Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in collaboration with Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur (BESU) has established a specialized, professionally managed Centre named “CII-BESU Industrial Research, Innovation and HRD Centre” to facilitate Industry and Academia partnerships for industrial and social benefits in West Bengal. The Centre was launched by Shri Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India, during the 4th CII University-Industry Council Symposium on 1st August 2009. The mission of the Industrial Research Centre is to provide a platform of interdisciplinary teaching and innovative research in the field of science and technology, which can lead to a better integrated R & D delivery system in India.
Posted On: 18 Jul 2019

CII with support from Rockefeller Foundation, USA and in partnership with other organisations is implementing a Rural Energy Access programme titled Smart Power for Environmentally-sound Economic Development (SPEED).
Posted On: 12 Mar 2015

The objective of this initiative is to facilitate green product market transformation in the country through GreenPro certification. Based on a holistic framework, GreenPro assess ‘How Green is a product’ and highlights the way forward to achieve excellence in environmental performance.
Posted On: 12 Mar 2015

TNTDPC is emerging as one-stop shop solution for all Intellectual Property Rights(IPR) training and service needs in State of Tamil Nadu at a very nominal cost.
Posted On: 30 Oct 2009

CII has been continually advocating the need for increased attention to quality and productivity by industry. It has been spreading the message of promoting quality and creating the need for Total Quality Management.
Posted On: 28 Oct 2009

CII IPR division has played a key role in spreading IP Culture in the country through its presence in New Delhi, IP Facilitation Centre in Hyderabad, Tamil Nadu Technology Development & Promotion Centre (TNTDPC) in Chennai, Gujarat Knowledge Application & Facilitation Centre (GKAFC) in Gujarat, and Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre’s (IPFCs) in Indore, Gandhinagar and Mysore.
Posted On: 23 Oct 2009

Over several decades, quality philosophy has evolved from “Inspecting the Quality into the Product” to “Right the first time” and building “Robust Products and Processes” which finally lead to a “Zero Defect” output. While various quality gurus propagated different approached, the key objectives of the programs remained quite similar. Lean Six Sigma is one of the philosophy which addresses some of the key requirements in today’s environment • Business Results and Breakthrough Improvements • Data Driven with Application of Right Tools • People Involvement and Capability Building • Structured Execution and Review Mechanism CII Institute of Quality focuses on customising the approach to the specific industry requirement and builds capability to ensure sustained results. The CII Institute of Quality initiated support to industry on the subject almost a decade back and since then serviced 200 organisations and certified 220 Black Belts.
Posted On: 18 Oct 2009

Total Productive Maintenance, shortly termed as TPM, is the concept originated and developed by Japan Institute of plant Maintenance (JIPM) Tokyo, since late sixties. JIPM-TPM is the key for the operational excellence for many Japanese companies. TPM strives to achieve high level of productivity, through total participation of all people inside the organisation and then developing self-managing abilities in people and practices. Productivity, in JIPM-TPM means increasing production and reducing cost simultaneously.
Posted On: 18 Oct 2009

Legal metrological requirements, relevant to the manufacturing sector, as laid down by way of standards under the Weights and Measures Act, 1976 and the Packaged Commodity Rules, 1977 have assumed critical importance in modern production lines.
Posted On: 18 Oct 2009

• Assisting organizations in formulating a Quality Vision and developing a Strategic Quality Framework • Fostering Organizational success by developing mature business quality systems on a risk based model • Embedding robust process management framework in complex, matrix environments • Gap analysis and evaluation services on quality applications deployment • Enabling Conformity Assessment Bodies attain globally recognized accreditation based on ISO standards 17020, 17021,17065, 17024 • Helping public services develop their Citizen’s Charter development and quality and processes based on IS 15700 • Customized Long term Certificate courses on quality management and statistical methods for middle and senior quality managers.
Posted On: 18 Oct 2009