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Mr. Adesh Jain, Honorary President, Project Management Associates (PMA-India), has been named a global advisor for PM Forum. He is also Director of Centre for Excellence in Project Management.Adesh was named a Fellow of IPMA in 2006. He is also a Fellow of AIPM, Australia, CIOB, UK, CSI, India and AIMA, India.

Adesh received his B.Sc in Mathematics (1962) and B.E. in Electrical Engineering (1965) from one of the foremost global institutes - the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He received his Masters of Engineering in Control Systems (1967) at Carleton University, Canada. He is the first IPMA Level A certified professional from India, in 2001. He is the Technical Vice Chair of the International Cost Engineering Council (ICEC) for the term 2010-12. ICEC comprises of 50 countries from all over the world.

In 1982, he became the Chairman of the Heavy Engineering Group comprising of 22 large Public Sector Undertakings. In 1991, the President of India honored him with a Fellowship award for laying a strong foundation for the IT industry in India. He is also a recipient of the First Global Project Management Leadership Award, conferred on him at the 16th Global Symposium in New Delhi on December 16, 2008.He headed one of the divisions of BHEL in 1978 and was the Architect of BHEL’s Integrated Project Management System (IPMS).

He was one of 6 project management leaders elected to the Steering Committee for the Global Project Management Forum in Boston in 1996.

Adesh received the 1997 Distinguished Contribution Award from PMI for laying a strong foundation of PM globally. He was the first non North American to receive this prestigious award. In 2005, Adesh became the first non-European President of IPMA and in 2007, he became the first non-European Chairman of the CoD, IPMA. In 1995, the then Finance Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, gave the Valedictory address in his 2 day workshop on PM in Guwahati, Assam.

Adesh Jain has addressed or trained over 50,000 people world wide. He is the author of the book “New Dimensions in Project Management” (1992) and over 50 articles. He has been invited to talk on Project Thinking at major International Conferences and Seminars, the first one in Stockholm, Sweden in August 1999.

He is the first Asian to become the President of International Construction Project Management Association (ICPMA) in 2008. He is also the President of International Construction Project Management Union (ICPMU).He is Honorary Chairman of China Project Management Committee (CPMC), and is the first non-Chinese to enjoy such a privilege. For many years, he was the chair of the Jury to assess International Outstanding Project Managers in China. In 2001, Adesh Jain was invited to give a Keynote presentation in the Great Hall of China at a conference organized by UNIDO. His topic was the contribution of Project Thinking in smoothing Mergers and Acquisitions.

Adesh was the organizer and manager of the 19th IPMA World Congress held in New Delhi from 13-16 November 2005. It was the largest IPMA Congress ever held with over 1400 delegates from 70 countries.

Adesh is a much sought after Keynote speaker globally and has given more than 40 Keynote presentations on varied topics of project management at:

International Project Management Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal in May. 2011   6th International Project Management Conference in Tehran, Iran in Jan. 2011 The IPMA World Congress, Istanbul in Nov. 2010 5th International Project Management Conference in Iran in Oct. 2009 CIB Joint International Symposium, Dubrovnik, Croatia in Sep. 2009 The Congress – French PM Association, Paris in Oct. 2008 Project Management Asia Conference 2008, Singapore in Oct. 2008 The International Luncheon at the Annual Meeting of AACE, Toronto in Jun. 2008 The PM04 Conference held in Greece in May. 2008   The 3rd Construction Management Seoul Forum, Korea in Apr. 2008 The PMA Japan Conference, Tokyo in Mar. 2008 The PM Congress in Cracow, Poland in Jun. 2007 and at Barcelona in Nov. 2007 on Project Thinking The ICPMA Annual Conference held in New York in May. 2007   The International Conference in Phuket in Feb. 2007 The 1st International Project Management Conference held in Istanbul in Dec. 2006 The Nordnet Conference held in Stockholm in Nov. 2006 The 20th IPMA World Congress held in Shanghai in Oct. 2006

The Government of India (Department of Public Enterprises) has appointed Adesh as a member of a high level Task Force to finalize the Memorandum of Understanding (MOUs) for leading CPSEs in 2006 and he continues to be a Member. He is also appointed as an Independent Director of NTPC Ltd, by the President of India. He was one of the very few individuals from Asia to be invited by NASA to address the participants of ‘PM Challenge – 2010’ in Galveston, Texas, USA in Feb 2010. In short, Adesh Jain is a legendary figure whose passion and dedication for strengthening project management is recognized worldwide. He is a visionary leader who has helped to shape the PM profession globally.