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Newtown Square, Pa. and Hyderabad, India, 16 November 2009 — Upendra Giri, PMP, was awarded the Project Management Institute (PMI) Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award for his outstanding contributions to the practice of the project management profession and has demonstrated leadership and initiative while advancing project management concepts, techniques, practices, or theories.
Giri, founder and CEO of AstroWix Corporation and founding president of the PMI North India Chapter, was instrumental in guiding Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel to set up a project management office. He not only set up and customized the project management technology, but also cultivated a culture of project management in the company, significantly transforming the approach to projects among employees.
“Upendra’s contributions toward creating awareness of project management in India have been widely recognized. He has helped lay the foundation of project management in India and has been a symbol for progress in the profession,” said Raj Kalady, managing director of PMI India. “He is a true visionary and an exceptional leader who deserves recognition for his support of and contributions to the project management community.”
The PMI Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award will be 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.
