LESSONS ON NAVIGATING TURBULENCE
PMI Kerala Chapter

PMI Kerala Chapter hosted the 11th edition of its annual project management conference, titled ‘WAVES 2021,’ on 2-3 October 2021. Based on the theme ‘Navigating to Future through Turbulence’, the event saw more than 500 participants from various parts of the globe.

Dileep Viswanathan, conference director and vice president-professional development of PMI Kerala Chapter, gave the welcome address, while Jayakishore S. R., president of PMI Kerala Chapter, delivered the presidential address. In his inaugural address, Dr. Srini Srinivasan, regional managing director of PMI South Asia, highlighted that project managers should identify and be equipped with the skills and capabilities needed to navigate and thrive in turbulence.

On the first day, keynote addresses were given by Jessy Jacob, founder, Fit the Soul; Dr. Praveen K.S, head of neurosurgery, Trustwell Hospital; and Matt Tomlinson, director of PMI.

On the second day, Harikuttan K, vice president-operations of PMI Kerala Chapter, spoke about the chapter activities. The keynote speakers were Sudhansu Mani, retired general manager, Integral Coach Factory (ICF); K.C. Eapen, co-producer of the Malayalam movie Aadujeevitham; Joy Sebastian, creator of Vconsole and CEO and co-founder of Techgentsia; and Kamala Srinivasan, managing director of global affairs at AnitaB.org.

Asha Ravindran, associate vice president-Professional Development of PMI Kerala Chapter, discussed with Lakshmi Menon, a social entrepreneur, how to use every adversity to create innovative products that help mankind.