The Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award is the national quality award given by the Bureau of Indian Standards to Indian organisations that show excellence in their performance. It is named after Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India, and was introduced in 1991 after his death. The award aims to promote quality services to the consumers and to give special recognition to organisations that contribute significantly towards the quality movement of India.
The award is presented annually as per the financial year, and is similar to other national quality awards worldwide like the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award of the United States, European Quality Award of the European Union and the Deming Prize of Japan.
Awards The award is presented to organisations in five broad categories: large scale manufacturing, small scale manufacturing, large scale service sector, small scale service sector and best overall. Furthermore, there are 14 commendation certificates for organisations showing excellence in various fields, including but not limited to biotechnology, chemicals, electronics, food and drugs, metallurgy, textiles, jewelry, education, finance, healthcare and information technology.
Apart from the certificated and awards, the winner of Best of All gets a monetary prize of , while the other four awards carry a cash prize of . The commendation certificate carries a financial incentive of .
+ "Best of all" winners Year Recipient 1991–92 Kirloskar Cummins Limited, Pune 1993 Steel Authority of India Limited Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai 1994 ITC Limited ILTD Division Chirala (A.P.) 1995 ITC Limited ILTD Division, Anaparti, Andhra Pradesh 1996 Tata Bearings (A Division of TISCO), Kharagpur, West Bengal 1997 Larsen & Toubro Limited, Bangalore Works, Bangalore (Karnataka)Ammunition Factory, Khadki Pune, Maharashtra 1998 Mathura Refinery of Indian Corporation Limited, Mathura 1999 Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Limited, AnandTata Cummins Limited, Jamshedpur 2000 Tata International Limited, Dewas 2001 Birla Cellulosic, Bharuch 2002 (No award) 2003 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (Gujarat Refinery), VadodaraGrasim Industries Ltd (Chemical Division), Nagda 2005 Moser Baer India Limited, Greater Noida 2006 Steel Authority of India Limited Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai 2007 Steel Authority of India Limited Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro 2008 Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. 2009 Tata Motors Limited, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 2010 Vikram Cement Works (A unit of UltraTech Cement Limited), Khor, Madhya Pradesh 2011 DAV ACC Senior Secondary Public School Barmana, Himachal Pradesh 2012 Rail Wheel factory, Yelahanka, Bangalore 2013 Navjaat Bhaskar 2014 Larsen & Toubro Limited
See also List of national quality awards Total Quality Management
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