According to this article, India currently has less than 9% of the ideal number of project managers as the economy grows until 2020. This is not surprising as an economy emerges from years of slower momentum now moving into higher gears. The case is similar in other fast growing nations. Even China, even as its economy cools, the need for project management heats up. As a volunteer member in PMI NYC Chapter, we hosted a panel of aviation industry experts last year. They were hunger for knowledge about everything project, program, and portfolio management.
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India needs 400,000 project managers every year till 2020
The Business Standard writes: By 2020, India will need to generate 400,000 project management professionals (PMSs) every year in order to handle ongoing and future projects, especially in infrastructure and power, said Project Management Institute (PMI).
In order to meet such a requirement, PMI, a global nonprofit professional membership association for project management profession, is looking to tie up with institutes and government agencies for churning out such professionals.
“India is far behind from its actual requirement of PMIs. Against an annual requirement of 400,000, only 35,000 professionals are available who have knowledge or skill of project management. As a nonprofit organization we are working to increase force with public and privet organizations including government departments,” said Raj Kalady, managing director of PMI India.
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