AM Naik, Bhaskar Bhat among Qimpro winners

Qimpro Foundation has announced the winners for Qimpro Awards 2009.

The Qimpro Platinum Standard — National Statesman awards for excellence in business, healthcare and education practices have gone to AM Naik, chairman and managing director of Larsen & Toubro, Dr Sultan Pradhan, chairman of Aga Khan Health Services and Gian Parkash Chopra, president of DAV College Managing Committee, respectively.

The Qimpro Gold Standard — Leader who has successfully implemented world-class quality practices in an organisation/ institution awards have gone to Bhaskar Bhat, managing director of Titan Industries, Dr S D Gupta, director of Indian Institute of Health Management Research and Prof Y K Bhushan, director and campus head of IBS Mumbai for business, healthcare and education, respectively.

The winners will be felicitated in early February 2010. There was an independent panel of 12 judges for each of the three categories — business, healthcare and education. While the healthcare and education panels met on November 20, the business panel met on December 1.