President A P J Abdul Kalam will inaugurate the event through a videoconference link and deliver the key-note address from Rashtrapati Bhavan as he would not be able to physically attend the programme on the advice of doctors, the organizers said today.
The Hyderabad chapter of the US-based Project Management Institute, which is one of the 200 chapters in the world working with the objective of creating professional project management awareness in the region, is hoisting the event.
The conference, titled "Gyan Lahari" (knoweldge waves), was aimed at providing a platform for academicians, entrepreneurs, students and industrialists in the Asia Pacific region to share their experiences and knowledge and increase awareness about project management, director of Defence Research Development Laboratory Prahlada and A V Ramam, chapter secretary and chairman of Gyan Lahari conference told reporters here.
