etc).