PMI Kerala Chapter celebrated its 15th anniversary by moving into its first physical office space at BHub in Mar Ivanios Vidyanagar in Trivandrum. The chapter chose Kerala Piravi Day, or the state’s founding day, which falls on 1 November, for this occasion.

The chapter will use the BHub office space for networking and learning. PMI India Managing Director Raj Kalady, was the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony. Dr. Saji Gopinath, director, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala, and CEO, Kerala Start Up Mission, joined Kalady in lighting the lamp and cutting the ribbon for the inauguration. The office is in a prime location buzzing with educational and business activity.

On 6 January, Kerala Chapter joined the elite group of chapters with more than one branch. On this day, it formally inaugurated the Kochi branch. The chapter has now been rebranded as PMI Kerala Chapter, instead of PMI Trivandrum, Kerala Chapter, and has a new logo.

PMI staff member — YeYoon Kim from Singapore, and PMI Region 11 Mentor Girish Kadam from Pune were present on the occasion. A special invitee was Dr. Najeeb Zackeria, chairman, Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India, Kerala. He expressed his support for PMI Kerala Chapter’s effort to increase project management awareness among engineering and construction professionals.

Raghunandan Menon, chapter vice president, governance, has taken the lead in drafting the branch operations guidelines such as the governance model, financial policies, and an overview of activities to be undertaken. The following volunteers will support Menon in these efforts – Kenny Paul, Kabir Pary, Venkata Subramanian, Mehraj A, and Tony Jacob (AVP, academic outreach).