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International Process Excellence Council

Building excellence.
Transforming institutions.
Shaping the future.

IPEC works to strengthen institutions, educators, learners, communities and systems through process excellence, knowledge, capability development, evidence-based implementation and continuous improvement.

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Legal status
Section 8 not-for-profit
Domains of excellence
Six
Flagship initiative
NEP 2030 Strategic Forum

01 — In their own words

Why the founders built this.Test

An institution's purpose is easiest to judge from the people who chose to start it. This space is theirs.

  • From the Founder Chairman

    Col. Raj Kalra

    Col. Raj Kalra

    Founder Chairman

    Reserved for the Council

    The Founder Chairman's statement on why the Council exists and what it is building.

    Colonel Raj Kalra is the Founder Chairman of both the International Process Excellence Council and Kuber Group Africa. Headquartered in Accra, Ghana, Kuber Group is a leading eco-friendly infrastructure partner across the continent. With a strong focus on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) compliance, the company has successfully developed a 271-acre industrial park and is a key player in promoting clean energy, including a new green hydrogen project in Ghana and a 200 MW PV solar plant in Nigeria. An ex-army veteran with an engineering background, Colonel Kalra brings a wealth of experience to complex projects. He previously served as the CEO of a renowned heart hospital and led Six Sigma groups for ABN Amro and Royal Bank of Scotland. His dedication to maintaining the highest standards is underscored by his certification in Total Quality Management (TQM) from JUSE in Tokyo, a reflection of his core values of discipline, quality, and client satisfaction.

  • From the Co-Founder

    Brajesh Kumar Singh

    Brajesh Kumar Singh

    Co-Founder and Director

    Reserved for the Council

    The Co-Founder's statement on the Council's approach to institutional transformation.

    Brajesh Kumar Singh is a seasoned transformation leader and the Co-Founder of International Process Excellence Council (IPEC). With over 27 years of experience, he has a proven track record of elevating performance and sustainability for enterprises across four continents, guiding them through large-scale digital and operational turnarounds. In his prior roles as both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, Brajesh pioneered the adoption of AI-enabled analytics and robotic process automation to drive multi-million-dollar efficiencies. He also embedded robust ESG frameworks that not only reduced resource consumption and mitigated risk but also aligned stakeholders with long-term value creation. A Six Sigma Master Black Belt and recipient of MIT's prestigious Fire Hydrant Award, his leadership style blends disciplined Process Excellence with an entrepreneurial mindset, fostering a culture where continuous improvement and innovation thrive.

Full leadership profiles
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02 — Primary flagship programme

Every child remembers a teacher.
Few remember to invest in one.

A nationwide movement to develop India's teachers, principals and education leaders — through scholarships, educational leadership and capability building at nationally recognised institutions.

Emperor's Vision. Teacher's Legacy. Nation's Future.

Project Raaj Drishti Support an educator

Phase 1 — the Delhi pilot

Institutions
2
In Delhi
Duration
24 months
Full cycle including measurement
Educator leaders
~108
Leadership Accelerator
MA Education Fellows
100
Fellowship layer

The model in one line

Your support becomes capability. Capability becomes outcomes.

Funding → 208 educator-leaders and fellows developed → school improvement projects → better teaching, learning and governance → better student outcomes.

What Phase 1 funds Impact dashboard

What a contribution buys — every tier attached to something a teacher or a student actually receives

03 — Why IPEC exists

Good policies do not, on their own, create transformation. Between a policy and its result lies everything that determines whether it works — capability, implementation, leadership, measurement, knowledge and collaboration.

IPEC was established to work on that space. Many institutions focus on developing policies; comparatively fewer work on practical implementation frameworks, measurable outcomes, institutional capability and continuous improvement systems.

About the Council Vision and mission Our journey

04 — The implementation gap

Across sectors, institutions face the same six difficulties.

These are not failures of intent. They are the predictable consequence of treating implementation as an administrative afterthought rather than as a discipline.

  • 01

    Strong policies, inconsistent implementation

    Policy is written with care and ambition. What follows is uneven, because implementation is treated as an administrative afterthought rather than a discipline in its own right.

  • 02

    Fragmented knowledge systems

    Institutions solve the same problem repeatedly. What one school, college or department learns rarely reaches the next, and leaves entirely when an individual does.

  • 03

    Limited outcome measurement

    Activity is counted; outcomes are assumed. Without measurement, improvement cannot be distinguished from motion.

  • 04

    Capacity constraints

    Educators and administrators are asked to deliver transformation without the frameworks, tools or time that transformation requires.

  • 05

    No continuous improvement mechanism

    Improvement arrives as a project with an end date rather than as a permanent institutional habit.

  • 06

    Weak collaboration across stakeholders

    Government, academia, industry and civil society work on the same problems in parallel, and rarely in concert.

Transforming ideas, policies and aspirations into measurable institutional capability and sustainable outcomes.

The pathway

  1. Policy
  2. Capability
  3. Implementation
  4. Measurement
  5. Impact

05 — The IPEC approach

A method, applied in the same order every time.

The sequence matters more than any individual step. Research without measurement produces opinion; implementation without knowledge capture produces work that has to be done again.

01

Research

Establish what is actually happening inside institutions, using evidence rather than assumption.

02

Capability Building

Equip educators, administrators and learners with methods they can apply the same week they learn them.

03

Implementation

Work inside real institutions on real processes, not in workshop conditions.

04

Measurement

Define what improvement would look like before the work begins, then measure against it.

05

Knowledge Capture

Document what worked, what did not, and under what conditions — so the learning survives the project.

06

Continuous Improvement

Leave behind a standing capability rather than a completed intervention.

07

Scale

Extend proven frameworks to further institutions, districts, states and countries.

06 — Six domains of excellence

Six interconnected domains, each with a committee, a curriculum, an Excellence Cell model and an ambassador network.

Academic Excellence defines what should be learned. Process Excellence defines how it is implemented. Behavioural Excellence shapes who learners become. Healthcare Excellence promotes well-being. Knowledge Management preserves what is learned. Global Diplomacy connects it outward.

Institutions rarely fail for want of vision. They struggle because execution is inconsistent.

Who it serves

  • School education
  • Higher education
  • Technical education
  • Teacher education
  • Research institutions
  • Educational administration
The domain Its committee Excellence Cells
All six domains The six Excellence Committees
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07 — Flagship initiative

NEP 2030 Strategic Forum

An independent collaborative platform that seeks to complement the implementation of India’s National Education Policy 2020 through practical governance models, institutional capability development, process excellence methodologies and outcome measurement frameworks.

The Forum brings together educators, researchers, industry professionals, administrators and policy practitioners to co-create implementation frameworks aligned with the vision of Viksit Bharat @2047.

  • Education policy
  • Process excellence
  • Knowledge management
  • Behavioural sciences
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Outcome measurement
  • Institutional capacity building
  • Governance models

The NEP 2030 Strategic Forum is an independent initiative of IPEC. It is not a government policy, a government programme or a government-endorsed framework.

Explore the Forum Resources Partner with the Forum

08 — Flagship initiatives

Projects are the implementation arm of the Council.

Every project is aligned with one or more Excellence Committees and moves through the same eight-stage lifecycle, from idea to scale.
All projects

01

Idea

02

Research

03

Pilot

04

Implementation

05

Measurement

06

Knowledge capture

07

Publication

08

Scaling

09 — Evidence of work completed

Four institutional deployments between 2025 and 2026.

What follows is the Council's record as documented. Participation figures are reproduced exactly; outcome measurement is published as it becomes available, and not before.
The full journey

  1. 01 — 2025

    Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA)

    A Process Excellence programme designed specifically for higher education faculty working in quantum technology and quantum computing.

    ≈350
    professors participated
    1st
    of its kind, worldwide

  2. 02 — December 2025

    Motion Competition School, Agra

    IPEC's first school-level Process Excellence programme, introducing Lean Six Sigma concepts to students, teachers and school leadership.

    350+
    students, Classes 6–12
    Classes 6–12
    participation range

  3. 03 — February 2026

    Skylark World School, Lucknow

    Building on the Agra experience, the programme focused on integrating Lean principles with both classroom practice and institutional governance.

  4. 04 — April 2026

    Varenya International School, Ballia

    The third institutional deployment extended IPEC's Process Excellence initiative to another educational institution in Uttar Pradesh.

Figures shown are participation figures recorded by the Council. IPEC does not attribute outcomes to a programme until those outcomes have been measured.

10 — Excellence Cells

Not a programme an institution hosts. A capability it owns.

An Excellence Cell is a standing institutional unit — not a committee that meets when there is a problem, but a permanent internal capability for quality, innovation, research, problem solving, capability development and knowledge sharing.

Institution → Cell → People → Projects → Measurement → Improvement

Establish an Excellence Cell
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  • Schools

    A faculty coordinator, a student team and a portfolio of small improvement projects drawn from the school's own operations — attendance, remediation, laboratory use, timetabling, assessment turnaround.

  • Colleges

    A cross-departmental cell working on teaching quality, student support, examination processes, placement readiness and accreditation preparation.

  • Universities

    A cell operating at both academic and administrative levels, connecting quality assurance, faculty development, research management and institutional governance.

  • Research institutions

    A cell focused on research process, collaboration, knowledge capture, reproducibility and the translation of research into practice.

  • Healthcare institutions

    A cell working on patient safety, clinical and administrative process, quality improvement projects and continuous professional learning.

  • Libraries and knowledge institutions

    A cell responsible for knowledge audits, institutional repositories, communities of practice and long-term digital stewardship.

11 — Ambassador network

One million ambassadors per country. A long-term aspiration, stated as one.

The long-term vision is a community of one million ambassadors per country: students, teachers, researchers, school leaders, professionals and volunteers who contribute to curriculum development, translation, research, outreach and institutional transformation.

01

Student

02

Educator

03

Professional

04

Institution

05

Community

06

Global Network

  • Students
  • Educators
  • Professionals
  • Researchers
  • Institutional leaders
  • Volunteers
  • Domain experts
  • Alumni
  • International collaborators
  • Diaspora professionals
Become an IPEC Ambassador Volunteer

12 — Impact and evidence

What we will count, and how we will count it.

IPEC has not yet published a measured impact dataset. Rather than display figures that have not been established, the Council publishes its measurement framework — so that when numbers appear, their basis is already on the record.
The measurement framework

  • Reach

    • Students reached

      Direct participation in an IPEC programme

    • Teachers and faculty trained

      Completion of a certification pathway

    • Institutions supported

      Formal engagement with an IPEC programme

    • Programmes conducted

      Delivered programme instances

  • Geography

    • Districts covered

      Districts with at least one participating institution

    • States engaged

      States with at least one participating institution

    • Countries represented

      Countries with ambassadors or partner institutions

  • Capability

    • Excellence Cells established

      Cells constituted with a named coordinator

    • Ambassadors active

      Ambassadors who completed training and reported annually

    • Improvement projects completed

      Projects taken through measurement and closure

  • Knowledge

    • Research produced

      Studies published through the Knowledge Hub

    • Frameworks and toolkits published

      Released instruments available for institutional use

    • Case studies documented

      Institutional cases with documented method and result

  • Outcomes

    • Measured institutional improvements

      Improvements evidenced against a pre-defined baseline

    • Stakeholder satisfaction

      Structured feedback from participating institutions

    • Partnerships formed

      Formalised institutional collaborations

Awaiting publication

Impact dashboard

The Council’s impact dashboard will be published once its first cycle of measurement is complete. It will show measured results against the framework above, including results that fell short.

13 — Stories from the field

What happened in the rooms where the work was done.

All field stories

14 — Knowledge Hub

Advancing knowledge. Enabling excellence.

Knowledge grows when it is shared. Innovation flourishes when ideas are tested. Transformation occurs when knowledge is translated into action.
The Knowledge Hub's guiding philosophy
Enter the Knowledge Hub Knowledge base

Committee deliverables in preparation

Resources listed as in preparation are deliverables named in a committee’s charter. They are shown so that partners can see what each committee is producing — never offered as available downloads.

15 — News and insights

From the Council

All news and insights

16 — Partnerships

Sustainable institutional transformation can only be achieved through collaboration.

Six routes in, each with its own argument, its own programme design and its own enquiry. Choose the one that describes you.

17 — Corporate and CSR

Turn CSR intent into measurable institutional impact.

Most CSR spending on education buys inputs. Inputs are easy to procure, easy to photograph, and easy to fund for years without knowing whether anything improved.

The pathway

01

Corporate

Your CSR intent and reporting obligation.

02

CSR support

Funding a defined programme.

03

IPEC programme

Frameworks, training, Excellence Cells.

04

Institution

Schools, colleges, communities.

05

Measurement

Against a baseline set beforehand.

06

Impact report

Outcomes, not activity counts.

Build a CSR partnership Our CSR principles
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18 — Government

Public systems need implementation infrastructure.

For central and state governments, ministries, departments, district administrations and public institutions: capacity building, institutional excellence, measurement frameworks, curriculum development and Excellence Cells designed for scale from the outset.

Discuss a government programme
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19 — International

Collaboration that runs in both directions.

IPEC welcomes international collaboration across geographies — joint research, curriculum development, faculty development, student programmes and knowledge exchange. The Council is an Indian Section 8 company and claims no operational presence abroad.

Explore global collaboration

20 — Newsletter

Stay connected with IPEC

Occasional updates on the Council’s research, programmes, publications and events. Choose the areas you want to hear about.

Interest areas
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21 — Contribute to the mission

Support capability, knowledge and opportunity.

Your contribution enables institutions and learners to build a culture of continuous improvement — the kind that continues after the funded work ends.

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