Vandana Gandhi gets Feigenbaum Leadership Excellence Award

Vandana Gandhi, founder and CEO of ISO-certified nursery chain British Orchard Nursery, placed a dazzling feather in her cap of accomplishments by winning the Feigenbaum Leadership Excellence Award 2014 organized with the support of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, crown prince of Dubai, for her outstanding leadership skills.
She has been selected as the winner in the Women Leaders category among many candidates by the international jury of the Feigenbaum Leadership Excellence Award (FLEA). Gandhi is the first Indian lady to win this national award and the first one winning in the educational sector of the Middle East.
The award ceremony with a reception was held in Dubai recently.
The award supports the practice of long term thinking and sustainable performance, placing significant emphasis on quality and encouraging the drive for continuous improvement in the behavioral mindset that builds successions of effective and able leaders at all levels.
She has won many awards, including the 2013 Emirates Women Award and ‘GR8! Women Awards-ME’ 2014.
“I feel honored and humbled to have been recognized by the international and national jury as FLEA is great leadership award, coveted by many in the Middle East and worldwide. My team at British Orchard Nurseries and I place great importance toward quality childcare and total quality management,” said Vandana Gandhi.
The Feigenbaum Leadership Excellence Award established in honor of Dr. Armand Val Feigenbaum, known as the ‘Father of Total Quality Control,’ is dedicated to honor men and women in the Arab World for their exemplary leadership in driving their organizations to fulfill their role in business and society.
The award comprises four leadership categories — exceptional leaders, accomplished leaders, women leaders and rising stars.
The award is administered by the Virtual Executive Club (VEC) at the Hamdan bin Mohammed e-University in Dubai.