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The historic 18th Global Symposium began in New Delhi

on 6 Dec. 2010, with the theme “Managing Infrastructure

Projects and Lessons Learnt from the best practices from

Asia Pacific Region”. Around 600 people from 137

companies and educational institutes from the Asia Pacific

region, Japan, USA and Europe attended the Symposium.

The Symposium was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief

Minister of Delhi, Smt. Sheila Dikshit, who stressed on

and highlighted the importance of managing infrastructure

projects in a professional way and the advantages of

certified project professionals. She mentioned that often

we lack in detailing which is extremely important and

unless we do that projects will not be completed within time and cost. She also mentioned that though we build excellent

infrastructure but at the same time, the maintenance related issues are neglected. We must change our mindset to maintain

the infrastructure created.

Smt. Dikshit gave the example of buses where we spent a lot of

money but maintenance is poor. She said that we should do good risk

management as what could go wrong and if we prepare for the worst,

we could plan for it.

She mentioned that unless India becomes strong in managing

projects without time and cost overruns, we would lose the edge in

becoming globally competitive.

Smt. Sheila Dikshit giving the Honorary Membership Award of

PMA, Nepal to Adesh Jain, National President, PMA, India

PMN # 514 (Dec. 6-8, 2010)

Smt. Sheila Dikshit, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Delhigiving the Inaugural Address

Smt. Sheila Dikshit giving the CEPM-PMA Fellowship

Award to R S Sharma, CMD, ONGC, Dr. A K Balyan, MD &

CEO, Petronet LNG & Rakesh Sarin, MD, Wartsila India.

The three-day event covered a wide range of topics around managing

infrastructure projects. 'Breaking and creating boundaries for

innovation and excellence', 'Orbital shifts in power capacity addition

in India', 'Formulation of breakthrough strategy using meta program

management', 'Project success – a way forward', 'Global cost

engineers perspective', were some of the topics that were covered in

the Symposium.

B N Bankapur with the certificate

K K Jha with the certificate

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PMN # 515 (Dec. 15, 2010) IndianOil creates history: Chairman, Dir (Refineries)

& Dir (Pipelines) conferred IPMA Level A Certification

In recognition of expertise in complex and portfolio management, B M Bansal,

Chairman & MD, B.N. Bankapur, Director (Refineries), and K K Jha, Director

(Pipelines) of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. were conferred the highest, coveted and

acclaimed IPMA Level A certification (Certified Projects Director) by Project

Management Certification Institute (PMCI), the Certification Body of Project

Management Associates (PMA) which is the Indian Member Association (MA) of the

International Project Management Association (IPMA). Adesh Jain, National

President, PMA, handed over the Certificates to the Chairman and Directors. In 2001,

Adesh Jain became the first assessor of IPMA for India. Some of the other first assessors

are Dr. A S Pillai, CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace, K Venkataramanan, Member of the

Board & President (O), L&T and T Sankaralingam, MD, BGR Energy.

Congratulating them, Jain said, “IndianOil is creating history today. There is no

organisation globally which has the honour of having three of its top Executives

qualified for IPMA level A ( Certified Projects Director) based on rigorous assessment ”.

IndianOil, under the dynamic leadership of B M Bansal, has proved that it can meet any

challenge today - specially in project execution”.

Speaking on the occasion, Bansal said, “IndianOil has successfully undertaken large

projects for a number of years now. Efficient execution of these massive projects would

require a large pool of highly skilled executives, with adequate knowledge for world

class implementation”. B.N. Bankapur, a proud Certified Projects Director, said,

“Personnel from different departments are not as effective as trained professionals for a

specific role. Initiative taken by Jain to introduce scientific project management &

certification is praise worthy. Project management should become a distinct career

path”.

K.K. Jha termed this all-important day as a 'Red Letter Day' in the history of IndianOil.

He said, “I am priviledge to become Certified Projects Director (CPD)- IPMA Level A".

Adesh Jain handing over the certificate to B M Bansal

Vedanta Group of Companies start Level D CertificationPMN # 516 (Dec. 15, 2010)

Sterlite Energy started IPMA Level D certification for their senior executives at their Centre in Dec. 2010. The Faculty was R K Mandan, Director,

International Institute of Projects & Program Management (I2P2M) and the certification exam was conducted by Arvind Agarwal, Director,

Project Management Certification Institute (PMCI). The Group also became a Corporate Life Member of PMA-India.

Participants Examination Award of Certificate

Railway Board organised a presentation by Adesh Jain on 'Contemporary Trends in

Project Management' for senior level officers of Railway Board. Presentation was

followed by extensive interaction between faculty & participants. It was later

decided to conduct CIPM training at Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and

Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE).

PMN # 517 (Dec. 10, 2010) CIPM Training c at IRIMEEonducted

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PMN # 518 (Dec. 6, 2010) Signing of MoU & Governance Charter by

Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan & Nepal

2nd Asia Pacific Federation of Project Management (APFPM) - the

countries which participated in this historic Governance Charter signing

ceremony, were Australia, Malaysia, Nepal, India and Japan. Adesh Jain was

one of the initiators in training APFPM for regional cooperation in the

discipline of project management.

(APFPM) meet was held on 6th Dec. 2010. A MoU and Governance Charter

was discussed and signed at this meet by Dr. Bill Young of Australian

Institute of Project Management, Dr. Hiroshi Tanaka of Project Management

Association Japan, Adesh Jain of PMA, India, Adi Prasetyo of IAMPI,

Indonesia and Prabesh Aryal of PMA, Nepal.

PMN # 519 (Nov. 25, 2010) CIPM Classroom Training at Areva T&D

Areva T&D, a major multinational in the field of power transmission &

distribution, organized 4 workshops for preparing for the CIPM

credential. The Faculty was Ruchira Jain, IPMA-B, MD, CEPM Pvt Ltd,

the Accredited Training Organization of PMA-India. The workshops

were a great success and participants suggested to have more such

workshops for their colleagues.

PMN # 520 (Nov. 22, 2010) Breaking boundaries - the key to innovation

Adesh Jain was invited by O S Veerwal, Additional Director,

Ministry of Communications & IT, Postal Staff College India,

Ghaziabad, to deliver a Guest Lecture on 22-Nov-2010 for P & T

delegates and the topic of his talk was - "Breaking boundaries - the

key to innovation". The session was made relevant to the

management challenges globally.

PMN # 521 (Nov. 2, 2010) IPMA World Congress 2010 held in Istanbul

Adesh Jain, National President, PMA, India was invited to give

the Keynote Address at the 24th IPMA World Congress 2010

which was held at Istanbul, Turkey. His presentation was on the

topic 'Breaking & creating boundaries for innovation &

excellence'. Adesh Jain is one of the well recognised thought

leaders & he received a standing ovation at the end of his address.

The Istanbul World Congress was inaugurated by the Prime

Minister of Turkey & was attended by3000 professionals.

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PMN # 522 (Nov. 12, 2010) 71st Indian Roads Congress (IRC) Annual Session

stAt the Indian Roads Congress - 71 Annual Session, held at Nagpur on 12-

Nov-2010, Adesh Jain, delivered the Keynote address. Adesh Jain also spoke

about the need for Certificate In Project Management (CIPM) credential for

engineers with specialization in Road Transport.

Later Adesh Jain addressed the senior managers of Reliance Power in Nagpur.

Participants of Reliance Power

PMN # 523 (Oct. 25-27, 2010) First PMA-IPAI Conference

Shri Vinod Rai, Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) gave the

Inaugural Address at the first PMA-IPAI Conference on 'Managing Projects and

Lessons from Audit – Bridging the Gap' which was organized jointly by Project

Management Associates (PMA) and Institute of Public Auditors of India (IPAI),

from 25-27 Oct. 2010. SCOPE was associated with this event in view its relevance in

today's context of managing complex projects.

PMN # 524 (Oct. 21, 2010) Project Governance at SCOPE by Håkan Sjöholm

Håkan Sjöholm, Member of the IPMA Certification Validation Management

Board & a legendary PM professional from Sweden, who has been earlier

associated with ABB, Sweden, was invited by SCOPE, to give a presentation

on 'Project Governance'. This was attended by senior level executives &

managers from CPSE's.

PMN # 525 (Oct. 19-20, 2010) Project Management Certification Institute (PMCI) Validation

Project Management Certification Institute (PMCI), Certification Body of PMA,

India, Member Association of IPMA, underwent rigorous validation by IPMA

Validators. Håkan Sjöholm, (Sweden), Member of IPMA Certification Validation

Management Board, was the Lead Validator and Mrs. Yan Xue, (China) was the

Co-Validator. Arvind Agarwal, Managing Director, PMCI, explained the

processes being followed by PMCI for the IPMA 4 Level Certification and the

CIPM Certification. IPMA has very rigorous certification guidelines and

processes that must be followed.

PMN # 526 (Oct. 9, 2010) Presentation at Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE)

Adesh Jain, National President, PMA India, gave a three hours interactive session

on "Contemporary Trends in Project Management" to over 150 students of

Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad.

Prof. R K Mishra, Director, IPE and Vice President of PMA Hyderabad Chapter, a

staunch supporter of project management discipline, introduced Adesh Jain. IPE

has recently signed an agreement to provide CIPM credential.

Shri Vinod Rai, CAG Inaugurating the conference

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Five Day Classroom Training in Punj Lloyd

Punj Lloyd Ltd held first 5 Day PM Training workshop for its employees

which comprised of 4 days CIPM preparation and 1 day Primavera

training. After receiving excellent feedback from the participants several

more such workshops were organized by them. The faculties were Mrs.

Ruchira Jain, IPMA-B, MD, CEPM (P) Ltd. and R K Mandan, Director,

International Institute of Projects & Program Management (I2P2M).

Participants of Punj Lloyd

PMN # 528 (Sept. 16-17, 2010) 4th Concept Symposium on Project Governance at Oslo

thThe 4 'Concept Symposium 2010' on 'Project Governance' was held at Oslo, Norway.

100 decision makers, doers and advisors from 15 countries participated. The program

was organised by the Ministry of Finance - Norway.

Bi-annually, the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and the Concept Research Program

welcome specially invited participants from governmental agencies, academia,

consultancy firms, and project management associations. Participants are selected

resource persons from all over the world with particular experience related to the

specific symposium topics. Adesh Jain was the only Asian invited to participate.

PMN # 529 (Aug. 27, 2010) CSIR-CRRI release of the brochure

Arvind Agarwal, Managing Director, Project Management Certification

Institute (PMCI) and Dr. S Gangopadhyay, Director, Central Road

Research Institute (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research), released

the brochure of CIPM-RT (Certificate In Project Management with

specialization in Roads and Transportation). This course has been designed

for Engineering / Management graduates or Diploma holders in

engineering with 3 years of experience.

PMN # 530 (Aug. 27, 2010) AIMS Annual Management Education Convention

Adesh Jain was invited at the All India Management School (AIMS) Convention to give the

overview of recent trends in management. Adesh briefed the audience on the state of project

management and need to introduce project management as a part of MBA Program rather

than keeping it as an optional subject within operations or production streams. China has

taken project management as a major thrust area both in academia and industry. Over 120

Universities award BS Level degree in PM and over 80 Universities give MS in PM.

He mentioned that 16 Universities had already signed an agreement of cooperation with

PMA, India and CEPM (P) Ltd. for offering the Certificate In Project Management (CIPM)

credential.

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PMN # 531 (Aug. 16, 2010) Project Management Workshop at HPL

Jaiveer Srivastavaa, CMD, Hindustan Prefab Ltd. took a major

initiative to infuse PM training amongst his managers. National

President, PMA, India, Adesh Jain, inaugurated the one day workshop

on PM. R K Mandan, Director, International Institute of Projects and

Programme Management (I2P2M) was the facilitator of the workshop.

PMN # 532 (Aug. 7, 2010) 1st Anniversary of 'CREST'

- the learning club of L&T

stThe 1 Anniversary of 'CREST' – the Learning Club of L&T

Ltd. was held on Aug. 7, 2010. Adesh Jain was invited to give a

presentation on this occasion. His presentation infused energy

and enthusiasm in the audience. He was later invited to hand

over the IPMA Level D certificates to the L&T employees.

PMN # 533 (July 30, 2010) Keynote Address by Adesh Jain

A one day programme on Project Management in Healthcare was conducted at

IIHMR. It was attended by practicing doctors from Delhi & outside and large

number of students of Hospital management course. Adesh Jain was invited to give

the Keynote Address.

The session continued with R K Mandan, Director, International Institute of

Projects and Programme Management (I2P2M).

In the International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) -

Council Meeting held on 24th July, 2010 at Singapore, Adesh

Jain was elected as Vice Chair (Technical) for the term 2010 -

12. ICEC comprises of 50 countries from all the 5 continents.

Adesh said that Cost Engineering needs a big push in India.

Our congratulations to him.

Adesh Jain elected Vice Chair (Technical) of ICECPMN # 534 (July 24, 2010)

PMN # 535 (July 15, 2010) MoU Signed with CSIR-CRRI

Roads and transportation is an essential component of infrastructure development. Profession needs delivery with commitment for a sustainable development of the sector. CIPM-RT is major step forward in professionalizing project management”

– Dr. S Gangopadhyay, Director, CRRI (CSIR).

CEPM (P) Ltd., PMCI & CSIR-CRRI have signed a MOU for CIPM-RT certification with the aim to acquire the latest skills and knowledge in the field of project management with Specialization in Roads and Transportation. It is beneficial for Project Owners, Project Engineers, Project Managers, Designers, Consultants, Contractors, Equipment Manufacturers & Suppliers from Govt./Public/Private sectors. Today, Managing By Projects (MBP) is the key to economic growth and company's competitiveness.

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PMN # 536 (July 14, 2010) Leadership Development Program at NIIT

NIIT Technologies Ltd. organized a 5 day Leadership Development Program for their

Senior Decision makers. Adesh Jain was invited to speak on 'Breaking boundaries: the

key to innovation'. He emphasized that as time passes by, we tend to become

mechanical and a slave to our habits. We need to provoke ourselves on a continuous

basis by asking 'why am I doing what I am doing'. Why & Why not create an innovative

frame of mind.

PMN # 537 (July 12, 2010) Workshop on Project Management

organised by Mindscape

Mindscape Asia Inc. had organized 2 major workshops on 'Project Management

2010' which were conducted by Adesh Jain. Over 80 participants attended the

workshop in Mumbai and Delhi from 35 organizations. Adesh Jain highlighted the

importance of pre-construction / project activities, detailed planning and proper

assessment of risks and possible mitigation strategies. Through his 250 PPTs, he

took the participants through a PM journey covering the entire project life cycle.

PMN # 538 (July 2, 2010)

Adesh Jain gave a keynote address in the Indian Power Conference, New Delhi held on

July 2, 2010, on the topic "Challenges in Managing Projects in the Power Sector".

Through this conference experts discussed a gamut of issues on India's energy needs and

tried to identify various integrated strategies to reach sufficiency, reliability, quality and

viability in the Power Industry.

Essar Power, Tata Power, BGR Energy Systems, GAIL India, Torrent Power, Lanco

Infratech, NTPC etc were some of the participating companies.

Challenges in Managing Projects in the Power Sector

PMN # 539 (June 23, 2010) National Consultation on Certification of Project Managers

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Govt of India,

organized the 'National Consultation Workshop on Certification of Project Managers' rdon 23 June, 2010 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on the importance of certification of

project managers and students of Engineering/Management Institutes. Adesh Jain,

Honorary President, PMA gave the presentation on PMA, IPMA 4 Level

Certifications and CIPM. Presentations from senior executives from NTPC, IOC,

SAIL, NHPC etc. highlighted their successful approach to certification based on

CIPM & IPMA 4 LC path.

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PMN # 540 (June 5, 2010) First PMA Council Meeting

The first PMA Council Meeting 2010 was held in the auditorium of BrahMos Aerospace (P)

Limited. The Council Meeting was attended by key players in the field of project management.

Some of the organizations represented in the Council Meeting were from: Department of

Public Enterprises (DPE), ONGC, AICTE, SAIL, NTPC, College of Defence Management,

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Wartsila, HEC , BGR Energy, UPES,

IGNOU, Ramky Infrastructure, FICCI, GAIL, SAIL , DRDO and M/o HI & PE.

The key points that emerged during the Council Meeting deliberations were:

1. Project management as a discipline should be popularized in all the segments of society. A reference was made to the Commonwealth Games project and lessons learnt from the project management point of view.

2. We must introduce a compulsory curriculum covering the essential aspects of project management in both Engineering and Management schools. Even in the Universities, we should cover the fundamentals of project management principles.

3. We should publish simple books for an average person to understand the basics of project management.

4. Certificate In Project Management (CIPM) is a good initiative taken by PMA and PMCI. It must be promoted heavily.

5. The Council also felt that the Report on Certification of Project Managers submitted to Government of India (Ministry of Statistics and Proramme Implementation) should be followed up for speedy implementation.

6. The Council acknowledged the great contribution made by Adesh Jain, the founding President of PMA to spread project management not only in India but globally. He has been associated with the Executive Board of IPMA since 1999.

7. Dr. DV Kapur, Honorary Fellow of CEPM-PMA, spoke of the need for effective planning and pre-project ground work to be taken note of seriously. He offered his services to take up the matter of introducing project management courses in Technical and Management Schools with the Minister of HRD.

8. Council agreed to form five committees:

A. Education Committee headed by Dr. DV Kapur

B. Government and Industry Committee headed by Shri Anil Razdan, former Secretary, Ministry of Power

C. Membership Committee headed by Arvind Agarwal

D. Certification Committee headed by Adesh Jain

E. Marketing Committee headed by Dr. AS Pillai

9. Adesh Jain outlined the global trends in the field of Project, Program and Portfolio Management. He outlined the formation of Project Management Certification Institute (PMCI) and the International Institute of Projects and Program Management (I2P2M). I2P2M a not for profit section 25 company is chartered with offerings of Diploma in Project Management and later a Degree program. PMCI, the National Certification Institute is responsible for the award of various certification systems of IPMA and CIPM credential.

10. A demonstration of PMKQ used to measure the depth of understanding of the principles of project management was made. It was suggested that in India, we should promote the concept of measuring PM Knowledge Quotient (PMKQ) as it would make us aware of our strong and weak areas. PMKQ is a good diagnostic tool in identifying strengths and weaknesses.

11. It was decided to hold the PMA Council meeting every year to review the progress in strengthening project management movement.

12. The council meeting was concluded with thanks to Dr. A Sivathanu Pillai, MD & CEO of BrahMos Aerospace (P) Ltd. for hosting the meeting.

Key participants of PMA council meeting

PMN # 541 (May 22, 2010) Effective Project Monitoring

VN Choudhary, Executive Director, NTPC Ltd, invited Adesh Jain on behalf of NTPC

Limited to talk about the contemporary monitoring technique of Earned Value Management

System (EVMS). Over 40 participants from across India attended the talk given by Adesh

Jain. It may be mentioned here that EVMS combines Time and Cost dimensions into a single

dimension of project performance measurement. It is a must for all government projects in

USA costing over US$20 Million. Adesh Jain emphatically mentioned that we in India are far

behind in using EVMS and the Government should make it as a preferable option for

reporting project progress. EVMS is a great tool to forecast the completion date and cost of

completion besides providing enough information about the project health to take necessary

corrective measures.

Centrefor Excellence in Project Management P M NEWS

PMAPMAAnnual Issue 2010

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PMN # 543 (May 19, 2010)

PMN # 542 (May 22, 2010) 6th ASSOCHAM International Education Fair cum Seminar

CIPM certification at Fortune Institute of

International Business (FIIB)

Asia Pacific Federation of Project Management (APFPM)

Adesh Jain giving a presentation to over 200 students of

Fortune Institute of International Business (FIIB). Later

FIIB signed a MoU for providing CIPM certification to their

MBA students.

PMN # 545 (Apr. 24, 2010)

A one day meeting was held on Saturday, 24 April 2010 in Hong Kong of the newly

formed Asia Pacific Federation of Project Management (APFPM). The Hong Kong

Institute of Project Management (HKIPM) acted as a host for this inaugural event.

Adesh Jain attended the historic launch of the APFPM. Discussions were held on

issues like establishing an Asia Pacific Competency Baseline and International

Standards, along with other key topics. APFPM is great strategic move for fostering

regional cooperation.

PMN # 544 (May 5, 2010) In-house Training on CIPM

New Holland Fiat (India) Pvt Ltd (NHF), manufacturing world class tractors is one of the well known companies located in Surajpur in Greater Noida. It is a part of the Fiat Group, Italy. NHF decided to expose their Senior Management by involving globally renowned PM Guru, Adesh Jain, to conduct a one day program on PM followed by a 3 day program covering the comprehensive syllabus of 'Certificate In Project Management' (CIPM) by Ruchira Jain, a well known trainer and a Member of the Education &Training Board of IPMA, which comprises of 50 countries.

NHF followed a key aspect of understanding the strengths and weaknesses of individuals and of the group, through undertaking Project Management Knowledge (PMKQ) Test comprising of 48 questions before the training. There was an improvement of 173% in their score of PMKQ taken after they had undergone the training program.

thAdesh Jain was invited as one of the Keynote Speakers in the 6 ASSOCHAM

International Education Fair cum Seminar. He spoke on the imperatives of managing

change through formal methodology of project management and outlined the importance

of introducing project management as a core subject in Schools and Colleges including

Engineering and MBA Schools.

Project Management Associates (PMA), a not for profit registered society and Project

Management Certification Institute (PMCI) had taken a stall for showing the major

products and services offered by them.

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PMN # 546 (Apr. 23, 2010)

PMCI, CEPM (P) Ltd & Delhi Business School (DBS)

signed a MOU for providing CIPM certification with

the aim to acquire the latest skills and knowledge in the

field of Project Management for DBS students.

PMN # 547 (Apr. 21, 2010)

PMCI, CEPM (P) Ltd. & Jaipuria Institute of Management (JIM)

have signed a MoU for providing CIPM certification with the aim to

acquire the latest skills and knowledge in the field of Project

Management for MBA students of JIM. Directors fo JIM, PMCI &

CEPM (P) Ltd. were present.

PMN # 548 (Apr. 10, 2010)

PMN # 549 (Apr. 16, 2010)

Adesh Jain was invited to address the gathering and he spoke

on “Breaking boundaries – the key to innovation”. Dr. S. P.

Agarwal, Secretary General, Indian Red Cross Society was

also present on the occasion

This two day workshop on 'Excellence in Infrastructure

Project Management 2010' (organized by Synergy India) was

conducted by Adesh Jain at Mumbai. Adesh emphasized the

importance of latest and scientific project management in the

Infrastructure Sector and gave case examples of construction

projects (based on the World Bank study).

Excellence in Infrastructure Project Management 2010

Some of the participants with Adesh Jain

Delhi Business School (DBS) provides CIPM

Jaipuria Institute of Management (JIM) provides CIPM

Project Management Presentation at

Indian Red Cross Society

PMN # 550 (April 2010) Project Management Knowledge Test Available

stKnowledge is the single most important ingredient in managing complexities of the 21 century. Like TMIntelligence Quotient(IQ), Emotional Quotient(EQ) or Spiritual Quotient(SQ), PMKQ measures

the Knowledge Quotient in the field of the project management. We must know where we are and

understand the knowledge gap before taking corrective measures.

An excellent project management knowledge test is now available through PMForum's partnership with the

Centre for Excellence in Project Management (CEPM (P) Ltd.).

According to David Pells, Managing Editor of PMForum, “I thought that I was pretty

knowledgeable about project management. But when I took these simple tests, I found some areas

where I either answered a question wrong or needed to refresh my knowledge.”

TMDesigned to be a first step in the project management learning process, PMKQ involves a set of

questions and problems related to managing projects that a well experienced or well educated

project manager should know the answers to. The test comes in four versions – Yellow Belt, Green

Belt, Black Belt and Composite Belt.David Pells

Managing Editor

PM Forum

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PMN # 551 (April 2010) PMForum Inc., USA, partners with CEPM to offer High Quality - Low Cost Online Project Management Courses

PMForum has entered into a partnership with the Centre for Excellence in Project Management (CEPM (P)

Ltd) of New Delhi, India to offer a set of high quality, low cost, online project management courses,

including CEPM's renowned Certificate in Project Management (CIPM) program. The new courses can

now be found at www.cepm-pmforum.com

Project Management Certification Institute (PMCI), a non profit registered company under Section 25 of the

Company's Act is operational from April 2010. Arvind Agarwal was appointed as its first Managing Director. Arvind

has done his engineering from BITS, Pilani in 1972 followed by MBA in 1974 from the same institute.

PMCI has signed an agreement with IPMA to award their prestigious 4 Level Certification. PMCI is also responsible

for the award of Certificate In Project Management (CIPM). PMCI is a nodal agency for various certification schemes.

PMCI starts functioning from April 1, 2010PMN # 552 (April, 2010)

Arvind Agarwal

PMAIndian member of

Certification Body of

PMN # 553 (Mar. 31, 2010)

R S Sharma, Chairman and the Managing Director (CMD) must be congratulated for providing dynamic leadership to NTPC

Ltd. At the end of March 31, 2010, NTPC Ltd. emerged as the Number #1 Company with the highest number of certified

project management professionals. NTPC Ltd. has over 1320 employees holding the Certificate In Project Management

(CIPM) credential, IPMA Level D (412), IPMA Level C (6), IPMA Level B (4) and IPMA Level A (2) by former directors.

TMNTPC Ltd. was the first company to assess the PM maturity level of the company through the PMKQ tool (Project

Management Knowledge Quotient). Based on the survey conducted across 1187 employees covering 46 Functions, 10

different Levels of employees and 20 Projects.

NTPC leads in total number of certified project professionals

R S Sharma

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PMN # 554 (Mar. 25, 2010)

(L to R) Adesh Jain, President, PMA, I J Kapoor, Director (Com.), A K Singhal, Director (Fin), Rakesh Jain, Jt Secretary & FA, Min. of Power, H S Brahma, Secretary, Min. of Power, Sushilkumar Shinde, Minister of Power, R S Sharma, CMD, I C P Keshari, Jt. Secretary (Thermal), Chandan Roy, Director (Oprn.), R C Shrivastav, Director - HR, & B P Singh, Director (Projects).

A new beginning was made in monitoring power projects throughout the

country. Shri Sushilkumar Shinde, Hon’ble Union Power Minister, inaugurated

the Video based Monitoring Room in the headquarters of NTPC Ltd. The Union

Minister congratulated the leadership of NTPC Chairman, R S Sharma and the

entire NTPC Community in establishing the Video based Real-time project

monitoring System. There are 48 distinct video panels on a Video wall reflecting

the connectivity of each major site with the Corporate Office. In fact, one could

see all the construction activities taking place at various sites through remote

cameras. The entire software development for this one of its kind monitoring

system was entirely done by the In-house team of NTPC. The Corporate

Monitoring Group (CMG) acted as their internal customers.

The real-time project monitoring system will improve decision-making and

sharing of knowledge and wisdom across the entire NTPC family. NTPC intends

to provide a similar video based system at Ministry of Power and Ministry of

Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).

NTPC launches Video based monitoring system

IPMA Level B and Level C Certification PMN # 555 (Mar. 12-14, 2010)

PMA, India carried out the 4th Batch of IPMA Level B and Level C certification for seven candidates who are from Ericsson Bangladesh, Ramky,

NHPC, ITC, L&T, NTPC & Jindal Power.

The schematic diagram for the IPMA 4 Level Certification (4LC) and CIPM certification from PMA, India, is shown below.

Latest photograph

Fourth batch Level C/B Certification Ericsson Bangladesh, Ramky, NHPC, ITC, L&T, NTPC & Jindal Power at Noida in March 2010.

Assessors & Candidates from

• Report Evaluation (Portfolio Management)• Interview (2 Assessors)• Self Assessment

• Report Evaluation (Program/Complex Project)• Interview (2 Assessors)• Participation in one day workshop• Examination• Self Assessment

• Report Evaluation (Project)• Interview (2 Assessors)• Participation in one day workshop• Examination• Self Assessment

• Examination only

• Examination only

• Examination only

IPMA Level A(Certified Projects Director)

IPMA Level B(Certified

Senior Projects Manager)

IPMA Level C(Certified Projects

Manager)

Certificate In Project

Management (CIPM)

Introductory Certificate In

Project Management (IntroCIPM)

PM Step 1

IPMA Level D(Certified Project

Management Associate)

Process

Process

IPMA 4LC administered by PMA India

Recognised and administered by PMA India

PMN # 556 (Mar. 12, 2010)

Adesh Jain was invited by Jagannath Institute of Management Group (JIMS) to give the

Keynote Address at its annual function. Adesh Jain was quite loud and clear in sending the

message that only ‘delivery counts’ and that would happen through effective team building and

integration of functional expertise like HR, Systems, Finance, Marketing etc. being taught in

MBA schools. He said: ‘While I appreciate the functional and domain expertise but in the

ultimate analysis, it is the outcome and results which are of relevance. The implementation

strategies hold the key for the societies to prosper and companies to improve their market share’.

He also gave the statistics that in China, there are over 120 Universities giving BS level degree

in project management and over 80 Universities awarding MS level degree in Project

Management. Indian Business Schools, can take few lessons from this trend.

Adesh Jain gave the Keynote at JIMS Annual Function

Adesh Jain with Amit Gupta, ChairmanJIMS Group

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Hardwar Management Association (HMA)

celebrates it’s Annual Day

PMN # 557 (Feb. 19, 2010)

HMA had invited Dr. J J Irani, Director, Tata Sons, as Chief Guest and Adesh Jain,

Director, Centre for Excellence in Project Management, as Guest of Honor to

celebrate their Annual Day. The function was held on February 19, 2010 in

Ranipur, BHEL premises. D K Mody, Patron of HMA took special care to welcome

the participants. There were over 200 participants from HMA Membership and

special guests.

In his Keynote Address, Adesh Jain gave a special coverage in having the

confidence to admit having made mistakes and sharing the same with peers.

He highlighted the change definition of project management. 'Project' implies

projection of 'dreams, ‘vision’, 'strategies' or 'abstract ideas'. Management,

therefore has a challenge in ‘awakening the dreams’, 'realizing the vision',

'delivering the strategies' or 'concretizing the abstract ideas'.

(L to R) N Khandelwal, President, HMA, Adesh Jain, President, PMA, India, Dr. J J Irani, Director Tata Sons, D K Mody, ED, BHEL and Arun Singhal, GM In-charge, CFFP

Adesh Jain addresses NASA Conference

Adesh Jain invited by NASA to address the participants of PM Challenge - 2010 in Galveston, Texas, USA on ‘Breaking boundaries – the key to innovation’

Adesh Jain was privileged to address the participants of the PM Challenge 2010

Conference organized by NASA in Galveston, Texas, USA. Since 2004, NASA

organizes PM Challenge on a yearly basis. They invite their own and other top-

notch PM Gurus to share their experiences in managing projects, programs and

portfolios. There were 17 parallel streams and in the 2 day Conference, there

were over 180 speakers world wide. Adesh Jain gave an hour long presentation

on ‘Breaking boundaries – the key to innovation’. His new theory of innovation

through asking questions as ‘Why’ and ‘Why not’ was highly appreciated. He

emphasized that we must clean our mind regularly and one of the ways is not to

act like a robot but to ask questions challenging the status quo. Most of our time

is spent in traditional way of thinking without much value addition and

following ‘business as usual’ approach.

PMN # 558 (Feb. 9, 2010)

Centrefor Excellence in Project Management P M NEWS

PMAPMAAnnual Issue 2010

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Major growth in signing of MOUs

with Universities / Institutions

PMN # 559 (Jan. - Dec. 2010)

The last 12 months has seen the exponential growth of management institutions

signing the tripartite agreement with PMA, India, a not for profit registered

society and Centre for Excellence in Project Management (P) Ltd. (CEPM (P)

Ltd.) for project management training and certification. CEPM (P) Ltd. is the

Accredited Training Organization (ATO) of PMA, India. The following

Institutions have signed the agreement in the last 12 months.

Vel-Tech Dr. RR & Dr SR Technical University (January 8, 2010), Times Business

School (February 12, 2010), Inderprastha Engineering College (March 8, 2010),

Jagannath International Management School (March 23, 2010), Jaipuria Institute

of Management (April 21, 2010), Delhi Business School (April 23, 2010), Fortune

Institute of Intl. Business (May 19, 2010), Central Road Research Institute (July

16, 2010), Institute of Management Technology (Sept 15, 2010), Sharda

University (Sept. 16, 2010), Imperial College of Business Studies (Sept. 16,

2010), Institute of Public Enterprises (Oct. 9, 2010) and ITM Business School

(Dec. 2, 2010).

It is expected that by the end of 2011, there would be 100 Universities/

Management Institutes / Engineering Colleges that would have signed such a

tripartite agreement.

PMCI is the certification body of PMA, India administering and awarding the

IPMA 4 Level Certification examination. PMCI also awards the CIPM credential.

Certificate In Project Management (CIPM) is a world-class credential in project

management.

CIPM syllabus covers 8 Project Life Phases, 36 Knowledge Areas and 110 PM

Concepts. CIPM syllabus can be covered either through Internet / Web enabled

Online mode or Face to Face 4.75 days class room training. As there is a shortage

of trainers in India in the field of project management, the CIPM contents have

been developed with global subject matter experts. Over 4500 professionals

working in over 180 companies have already acquired the CIPM credential in less

than 3 years. The feedback received from the participants is rather amazing.

PMAIndian member of

Centrefor Excellence in Project Management (P) Ltd.

(L to R) Rakesh Kumar, CEPM, Vibha Lakhera, Times Business School and Arvind Agarwal, PMA after signing the MOU.

Shri. Surjit Singh Barnala, Hon’ble Governor, Tamil Nadu (Centre) flanked by Adesh Jain, Hony. President, PMA (Right) and Prof. N Sethuraman, Registrar, SRM University (Left) and Arvind Agarwal (extreme left).

(L to R) Arvind Agarwal, Dir., PMA, Dr. (Cdr) Satish Seth, JIMS & Nitin Sharma on behalf of CEPM after signing the agreement.

(L to R) Vinay Auluck, Sr. Professor, Dr. A K Puri, Director, FIIB and Arvind Agarwal, Director, PMA signing the MoU.

(L to R) Sanghursh Jain, Director, CEPM, Prof. V R Rangarajan, Chancellor, Vel Tech, & Adesh Jain, President, PMA after signing the agreement.

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thThe 17 Global Symposium on 'Managing Projects, Programs and Portfolios' was

held in Delhi from December 14 to 16, 2009. The GS 2009 International Advisory

Council (IAC) consisted of eminent professionals under the Chairmanship of B K

Chaturvedi, Member, Planning Commission, Govt. of India and Honorary Patron of

PMA, India. It had a representation at the Secretary level of seven Central

Government Ministries, heads of three major Business Associations CII, FICCI and

ASSOCHAM and Chairmen & CEO’s of both Private and Public Sector companies.

Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission who

Inaugurated the conference emphasized the importance of project management for

emerging economies like India. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Hon’ble Dy. Chairman, Planning

Commission, giving the Inaugural Address.

G K Vasan, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Shipping, giving the Valedictory Address

on the 3rd day of the Symposium.

The GS 2009 was attended by over 450 participants from all over the world.

They represented 85 companies and government institutions. A set of 34

recommendations were made and were forwarded to the Central and State

Governments, CMDs of CPSEs and CEOs of the private companies in India to

create a massive awareness of the phenomenal implications in using scientific

approach to manage projects and programs.

G K Vasan, Hon’ble Union Minister of Shipping, gave a very powerful message

in his Valedictory Address on the last day of the Symposium. He mentioned the

importance of effective integration of efforts and resources to achieve the

ultimate objectives of undertaking projects and programs. He commended the

work carried out by PMA, India and CEPM in creating awareness of using latest

methods in managing and planning projects and programs.

Since 1992, Centre for Excellence in Project Management (CEPM) and Project Management Associates (PMA), India have been

organizing Global Symposiums on an annual basis. The GS in India is now considered to be one of the major PM events globally.

(L to R) Pratyush Sinha, Cental Vigilance Commissioner, T K A Nair, Principal Secretary, PMO (Chair), Dr. S N Dash, Secretary, M/o Heavy

Industries & PE & David Pells, USA, during the Panel Session.

Global Symposium 2009 Inaugurated by Dy Chairman, Planning Commission

Dr. Nitish Sengupta, Chairman, BRPSE, (Right) giving the “Adesh Jain Award for Excellence in IPMA D Exam” to Sushmita Mittra,

L&T Employee bags the Adesh Jain Award

for Excellence in IPMA Level D Exam

held in May 2009

Historic panel discussion

under the chairmanship of T K A Nair

Principal Secretary, PMO

PMN # 560 (Dec. 14, 2009)

PMN # 561 (Dec. 15, 2009) PMN # 562 (Dec. 16, 2009)

16Minoo Sahoo, General Manager, PMA

Email: pma1@vsnl.com or info@pma-india.org

Cell: +91 9999684621 Fax: (91-120) 2421484Ruchira Jain, IPMA Level B, Director, CEPM Cell: +91 9999684622 Fax: (91-120) 2421482 Email: rjain@cepm.com

PMN # 564 (Dec. 10, 2009)

PMN # 563

Shri. Surjit Singh Barnala, His Excellency, The Governor of Tamil Nadu inaugurating the Chennai Chapter. Adesh Jain, National President-PMA is on his left and Dr. T. S. Vijayaraghavan, President, PMA Chennai Chapter, on his right.

PMA Chennai chapter Inaugurated

Shri. Surjit Singh Barnala, His Excellency, the Governor of Tamil Nadu,

inaugurated the PMA Chennai chapter on December 10, 2009. Dr. T S

Vijayaraghavan, former Secretary to Government of India was elected as the

Founding President of Chennai Chapter. This is the fifth PMA Chapter and

PMA, India is chartered to start a Chapter in each major state capital. The other

4 chapters of PMA are located at Pune, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar and Ranchi.

Adesh Jain is the National President of PMA, India.

In his inaugural speech, the Governor of Tamil Nadu highlighted that ‘Project

Management is the key discipline to manage change. Projects are undertaken

to build future and to add value. There should be no compromise on quality nor

laid back attitude in overcoming hurdles in ensuring projects no face time and

cost overruns’.

For Communication

Ten Parallel Streams: Politics

Program Management •

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• • • Education Society

Portfolio Management Project Management Professional Development

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Project Risk Assessment and Management

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Contemporary Project Management

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: 3 Days for Workshop, Report, Assessment & Interviewfor IPMA Level C certification enabling candidates to become

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For more information contact: Adesh Jain, Chairman, I2P2M, Email: adesh@i2p2m.com Mob:+91 9999684621

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