The discipline of project management is enormously versatile and can be adapted to any industry or business. Its strength is in focused teams of experts who can quickly adapt, organize, and troubleshoot.

On 26 May, project management community members in Noida hosted a half-day event at Erizone, Ericsson Noida, jointly with PMI North India Chapter. The event was open to PMI North India Chapter members, who could register for it through the chapter website. The theme of the event was “Driving success with project management.”

Experts from different business areas and industries spoke on various aspects of project management and how to drive success with project management. The speakers were Amit Mittal, Head - N&V and IT Operations, Ericsson India; Pritam Gautam, president, PMI North India Chapter; Arun Bhati, founder and COO of Orahi; Rakesh Mawa, head - technology consulting practice, Ericsson; Jacob Varghese, head - IT, defense and aerospace markets, PMI India; Pritpal Singh Chhinna, head - aerospace defense (strategic initiatives), Wipro Limited; and Rohit Shukla, head - quality & project office - IT & Cloud, Ericsson India

PMI India also conducted a small quiz on project management, in which Rajesh Raman won the first prize. More than 80 project management professions attended the event. It was a perfect opportunity for professionals to network and listen to experienced and qualified speakers. The organizing team members were Garima Dutt Sharma, Neeraj Sharma H, Rajesh Raman, Soumi Basu, Sumit Sinha, and Vinay Kumar Agarwal.