8 th Quality Circle Convention & 5 th Kaizen Mela 2012 The “ 8 th Quality Circle Convention” & “ 5 th Kaizen Mela” of Ashok Minda Group was held on 21 st September 2012 at MCL-Noida. Top three teams from each region (North & West/South) in Quality Circle & in each category of Kaizen (Associate, Team & Office) participated in the group level competition. As last year, European plants also presented their Kaizen on webex (video-conferencing). Event started with opening address by Dr. P. Elangovan followed by Lamp Lighting with Ganesh Vandana. Evaluation of case studies was done by a panel including 2 external judges – Mr. Anirudha Kaushik and Mr. Rajasekaran from QCFI. Top three Winners in Quality Circle & in each category of Kaizens were presented with a trophy and certificate and other got participation certificate. The event was concluded with the National Anthem. Quality Circle Winners: WINNER – (LAKSHYA Team) MCLSS-GN 1 ST RUNNER UP – (PRAGATI Team) MVSSPL 2 ND RUNNER UP – (NAYI DISHA Team) MSEL Associate Kaizen Winners WINNER – Ms. Preeti (MFEPL) 1 ST RUNNER UP – Ms. Rupali Botre (MVSSPL-Pune) 2 ND RUNNER UP – Mr. Hr. Walker, Hr. Hamburg (MSPSKongen) Team Kaizen Winner Office Kaizen Winner Team Kaizen Winners WINNER – Ms. Shikha & Team [Dorset Kaba-Haridwar] 1 ST RUNNER UP – Mr. Avinash Diwan & Team [MFEPL-Bawal] 2 ND RUNNER UP – Mr. Deepak Deore & Team [MCL(PD)-Pune] Office Kaizen Winners WINNER – Ms. Sandhya Pawar (Dorset Kaba- Haridwar) 1 ST RUNNER UP – Mr. Gisela Böhme (MKTSN-Pirna) 2 ND RUNNER UP – Mr. Ramesh Dalvi (MSL-Murbad)