Samarthanam’s initiative CABI received prestigious PMI awards for outstanding project management

On 27^th September 2013 Samarthanam was awarded Runners up trophy in the NGO category for outstanding project management in organizing T20 World Cup for the Blind in December 2012. Samarthanam had organised the first ever T-20 World Cup for the Blind between 1^st to 13^th December 2012. This tournament saw Nine countries namely Australia, Bangladesh, England, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Nepal and India coveting for the World Cup. A total of 39 matches were contested some of which were very exciting nail biting matches. The final and the most closely contested match in the tournament was between India and Pakistan. Like any other matches between the two countries this match too had many thrilling moments. India lifted the first ever T20 World Cup for the Blind.

PMI is world’s largest not-for-profit membership association for project management professionals. PMI India established a number of awards to recognize and honour contributions and achievements in the project management profession since 2009.  This year under the category Project of the year – NGO Samarthanam was selected second to The Energy and Research Institute (TERI) from among several large scale applicants. This was in recognition of successful execution of the T20 World Cup which was in no way less than a project that required implementation using most of the project management principles. The glittering award ceremony was organised at Leela Kempinski in New Delhi as part of the PMI Conference. Samarthanam was one among the others like Reliance, Tata, Alstom, TERI and ESSAR Group that were recognized on the occasion.

Samarthanam was the first organisation to receive the award on the day of the event. Hundreds of leading movers of the corporate gathered on the occasion and admired CABI’s video which was greeted with thunderous applause. Later several of them approached Mahantesh G K founder Trustee to wish him and express their admiration.

In the words of Mahantesh “This recognition is purely due to the passion and commitment of Team Samarthanam, in managing and executing a successful world cup…. we as a team can achieve many more milestones …”