Prasanna Kumar Motupalli, CMD NLCIL Awarded With IPMA Project Director (level A) Certificate

Neyveli, Jan 18 Prasarna Kumar Motupalli, Chairman and Managing Director of #NLCIL has been conferred
with Prestigious International Project Management Association (PMA) Project Director (Level A)
Certificate of competency for his commitment in executing various complex projects at the strategic
level and for his exemplary leadership skills.

The certificate was awarded to Prasanna Kumar Motupalli by Padma Bhushan Dr. Sivathanu
Pillai, President, PMA, India & Founder and Former MD, CEO of #Brahmos Aerospace, ina function
held at Yegneshwaran Auditorium, Learning & Development Centre, NLCIL On 18.01.2025.

Functional Directors of NLCIL, Samir Swarup, M. Venkatachalam, and Thiru Appakannu
Govindarajan, Chief Vigilance Officer, NLCIL, participated in the event. Shri T. Srinivasan,
Regional Director, PMA, India, and Senior Officials from NLCIL also graced the occasion.

The International Project Management Association (IPMA) is a federation of around 70-member
associations across the globe which provides qualification standards for individuals working in
project, programme and portfolio management while the PMA level A certification is the highest
internationally recognised level as project, programme and/or portfolio professional, recognised in
over 70 countries. With this certification, Shri Prasanna Kumar Motupai has joined the elite
band of around 500 people in the world and only forty people in India to acquire the coveted
IPMA level A certification status.

In his address, NLCIL CMD, Prasanna Kumar Motupalli stressed upon the importance of
Project Management in Industry today. He recalled his achieving of the “D Level certification from
IPMA 15 years back and recounted how the certification enabled him to execute challenging
projects within short timelines eficiently. He exhorted all employees to get various levels of
certification from IPMA to enable a positive transformation of the performance of the company. He
also said that achieving the “A” level certification was a dream come true for him.

This Certification will benefit NLCIL in successfully executing various projects and will
demonstrate the Company’s commitment to excelling in project management. Such prestigious
certification will help significantly in providing confidence to clients that the company can handle
their business efficiently and cost-effectively.

As part of bringing young talents into the execution of present and future projects, 35 Executives
from various Units of NLCIL were awarded IPMA “C” Level & “D” Level Certificates in Project
Management at the event.

Such programs, followed worldwide, go a long way in promoting and spreading NLCIL’s spirit of
Project Excellence across industries in terms of project management, performance, approach, and
results.