Subir Chowdhury
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 Subir Chowdhury | |
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| Occupation(s) | Author, Consultant, Quality Expert |
| Spouse | Malini Chowdhury |
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Subir Chowdhury is Chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group, LLC— the world leader on Six Sigma and Quality Leadership implementation, and consulting and training. A respected Quality strategist, Chowdhury’s clients include global Fortune 100 companies as well as small organizations in both the public and private sectors. Hailed by The New York Times as a ‘leading quality expert,” and by Business Week as “The Quality Prophet”, Chowdhury is the author of 12 books, including international bestseller The Power of Six Sigma, which has been translated in more than 20 languages and has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Chowdhury’s Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is the first book on the topic and is credited with popularizing DFSS philosophy in the world. Translated into more than ten languages, his Management 21C was selected as the ‘Best Business Book of 1999’ by Amazon.com in the U.K. His latest book titled The Ice Cream Maker garnered praise from leaders and prestigious media like The Washington Post, The Detroit News and has been distributed to every honorable Member of the U.S. Congress (Senators and House of Representatives).
Chowdhury has received numerous international awards for his leadership in quality management and his major contributions to various industries worldwide. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) awarded him its most prestigious recognition, the Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in Automotive Engineering. He also received the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) Gold Medal. The American Society for Quality (ASQ) honored him with the first Philip Crosby Medal for authoring the most influential business book on Six Sigma. Chowdhury is a Fellow of SME, SAE, ASQ, ESD, and Royal Statistical Society. He is an honorary member of the World Innovation Foundation (WIF) and the International Technology Institute (ITI). He was honored by the Automotive Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Engineering, Science and Technology (World Level). The ITI honored him with its most prestigious Rockwell Medal for Excellence in Technology. Chowdhury has been twice honored by the U.S. Congress on the Floor of House of Representatives, has received Senate recognition, and the U.S. government presented him the ‘Outstanding American by Choice Award’ for his contributions.
Chowdhury received an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, a graduate degree from Central Michigan University (CMU), and an honorary doctorate in engineering from the Michigan Technological University (MTU). In its golden anniversary, IIT featured Chowdhury as one of its top 15 eminent alumni. Both IIT and CMU awarded him with Distinguished Alumnus Award. Most engineering schools and business schools throughout the world include his engineering and management books in undergraduate and graduate programs. Chowdhury is a noted speaker and lecturer frequently cited in the national and international media. London School of Economics (LSE) has established ‘Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality and Economics’ to be given to a post-doctoral Fellow each year to study the impact of poor quality in the advancement of economics of a nation, which is first of its kind in the world.
Chowdhury’s philanthropic interest is evidenced through The Subir & Malini Chowdhury foundation that was established in 2006 to bring about awareness of families and children in the United States and around the world who need support and help, it strives to improve life of the ‘poorest of the poor’ and provide education to children. Chowdhury is deeply passionate for every child to have a chance to realize the morals and values of a better life and a means to allow them to make their own contribution in improving our communities. The foundation understands a child’s education and opportunities are the key factors of influence that determine the developing leaders of the future – today.
Basic ideas
Global Impact
- Subir Chowdhury has led the world into taking a deeper insight into how quality thinking and practice can transform our world. His thoughts have crossed geographic boundaries.
People Impact
- He delivers the “concept of quality so clearly that people can see its impact in themselves”. And it works for the man on street, just as it does for the person on the topmost rung of the social edifice.
Social Impact
- He has proved that Quality is for everyone, everything, for all activity. He believes that if the spirit of quality is embedded in our social fabric – its influence would be complete.
Thought Impact
- Leadership, strategic thinking, understanding the customer – these are some of the keys to success in the 21st century world.
Awards and Critique
- Outstanding American by Choice Award U.S. Government, DHS/USCIS First Michigan person ever to be distinguished with this most prestigious honor from the U.S. Government. Recipients display exceptional accomplishments through professional achievements and leadership, civic participation, responsible citizenship, and demonstrate outstanding commitment to the United States while embodying the values and ideals that are inherent to this country, and within each of its citizens.
- U.S. Certificate of Congressional Recognition U.S. Senate
- U.S. Certificate of Congressional Record 109th U.S. Congress
- Certificate of Tribute by the Honorable Governor, State of Michigan
- Hall of Fame for Engineering, Science and Technology (world level) International Technology Institute (ITI)
- Philip B. Crosby Medal given by the ASQ (American Society of Quality) - First recipient of this international medal
- SME Gold Medal presented by the SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)
- Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in Automotive Engineering awarded by the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
- Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, Michigan Technological University, USA
- Willard F. Rockwell Medal for excellence in technology (ITIs highest recognition)
- William P. Koth Award, awarded by the ASQ (ASQ Automotive Divisions highest recognition)
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Central Michigan University (CMU)
- U.S. Certificate of Congressional Record 105th U.S. Congress
- Certificate of Commendation by the Honorable Governor State of Michigan
- McDermond III Award for Management Excellence presented by the ASQ
- Audie Award Nomination selected by the APA (Audio Publishers Association)
- Young Leadership and Excellence Award presented by the Automotive Hall of Fame
- Ralph E. Cross Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award given by SME
- Judson C. Jarvis Service Award presented by the American Society for Quality
- 40 under 40 honored by Crain's Detroit Business.
- Golden Quill Award presented by the American Society for Quality for authorship.
- Whos Who in America by the Marquis Whos Who Publication Board.
- Whos Who in the World by the Marquis Whos Who Publication Board.
- Honorary Member, World Innovation Foundation
- Honorary Member, International Technology Institute
- Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
- Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
- Fellow, American Society for Quality (ASQ)
- Fellow, Royal Statistical Society United Kingdom
- Fellow, Quality Society Australia
- Fellow, Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD)
Major Press Acknowledgments
- “Leading Quality Expert” – New York Times (USA)
- “Quality Prophet” – Business Week (USA)
Key Work
Subir's major expertise is in Design For Six Sigma leadership and quality strategy LEOSM (Listen, Enrich, Optimize). He regularly advises CEOs and senior leadership in how to achieve bottom line results using LEOSM,
Six Sigma and Design for Six Sigma.
Volunteer Work
Subir is currently leading Global Quality Awareness campaign worldwide to raise awareness on quality in all spheres of our life.
Biography
Subir Chowdhury is chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group, LLC - the world leader on Six Sigma and Quality Leadership implementation consulting and training. He has been recently hailed as the “Quality Prophet” by Marshall Goldsmith in Business Week. Chowdhury is a Bestselling Author on Six Sigma/Quality. A respected quality strategist, Chowdhury's clients include global Fortune 100 companies as well as small organizations in both the public and private sectors.
Bibliography
Subir authored 12 books and his books have sold more than a million copies and translated in more than 20 different languages world wide. His books are:
- 2005 - The Ice Cream Maker (Doubleday, Random House)Icecreamaker Website
- 2004 - Next Generation Business Handbook (Wiley)
- 2004 - Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbook (Wiley) coauthored with Dr. Genichi Taguchi and Yuin Wu
- 2002 - The Power of Design For Six Sigma (Kaplan Professional)
- 2002 - Organization 21C (Financial Times Prentice Hall)
- 2002 - Design For Six Sigma (Kaplan Professional)
- 2002 - The Talent Era (Financial Times Prentice Hall)
- 2001 - The Power of Six Sigma (Dearborn Trade)
- 2000 - The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System (McGraw-Hill) coauthored with Dr. Genichi Taguchi and Yuin Wu
- 1999 - Management 21C (Financial Times Prentice Hall)
- 1999 - Robust Engineering (McGraw-Hill) coauthored with Dr. Genichi Taguchi and Shin Taguchi
- 1996 - QS-9000 Pioneers (Irwin McGraw-Hill) coauthored with Ken Zimmer