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Thursday, December 17, 2009
PMA Launches New Chapter in Chennai, India
Reported by Raju Rao in Chennai
Project Management Associates (PMA), the Indian national member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) inaugurated a new chapter in Chennai, India. The Chennai chapter, PMA's fifth after Pune, Hyderabad, Ranchi and Bhubaneswar, was inaugurated on Thursday, 10 November 2009 by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala.
The Governor, pictured left, stressed the need for project management by stating that it is the key to rapid development, growth of the economy and for the upliftment of the underprivileged.
"A project may be well conceived, well implemented, but all these do not count as only deliveries matter. And that is where PM skills come in," explained Project Management Associates representative T S Vijayaraghavan.
Adesh Jain, president of PMA, India, explained the need of the institution by co mparing the importance that other countries give like France which produces 70 PM research candidates from just one college and China, which has over 150 colleges giving Bachelor and Master of Science degrees on PM.
According to the PMA announcement, at the inauguration, SRM University signed an MoU with PMA for certification courses on PM.
Project Management Associates (PMA), the Indian national member of the International Project Management Association (IPMA) inaugurated a new chapter in Chennai, India. The Chennai chapter, PMA's fifth after Pune, Hyderabad, Ranchi and Bhubaneswar, was inaugurated on Thursday, 10 November 2009 by Governor Surjit Singh Barnala.
"A project may be well conceived, well implemented, but all these do not count as only deliveries matter. And that is where PM skills come in," explained Project Management Associates representative T S Vijayaraghavan.
Adesh Jain, president of PMA, India, explained the need of the institution by co mparing the importance that other countries give like France which produces 70 PM research candidates from just one college and China, which has over 150 colleges giving Bachelor and Master of Science degrees on PM.
According to the PMA announcement, at the inauguration, SRM University signed an MoU with PMA for certification courses on PM.