MEET OUR LEADERSHIP

Mr. Jaxay Shah

(CHAIRPERSON, QCI)

Mr. Jaxay Shah is the Chairperson of the Quality Council of India (QCI), an autonomous body of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. He is also the Founder and Chairman Managing Director of the Savvy Group of Companies, a professional construction conglomerate. Furthermore, he is the former Chairman of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI), the apex body of private Real Estate developers in India. As the Chairperson of QCI, he is working towards improving the quality of goods and services to help improve the quality of life of India’s 140 crore citizens. Under his leadership, QCI is working in multiple sectors such as healthcare, education, trade & commerce, energy, water, sanitation etc and engaging with 50+ central governments, state governments, and public bodies. Mr. Shah has been taking significant steps to take the quality message to the grassroots through initiatives such as the Gunvatta Sankalp in states, Quality City with the emerging cities along with Sarpanch Samvad – working with grassroots leaders to permeate the idea of quality. Additionally, he represents QCI, as a Promoter Director (Founding Member) on the board of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an open network for all the players who can sell or enable selling in an e-commerce setup.

Under his leadership, CREDAI joined the ‘National Mission of Housing for All’ by launching more than 375 Affordable Housing Projects comprising 250,000 units by CREDAI member developers across the country.

Mr Shah stands as an advisor and mentor at the PharmEasy Accelerator Program, which offers 1 lakh+ medicine and health products across various categories across the country. He is a Promotional Director of Kensville Golf and Country Club, Savvy Swaraaj Sports Academy, and a trustee of LAA (LD College of Engineering Alumni Association) as well as JYOT (NGO).

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering with a concentration in Geo-technology and Foundation Engineering from L.D. College of Engineering, Gujarat University.

Mr. Shah is an environment and sustainability crusader and is committed towards eco-friendly construction using renewable technology for a better planet.

Mr. Chakravarthy T. Kannan

Secretary General, (QCI)

Mr. Chakravarthy T. Kannan, Secretary General, Quality Council of India (QCI) , brings with him a distinguished career spanning leadership positions in the automotive and logistics sectors. He has led several key national organizations and global business expansion initiatives. With extensive experience as CEO of Mobility at Mahindra Logistics, where he successfully turned around complex B2B and B2C operations to achieve a positive PAT, Mr. Chakravarthy brings a wealth of expertise in strategic management and business transformation. He has also led several business transformations such as ‘Digital Product Development e-NPI’, ‘Quality Crusade’, ‘Geelantheid – a billion-dollar Global business setup’. As the founder of CATAPULT, an industry-first tech-based incubator, he has demonstrated a keen ability to drive innovation and accelerate user case maturation, earning recognition from industry giants like Shell and Intel.

His prior roles as Business Head and Senior VP at Mahindra & Mahindra have equipped him with strategic acumen and a proven track record of spearheading global business expansion initiatives and driving organizational growth.

With his rich sea of experience, coupled with an MBA in Corporate Strategy from Ross Business School and a background in Industrial Engineering, Mr. Chakravarthy is poised to lead QCI towards new heights of excellence and innovation in quality standards

Rudraneel Chattopadhyay

Head, PADD

Rudraneel Chattopadhyay heads the Strategy & Policy Division (SPD) and the Project Analysis and Documentation Division (PADD) at the Quality Council of India (QCI). A lawyer and Young India Fellow by training, he has been pivotal in institutionalizing quality across India’s socio-economic landscape. He founded the organization’s central policy unit in 2019, which was repositioned as the SPD in 2024 to align with national transformation mandates.
At the helm of SPD and PADD, Rudraneel steers strategic initiatives aligned with the vision for a developed India. His leadership drives transformative programs across national priorities, enabled through Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), organizational excellence, and quality infrastructure frameworks.
His team is instrumental in shaping critical ecosystems for market surveillance, digital commerce, and the modernization of public sector organizations. Rudraneel’s expertise further extends to managing complex certification schemes and conformity assessment models for emerging sectors. These include drone technology, medicinal products, and data security for critical infrastructure. Through these multi-stakeholder programs, he drives population-scale improvements in governance efficiency.
Rudraneel holds an LLM in International Trade Law and is extensively trained in global governance, business, liberal arts, and international cooperation. An accomplished scholar, he contributes to global policy discourse and standards development through national & international forums. He has also co-authored works on quality promotion, regulatory practices, and industrial competitiveness in prominent publications.

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