The Project Management Congress - PMiCon2005- under the aegis of Project Management Institute (PMI®), the world's leading professional association for the project management profession, was organised by PMI-North India Chapter at the InterContinental, New Delhi from November 10, 2005 – November 11, 2005. The theme for the PMiCon2005 was “Achieving India Inc. Objectives with Project Management Excellence”.
This was the first time that the Congress took place in India and provided an excellent platform for project practitioners, academicians and professionals together to participate, share, publish and leverage experiences and best practices in project management. The occasion was graced by the presence of PMI CEO, Gregory Balestrero, and Vice Chairman, Iain Fraser.
The two-day Congress got started on Thursday, 10 th November with a keynote address by Gregory Balestrero and on 11 th November, the keynote address was delivered by Mr. Brijesh Kumar, I.A.S., IT Secretary – DIT, Government of India.
Project Management Congress 2005, was the pioneering effort towards promoting best practices in Project Management in India . This Congress based on the theme “Achieving India Inc. Objectives with Project Management Excellence” was enriching in experience for the people who are already member of PMI as well as for non members.
Apart from discussions and general sessions, the program included sessions by experts from the Industry, such as:
Saurabh Srivastava Executive Chairman, Xansa ( India ), the co-founder and Past Chairman of NASSCOM
J. Satyanarayana, CEO, National Institute of Smart Government (NISG)
John Vines CEO of the Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers Australia (APESMA)
Himadri Banerji, CEO, CTS Reliance Energy
Ashok Trivedi, Chairman, iGATE
Dr. Lant Pritchett, Lead Economist, World Bank
Robert Jenkins, Chief Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation, UNICEF
Shashank Ojha – World Bank
Amrendra Sinha, IT Secretary, Govt. of Uttranchal
Gregory Balestrero, CEO of PMI
Gregory Balestrero, CEO of PMI. Said, “ China and India would be the largest markets when it comes to the demand for project managers. For India – which is witnessing a significant infrastructure growth – the biggest challenge would be project integration. This will be driven by ongoing projects in infrastructure, highways, power amongst others – where there will
be a demand for professionals who can improve the project performance on parameters, such as managing costs and deadlines, achieving the value deliverables and mitigating risks.”
Upendra Giri, President PMI North India
“PMiCon2005 is being held in India at a crucial juncture in our economic development. The significant amount of infrastructure activity in both the public and private sectors has helped grow the number of PMI Certified project management professional to more than 6,000, which is the second largest in Asia . India needs the best practices in project management both in the public and the private sector. Good project management will help in creating a roadmap in various national initiatives and make sure that the
road map is followed to achieve the desired goals” said Upendra Giri, President PMI-North India Chapter. “In a world where all business initiatives need to be focused and result-oriented, organizations are applying project management to target corporate needs, rather than to merely accomplish specific individual project goals. As awareness among executive increase, corporations are starting to promote project management as a method of formulating plans and executing those, and today project management discipline is an international fact.”“ further added Mr. Giri.
