Pharmasynth wins Rajiv Sandhi National Quality award

Delhi-based pharmaceutical company Pharmasynth Formulations has been selected as the winner of Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award in food and drug category for the year 2011. This award was given by Prof KV Thomas, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, at an event held at NDMC Convention Centre, New Delhi.

The award is instituted by the Bureau Of Indian Standards in 1991 to give special recognition to those who are considered to be the leaders of quality movement in India. This is a national award of international repute, assessed in line with Malcolm Baldrige National Award of USA, Deming Prize of Japan and European Quality Award.

According to AK Gupta, Managing Director, Pharmasynth Formulations, “Fulfillment of environmental & social responsibilities are also the integral part of quality.” As part of CSR, the company participates in ‘Ganga Safai Abhiyan’, ‘Beti Bachao Abhiyan’ and runs its own NGO and a Bharat Mata Mandir (a museum of Freedom Fighters) in Dilshad Garden, Delhi.

The appreciable aspect of this event is that Pharmasynth has donated the reward money of Rs 50,000 to the ‘Prime Minister’s Relief Fund’, at the award ceremony itself. The company has also given an increment of Rs 500 per month to all its employees, on this occasion. The field force and dealers of the company celebrated this occasion with great enthusiasm, all over the country..

EP News Bureau – Mumbai