Dr. R. R. LAKHE is presently working as Director, Shreyas Quality Management System, SQMS, Nagpur. He peruses both academic & professional interest. Deeply interested in learning, he has completed, in addition to his PhD in Industrial Engineering, Masters in Management, Sociology, Public Administration, and Training & Development. He is Qualified Lead Assessor for ISO9001 QMS, ISO14001EMS, and ISO50001ENMS & OHSAS 18001. He is Master Black Belt Six Sigma. Academically he has guided 14 PhD scholars in both Nagpur & Amaravati University. He is member of RRC in Mumbai University. He is Co-author of Two books; 'Handbook of Total Quality Management' & 'Total Quality Management for Service Sector' (Published by JAICO Publication). He has to his credit more than 50 papers in International journals of repute and more than 300 papers in National Journal & conferences. He is reviewer for International Journals published by Emerald, Taylor & Francis, Inderscience etc. He is on advisory boards of number of engineering colleges. Professionally he has provided training & consultancy to more than 200 organizations at national & International level on various performance improvement aspects such as Quality Award, ISO9000, ISO14000, ISO50001 ENMS, OHSAS18000, ISO22000, ISO17025, 5 S, Kaizen, Six Sigma, NABL accreditation, FAMI-QS, BIFMA. He is active member of various professional associations such as IE(I), ISTE, IIIE, ISE, ISTD, IIPE, IIMM, NIQR and organizes conferences seminars on Quality every year. He loves travelling and has travelled to Europe, USA, and South-East Asian countries both as a part of business as well as pleasure.