nashik the quality council of india qci an autonomous body set up by the government of indias commerce and industry ministry has selected nashik for its new quality city initiative ravi p singh the secretary general of qci told toi that as part of this initiative 75 cities in the country will be selected where quality will be enhanced in three sectors education skill development and cleanliness in the first phase qci will pick five cities we have already selected nashik as one of those five cities we are in the process of selecting the other four said singh he added that the qci is focusing on emerging cities for this initiativewe have already selected nashik as we felt that it is an emerging city we have come to this conclusion based on various parameters including the presence of startup firms innovation life index cleanliness doortodoor collection of waste involvement of ngos etc said singh national skill development corporation nsdc will be assisting qci in this initiative qci will also take help from nashik municipal corporation nmc various industry associations and other major stakeholders in the citysingh along with nsdc director jitendra thakkar held a meeting with the nmc commissioner chandrakant pulkundwar nashik zp ceo ashima mittal industrial associations and other stakeholders where the blueprint of the initiative was discussed qci will be signing an mou with stakeholders like nmc and others in the presence of chief minister eknath shinde soonduring the presentation nmc commissioner pulkundwar said the civic body will provide full support to qci for its initiative thakkar said apart from providing skill development training to drivers housemaids construction workers and floor managers in the industries they will also extend support in education and cleanliness officebearers of the maharashtra chamber of commerce industry and agriculture maccia nashik industries and manufacturers association nima ambad industries and manufacturers association aima confederation of real estate developers association of india credai nashik senior citizens forum and others were present during the presentation