FNCCI awards to be presented on Aug 18

The Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has scheduled the FNCCI National Excellence Award 2013 for Aug 18. It said 16 awards under eight categories will be presented to outstanding business institutions. The FNCCI has been honouring business organizations with the Excellence Award since 2001 with the aim of promoting quality goods and services. “The main aim of the award is to encourage business organizations to improve the quality of their management and deliver customer service excellence,” said Saurabh Jyoti, chairman of the FNCCI’s productivity and quality committee. He added the award would also inspire organizations to make their products competitive by enhancing their quality. According to the FNCCI, winning business institutions are assessed on the basis of their production process, management, productivity, quality and market. It separates the candidates into subdivisions of large, medium and cottage groups. The federation has been honouring subgroups with the FNCCI National Excellence Award, FNCCI-People Excellence Award and FNCCI-Service Excellence Award. The FNCCI said it has planned to give awards in five additional categories from this year. The newly added segments are Best Brand— People’s Choice Award, Business Person of the Year— Editors Choice Award, NRN— Business Person of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, NYEF—Young Achievers Award (Male) and NYEF—Young Achievers Award (Female). The FNCCI has fixed the deadline of July 14 for its associate member organizations to apply for the awards.