PMFORUM Breaking News

Project Management Associates (PMA), the Indian project management professional society, has announced that it is opening a new chapter in Ranchi, India. Project management professionals, executives and the general public are invited to attend the "historic opening of PMA Chapter, Ranchi.


The Grand Opening conference and ceremony will occur on Saturday afternoon, 11 October 2008, in the Auditorium at HEC Headquarters in Dhurwa, Ranchi, India. The inaugural address will be by Dr. Ramesh Chandra Panda, member of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and former Secretary of the Department of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises, Government of India.

The following Programme agenda has been announced:

• 14:00 Opening Function
• 14:10 Welcome Address: Shri G K Pillai, CMD, HEC Ltd.
• 14:25 Special Address: Shri S P Patnaik, ED (HRD) MIT, SAIL – Topic: Project Management in SAIL
• 14:40 Special Address: Shri B Sankararaman, Director (Projects), MECON – Topic: Project Management in MECON
• 14:55 Keynote Address: Shri Adesh Jain, National President, PMA & Chair of Council of Delegates of IPMA (Switzerland) – Topic: Project Management at the centre state of economy
• 15:30 Inaugural Address: Dr. R C Panda, Member, Central Administrative Tribunal
• 15:55 Concluding Address: Shri Arvind Agarwal, Director, PMA

Anyone interested in attending should RSVP to Mr. Arvind Agarwal, Director, Project Management Associates, Delhi, A-48, Sector 5, Noida, India or via email at info@pma-india.org. For website, visit http://pma-india.org/.