Girdhar J. Gyani is Secretary General of the Quality Council of India and has more than 35 years in quality management, research and development, and human resource development. He’s a senior member of the American Society for Quality and a member of the National Productivity Council, the Governing Bodies of the National Accreditation Board for Test and Calibration Laboratories, the Institute of Quality Assurance UK, and the All India Management Association. He’s a life member of the Computer Society of India, the HRD Network Forum, and the Fellow Institute of Engineers of India. Gyani also received the 16th Lal C Verman Award for 2002 and the Rotary Centenary Award for 2004 for Excellence in the Field of Quality.