The “Institute of Project Management Certification (IPMC)”, the Certification body of Project Management Associates under the regulations of IPMC and the National Competence Baseline as validated by the “International Project Management Association (IPMA)” has conferred ABl Srivastava, Director (Finance), NHPC ltd. as ‘Certified Project Director’ (CPD), IPMA level A.
The certification was based on the assessment by independent assessors covering areas like behavioural, contextual and technical competencies while assessing the role of Srivastava as a Portfolio Manager while acting as Chairman of NHPC ltd. There are only 12 Certified project directors in the country and Srivastava is the 13th Certified Project Director to be conferred this prestigious certificate.
It is also worth mentioning that Shri Srivastava happens to be the first person with the background of Finance to get CPD in India. Institute of Project Management Certification (IPMC) is the national certification body of PMA India with the objective of spreading awareness about projects, programme and portfolio professional and competency as per national and international best practice.
IPMC is accredited and validated by IPMA Switzerland and its activities are coordinated by IPMA through the Certification Validation Management Board (CVMB), validators and the Certification System Panel (CSP). IPMA is the only global federal organisation comprising National Project Management Associations from 55 countries across the five continents which provides visionary directions to the project management profession and facilitates pooling of national experiences to form a global depository of knowledge.