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PMI Conference 2009

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PCQ Bureau
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While addressing the Project Management India Conference 2009, V Srinivas Rao,

chairman, said, "Project Management is not only for achieving business results

but also for transforming the nation." Addressing the delegates of Project

Management Conference on the theme, 'Unleash the Power of Project Management for

a Better Tomorrow' he said India requires one million qualified project managers

to build next-generation community that takes India to the zenith.

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Giving examples of eminent personalities in India, Rao said the most

successful project in the world is the 'fight for freedom in India through

satyagraha' which was done by the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi, and

resulted in independence. Our aspiration is to use project management as a great

tool to build a better India and the conference urged the delegates to build

next generation community to build India, which will take us to the next level.

Welcoming the delegates of the conference, Raj Kalady, managing director, PMI

India said project management should be part of every organization and the

conference aims to address the needs of project management in an organization

and also enables individuals to network with more than 700 delegates to learn,

to network and have fun. Delivering his inaugural keynote on transformation of

auto sector and leadership lessons, Jagadish Khatter, former managing director,

Maruti Udyog Limited, and founder of Carnation Auto said, project management

should be the DNA of each and every organization, which enables you to execute

and process the work flow in an easier manner. He added that project management

is not taught in colleges and emphasized the need to make it compulsory as part

of curriculum.

Delivering the keynote address on project management as a strategic

competency, Peter Monkhouse, Director at Large, PMI said project management is a

unique discipline and strategic planning of project management is required to

execute the projects in simpler way. According to a recent PMI study, 20 million

people worldwide work on project teams, full-time or part-time. Steven Fahenkrog,

vice president, regional development, PMI, USA, said India has a huge talent and

we need to effectively use the talent in the field of project management. PMI

membership in India 20 years ago was 20, whereas today it has over 12,000

members with seven chapters spread around India.

PMI distinguished project award



Laser & Turbo Limited (L&T) was awarded the Project Management Institute

Distinguished award for booster compressor platform project located off the

coast of Mumbai, commissioned by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. This award

recognizes and honors successful projects that have promoted management

concepts, techniques, practices or theories through the effective application of

project management.

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