Conference Agenda
Disclaimer: PMI India has the right to amend, modify or change the agenda without prior notice.
Only Delegates registered for Early Bird Session to be present on September 26th, 2013
| Thursday, 26th September | |||||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Registration | ||||
| 14:00 - 16:30 | Early Bird Session: Are your soft skills too soft? Fine tuning Soft Skills for Hard Skill application Valerie Gray |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 | Networking / Tea Break | ||||
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Early Bird Session: How Social Networking is turning into Business Networking - Indian Case Study Leigh Moyle |
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| Friday, 27th September | |||||
| 08:00 - 09:30 | Registration | ||||
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Short Prayer & Lamp Lighting Bhaskar Pramanik, Deena Gordon Parla, Manoj Gupta, Raj Kalady, Craig Killoug, Brian Weiss, Pritam Dutt Gautam |
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| 09:40 - 09:50 | Welcome Address Manoj K. Gupta - Chairman Project Management National Conference India 2013 |
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| 09:50 - 10:05 | Special Address Deena Gordon Parla - Member PMI Board of Directors |
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| 10:05 - 11:05 |
Inaugural Address: Bringing Certainty in Uncertain times Bhaskar Pramanik - Chairman, Microsoft India Unveiling of PMBOK® Guide 5th edition (Hindi) Recognition of TVC Team |
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| 11:05 - 11:10 | Vote of Thanks Raj Kalady - Managing Director, PMI India |
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| 11:10 - 11:40 | Tea Break | ||||
| 11:40 - 12:25 | Keynote Session: Learnings from My Trip Deep Kalra - Founder & Group CEO, MakeMyTrip.com |
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| 12:25 - 13:10 | Keynote Session: Realizing opportunity in facing uncertainty Craig Killough - Vice President, Organization Markets, PMI |
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| 13:10 - 14:10 | Lunch | ||||
| Pearl 1 | Pearl 2 | Maple | Royal | ||
| 14:10 - 14:55 |
Adoption of Lean Start-up techniques in the Indian IT industry Rajeev Mukundan Head, Sales & Solutions, Insurance Analytics TCS |
Construction of mega township at Pune using PMI techniques Vijay Sane COO Kolte Patil Iven Townships (Pune) Ltd |
Change Management - A success story in a government organisation R T Sundari Consultant C-DAC, Noida |
Case Study: Managing Innovation Projects Shankar K. Sundaram Head Wipro PM Academy |
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| 14:55 - 15:05 | Transfer Break | ||||
| 15:05 - 15:50 |
Managing Small Teams - Look Beyond Process Simplification Vimal Kumar Khanna Managing Director mCalibre Technologies |
Are Your Projects Supporting Your Vision Statement? Prove it! Raed Haddad MD ESI Intl. APAC |
Understanding Project Milieu in Account Project Pipeline Management in Engineering Outsourcing Industry Dr. Chakradhar Iyyunni L&T |
Case Study: Technology Enabled Innovation in Project Management for Quantum Business Benefits Chandan Chowdhury Managing Director Dassault Systems |
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| 15:50 - 16:20 | Tea Break | ||||
| 16:20 - 17:05 |
Strategic approach to ascertain accurate decisions after unplanned service outage in Telecom operations Deep Kamal Singh Project Manager - APAC Comverse Network Systems India Pvt Ltd |
Managing Innovation Program in Large Organisations Asoke Dassarma Vice President - BPO Transformation TCS |
Experience Predictability In Software Project Delivery Pranabendu Bhattacharyya Head-Estimation COE TCS |
Case Study of Effective Project Management in a Mega-construction project R. Shankar Narayanan Head - Strategy & Planning L & T Construction |
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| 17:05 - 17:50 | Networking / Tea Break | ||||
| 17:50 - 18:40 | Corporate Panel Discussion: Managing uncertainties in project Moderator: Hanumant Talwar (MD Convergys) Panelists: Indranil Das (VP - Ericsson), Sophie Bechu (Vice President, IBM India South Asia), Neeraj Bansal (Partner - KPMG) |
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| 18:40 - 18:55 | Break | ||||
| 18:55 - 20:25 |
PMI India Awards Night: Award ceremony for presenting the Best Project of the Year (Large/Medium/Small category), Contribution to community, NGO and Practitioner of the year Keynote Speaker: Arun Maira, Member Planning Commision Recognition of LTA Team |
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| 20:25 - 22:25 | Networking, Cocktail & Dinner | ||||
| Saturday, 28th September | |||||
| 9:30 - 9:35 | Welcome Address Pritam D. Gautam - Project Director, Project Management National Conference India 2013 |
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| 9:35 - 9:45 | Conference Core Committee Volunteer Recognition | ||||
| 9:45 - 10:30 | Keynote Session: India's Healthcare - Getting it right Vishal Bali - Group CEO, Fortis Healthcare Limited |
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| 10:30 - 11:30 | Government Panel Discussion: E governance and public empowerment - "fiction or reality" Moderator: Vimal Wakhlu (CMD - TCIL) Panelists: Bipul Pathak (Sec. IT Govt. of J&K), Sanjay Jaju (AP IT Sect.), Rajesh Aggarwal (Maharashtra IT Sec), Dr Davendra Verma (DDG MoSPI) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Tea Break | ||||
| Pearl 1 | Pearl 2 | Maple | Royal | ||
| 12:00 - 12:45 |
Optimizing Client Expectations in Delivering Certainty Avinash Kumar Head, Business Solutions Banking and Financial Services TCS |
Integrated Framework of HR and Business Processes is the key driver for a Strong Engaged Workforce Karthik Parvathi Head - Talent Integration Process Excellence Lead HR - Talent Acquisition, TCS |
Plan A, Plan B, Plan C.... how far? Paramita Mukerji Project Management Consultant Wipro Technologies |
Tata Nano project shifting from Singur to Sanand Girish Wagh Head Tata Nano Project, VP-Tata Motors |
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| 12:45 - 12:55 | Transfer Break | ||||
| 12:55 - 13:40 |
Transforming to Learning Organization: Converting 'Bench' Threat into Great Opportunity Vineet Kumar Hanjarimal Jain EAS-Chennai, DGM HCL Technologies Ltd |
The Leader's Choice: Five Steps to Ethical Decision Making Alankar Karpe PMI Ethics Member Advisory Group |
Risk Mgmt. framework using FMEA for Concurrent and Complex Engineering Environments Anju Drolia ST Microelectronics |
Development of Largest Solar Park in Asia - Challenges and Implementation P H Rana Dir & Advisor Gujarat Power Corp. Ltd. |
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| 13:40 - 14:40 | Lunch | ||||
| 14:40 - 15:25 | Keynote Session: Managing Uncertainities in Movie Making Mahesh Bhatt - Eminent Film Producer, Director & Writer |
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| 15:25 - 15:55 | Tea Break | ||||
| 15:55 - 16:40 | Keynote Session: The Ancient Wisdom of Working in a Team Swami Sukhabodhananda |
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| 16:40 - 17:25 | Volunteer Recognition, Passing the Baton & Group Photograph session | ||||
| Legend | Conference sections where all 1,000+ people participate in Inaugural/Valedictory Sessions, Keynote/Special Addresses, Panel Discussions, Debates or the Cultural Programme. | ||||
| Speeches by Invited Speakers or Case Studies of Project Success. | |||||
| Technical paper presentations | |||||
| Breaks for Lunch, Dinner, Tea, or transfers | |||||
Disclaimer: PMI India has the right to amend, modify or change the agenda without prior notice.

