Indian Quality Awards

Introduction Quality awards are prizes awarded for some aspect of quality performance which has been demonstrated to an organisation which normally has no responsibility for the recipient 's performance. All quality awards are made on the basis of an assessment of the applicant 's performance against certain criteria. Some awards measure the result of quality activities (such as customer satisfaction), some assess the effort involved in ensuring consistency of output and others assess conformity of output to customer requirements. Most are awarded in some kind of competition among companies, but a few are not competitive - being assessments of an organisation 's performance with no limit to the number of winners. As well as those describing themselves as quality awards, there are other similar awards for customer satisfaction and best practice. Some of the awards given in India are given below
Golden Peacock National Quality Award (GPNQA)
The Golden Peacock National Quality Award, named after India 's national bird the "Peacock", is awarded every year. Each category has two awards - the Winner and the Runners up. Each winner and runners up receives a trophy together with a certificate. The award winners may use the Golden Peacock National Quality Award logo on their printed and promotional material. Selected organisations may be given a commendation card. The Golden Peacock National Quality Award would be given separately for manufacturing and service sector organisations, under the following categories:
Normal Categories
• Large Enterprises (LE) --> 251 and above Employees
• Medium Enterprises (ME) --> 51 to 250 Employees
• Small Enterprises (SE) --> upto 50 employees
Special Categories
1. Education, Training, Research and development, Testing & Inspection
2. Service Sector covering Tourism, Transport, Couriers, Hotels & Hospitality, Healthcare, Telecommunication, Professional consultancies, Financial Institutions.
3. Government Organisations,

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