Major General (Retd.) Dr. Bhupinder Yadav, Director of Q-Tech Synergy was with the Dept. of Defence Production. He is a Fellow from Institution of Engineers India, MBA, M.Sc. (Quality Management) from Cranfield University, UK, and holds a PhD in Operations Management.

He has more than 30 years experience with technology management areas such as Planning and Co-ordination, project planning, product development and improvement, export promotion, vendor development, quality planning & assurance in engineering hardware, process and assembly lines of mechanical / chemical systems. He played an active role in the supply chain of defence products with a focus on self reliance through indigenisation, technology absorption, product upgrade with participation of Public /Private Sector and has been associated with important committees on defence production.

He has numbers of papers on quality, reliability and process improvement in various international seminars and publications to his credit. Presently he is in to consultancy on Defence Procurement, Offset, and Technology transfer issues. His project on optimisation in Test and Evaluation of Armaments resulted in saving of over INR 90 million annually and received the National Award on Economics of Quality.

QCI-D L Shah National Award being presented to him

In a survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) recently identified the understanding of defence procurement policies and procedures as one of the major issues which deters industry in participating in the defence sector. Maj. Gen. Yadav collated and compiled the relevant references from Industry perspective and published a book in association with CII a “Indian Defence Procurement Opportunities: A Guide” for Indian SME.

Presently he is in to consultancy on Military Technology issues, and can be contacted at 91-0-9818509960 or write to him at ybhupi@qtechsynergy.com