Thursday, December 26, 2013

Making It Happen At Project Management National Conference, India, 2013


Being an active part of a two-day professional development event, conducted by Project Management Institute (PMI) India and hosted by PMI North India Chapter was a one-of-a-kind experience.
The theme of this conference was "Project Management - Bringing Certainty in Uncertain Times". It provided an opportunity for Project Management Practitioners across industries, government, academia, NGOs etc., to exchange ideas on the challenges and emerging trends in projects that are contributing to national objectives.
The Highlights of the event are:
·         Over a 1000 professionals from diverse fields from across the country are expected to attend the conference.
·         State-of-the-art conference facilities at premium location in NCR (Gurgaon).
·         Extended Conference Duration of 2.5 days.
·         Those availing the Early Bird offer can attend free Special Programs and earn 3 additional PDUs.
·         Two impactful projects presented as case studies.
·         Choice of informative technical sessions running as parallel tracks.
·         For the first time PMI India National Conference will feature the topic - Project Management - Bringing Certainty in Uncertain Times.
·         Two dynamic panel discussion on a topical subject.
·         14 paper presentations by industry experts.
·         11 visionary speakers sharing their wealth of knowledge.
·         Convenience of registering on-line from home/office.
PMI India had established a number of awards to recognize and honor contributions and achievements in the project management profession. PMI India has been administering the PMI Professional Awards Program since 2009 on an annual basis. This time PMI India came out with a couple of awards which were processed as part of the PMI Conference 2013. The awards are- Project of the Year Award, Project of the Year - Contribution to the Community, Project of the Year - NGO, Practitioner of the Year Award.
The keynote speakers in the event were Swami Sukhabodhananda Chairman Prasanna Trust; Mr. Arun Maira - Member of Planning Commission; Ms. Valerie Gray - Founder Director of Talent Makers; Ms. Deena Gordon-Parla; Mr. Deep Kalra - Founder & Group CEO, MakeMyTrip.com; Mr. Bhaskar Pramanik - Chairman, Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.; Mr. Mahesh Bhatt - Film-maker.
The conference continued with a few more important speakers for the event and became one of the most popular programs of AstroWix to discuss on the latest trends and issues in project management.

PM National Conference ------ 27-28 Sept, 2013
The Leela Kempinski Gurgaon Hotel
Ambience IslandNational Highway 8
Gurgaon
NCR-New Delhi 122 002


Proud To Have Supported The Milestone Event - TiEcon Delhi 2013


Owing to the internet era, Online Marketing has become the intrinsic need of the hour for almost all organizations, belonging to any industry and vertical, from education to fashion and from infrastructure to technology. This in turn gives rise to an intense strategy of developing, executing and closing the projects proficiently with desired output. Project Management, hence, calls out for an exclusive training program as compared to the generic management.
With all the efforts made by AstroWix throughout the last decade, we have been the driving force for the inception of the concept of Project Management in India. Recently, we grabbed an opportunity to support an amazing event- TiEcon Delhi 2013. It turned out to be one of the major landmarks in our entire journey with its insightful agenda featuring some of the most accomplished thinkers and practitioners of today.
The power of online networking was unveiled at the event in the words from eminent speakers. Some prominent personalities shared their valuable experience. Subinder Khurana, Chairman, TiEcon Organizing Committee opened the conference with his remarks, Raman Roy, Chairman & MD, Quatrro – Chair spoke his part of the tale of being the investor, Harsha Bhogle, Cricket Commentator & Journalist & Deep Kalra, President, TiE Delhi-NCR – Chair told their untold stories in “An Unusual Journey”. The most interesting element in the entire event was in the name of “Pati, Patni aur Co. - Managing your personal life/ pressures”. It was conducted by some well acclaimed names, Varsha Bedi, Director, Kaleidoscope (India) Pvt.Ltd. – Chair; Chetna Agarwal, Wife of Dinesh Agarwal, Founder & CEO, IndiaMart; Ritu Kapoor, Wife of Navneet Kapoor, Founder & Creative Head, Anarkey Brand Communications; Manpreet Brar Wallia, Wife of Arjun Walia, Founder & Chairman, Securitas India; Anish Khanna, Director, Sales & Marketing, Matrix Cellular International Services. It was followed by a Fireside Chat with well known Siddharth Roy Kapur, MD, Studios, Disney UTV & Sandeep Sinha, Managing Partner, Lumis Partners- Chair.
Adding this worthwhile chapter in the record of its accomplishments, AstroWix | ACOE Global looks forward to organizing, supporting and sponsoring many more such wonderful events.


VENUE DETAILS:

TiEcon ------  4th-5th Oct. 2013,
Taj Palace Hotel
Sardar Patel Marg Diplomatic Enclave, Chanakyapuri
New Delhi
India