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Vol. XI Issue VII - July 2009
Project Management eJournal
REGIONAL REPORT:
Project Management Update from Nepal
By Suraj Dahal
International Correspondent for PMForum
& PM World Today
Kathmandu, Nepal
Value & Results for Nepal from 23rd IPMA World Congress
in Helsinki, Finland in June 2009
First, Project Management Association of Nepal (PMAN) is a fairly new establishment that promotes the profession of project management (PM) in Nepal. It was started with the initiative of 7 founding members mostly from social development, IT and financial sectors, in January 2006. Till date it has more than 55 institutional and individual members.
The foremost achievement of the visit was to share the steady growth of the Project Management Association of Nepal (PMAN) to be in a position to meet all the criteria for its membership at International Project Management Association (IPMA). It has submitted its application this month to the IPMA Executive Board to be the next member nation to join IPMA.
That organization already has 45 national member associations mainly from Europe, North and South America and a new notable ones from Asia such as Iran, India and China.
Second, Nepal had the largest number of delegates from any country outside of Europe and the Americas for both the Young Crew Workshop and the IPMA World Congress in Helsinki, which had representation from more than 55 countries.
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Suraj Dahal
Suraj Dahal is a visiting professor of project management at Kathmandu University’s School of Management for MBA and affiliated Bachelor's Degree programs in Development Studies and Development Finance. He completed his BSEE degree in electrical engineering in 1997 and MBA degree in 1999 from the University of South Alabama (USA), and is a PhD candidate on project management. Suraj has served in executive positions at prominent non profit organizations in Nepal and has implemented projects with the World Bank, DfID / Enabling State Program, European Commission, Save the Children, and other international organizations. A graduate of the Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University (USA), he is also a trainer and consultant for development projects. He is currently Executive Chairman of Kathmandu Academy that offers such qualifications as Cambridge University's International A Level, International Diploma in Project Management and ACCA. Mr. Dahal is an active advocate of the project management profession and is the founding member and General Secretary of the Project Management Association of Nepal. Suraj Dahal can be contacted at suraj@ktm.edu.np. |
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