Krishna Murari

About Krishna Murari

I am a manufacturing and quality transformation leader with 28+ years of experience across automotive, FMEG, and renewable energy sectors. Currently serving as Assistant Vice President – Quality Assurance at Reliance Industries Limited (New Energy – Solar Business), I lead quality strategy for cell and module manufacturing operations.Over the course of my career, I have built and led enterprise-wide Quality Management Systems, driven Built-in-Quality (BiQ) culture transformation, and strengthened supplier capability frameworks to deliver sustainable business performance. My experience spans leadership roles at Havells India Limited, Tata Motors Limited, and Hitachi Astemo, where I managed multi-functional teams and end-to-end manufacturing quality across high-volume operations.Key areas of impact include:• Enterprise QMS design and governance• Supplier quality transformation and capability building• Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) reduction through structured DMAIC programs• Lean manufacturing, TPM, and operational excellence deployment• Risk-based quality planning for greenfield scale-ups• Regulatory compliance (IEC, BIS, ISO and customer-specific standards)• Cross-functional integration across R&D, Operations, SCM and EHSI am passionate about embedding quality at the source, strengthening governance frameworks, and building future-ready manufacturing systems that support rapid scale-up in high-growth environments.As India accelerates its renewable energy ambitions, my focus remains on enabling reliable, compliant, and globally competitive solar manufacturing ecosystems through structured quality leadership.I welcome meaningful conversations around manufacturing excellence, supplier development, quality transformation, and renewable energy manufacturing.

Experience

1. Assistant Vice President - Quality Assurance (Cell & Module Manufacturing Plant)

   Reliance Industries Limited

   Sep 2023 — Present · Jamnagar, IN

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Kashipur

  PGDM

• National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

  B.Tech

Skills

• Supplier Quality
• Six Sigma
• Iso/Ts 16949
• Pfmea
• Ppap
• Spc
• Kaizen
• Tpm
• 5s
• World Class Supplier Quality
• Team Leadership
• Management
• Team Management
• Engineering
• Lean Manufacturing
• Supply Chain Management
• Production Part Approval Process (Ppap)