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Project Management Institute Honors Girish Kelkar, PMI Pune-Deccan Chapter President
Local Leader Recognized with Component Leadership Award

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States and Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 -- (Business Wire India)

Girish Kelkar, has been awarded the Project Management Institute (PMI^®) Component Award for Component Leadership for his role as a leader in the PMI Pune-Deccan, India Chapter and furthering PMI’s envisioned goal that “worldwide, organizations will embrace, value and utilize project management and attribute their success to it.”

This award honors component officers who have effectively guided their component’s operation to significant advancements or achievements for PMI. The award is based on nominees’ significant achievements in their component growth, innovative programs and efforts.

Girish Kelkar is the embodiment of leadership. He established and integrated transparency in his chapter’s operation and developed and promoted visibility at the local and international levels. Under his supervision his chapter completed accounting formalities and audit of the financial transactions for past 3 years, established seminar partnerships with many institutes and organizations in the region, and built successful fundraising programs.

“The PMI Awards Program recognizes excellence in project management across a broad array of categories for organizations, individuals, community advancement and our chapters and their volunteers,” said Gregory Balestrero, president and CEO of PMI. “Winning this award is a testament to the value project management brings to our varied stakeholders.”

The PMI Component Award for Component Leadership was presented on 13 November at the Project Management Conference in Hyderabad, India.

About Project Management Institute (PMI)

The world’s leading project management professional membership organization, PMI shares knowledge with nearly 500,000 members and credential holders in over 185 countries. Since 1969, PMI has impacted more than one million practitioners, businesses, governments, students and training organizations. Today, PMI’s products and services range from world-class standards for project, program and portfolio management to five professional credentials, including the gold standard Project Management Professional (PMP)^®. PMI’s exclusive Global Corporate Council and European Corporate Networking Group engage large multinationals and government organizations in endorsing the value of project management. The only project management association with an established academic research program, PMI has invested more than US$14 million in support of dozens of research projects since 1997. Learn more at PMI.org.

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