The keynote address introducing the theme of the conference was given by Dr PN Mukherjee, Chairperson-SCM & TQM at NMIMS. Mr Suresh Lulla, Managing Director, Qimpro Consultants Pvt Ltd, spoke on the evolution of quality over the last few decades and its significance in the current business environment. Corporate leaders that attended the conference include Mr Ranjan Acharya, Corporate head, HR, Wipro Corp., Mr Thomas Varghese, Executive President, Aditya Birla Group and Mr Vinod Vohra, Chairman, Repro (I) Ltd. Corporate Houses such as Repro India, CEAT, ICICI, ABB, Oracle Management also made their presence felt by participating in the event. Conference also witnessed paper presentations from students, faculty and corporate leaders.