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Institute of Project Management Certification (IPMC) has started functioning w.e.f. 1st April, 2010. IPMC is a non profit company incorporated under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956. It was the visionary outlook of Adesh Jain, Honorary President of PMA, and India, to create a separate National Certification Institute, responsible for Certification in the Project Management domain. The main objective of IPMC is to work as an independent Certification Body for Project, Program and Portfolio Management Professionals.
 In April 2008, the report submitted by Centre for Excellence in Project Management (CEPM) to Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) ,Government of India had recommended the formation of not for profit registered company to act as an National Certification Body responsible for award of various Certification Schemes in the discipline of Project Management prevalent globally. The formation of IPMC was in line with the recommendations made to the Government.
IPMC has already signed an agreement with IPMA to award IPMA 4 Level certification (4LC) in project management. IPMC is also responsible for the award of Certificate In Project Management (CIPM) credential.
IPMC will act as a nodal agency in India for various certification schemes.
Objective
  • To promote certification of Projects, Program, and Portfolio professional and competency thereof at various levels as per National & International practice in order to improve quality of services provided by the professionals in their respective fields.
  • To spread awareness in the Projects, Program and Portfolio management by organizing Conclaves, Seminars, Workshops, Conference in association with Central & State Government & Institutes, Universities, Colleges all over India.
  • The institution aims at striving for the betterment of professional in the field of Projects Program and Portfolio management. It aims to promote education for ultimate upliftment.
Project Management 7 Level Certification (7LC) model
All over the world, IPMA 4 Level Certification is becoming extremely popular
PMA had signed an agreement with IPMA to conduct the first, knowledge level i.e. Level “D” certification of the IPMA model in India and award the IPMA-D certificates. The above test is fully accredited by IPMA and recognized all over the world.
PMA started Level-D certification in December 2000 in India. The IPMA-D certification exam is held 4 times in a year - in the month of Feb/May/August and November every year. PMA has already conducted fifteen successful IPMA-D (formerly qpmp) exams so far and the next examination is due on 12 February, 2012.The IPMA Level C and B are experience and knowledge based and higher to Level D. The certification process consists of written test, workshop and interview. The next schedule for IPMA Level C / B certification is scheduled for June 18 to 20, 2010 in New Delhi and the last date for registration is 25th July, 2010.

The IPMA Level A certification is for Programme / Portfolio managers and was launched on 19th Dec. 2008 at New Delhi.

The IPMA-D exam consists of 2 papers- Paper1 and Paper2 each of 2 hrs duration & held on the same day . IPMA-D exam lays more stress on a persons past project management experience and evaluates their ability to manage a complex project environment, and understanding of time, cost, earned value, project scheduling, risk management, resource management, control, and other latest developments in this field world over.

The next IPMA-D exam is being held on 12 February, 2012 at 8 locations - New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Baroda, Dehradun, Hyderabad, Pune and Bangalore.

PMA is the only organization authorized to conduct the IPMA 4 Level certification exam in India and it awards certificates recognized by IPMA, Netherlands. As the national association of PM professionals, PMA is happy that Indian industry is gradually adopting the above certification for their project managers to help them upgrade their skills just like their counterparts in USA, Europe, China and South Africa and become more equipped to compete internationally by avoiding time/cost over runs.
Certification work of PMA India is now being done by IPMC , the Certification Body of PMAIndia / IPMA.
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