Here's wishing all my friends a Very Merry Christmas 2010 and a Happy New Year 2011!
The Greetings are in the form of an Acrostic poem:
The Greetings are in the form of an Acrostic poem:
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Super Shuttler Saina Shines!
Super Shuttler Saina Shines for India!
I just saw her win the Hong Kong Yonex title over the Chinese Asian Games Gold Medallist!
Hopefully, The World No. 1 ranking is now just a formality! Go Saina, go! You made all Indians proud!
I just saw her win the Hong Kong Yonex title over the Chinese Asian Games Gold Medallist!
Hopefully, The World No. 1 ranking is now just a formality! Go Saina, go! You made all Indians proud!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Fifteen seconds of fame and embarrassment!
Having your photograph published in the pages of a national newspaper -- if not for the wrong reasons -- is surely gratifying. It is an even greater ego trip when that photograph shows you in the company of famous people, in colour.
However, it can be quite embarrassment if the photograph is mentioned by someone in the presence of many!
Here is the photograph in question:
Yours truly was given the honour of speaking at the Inauguration ceremony of a prestigious conference on Project Management in Chennai, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and supported by PMI India.
Noted industrialist Mr. T T Ashok, Deputy Chairman of CII, Southern Region, welcomed the gathering.
Speaking on the value of Project Management, I started with the rhetorical question, "If someone were to say that Project Management is largely an accidental profession, would you agree?", leading to how PMI was working hard to provide Project Managers with recognition. PMI does this through Research, Standards, Credentials and Training partners.
Mr. Pankaj Jain IAS of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation spoke about how the Centre was asking IIMs to come up an MBA Program on Project Management.
The event, held at the opulent Taj Coromandel hotel on 21st and 22nd May 2010, was attended by hundreds of middle and senior managers from a number of well-known companies.
Here is a link to article published in The Hindu on 22nd May:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article435457.ece
The same day the article was published, I was conducting a session on Project Risk Management at the Madras Management.
Rather embarrassingly, one of the participants mentioned the article and photograph in that morning's Hindu and commented, "We are in the presence of a famous person here!"
All I could do was go red-faced and say, "It is just 15 seconds of fame that most people get in life!"
However, it can be quite embarrassment if the photograph is mentioned by someone in the presence of many!
Here is the photograph in question:
Yours truly was given the honour of speaking at the Inauguration ceremony of a prestigious conference on Project Management in Chennai, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and supported by PMI India.
Noted industrialist Mr. T T Ashok, Deputy Chairman of CII, Southern Region, welcomed the gathering.
Speaking on the value of Project Management, I started with the rhetorical question, "If someone were to say that Project Management is largely an accidental profession, would you agree?", leading to how PMI was working hard to provide Project Managers with recognition. PMI does this through Research, Standards, Credentials and Training partners.
Mr. Pankaj Jain IAS of the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation spoke about how the Centre was asking IIMs to come up an MBA Program on Project Management.
The event, held at the opulent Taj Coromandel hotel on 21st and 22nd May 2010, was attended by hundreds of middle and senior managers from a number of well-known companies.
Here is a link to article published in The Hindu on 22nd May:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article435457.ece
The same day the article was published, I was conducting a session on Project Risk Management at the Madras Management.
Rather embarrassingly, one of the participants mentioned the article and photograph in that morning's Hindu and commented, "We are in the presence of a famous person here!"
All I could do was go red-faced and say, "It is just 15 seconds of fame that most people get in life!"
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Panel Discussion, PM Quiz and PM Cryptic Crossword at the PM National Conference India 2009.
PMI India, along with PMI Team India (all seven chapters in India working together) planned, organized and conducted the mega event, PM National Conference India 2009.
Held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), the event was a great success, with upwards of 900 attendees, special and volunteers from India and abroad listen to a a number of PM experts and leaders from across the globe.
More details of the event are available at: http://www.pmi.org.in/congress/
I was there at this event based on my position as President of PMI's Chennai Chapter and participated in the Panel discussion on the future of Project Management in India.
This YouTube video includes part of my contribution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FfsNb-Qw4U&feature=player_embedded#!
I was also honoured to be Quiz Master and Crossword Compiler respectively for two unique competitions open to all Conference attendees. These competition were a great success.
Held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), the event was a great success, with upwards of 900 attendees, special and volunteers from India and abroad listen to a a number of PM experts and leaders from across the globe.
More details of the event are available at: http://www.pmi.org.in/congress/
I was there at this event based on my position as President of PMI's Chennai Chapter and participated in the Panel discussion on the future of Project Management in India.
This YouTube video includes part of my contribution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FfsNb-Qw4U&feature=player_embedded#!
I was also honoured to be Quiz Master and Crossword Compiler respectively for two unique competitions open to all Conference attendees. These competition were a great success.
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