Bharat Wakhlu

Bharat Wakhlu is a transformational and ethical business leader,  keynote speaker, and author. He is a Founder Member of the Foundation for Restoration of National Values and its Honorary General Secretary, 2008 till today and Chairman of American Society for Quality(ASQ) in South Asia, 2014 till 2019.

Bharat Wakhlu is a Motivational Keynote Speaker, Life Coach, Transformational & Ethical Business Leader, Leadership Mentor, and Author also.

Bharat Wakhlu is also committed, results-oriented business leader and cross-functional manager with a demonstrated record of success, transforming enterprises and guiding leaders to deliver outstanding and lasting value to chosen stakeholders. He is a collaborative, open, and assertive communicator who focuses on impeccable planning and execution to help achieve client goals. Bharat is also cross-culturally sensitive and engaging, and a technologically perceptive facilitator of beneficial change.

Bharat commands an inspiring presence, is an exceptional speaker, and also is adept at motivating and guiding senior leaders to deliver admirable results. He is also fluent in German, English, and four Indian languages.

Generally here are his areas of expertise include:

Manufacturing | Performance Excellence & Quality | Leadership & Team Development
Governance | Policy Advocacy | Strategy | Supply Chain Management
Ethical Sourcing & Sustainability | Future-proofing

Education and Training

• Lastly, He passed the Senior General Management Executive Education Programme, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Advanced International MBA (Modular); INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
• The Juran Quality Improvement Methodology, The Juran Institute, USA (through its Indian Affiliate)
• He is also educated in Quality Engineering and TQM, Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, Tokyo
• After that, He clears an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, India
• Earlier He passed with First-Class in Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India

Current and previous Board / Advisory level positions

• Founder Member of the Foundation for Restoration of National Values and its Honorary General Secretary, 2008 till today
• Chairman of American Society for Quality(ASQ) in South Asia, 2014 to 2019.
• Member, Advisory Board of SustainAbility, UK, till 2015
• He is also Adviser of CSR and Women’s Empowerment at Schneider Electric Co. India, July 2014 – October 2014
• Member of the Governing Board of the Quality Council of India (QCI), till July 2014
• Board Member of the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), New Delhi, India since its founding in 2009, till June 2014
• Member Tata Sons’ Committees for Innovation and Sustainability, till 2013
• Board of Directors, Member, Tata Inc., USA, till June 2014
• Member, Board of Directors, American Society for Quality, USA, till December 2013
• Founder – Director of MJ Services, an E-commerce JV, India, till 2003

Books / Publications

Bharat Wakhlu has authored 4 bestselling books:

• “Total Quality: Excellence through Organization-wide Transformation”, Revised e/2010; S. Chand and Co.
• “Restoring Values – Keys to Integrity, Ethical Behaviour, and Good Governance”, SAGE, 2010, (jointly with Dr. E. Sreedharan, )
• “Close Call in Kashmir“, fiction – Penguin, 2011
• “Navigating the Maze – Simple, Smarter Strategies to Fast–track Success”, SAGE Publishers, 2016, (Co-authored with Savita Bhan Wakhlu)

• The Wakhlu Advisory
  New Delhi, India / Andover, MA, USA
  President, 2016 – Present
• Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
  Stratford, CT, USA
  Managing Director, India;
  Stratford / New Delhi, 2014 – 2016
• TATA SERVICES LTD.,
  New Delhi, India
  Resident Director, 2008 – 2014
• Tata Inc.,
  New York, NY, USA
  President, 2003 – 2008
• Tata Steel, India
  Chief of Supply Chain,
  2000 – 2003