Rajesh Bheda Consulting, RBC, is a knowledge organisation focused on enhancing competitiveness of the fashion industry organisations. Since its inception in 2006, RBC has been working to make the fashion industry aware of its improvement potential and draw strategies for improvement.

 

Prof. Rajesh Bheda Principal & CEO of Rajesh Bheda Consulting (RBC) is a leading consultant, researcher and educator with over two decades of contribution to apparel industry. Professor Bheda is an expert on Clothing Manufacturing Management with specialization in Productivity Improvement, Quality Management, and Corporate Social Responsibility. Prof. Bheda has been rendering consultancy and training services to leading apparel manufacturers, industry associations, international retailers and development agencies such as International Trade Centre Geneva and Asian Productivity Organisation, Japan.

His celebrated book ‘Managing Productivity in the Apparel Industry’ is widely referred by apparel industry professionals and academicians. He has published more than 50 papers and articles on important issues faced by the fashion industry. Over 100 companies worldwide have benefited from direct intervention of Dr. Bheda and over 2000 companies have benefited from his thought provoking seminars/ training sessions.
He holds a Doctorate in Management from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India and has undergone faculty development fellowship at the Manchester Metropolitan University UK. Prior to forming RBC he has had over fifteen years career handling leadership positions at National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi. He was bestowed the Path Breaker award for his efforts for the betterment of the industry by the Okhla Garment and Textile Cluster in 2008. He is on the Board of Governors of the Apparel Training of Design Centre and many non profit organisations.

Maneesha, cofounder RBC acts as a ‘think tank’ and plays key role in the strategic direction of the organisation. She has over 20 years experience in ‘people management’ working as senior designer and managing production for lifestyle products with leading Interior and lifestyle manufacturing facilities in India with international clients . A trained designer, She holds a Master’s degree in humanities and has studied styling and visual merchandising at NIFT, New Delhi. She has been involved in business development, strategy formulation, communication, capability building and day to day management of the company.

Mr. Chandrasekaran is a specialist in TQM with focus on Science and Business Management. A leading practitioner, is experienced in Total Quality Management implementation in over 40 organizations globally covering a wide spectrum of industries. He is an Accredited LEAD ASSESSOR for ISO 9000 and accredited LEAD TUTOR for BSI QA (UK) LEAD ASSESSOR COURSES in India. His experience includes training enterprises for Statistical Quality Control, Statistical Process Control, Cost of Quality, TQM / ISO 9000 / QS 9000 / Customer Satisfaction and Training of Trainers Programs.
Previously he was associated with Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS) and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). He was involved in developing standards, product certification and quality systems (ISO 9000 / QS 9000).
Mr. Chandrasekaran has played key role in directing RBC’s Quality Improvement Programs, Training on Problem Solving and Effective Communication.

Paul William Collyer is internationally known expert in Clothing Production Management, Modular Manufacturing, Productivity Improvement and Training of Trainers. Paul has over 40 years of rich experience in consulting and managing apparel factories for leading clothing manufacturers. Apparel factories in UK, India, China, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Egypt, Morocco, Syria and Jordan have profited from his consulting advise.

He has a vast product expertise starting from lingerie to high end Suits and Overcoats.
Paul is a British Standards Institute (BSI) trained Lead Assessor for Quality systems including ISO 9000 series. For thirteen years he worked as a consultant/trainer for CAPITB, the U.K. Governments training board for the garment industry.
Recognized as an excellent master trainer and known for his wit and ease of coaching. Paul regularly contributes to trade journals and publications.

Mr. Khader was formerly Dy. Director General, National Productivity Council . He is a great motivator and coach. A true Change Agent, Mr. Khader's expertise areas include World Class Manufacturing, Competitiveness Improvement and Lean manufacturing. He has been entrusted with several prestigious assignments by Asian Productivity Organisation, Japan and International Labour Organisation. He has been a sounding board for many project formulation exercises and plays a mentoring role for the RBC team.

Manoj holds Bachelors in Engineering degree in Information Technology and has been working in the apparel industry for past eight years. Prior to joining RBC in 2006 Manoj has worked in the industry with leading Indian apparel manufacturing houses such as Modelama Exports Pvt. Ltd. and Orient Craft Ltd. as Production Manager and Industrial Engineer. He has been a part of the core team on many prestigious project of RBC such as the GTZ India Quality Improvement Programmes and the GTZ BGMEA Competitiveness Enhancement Programme in Bangladesh.

Santosh has a rich experience in apparel manufacturing and consulting of over nine years. A Bachelors of Industrial Engineering and Management, Santosh worked with leading organisations of India such as Shahi Export House, MGK Impex Pvt Ltd, and Arvind Mills Ltd playing a key role in the area of Industrial engineering. He has been with RBC as a consultant since 2008 and has been a part of core team on major productivity, benchmarking and performance improvement projects of RBC with manufacturers as well as international retailers.

PG in Garment Manufacturing Technology, from NIIFT, Mohali , Anuradha has been working with RBC since 2007. She has been a part of the team for numerous Quality Improvement Programs, Performance Improvement Programs and Training workshops.