Adesh Jain Named Global Advisor for Project Management Entity PMForum
Dallas, TX, March 18, 2007 --(PR.com)-- PMForum, Inc. announced today that Mr. Adesh Jain, M. Eng, CPP, MPD, immediate past President and current Chair of the International Project Management Association (IPMA), has been named a global advisor to the company. Global advisors provide advice and guidance to the company’s editorial team on ways to better serve the world of professional project management. PMForum operates www.pmforum.org, one of the world’s most popular project management websites, and produces the popular monthly PM World Today eJournal.
According to PMForum Managing Editor David Pells, “Adesh Jain is one of the world’s most widely recognized figures in the project management profession. For the last ten years, he has traveled widely, been a keynote speaker at many international events, and trained thousands of persons in project management. He has been active in China since 1999 and is honorary Chairman of the China Project Management Committee (CPMC), the first non-Chinese to enjoy that privilege. We are honored to have him on our advisory team.”
Adesh Jain is Managing Director of the Centre for Excellence in Project Management Ltd. (India), President of PM Guru, Inc. (USA), and Honorary President of Project Management Associates (PMA - India). Adesh is the immediate past president and current Chair of the Council of Delegates for the International Project Management Association (IPMA), and is Chair of the IPMA Nation to Nation Forum. Adesh’s career includes 40 years of project-oriented work, including positions with Litton Industries and Control Data Corporation in the USA. In 1973, Adesh became No. 2 in one of the largest steel plants in India. In 1975, Adesh became head of IT and Project Management services for Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, the largest Indian government engineering undertaking. He became Chairman of the Heavy Engineering Group in 1982. In 1991, the President of India honored him with a Fellowship award for laying a strong foundation for the IT industry in India. He has since been conferred with 6 major awards in India, including the 'Gem of India' award. Adesh was named a Fellow of IPMA in 2006.
Adesh Jain founded the Centre for Excellence in Project Management in 1992, and Project Management Associates (PMA), India, a-not-for-profit registered society, in 1993. He was elected to the steering committee for the Global PM Forum in 1996 and received a Distinguished Contribution Award from the Project Management Institute (PMI®) in the USA in 1997. In January 1999, Adesh became the first non-European to become a Vice President of IPMA, serving three terms through 2004. He was elected President of IPMA for 2005 and IPMA Chair for two years beginning January 2007. Adesh has made over 40 keynote presentations in recent years, is author of the book “New Dimensions in Project Management” (1992), and has authored over 50 articles on project management. For the last ten years, he has organized and managed an international project management conference in New Delhi, and he was the organizer and project manager of the 19th IPMA World Congress held in New Delhi in November 2005, the first IPMA congress outside of Europe and the largest IPMA congress ever held. Adesh Jain has a BS in Mathematics and BS in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a MS in Control Systems from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Other well known professional leaders who have recently become global advisors for PMForum include Russ Archibald in Mexico (PMI Fellow; PMI member #6); Martin Barnes, PhD, in the UK (APM Fellow, former chair of APM and IPMA, current President of APM); Gilles Caupin in France (IPMA Fellow, former Chair of IPMA & the French PM Association AFITEP); Eric Jenett in the USA (Founder, Fellow & former Chair of PMI); Brian Kooyman in Australia (Fellow & Past President of AIPM); Harvey Levine in the USA (Fellow & Past Chair of PMI); Louis Mercken in Belgium (former Chair of PMI); Marcio Prieto in Brazil (Founder of PMI Brazil & PMI Sao Paulo); Hiroshi Tanaka in Japan (Former chair of JPMF, Founder & President of PMAJ); Professor Vladimir Voropajev in Russia (Founder & Fellow, Russian Project Management Association SOVNET); Max Wideman in Canada (PMI Fellow; former PMI Chair); and Rebecca Winston in the USA (PMI Fellow; former PMI Chair). The Company expects to announce the addition of other global advisors in the future. Additional information about PMForum’s Global Advisors can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#3.
PMForum, Inc. administers and operates www.pmforum.org, the world’s first project management website and one of the world’s leading sources of project management news and information. PMForum also publishes the monthly online PM World Today e-Journal, where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading project management authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.
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According to PMForum Managing Editor David Pells, “Adesh Jain is one of the world’s most widely recognized figures in the project management profession. For the last ten years, he has traveled widely, been a keynote speaker at many international events, and trained thousands of persons in project management. He has been active in China since 1999 and is honorary Chairman of the China Project Management Committee (CPMC), the first non-Chinese to enjoy that privilege. We are honored to have him on our advisory team.”
Adesh Jain is Managing Director of the Centre for Excellence in Project Management Ltd. (India), President of PM Guru, Inc. (USA), and Honorary President of Project Management Associates (PMA - India). Adesh is the immediate past president and current Chair of the Council of Delegates for the International Project Management Association (IPMA), and is Chair of the IPMA Nation to Nation Forum. Adesh’s career includes 40 years of project-oriented work, including positions with Litton Industries and Control Data Corporation in the USA. In 1973, Adesh became No. 2 in one of the largest steel plants in India. In 1975, Adesh became head of IT and Project Management services for Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, the largest Indian government engineering undertaking. He became Chairman of the Heavy Engineering Group in 1982. In 1991, the President of India honored him with a Fellowship award for laying a strong foundation for the IT industry in India. He has since been conferred with 6 major awards in India, including the 'Gem of India' award. Adesh was named a Fellow of IPMA in 2006.
Adesh Jain founded the Centre for Excellence in Project Management in 1992, and Project Management Associates (PMA), India, a-not-for-profit registered society, in 1993. He was elected to the steering committee for the Global PM Forum in 1996 and received a Distinguished Contribution Award from the Project Management Institute (PMI®) in the USA in 1997. In January 1999, Adesh became the first non-European to become a Vice President of IPMA, serving three terms through 2004. He was elected President of IPMA for 2005 and IPMA Chair for two years beginning January 2007. Adesh has made over 40 keynote presentations in recent years, is author of the book “New Dimensions in Project Management” (1992), and has authored over 50 articles on project management. For the last ten years, he has organized and managed an international project management conference in New Delhi, and he was the organizer and project manager of the 19th IPMA World Congress held in New Delhi in November 2005, the first IPMA congress outside of Europe and the largest IPMA congress ever held. Adesh Jain has a BS in Mathematics and BS in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and a MS in Control Systems from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
Other well known professional leaders who have recently become global advisors for PMForum include Russ Archibald in Mexico (PMI Fellow; PMI member #6); Martin Barnes, PhD, in the UK (APM Fellow, former chair of APM and IPMA, current President of APM); Gilles Caupin in France (IPMA Fellow, former Chair of IPMA & the French PM Association AFITEP); Eric Jenett in the USA (Founder, Fellow & former Chair of PMI); Brian Kooyman in Australia (Fellow & Past President of AIPM); Harvey Levine in the USA (Fellow & Past Chair of PMI); Louis Mercken in Belgium (former Chair of PMI); Marcio Prieto in Brazil (Founder of PMI Brazil & PMI Sao Paulo); Hiroshi Tanaka in Japan (Former chair of JPMF, Founder & President of PMAJ); Professor Vladimir Voropajev in Russia (Founder & Fellow, Russian Project Management Association SOVNET); Max Wideman in Canada (PMI Fellow; former PMI Chair); and Rebecca Winston in the USA (PMI Fellow; former PMI Chair). The Company expects to announce the addition of other global advisors in the future. Additional information about PMForum’s Global Advisors can be found at http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#3.
PMForum, Inc. administers and operates www.pmforum.org, the world’s first project management website and one of the world’s leading sources of project management news and information. PMForum also publishes the monthly online PM World Today e-Journal, where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading project management authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net.
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