Member Network Meeting

The chapter’s annual general body meeting for 2013-14 was conducted on 8 August in which the board presented the finance statement to the member community. The occasion was used to provide updates on various strategic units and initiatives by PMIPCC. The team also provided an update on PMI Project Management National Conference which is being co-hosted by the chapter. Members who have expressed interest to volunteer for the conference have been roped in for the planned tasks. The board congratulated the entire member community for the “Membership Retention Award — 2013”. Members were provided the award badge as a token of appreciation. The board also felicitated the lead volunteers who contributed for the Student Leadership Competency Building program. Mr. A. V. Ramam, former region mentor, PMI, launched the new PMIPCC pilot website.

The chapter held a network meeting on 30 May in the CMC campus. The program began with chapter updates. Mr. Shyamsunder Panchavati spoke on “Esprit De Corps, As a Strategic driver in Project Management”, in which he highlighted the significance of the morale of project team members. This was followed by a speech from Mr. Raghunath Reddy T., president, Continental Hospitals, on “What in Project Management took to set this up?” He presented a case study depicting the challenges and limitations of building a world-class hospital in India, and the ways to manage them. The chapter took this opportunity to felicitate new credential holders.

(Chapter news is contributed by Mr. Ravi Vurakaranam, PMP, Ms. Rekha Unni, PMP, and Mr. Soumen De, PMP.