Mr. Anupam Kaul
General Secretary
Anupam Kaul heads and leads the standards, quality management, laboratory management, risk management and quality in governance initiatives of the CII Institute of Quality. In a career spanning more than 38 years, Anupam, has had a varied and extensive exposure to industrial quality control, management systems implementation and auditing, standards development, laboratory testing and management, business excellence, human resource management, accreditation, risk management and training.
He initiated in India, training programmes and counseling support services on Accreditation Standards and has been India’s leading coach on these subjects having trained more than 800 certification / inspection auditors and managers over the past 10 years. Through his counseling support more than 10 inspection and certification bodies have attained accreditation in India.
He has played a key role in development of important ISO standards. He has served on the ISO Working Groups for ISO 9001, ISO 9004, ISO 37500. He is the Chair of the BIS Committee MSD 2 (Mirror Committee of ISO TC 176), member of the National mirror committee on Conformity Assessment Standards (CASCO), member of the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), member of Advisory Committee of BSI India, and Chair of the Appeals Committee of NABL.
He is a Lead assessor for United Nations CDM Accreditation Scheme, Senior Assessor and mentor for CII EXIM Bank Business Excellence and HR Excellence Programmes.
In his previous engagements, Anupam headed the National Institute of Training for Standardization, Certification Policy and Overseas Certification divisions of BIS.
He has written and presented several papers/ lectures in national / international forums on Quality applications, Conformity Assessment, Mutual Recognition agreements, Accreditation, Business Continuity, Public Services, Technical Regulations, Regulatory Impact Assessment.
Anupam is one of the leading policy expert on standards, conformity assessment and technical regulations in India and works closely with ministries and government bodies. He played a key role in conceptualizing and developing the Indian National Strategy for Standardization notified by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in June 2018, which will serve as the key policy document for India on all standards related aspects for the next five years. He represents industry on government to government dialogue on standards and conformance cooperation and regulatory issues with several countries including USA and Germany. He has also developed the India Standards Portal for the Government of India.
A BHU IT graduate in metallurgical engineering, Anupam works out of Gurgaon office of CII and lives in NOIDA.