BALCO marks one year of ‘Quality Sankalp’, driving zero-defect manufacturing across operations
14th May 2026
Balconagar, 14th May 2026: Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO), India’s iconic aluminium producer and a unit of Vedanta Aluminium Metal Limited (VAML), has successfully completed 1 year of its flagship quality transformation initiative, ‘Quality Sankalp’, an organization-wide programme aimed at strengthening product quality and driving consistent, zero-defect manufacturing.
Launched to embed a quality-first mindset across operations, the initiative focuses on improving process discipline, ensuring manufacturing consistency, and building greater customer confidence in BALCO’s products.
Over the past year, Quality Sankalp’ has been implemented as a structured, month-by-month engagement across shopfloor teams, with each phase focusing on a specific aspect of quality, from adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and defect prevention, to root cause analysis, lean principles, and data-driven decision-making. The initiative has engaged more than 3,000 employees and business partners.
At its core, the programme is designed to drive behavioural change and accountability at the individual level, ensuring that quality is treated as a shared responsibility across the production lifecycle, from raw material handling to final output.
Speaking on the milestone, Rajesh Kumar Singh, CEO, BALCO, said, “At BALCO, quality is fundamental to how we operate and create value. Quality Sankalp reflects our effort to embed this commitment into everyday actions on the shopfloor. As we progress on our journey towards world-class manufacturing, consistency, process discipline, and customer trust remain central to our approach.”
As part of its broader quality ecosystem, BALCO has complemented the initiative with year-round interventions such as ‘Quality Knowledge Bites’, a continuous learning series designed to build awareness on quality principles, and active participation in industry platforms such as Standard Carnivals during World Quality Week.
The company has also strengthened its focus on digitalisation of quality processes. The introduction of the ‘Quality Sankalp App’ enables real-time tracking of quality parameters on the shopfloor, allowing employees to record observations, flag deviations, and initiate corrective actions in a structured and timely manner.
BALCO’s commitment to quality and sustainable excellence is further reinforced through key certifications and accreditations, including the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Automotive Task Force (IATF) certification, and NABL accreditation, reinforcing its adherence to global quality and sustainability standards.
About BALCO:
Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO) is a subsidiary of Vedanta Limited, operating a 0.57 million tonne per annum aluminium smelter in Korba, Chhattisgarh. It is part of Vedanta’s Aluminium Business, a division of Vedanta Limited, which is India’s largest producer of aluminium, manufacturing more than half of India’s aluminium, i.e., 2.42 million tonnes in FY25. It is a leader in value-added aluminium products that find critical applications in core industries. Vedanta Aluminium ranks 2nd in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment 2024 world rankings for the aluminium industry, a reflection of its leading sustainable development practices. With its world-class aluminium smelters, alumina refinery and power plants in India, the company fulfils its mission of spurring emerging applications of aluminium as the ‘Metal of the Future’ for a greener tomorrow. For more information, please log on to
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About Vedanta Limited:
Vedanta Limited, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Limited, is one of the world’s leading Oil
& Gas and Metals company with significant operations in Oil & Gas, Zinc, Lead, Silver,
Copper, Iron Ore, Steel, and Aluminium & Power across India, South Africa, Namibia, and
Australia. For two decades, Vedanta has been contributing significantly to nation building.
Governance and sustainable development are at the core of Vedanta's strategy, with a strong
focus on health, safety, and environment. Giving back is in the DNA of Vedanta, which is
focused on enhancing the lives of local communities. Under the aegis of Vedanta Cares, the
flagship social impact program, Nand Ghars have been set up as model anganwadis focused on
eradicating child malnutrition, providing education, healthcare, and empowering women with
skill development. Vedanta and its group companies have been featured in Dow Jones
Sustainability Index 2020, and were conferred Frost & Sullivan Sustainability Awards 2020,
CII Environmental Best Practices Award 2020, CSR Health Impact Award 2020, CII National
Award 2020 for Excellence in Water Management, CII Digital Transformation Award 2020, ICSI
National Award 2020 for excellence in Corporate Governance, People First HR Excellence Award
2020, ‘Company with Great Managers 2020’ by People Business and certified as a Great Place
to Work 2021. Vedanta’s flagship Nand Ghar Project was identified as best CSR project by the
Government of Rajasthan. Vedanta Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the
National Stock Exchange in India and has ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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