The chapter conducted a state-wide business quiz for college students as part of its academic outreach program. Colleges were slotted into three zones depending on their location – south, central, and north Kerala. Registration was free, and each college team had two members. A total of 86 quiz teams registered across Kerala.

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.

The teams that secured the first and second positions in the regional round on 9 December and 16 December moved to the state-wide, final round. The final was conducted in Kochi on 6 January along with the Kochi branch inauguration ceremony.

PMI Region 11 Mentor Girish Kadam awarded a trophy and a cheque for Rs. 25,000 to the champions – Jameel K B and Abdul Vahid P A from Government Victoria College, Palakkad.YeYoon Kim from PMI GOC Singapore awarded a trophy and a cheque for Rs. 15,000 to the runners-up team of Harikrishnan M B and Faheem M from the Government Engineering College, Trissur.

Jayakrishnan P S, president, PMI Kerala Chapter, did the honors for the second runnersup team of Zahir Akthar K V and Aswin Shaj from Nirmalagiri College, Kannur. They received a trophy and a cheque for Rs. 10,000.