About PMI India Academic Advisory Group (AAG)

The PMI India Academic Advisory Group was formed in December 2009. The members are all eminent academicians from reputed colleges across the country and also senior practitioners from Industry. The group is led by an elected Chair and the names of the members and chair of AAG are as follows:

Chairperson

Dr Mangesh G. Korgaonker
Director General, NICMAR

Members

Prof. Goutam Dutta Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Prof. Anil Sawhney Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Dr. Karuna Jain Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Prof. Tapan Bagchi NMIMS

Dr. Satyanarayana Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Prof. Rammohan Rao Indian School of Business Prof. Krishnamoorty Larsen & Toubro Prof. Gopalaswamy IIIT-B

Academic Advisory Group's activities

Objective:

• To render advice on ways and means to promote and popularize Project Management education in academia.
• To provide thought leadership and assistance in the dissemination of information related to project management education to the influential persons in Government, National and State level Academic Institutions, Deemed Universities, and Private Universities.
• To influence peer group of academicians for the introduction of Project Management related subjects into the curriculum and participate in identified events/conferences for advocating teaching and research in Project Management.

Activities initiated and implemented by AAG:

• Conceptualized and driven the Research and Academic Conference
• Drafted a reference syllabus on Project Management for B-Schools and Engineering Colleges so as to encourage them to teach PM, either as a standalone course or in an embedded model.
• Conceptualized the framework of recognizing academicians in the field of PM by PMI India Distinguished Fellow Award, Distinguished Scholar Award & PMI India Young Research Scholar award
• Created guidelines of Case Studies