By The Hindu Bureau
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Transport and Backward Class Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar has called on industry professionals to treat quality as a consistent practice rather than a one-time goal.
He was speaking at the valedictory of the 39th Annual Convention on Quality Concepts (CCQC-2025), organised by the Hyderabad Chapter of the Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI) at Begumpet on Tuesday. The event brought together 227 teams from 70 organisations to showcase projects on quality improvement, workplace innovation and continuous enhancement.
Highlighting the success of the Quality Circle movement, the Minister said it has shown how collective wisdom and teamwork can deliver extraordinary results. He reaffirmed the State government’s focus on strengthening industrial infrastructure, skill development, food processing, digital governance, agriculture and welfare programmes with quality and efficiency at the core. He also urged industries to collaborate across sectors and regions to share best practices in line with the vision of Viksit Bharat.
The convention honoured outstanding projects with Gold and Silver Awards. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) received the ‘best team award’ in the manufacturing sector while Biological E. Limited was adjudged the best in the support service sector.
Managing director for Education and Infrastructure I.Ganapati Reddy also addressed the gathering. Quality Circle Forum of India (QCFI)-Hyderabad chairman Ch. Balakrishna Rao and governing council members were present.
TG investing in digitisation
Stating that quality is the key to growth and public welfare, Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N.Uttam Kumar Reddy stated that the Telangana government is investing in digitisation, real-time monitoring and automation across supply chains to ensure efficiency and quality in projects.
Addressing the 39th annual convention of the QCFI-Hyderabad Chapter on Monday, Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy stressed that quality is the organising principle of governance in Telangana. He highlighted that rigorous standards in irrigation and food distribution are crucial to ensuring public welfare reaches citizens without spoilage or diversion.
The Minister emphasised that the build quality of projects, canals, pipelines and reservoirs directly affects farmers’ livelihoods. Poor design or execution of irrigation projects can impair water delivery for decades, he cautioned.
He noted that Telangana’s strategies on power, water, agriculture, employment, skill development and lake preservation are well thought out through extensive consultations with different sections of people. “Quality is not just a business requirement; it is a national imperative,” he said, highlighting the changing industrial landscape driven by digital technologies, artificial intelligence and automation.
