2009-10-15 13:14:02 - Mr. Upendra Giri, Founder | CEO, AstroWix Corporation has been awarded with the Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award from the Project Management Institute, USA. This award is in recognition for his outstanding contributions to the practice of the project management profession and his demonstration of leadership and his initiatives to advance project management concepts, techniques, practice and theories.
He is the First Indian to be honored with the award

~ PMI Honors Upendra Giri with the Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award ~


~First Indian to be honored with the award~


New Delhi, 15th October, 09: Mr. Upendra Giri, Founder | CEO, AstroWix Corporation has been awarded with the Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award from the Project Management Institute, USA. This award is in recognition for his outstanding contributions to

the practice of the project management profession and his demonstration of leadership and his initiatives to advance project management concepts, techniques, practice and theories.


This award comes as an inspiration to all the young professionals in the country and a standing ovation to Mr Giri’s dedication and commitment towards the discipline of project management. Mr. Giri has been a role model for many professionals around the world and this award establishes him as an icon with relentless and dauntless passion for the project management profession.


On receipt of the award Mr. Giri said “It is indeed an honor to be awarded the Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award. I am very happy to be the first Indian and the youngest professional till date to be honored with this award.”


PMI is the leading global standard-setting organization and advocate for the project management profession in the world. With more than 260,000 members in 170 plus countries, PMI is the leading membership association for the project management profession and comprises of a truly global community of project management practitioners that represent every major industry sector.


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 Eric Jenett Project Management Excellence Award was presented on 10 October during the PMI Awards Ceremony at PMI® Global Congress 2009—North America in Orlando, Fla.


About PMI-


The world’s leading project management organization, PMI shares knowledge with nearly 500,000 members and credential holders in 185+ countries. Since its founding 40 years ago, 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.

About AstroWix-


AstroWix is a forward thinking Program and Project Management Solutions Company. With its strong adherence to Project Management norms, AstroWix facilitates organizations to excel in their respective business domains by achieving their desired organizational goals at the right time and at minimum budget. For the balanced and effective execution of these solutions, AstroWix blends a series of services which include Project Management Consulting, Project Management Competency Development, Setup and Support of Project Management Office, Collaboration and SharePoint Deployment and End-to-End Project Management Support. AstroWix is also a Registered Education Provider of PMI®, USA and a Gold Certified Partner of Microsoft.
AstroWix's professional staff has served fortune 500 and government clients in the areas of finance, healthcare, defense, information technology, telecommunication and pharmaceutical services sector. The training, consulting and technology solutions of AstroWix enable clients to take a practical value-based approach to program and project management.




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