Founder's profile

Santhanam is management post graduate and alumni of IIM Trichy, Masters in Personnel management and Industrial relations from Madras School of Social Work. He has two decades of diverse professional experience in different industries (Manufacturing, Auto, FMCG & Chemical) and work cultures (TQM practicing organizations, Multinational company). Possessing good experience in implementation of TQM, 5S, LPS, SPC & TPM practices in shop floor by closely working with Japanese consultants from JIPM & JUSE. Got trained from Prof. Ando, Dr.Washio, Prof. Osada.

He has played lead roles (such as HR head, TQM secretariat, SAP champion, Team lead, Program Head, Safety manager, Facilitator, Trainer and Mentor) in the areas of Strategic HRM, Total Quality Management, Strategic Business planning, Safety, Operational excellence, Learning & Development (L&D), Performance Management, to enhance leadership capability of talent as well as the organizational capacity to enable business growth.

Some of his career accomplishments includes

• TQM secretariat - led the team of professionals, institutionalized TQM practices through training & handholding and played key role to win coveted Deming Grand Prize (DGP).
• Partnered in transformation projects viz, Strategic workforce planning, Productivity improvement, Quality improvement, Strategy accomplishment, Innovation.
• Delivering results to achieve customer delight while serving clients - GVK industries, ZOHO, Rane Group, Modine, SRF, Hwashin, SL Lumax.