Finding Quality Time
| THE ECONOMIC TIMES | 08-09-03 |
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Finding Quality Time
DR Madhav Mehra has combined the best of two worlds in more ways tham one. After voluntary retirement from a government of India job with the ministry of railways in 1988 following a 24 year stint, his mission was to improve the quality of life through training people and organizations. And today, as the president of London-based World Council for Corporate Governance, World Quality Council in World Environment Foundation and Partners in Action for sustainability in UK, he does just that ‘Even my Regent’s Park penthouse apartment in London combines the best of both world’s since on one side it’s flanked by lush greenery and on the other by the most fashionable areas of London, “says Mehra. Not that he spends too much of time there since he’s busy travelling around the world for training workshops, courses and seminars on management, quality of governance, environment and leadership. His associates and partner organizations are spread as wide as Argentina and Indonesia . Today a quality guru he brings together the themes of quality, environment and governance. But interestingly , his quest for quality started way back with the Indian railways. “ In India those were the early days for quality standards and the global ISO 1000 was just making a mark. However as an organisation the railways always ran on top quality standards. But unfortunately there was no global recognition, “he says. And even during his tenure at the railways, he lectured on management issues and a part of visiting faculty at institutes in India and abroad. In fact, he had setup the faculty of management at the Railway staff College in Baroda and did new role a advisor his own Ph D in management from London in 1974. In his new role as advisor to government bodies and multinational corporations on environmentally sustainable development, Mehra spends a lot of time in building networks with like minded people and organizations. “Most of my work is in developing countries like Bangladesh and South Africa,” he says. In India, he is closely associated with the Centre for Corporate Governance. And even though he has held quality seminars in Lithuania, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Slovakia, Hungary and Bangladesh besides UK, USA and Canada, Mehra still believes that Indians are among the most innovative people in World. “From the finest restaurants in London to the powerhouse of IT talent in the Silicon Valley. Indians have made a statement. The western world has already recognized yoga,” he says. Lord Swraj Paul, the chairman of the Caparo group and one of the most prominent Indians in UK, is on the council of advisors and board of governors Mehra’s corporate governance council as is lord Putnam, producer of Oscar Winning films like Chariot of Fire and Killing Fields and Tony Colman Labour MP from London. Obviously, when it comes to quality and talent he believes in combining the best from all worlds,
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