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Subir Chowdhury | |
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Subir Chowdhury | |
Born | (1967-01-12) January 12, 1967 (age 57) Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Occupation(s) | Author, Consultant, Quality Expert |
Spouse | Malini Chowdhury |
Website |
Subir Chowdhury Subir Chowdhury is chairman and CEO of ASI Consulting Group, LLC, spcializing in Six Sigma and Quality Leadership implementation consulting and training. He has been recently described as the “Quality Prophet” by Marshall Goldsmith in Business Week . Chowdhury is a bestselling author on Six Sigma/Quality. Chowdhury's clients include global Fortune 100 companies as well as small organizations in both the public and private sectors. His Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is the first book on the topic and is credited with popularizing the DFSS philosophy worldwide.
Education
- B. Tech (Hons) in Aeronautical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
- Masters in Industrial Management, Central Michigan University, USA
Awards
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The following is a partial list of awards received by Subir Chowdhury:
- Outstanding American by Choice Award U.S. Government, DHS/USCIS First Michigan person ever to be awarded this honor from the U.S. Government.
- 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 Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India.
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, Central Michigan University (CMU), Michigan, USA.
- 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)
Volunteer work
Chowdhury is currently leading the Global Quality Awareness campaign worldwide to raise awareness on quality in all spheres of life.
Bibliography
Chowdhury is the author of 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:
- The Ice Cream Maker (Doubleday, Random House)] 800-CEO-READ reported on their blog that it was one of their bestsellers in 2006.
- Next Generation Business Handbook (Wiley)
- Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbook (Wiley) coauthored with Dr. Genichi Taguchi and Yuin Wu
- The Power of Design For Six Sigma (Kaplan Professional)
- Organization 21C (Financial Times Prentice Hall)
- Design For Six Sigma (Kaplan Professional)
- The Talent Era (Financial Times Prentice Hall)
- The Power of Six Sigma (Dearborn Trade)
- The Mahalanobis-Taguchi System (McGraw-Hill) coauthored with Dr. Genichi Taguchi and Yuin Wu
- Management 21C (Financial Times Prentice Hall)
- Robust Engineering (McGraw-Hill) coauthored with Dr. Genichi Taguchi and Shin Taguchi
- QS-9000 Pioneers (Irwin McGraw-Hill) coauthored with Ken Zimmer
References
- http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/cim/articles_print.php?aid=369 The Quality Prophet
- http://authors.simonandschuster.com/Subir-Chowdhury/50077836
- http://www.industryweek.com/CurrentArticles/Asp/articles.asp?ArticleId=1364
- http://www.asiusa.com/ASICG_Management_Team_Subir_Chowdhury_9
- http://www.asianetnews.net/view-release?pr-id=34509 Asianet News
- http://www.philipcrosby.com/pca/C.Press.archives/06-05-03.html
- http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/get-press.pl?&&20020044&PR&&SME&
- http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r105:2:./temp/~r105xpTDBx::
- http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/news/media_relations/249/
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/kolkata-/IITs-surprise-convocation-package-Indias-moon-man/articleshow/4872530.cms
- http://cmualum.com/s/882/index.aspx?sid=882&gid=1&pgid=315
- http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?r105:2:./temp/~r105xpTDBx::
- http://automotivehalloffame.org/honors/index.php?type=young&cmd=year
- http://www.theicecreammaker.com Icecreamaker Website
- http://blog.800ceoread.com/2007/03/27/2006-bestsellers--a-little-late-/