PMI Kerala Chapter has initiated training sessions for professional development of its members with an aim to upskill them with the tools and certifications relevant in the current times.These sessions will focus on Microsoft Project and Jira, and are scheduled to be held in June and July. Three batches were trained during a two-day workshop on MS Advanced Excel training, and one batch attended the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification program in May.

The chapter has also announced a 1-PDU free webinar session on 13 June, in which Dileepan Moorkanat, strategic innovations program leader, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, will speak on the topic, ‘Having a Growth Mindset in the Midst of Chaos.’ The session is open to all, and registration link will be shared on the chapter’s social media handles. This is the first free webinar on professional development being organized by the chapter. It will be held every second Sunday of the month on a new topic.

The chapter will also conduct Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM), Disciplined Agile Senior Scrum Master (DASSM), PgMP® and PMP® certification training in June and July.

(Chapter news contributors are Nowshaba Durrani, PMP; Akhila Gowri Shankar, PMP; Manohar Yerraguntla, PMP; Gokul Kolipaka, PMP; and Hariprasad PS, PMP, DASSM)