Ahmedabad, 1 October 2012

Project Management Institute (PMI), is the world’s largest Project Management member Association, representing more than 6,00,000 Project Management practitioners and having existence in more than 185 countries. As a global thought leader and knowledge provider, PMI supports organizations in achieving their project goals by educating project management practitioners through its global standards and credentials, collaborative chapters and virtual communities and academic research.

PMI had organized their fourth Project Management National Conference 2012 at Chennai on Sept 28th – 30th, 2012. The event was attended by over 1200 delegates across the globe. The theme of this conference was “Project Management for Sustainable Competitive Advantage”.

PMI desired to distinguish achievements by organizations in the project management field and announced PMI Awards 2012. These awards recognize and honor projects that have delivered superior results through exemplary application of project management principles. The Awards for Best project of the year were presented in three categories i.e. Short Term (Less than 1 year), Medium Term (1 to 3 years) and Long Term (More than 3 years). Gujarat Power Corporation Limited for its project “Gujarat Solar Park”, one of the best art works of Govt. of Gujarat, was awarded as the “Best Project of the Year – Medium Term Duration”.

A total of 77 nominations from all over India were received, which were put through an elaborate evaluation criteria consisting of best practices in project management, Innovation, Value creation, sustainability and customer endorsement. This evaluation was done by expert panelists drawn across diverse industries in the country. Through this stringent screening process, Gujarat Solar Park was adjudged as the winner. Today, Gujarat Solar Park has successfully accomplished more than 214 MW Solar Power Projects in a single location at Charanka Village, Dist Patan, Gujarat.

Mr. Raj Kalady, MD PMI (India) viewed that PMI panelists were amazed by the development happened in Gujarat through the implementation of Multi Technology, Multi Facility, Multi Developer and Multi Beneficiary in Gujarat Solar Park project within an unbelievable short duration. He also added that this can happen only in Gujarat, under the strong leadership of Hon. CM, Shri Narendra Modi and his involvement must definitely be acknowledged, appreciated and saluted. Solar Park project has really emerged out as a Role Model for Solar Industry.