Hyderabad (PMI Pearl City) Chapter
9/1/2009Hyderabad is a city known for its ancient culture, pearls, and more importantly, the Hyderabadi biryani. In the last decade, Hyderabad has undergone a tremendous transformation and has become a leading IT, ITES, biotechnology, and aviation hub while retaining its old charm.
The PMI Hyderabad Chapter was initiated in 2001 with 25 members and in the last seven years it has grown to 741 members. The chapter’s vision has been to be a globally respected not-for-profit organization and making project management and leadership indispensable to shape academia, business, society, and nation. Its goals are to:
Provide a common platform/network to exchange knowledge, information, and expertise among the members;
Bring the best industry practices together by cross fertilization of ideas from industry and institutions;
Promote and professionalize the A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge – Fourth Edition (PMBOK® Guide) through different means, like education, seminars, workshops, certifications, and piloting;
Translate the knowledge, skill, and best industry practices to benefit social, environmental, and government projects and other initiatives, eventually to benefit the common man.
The chapter has been conducting unique workshops and training programs to offer a collective platform to discuss and collaborate on the joint needs of project managers. It has increased its reach to the member community through a quarterly newsletter and through energy centers and clusters which focus on dialogue and discussion in the project management community. Over the years, the chapter has invested in creating new and innovative standards in the areas of project management and leadership. In 2006, the chapter received the ‘PMI Community Advancement through Project Management Award’.
A quick look at the recent happenings at the chapter
On 19 June, the chapter held its AGM where all the previous presidents and founders where facilitated;
On 25 July, it held an upgrade workshop to create awareness among the participants about the differences between the PMBOK® Guide Third and Fourth Editions;
On 26 July, the chapter held Gyan Tarang, a workshop to bring together the PMPs of the chapter, to brainstorm and collect the best and toughest of questions in each of the knowledge areas; and
The culmination of the Gyan Nidhi PMBOK Guide ®--Fourth Edition, a project initiated by the executive board and brought to conclusion by the entire PMI Pearl City Chapter (PMIPCC) team.
Executive Board
President: A Suresh Chandra, PMP
Vice President & Treasurer: Srinivas Kopparapu, PMP
Secretary General: Ravi Vurakaranam, PMP
Academy: Mahesh Gaddi, PMP & Amithkumar Mikkilineni, PMP
Alliance and Partnerships: Sudhindranath Neela, PMP & Mahesh Samudrala
Communication and Branding: Arunkiran Ponnekanti , PMP
Members and Volunteers Management: Srinivasu Chowta, PMP & Raghuveer Gadiraju, PMP
Clusters: Udayabharathi Shrivastava, PMP
Student Leadership Competency Building Initiative: Sathya Venkatesh P., PMP
Technology Platform Management: Phalguna Ramaraju, PMP