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Transcript of AACE LAUNCH
An India Sec5on was formally
launched at Chennai on Satur-
day, Nov. 28, 2015. The South
India Sec5on took the lead and
organized the launch event at
The Hilton, Chennai. The event
was a6ended by 70 professionals from reputed
organiza5ons like Petrofac, AMEC Foster
Wheeler, Engineers India Limited, Saipem, ABB,
Wabag, Larsen and Toubro, Professors from IIT
Madras, Anna University, Karle Infra and senior
members from Project Management Ins5tute,
Chennai Chapter.
The grand launch at The Hilton, Chennai
began with Philips Tharakan Mulackal, CCP EVP,
Vice President Interna5onal Regions at AACE,
welcoming the a6endees. The Director, Region
8, Jaimin Mehta, CCP PSP, delivered a short
speech men5oning how professionals and or-
ganiza5ons can leverage associa5on with AACE
for professional excellence and cited a few ex-
amples from his own experience.
The launch formally began with ligh5ng of
a lamp, a tradi5onal way of beginning auspicious
events in South India. Julie Owen, CCP PSP,
AACE President; Sudarshan Karle, Director of
Karle Group; Chandrashekar Rao, Founder of
Shreshreta Solu5ons; Dr. Koshy Varghese, Pro-
fessor Indian Ins5tute of Technology, Madras
(IITM); Jaimin Mehta, Director Region 8, par5c-
ipated in the lamp ligh5ng.
Chandrashekar Rao introduced the TCM
Framework and spoke on “Effec5ve use of RPs
and the TCM Framework to de-risk large capital
projects in India. He men5oned that passion
and commitment are required to adopt global
best prac5ces. Rather than quickly fixing things
in a panic, planning is needed while execu5ng
projects. He men5oned that AACE’s RPs can be
adopted by any organiza5on and customized ac-
cordingly.
Dr. Koshy Vargheese, of IITM, a premier In-
dian Ins5tute, spoke on the gaps in project con-
trols in India. He elaborated on the gaps in the
educa5on system at the under graduate and
post graduate levels. He also men5oned that the
sophis5ca5on of the latest integrated PM so%-
ware makes it difficult to work without a lot of
training and conceptual clarity. He suggested
that clients/project owners need to start de-
manding from contrac5ng agencies for be6er
project control systems. Also, the requirements
in contracts should be elaborated on, very
clearly. He cau5oned, “going up in project con-
trol maturity should be in stages and not be
done by aiming for a 100 percent at the first
stage. Many companies fail due to over expec-
ta5on by not adop5ng a step by step maturity
approach or by discon5nuing these later.” He
says IIT Madras will support AACE in all ways to
expand its ac5vi5es in India. He has assisted
AACE in developing case studies and success sto-
ries in India.
Julie Owen, CCP PSP, President of AACE In-
terna5onal, shared the strategic plan of the or-
ganiza5on, highlighted strengths and focus
areas. She spoke on membership trends and
elaborated on the knowledge resources devel-
oped by AACE. She spoke about the cer5fica-
5ons offered, their benefits and the results of
the salary survey. She also engaged in discus-
sion with the par5cipants and answered queries.
Sivakumar, VP Outreach of Chennai PMI
Chapter, thanked AACE for choosing Chennai for
the launch.
SPOTLIGHT ON THEINDIA, QATAR, ANDSAUDI ARABIA SECTIONS
SPOTLIGHT ON THEINDIA, QATAR, ANDSAUDI ARABIA SECTIONS
• SECTION SPOTLIGHT •
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INDIA SECTION
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Submi6ed photo
Shown above at the launch of the India Sec2on, Philips Tharakan Mulackal, CCP EVP, VP Interna2onal Regions; Sankar Subrah-
maniyam, EVP, South India Sec2on President; Jaimin Mehta, Director of Region 8; Julie Owen, CCP PSP, AACE President; Chan-
drashekar Rao, Founder of Shreshreta Solu2ons; Sudarshan Karle, Director of Karle Group; and Dr. Koshy Varghese, Professor Indian
Ins2tute of Technology, Madras (IITM); par2cipate in a ligh2ng of the lamp, a tradi2onal way of beginning events in South India.
Submi6ed photo
Shown above AACE Vice President Interna2onal Regions, Philips
Tharakan Mulackal, CCP EVP, delivers a welcome address to at-
tendees at the launch of the India Sec2on.
Submi6ed photo
Shown above AACE Director Region 8, Jaimin R. Mehta, CCP PSP,
delivers an address to a3endees at the launch of the India Sec-
2on on Nov. 28, 2015, at Chennai, India.
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Submi6ed photo
Shown above Chandrashekar Rao, founder of Shreshreta Solu-
2ons, delivers remarks at the launch of the India Sec2on. He
spoke on effec2ve use of RPs and the TCM Framework.
Submi6ed photo
Shown above Dr. Koshy Vargheese of IITM, delivers remarks to
a3endees at the launch of the India Sec2on. He spoke on gaps
in project controls in India.
Submi6ed photo
AACE President Julie Owen, CCP PSP, spoke to the India Sec2on about the associa2on, cer2fica2ons, knowledge resources, mem-
bership trends, the strategic plan, etc.
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Submi6ed photo
Shown above Philips Tharakan Mulackal, CCP EVP, Vice President Interna2onal Regions, gives the welcome to a3endees at the
launch of the India Sec2on. Seated from the le# are AACE President Julie Owen, CCP PSP; Chandrashekar Rao, founder of Shreshreta
Solu2ons; Jaimin Mehta, CCP PSP, Director Region 8; Sankar Subrahmaniyam, EVP, South India Sec2on President; and Dr. Koshy
Varghese, a professor with the Indian Ins2tute of Technology, Madras (IITM). The Nov. 28, 2015 launch ceremony was at The Hilton
Chennai.
Submi6ed photo
Shown above is part of the large crowd of at least 70 professionals who a3ended the Nov. 28, 2015, launch of the India Sec2on at
The Hilton, Chennai. The launch formally began with ligh2ng of lamp, a tradi2onal way of beginning auspicious events in South
India. There were various speakers, including AACE President Julie Owen, CCP PSP.
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Sankar, President South India Sec5on, delivered a note of
thanks. He thanked all the a6endees who had taken 5me on a
Saturday evening to a6end the launch. He thanked Mr. Sudar-
shan Karle and M/s. Karle Infra Private Limited, a Karle Group
Company, for sponsoring the sec5on in India. He thanked PMI
Chennai Chapter E&C Forum, Mr. Karthik, Mr. Suresh Chavan
and Ms. Kavitha of Karle Infra for their voluntary support to
make the event successful. He men5oned that, “though Mr.
Madhu Pillai, Mr. Logan, and Mr. Mohammed Rafiuddin are not
present here, without their advice and support reaching this
stage would not have been possible.”
M/s. Karle Infra Private Limited, the real estate arm of Ban-
galore based Karle Group, offered to provide support and logis-
5cal services for sec5on members and poten5al AACE members
in India. Karle Infra has offered its address as the India address
for the sec5on, using its conference room facili5es for conduct-
ing sessions, sponsorship of Indian events including confer-
ences, workshops etc., and use of its office infrastructure for
sec5on ac5vi5es. ◆
The Qatar Sec5on was launched on Nov. 26, 2015.
Dr. R. Seetharaman, CEO Doha Bank, was the
keynote speaker. The chief guest for the event
was AACE Interna5onal President, Julie Owen,
CCP PSP, and the main guest of honor was Chair-
man of Qatar Society of Engineers, Ahmed Jassim
Al-Jolo. The event was a huge success with more than 150 pro-
fessionals from construc5on and associated industries in Qatar
a6ending. A6endees included leaders of venerated private and
government organiza5ons in Qatar.
In his keynote speech, Dr. Seetharaman gave an overview
on the local construc5on industry scenario and linked this with
the global financial condi5on, the expected future trend of the
construc5on Industry in the region, and the importance of cost
engineers in the current economic scenario.
AACE President Owen, in her speech, apprised the audi-
ence on the State of the Associa5on( AACE), as well as giving in-
sights on how to implement Program Management Office
(PMO) for project success through a technical presenta5on.
Mohammed Rafiuddin, CCP PSP, Director Region 7, an-
nounced the official opening of the Qatar Sec5on, which was
followed by Julie Owen cu7ng the ribbon. Rafiuddin also intro-
duced the team of officers for the Qatar Sec5on which consists
of nine officers.
Hussain Al-Omani, CCP CEP DRMP EVP PSP, President of
Arabian Gulf Sec5on (AGS), from which the Qatar Sec5on has
been formed, was present during the launch. He appreciates
forma5on of the Qatar Sec5on and assured full support of the
Arabian Gulf Sec5on to the Qatar Sec5on for its future en-
deavor.
Dev Tamboli, CCP PSP, thanked each and every one for their
support in forma5on of the Qatar Sec5on and then laid down
the vision, mission, and objec5ves of Qatar Sec5on, and assured
its members of the various ac5vi5es to be conducted by Qatar
Sec5on in the field of project management, cost engineering
and planning. The Qatar Sec5on will conduct training for pro-
fessionals, technical mee5ngs, social events and conferences.
He appealed to all the professionals to come forward and sup-
port the Qatar Sec5on and to serve the total cost management
and project controls fraternity in Qatar. Dev also announced
launching of the Qatar Sec5on website at www.aacei-qatar.org
and introduced various channels of communica5on for Qatar
Sec5on members, which includes email, Twi6er, Facebook, and
LinkedIn.
KUDOS!! to the Qatar Sec5on officers for making the event
a grand success. The Qatar Sec5on officers includes:
• Dev Tamboli – President, CCP PSP
• Haresh Jayanth – Vice President, PSP
• Ryan Ace Tan – Secretary, CCP PSP
• Manoj Joshi – Treasurer
• Avinash Gaikwad – Director Membership
• Sitansh Desai – PSP, Director Technical
• Amit Ranade – Director Events
• Mohamad Daaboul – Director Marke5ng & Publicity
• M I Mohammed Nizar – Director Administra5on
For more informa5on about the Qatar Sec5on, kindly visit
www.aacei-qatar.org or email: [email protected] or contac-
QATAR SECTION
Submi6ed photo
Shown above at the launch of the Qatar Sec2on, Devdas Tam-
boli, CCP PSP, Qatar Sec2on President; Julie Owen, CCP PSP,
AACE President; and Mohammed Rafiuddin, CCP PSP, Director
Region 7; cut the ribbon signifying the official launch of the
Qatar Sec2on during a ceremony on Nov. 26, 2015.