In the past decade, quality improvement initiatives continue to be established in all service industries like education, banking, healthcare, telecommunication, transportation etc. Such initiatives are necessary as quality improvement programmed is directed towards satisfying the needs and wants of service users. Education like other service industry will also aim to meet the needs and wants of its service users. In this paper the 14 principles of Dr. W. Edwards Deming, which form a framework for the implementation of the Total Quality Management (TQM), are individually applied to the academic environment. The purpose behind this paper is to understand 14 principles of Dr. W. Edwards Deming and their relation with Technical education.