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Project Management Research & Academic Conference 2011



Conference Agenda


9th December
08:00 - 9:30 Registrations
9:30 - 11:15 Inaugural: Welcome Address
  Key Note Speech by Chief Guest
Dr Kamal Sharma
MD Lupin Ltd
  Speech by Distinguished Guest of Honour
Mr K.B.Dixit
Executive Director (Engineering & Procurement)
Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL)
  Theme Speech
Dr. Mangesh Korgaonkar
DG, NICMAR

Mr K.S Ajay Shankar
PMO Head -Land Rover Jaguar Project, Tata Technologies, Pune

Mr Cherian Thomas
Chief Operations Officer, IDFC Foundation
11:15 - 11:30 Tea Break
11:30 - 13:00 Session 1:
Project Success Factors & Organizational Structure
Prof V. Nagadevara
Professor, Quantitative Methods and Information Systems
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
  Session 1:
Applying Soft Systems and Action Research in Project Management Research
Dr. Shankar Sankaran
Director, Built Environment and Design Management Group (BEDM)
School of the Built Environment, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Session 2:
Transformation of Technical and Functional Managers into Project Managers
Prof S. D. Kshirsagar
Professor & Advisor,
S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
  Session 2:
Construction Project Management System - An Ontological Framework
Dr Arkalagud Ramaprasad
HOD - Department of Information & Decision Sciences
College of Business Administration, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA 

AN Prakash
AN Prakash CPMC Pvt.. Ltd, Bangalore

Nagesh Rammurthy PMP
Chief Knowledge Officer, AN Prakash CPMC Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore
  Session 2:
How not to run a Project- Debacle at Wakka 1x67 MW H.E.P
Sunil K. Kumar
Faculty, L&T Institute of Project Management, Baroda
  Session 2:
Teaching Project Management Issues and Challenges
Prof. V B Khanapuri
Associate Professor, Operations Management,
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE ), Mumbai
15:30 - 15:45 Tea Break
 15:45 - 17:15 Session 3:
Learning Construction Project Management using Digital Models
Dr Anil Sawhney
Professor, Construction Project Management
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi
  Session 3:
Application of Desktop VR for Construction Projects
C. B. Amarnath
Research Student, IIT Delhi

Dr Uma Maheshwari
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi
  Session 3:
A Framework of Project Risk Management for the underground corridor construction of Metro Rail
Prof. Goutam Dutta
Professor, Production and Quantitative Methods Area and Chairperson, Agri- Business Management, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
  Session 3:
Working Capital Management in Projects- Case study on India Construction Companies
Dr Hiren M. Maniar
Faculty, L&T Institute of Project Management, Baroda
17:15 - 19:00 Break
19:00 - 21:00 PMI India Awards Evening
Welcome address
Raj Kalady
Managing Director PMI India

Address by Chief Guest
Mr. Kumar Gera
Chairman & Managing Director, Gera Developments Pvt Ltd.

Cultural program - A Classical Music Extravaganza

Awards Distribution

Vote of Thanks
21:00 onwards Dinner

10th December
09:00 - 11:00 Session 4:
Managing Risk in Projects
Mr. P. S. Banerjee
EVP & Chief Risk Officer, L&T
  Session 4:
Identification of Approval Risks in Transportation Infrastructure Projects in India
Dr. K. N. Satyanarayana
Professor and Head of Laborataory,
Building Technology and Construction Management Division, Dept of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Aneetha Vilventhan
Phd Research Scholar, Building Technology and Construction Management, Civil Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
  Session 4:
Proactive Project Risk Management model for Infrastructure Transportation Project
Dr. Debasis Sarkar
Associate Professor, Department of Construction & Project Management,
Faculty of Technology, CEPT University, Ahmedabad
  Session 4:
Critical Chain Method in traditional Project & Portfolio Management situations
Dr. Vital S. Anantatmula
Associate Professor, Director-Graduate Programs in Project Management,
College of Business,Western Carolina University,University of North Carilona
  Session 4:
Risk Management in Infrastructure Projects
Dr. Indrasen Singh
Sr. Professor & Dean
NICMAR-Goa Centre
11:00 - 11:30 Tea Break
11:30 - 13:00 Session 5:
Building Information Modeling driven Construction Project Management
Dr Anil Sawhney
Professor, Construction Project Management
Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi

Prof. K. Chandrashekhar Iyer, PhD
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Sudhir Kumar
Research Associate and M.Tech. Student
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Prateek Singhal
Research Associate and M.Tech. Student
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
  Session 5:
Earned Value Management- An Integrated PM approach
Prof. S.Kundapura
Asst Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics & Hydraulics, NIT Surathkal

Jomo Peter
Planning Engg - L&T ECC, Dubai

S. G. Shiji
PG Student, NITK
  Session 5:
Modelling Uncertainities in Project Activity Durations- An Alternative Method
Dr. Vijaya Bandyopadhyaya
Associate Professor - Chandragupt Institute of Management, Patna
  Session 5:
Risk Analysis in Construction Scheduling
Prof. K. R. Suresh
Department of Civil Engineering
B.M.S College of Engineering, Bangalore
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Session 6:
Leadership Skills Development in India Project Management Pedagogy : Managing Complexity & ethics in Project contexts
Dr. Mona N. Shah
Professor, Dean, Real Estate & Urban Infrastructure Management, NICMAR, Pune

Niranjan Janardhanam
Project Lead, Change Delivery, H S B C, Hyderabad, India

14:00 - 15:30 Session 6:
Teaching PERT to MBAs-An Experiment in Pedagogy
Dr. Tapan P. Bagchi
Director, NMINMS, Shirpur Campus
  Session 6:
Latent Variables and their impact on Time Performance of India Construction Projects
Dr. Anil Sawhney
Professor, Construction Project Management, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi

Prof. K. Chandrashekhar Iyer, PhD
Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Dr. Hemanta Doloi
Senior Lecturer
Postgraduate Coordinator (Construction Management Program)
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne AUSTRALIA

Sameer Rentala
Former Research Associate
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
  Session 6:
Successful IT Projects and their Impact on operations in organizations
Dr. Amela Peric
Senior Manager, Central Systems, ASX Ltd, Sydney, Australia

Dr. Shankar Sankaran
Associate Professor of Project Management, Faculty of Design Architecture & Building, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Dr John Twyford
Editor, Australian Construction Law Newsletter, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
15:30 - 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Panel Discussion on Pedagogy in Project Management
Dr. Shankar Sankaran
Associate Professor of Project Management, Faculty of Design Architecture & Building, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Dr. Vital S. Anantatmula
Associate Professor, Director-Graduate Programs in Project Management,College of Business,Western Carolina University,University of North Carilona

Dr. M. Korgaonker
Director General, NICMAR, Pune
17:00 - 17:30 Valedictory Session
Address by Dr. Arun Nigvekar, Ex-Chair, UGC

Vote of thanks by PMI
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