QualTech<sup>®</sup> Prize - Education

OBJECTIVE

QualTech<sup>®</sup> Prize for Education - Purpose

To introduce students to the time-tested art of structured Problem Solving and its benefits, thereby making them more employable and deployable for corporate India.

QualTech<sup>®</sup> Prize for Education - Mission

QualTech^® Prize - Education focuses on seeding structured Problem Solving into future professionals by applying methodologies to real world problems.

QualTech<sup>®</sup> Prize for Education - Vision

To be recognized as the premier showcase for students and their ingenuity using Problem Solving.

INTRODUCTION

Everybody claims to know ‘Problem Solving’ on their resumes, but do they?

As one of India’s finest Problem Solvers—we at Qimpro^® are looking for the next generation of mavericks who can solve problems and bring amazing results for their future employers!

Your task is simple! Identify a chronic problem that need to be remedied at your Institute and use your Problem Solving skills to solve it.

Remember, your solutions must have tangible benefits! You’ve got to show your creativity and back it up with hard/real numbers!

Each student who successfully completes their project will be certified as a Junior Qualitist^®Qualitist^®is a title recommended for Senior Quality Professionals, in 2004, by Quality Guru - Dr J M Juran

Who's up for the challenge now?

HOW IT WORKS

The Director of the educational institute must identify the top 5 chronic problems* to be remedies, from the list of problems proposed by students and faculty.

The Director must then select 5 students per adopted chronic problem to form 5 specific Project Teams.

*Eg: Admissions Process too long; Unplanned Absenteeism of Staff; Poor Quality of Food in the Canteen; Poor Housekeeping; Ineffective Placement Service; etc

Each Team Member will be provided a 3-month log-in to the Problem-Solving Pro digital course.

An e-Certificate of Completion will be issued to each Team Member at the end of the digital course.

Each Project Team will need to jointly view each chapter, discuss and apply Lessons Learned to the adopted chronic problem, log progress in the downloadable workbook, submit the project in a template available online.

Each student who successfully completes their project will be certified as a Junior Qualitist^®.

The institute can submit these Projects for an open competition* organized by Qimpro, for teams from all Institutes that have participated.

A Panel of Judges will select the top four projects presented and reward the teams.

The Winner - Rs 30,000 & Certificate of Excellence
3 Runners-up - Rs 15,000 & Certificate of Merit each

*min 20 project entries required to conduct a fair competition.

DETAILS

QualTech<sup>®</sup> Prize for Education - Rules

QualTech^® Prize - Education is designed for students only
It is open to students from any stream
Minimum qualification required is High School (Class 12)
Learning is to be done individually by each student
Implementation is to be done as a team of 5 students
Registration is valid for 90 days (from registration to project submission)
One student cart of only one team
One team can send only one project
Requests for extensions will not be entertained
Submissions will be accepted in English only

QualTech<sup>®</sup> Prize for Education - Process

Institute to send projects identified and participant list for registration
Receive login details and complete individual profile
Complete digital course
Download our power-packed complimentary eBook on Problem Solving to give structure and direction to your project
Form a Team and identify a Team Leader (offline)
Request the Team Leader to register the Team online
Populate the downloadable workbook as a Team
Use the online template for the project submission
Projects can be submitted by the Team Leaders only
Projects will be assessed and star-rated (1 to 5 scale) by Qimpro^® Certified Qualitists
The top 20 rojects with minimum 3 star rating, will be entered into the QualTech^® Prize - Education competition

QualTech<sup>®</sup> Prize for Education - Benefits

An e-Certificate of Completion will be issued to each Team Member at the end of the digital course
A Junior Qualitist^® e-Certificate to student who successfully completes their project
A Junior Qualitist^® will
- be equipped with the fundamentals of structured Problem-Solving before placement
- have a project report to support their Junior Qualitist^® Certification
- save employers millions by using this methodology to solve problems
- find themselves running up the career ladder at breakneck speed.
Problem-Solving will no longer be a mere claim in the student's resume.

To register, please write to inbox@qimpro.org