Hemant Urdhwareshe Institute of Quality and Reliability, India

Hemant Urdhwareshe is Director of Institute of Quality and Reliability, Pune. He is a mechanical engineer from VNIT, Nagpur and did post graduate diploma in management at IMDR, Pune. He worked at Cummins India Limited (CIL) in many senior positions such as Sr.G.M.Product Engineering, Reliability Functional Excellence Leader, GM Quality, Management Representative, GM Supplier Quality Improvement, DGM Quality Assurance, DGM Total Quality System before starting his own training and consultancy institute in Nov 2005. He led and sponsored a number of Six Sigma and DFSS projects at CIL. He was active Six Sigma and DFSS Steering Committee member and has contributed significantly in driving six sigma at CIL. He has trained and motivated many quality professionals for ASQ certifications. He also conducted many training programmes for CIL managers and suppliers. He has published many articles and papers on the subject of Six Sigma approach and other Quality related topics. His article on six sigma was selected by ICAFI University as first chapter in their book on Six Sigma published in 2004. He has conducted many training workshops courses on Six Sigma, SPC, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (ASME Y14.5M 1994) on behalf of Indian Institution of Production Engineers. He has made many presentations in various forums.