Academia – Students and staff alike, are the key elements of our Outreach towards an important segment of the Project Management community. PMI and PMI Chennai Chapter have a lot to offer towards this key segment, by way of Knowledge Sharing, trainings leading to standard certifications, other non-certificate trainings on concepts and tools, consultancy on projects – both internal and external, chance to volunteer for various social causes – above all, a great opportunity to interact with Industry professionals as part of a wider global network.
What more, we have multiple programs running round the year benefitting the Academia – be it trainings, participation at our Annual Project Management Conference Sangamam, etc.
And of course, academic institutions associating with our Chapter have the golden opportunity to learn from and acquire their own copy of our flagship book on Project Management for Students in Tamil – “Thittamidu Vettri Thodu” (“திட்டமிடு வெற்றி தொடு”).
Academia Forum
We encourage the Academic Institutions across the region to partner with us by establishing Academia Forums with PMI Chennai Chapter at your institution. Benefits of this Academia Forum include:
- Opportunity for Interaction with Industry, including Mentorship for Faculty & Students
- Improve effectiveness of internal & external research projects, as well as quality of operational processes, utilizing expertise from PMI on global best practices
- Access to invaluable Learning opportunities like PMI Kick-off crash course on Project Management
- Knowledge Sharing Sessions and Workshops on Project Management topics from Industry Experts, including PMI’s participation at Academic events
- PMI co-branded certification courses taught by experts, incl. “co-teaching” and Curriculum planning
- Exposure to standard Project Management tools for planning, execution & tracking
- Access to Project Management knowledge in vernacular language, including our flagship book on PM in Tamil language “Thittamidu Vettri Thodu”
- Opportunity to volunteer for social good causes as part of PMI program for Youth & Social Impact
Learn Project Management Basics... For Free!!
Do you wish to learn essential Project Management basics in a fun-filled way in a short period, do not worry! Project Management Institute (PMI) offers a totally free of cost crash course in Project Management, where you can learn from scratch in about an hour, all the basics of Project Management, with which you can kick-start your career while you are still a student. The same applies for Academic staff as well, in helping you acquire critical Management skills that will make your activities far more efficient - be it your academic / research tasks, or engagement with the Industry.
Please scan the bar code on this page, to visit the PMI Kick-off website, where you can register and complete a short course on Project Management basics, totally free of cost and in a very short time. You may also visit this URL to register and take the course: https://bit.ly/PMICC-Kickoff .
To get more info on this free course, as well as to know more about our offers and how to associate with PMI Chennai Chapter, please connect with our AVP, Academia or write back to us.
Scan this bar-code or visit the link https://bit.ly/PMICC-Kickoff to access the free PM crash course!!
FIRST ACADEMIA FORUM LAUCH @CRESCENT UNIVERSITY-CHENNAI
PMI Chennai Chapter launched its first Academia forum at Crescent University -Chennai on 16 Mar 2021. This event was chaired by Parvez Alam, VP Outreach and Dr. B Shyam Sundar, Vice chair - Associate Vice President- Academia, PMI Chennai Chapter. The event was scheduled as below.
Happy Learning !!
Contact: Jeyaselvi P., AVP Academia – PMI Chennai Chapter.