OnTarget 2009:
PMI Pune-Deccan India Chapter organized “OnTarget 2009”, 2 days Mega International Conference on Project Management in Pune. The conference with the theme “Infrastructure (IT / Non IT) Project Management” was highly successful & received overwhelming response from various PMI chapters and members across the globe. The focus was to understand the projects, which are contributing to daily routine, rural areas, and common man's life. The conference had two tracks –Academic track & Professionals track.
Day 1 of the conference (On-Campus) on 11th Jan was a part of Pune chapter’s continuing drive towards cultivating Project Management know-how among college students & professors. On-Campus 2009 presented lectures focusing on Project Management best practices, competitions and quizzes to stimulate the minds. Ranjit Gadgil, Director Janawani delivered keynote speech topic was Challenges & Opportunities for the youth in new India. Dr. S. B. Kolte, Director General, IMSCDR talked on Challenges for Nextgen MBAs / Engineers.  Umesh Bapat, VP, Tata Power talked on Management Challenges for the Youth in 21st Century. Panel Discussion was held to discuss on Need to introduce Project Management as an area of specialization for the MBA programs, panel discussion was done by Mr. G S Kelkar, Dr. A. Kulkarni, Dr. S. B. Kolte, Dr. C. Y. Chitale, Dr. S. Dastane, Mr. A. Gupte and Mr. S. Vaidya. Parallel to panel discussion there was Faculty Development Program on Coaching and Mentoring by Shivakumar Sundaram, Head of Training, Syntel Inc. Prize distribution of Paper & Quiz competition was done by Actor / Director / Scriptwriter Pushkar Jog.
Day 2 of the conference on 18th Jan This was the biggest gathering of professionals about 500 professionals attended the event. The conference was sponsored by companies like Microsoft, ESI International, Vodafone, AirTel, Sabcons, All India Associations of MBAs (AAMBA), The Digital Group, QuickHeal etc.  G Narayana Chairman Emeritus Excel Industries presented keynote speech on Challenges & Opportunities of International Projects. Shantanu Bhamare, PMP Chapter Vice President did discussions with Ajay Phatak Director CoreObjects on Sustainability challenges in Program Management to share his experience. Chapter Academic Interface Director Himanshu Warudkar, PMP did discussions with Avinash Patkar Chief Sustainability Officer Tata Power on Challenges of managing Sustainability for Power Industries. Chapter President Girish Kelkar did discussions with Suresh Shirke  Retd director WALMI on Challenges of Managing Water Resources based Projects as well as with Nikunj Vyas Sr Vice President Reliance Communications on Challenges of Telecom projects for modern India. Rajendra Shende Head UNEP DTIE shared his expreience on Challenges managing Global Programs for Climatic Changes & Environment. Prize distribution of Paper & Quiz competition was done by Rajendra Shende, Girish Kelkar Chapter President, Shantanu Bhamare, PMP Chapter Vice President.
This professional track was broadcasted online and many countries and PMI chapters : PMI Memphis TN, PMI Austin, Texas Chapter, PMI WDC Chapter, PMI Panama Chapter, PMI Government SIG, PMI France-Sud, PMI Nova Scotia Chapter, etc. participated in the conference online. Online webcast was attended by 100 people. 

OnTarget 2008:
PMI Pune-Deccan India Chapter organized “OnTarget 2008”, 3 days mega Naional Conference on Project Management in Pune from 11th to 13th Jan 2008. The conference with the theme “Behind the Scenes” received overwhelming response from various PMI chapters and members across the globe. The focus was to understand the projects, which are contributing to daily routine, rural areas, and common man's life. The conference had three tracks – Leadership workshop, Academic track & Professionals track.
Day 1, The Leadership workshop conducted on 11th Jan guided all the audience through a fascinating, highly interactive day of leadership training, which was designed to accelerate the learning of essential leadership competencies. The workshop was aimed at helping the participants to begin a transformation from manager to leader.
Day 2 of the conference (On-Campus) on 12th Jan was a part of Pune chapter’s continuing drive towards cultivating Project Management know-how among college students & professors. On-Campus 2008 presented lectures focusing on Project Management best practices, competitions and quizzes to stimulate the minds. PMI BOD chair Phillip R Diab PMP inaugurated the conference and shared experiences and guidance for students on Project management. Dr. Jerry Brightman, President of The Leadership Group presented the keynote speech. Mr. V.Srinivasa Rao, President of PMI-Pearl City (Hyderabad) Chapter presented an interesting talk on Student Leadership Competency Program. Mr. Raman Atmakuri, Component Mentor of Region 11 presented a talk on “Understand the Business (not technology) for a better career”.  Gertrude Moeller, Ph.D., PMP, Director of Academic Outreach, PMI Memphis TN Chapter interacted with the students about the mentoring aspects. Girish Kelkar, Vice President PMI Pune Chapter presented a talk on “Need for Self Development”. Mr. Dhananjay Gokhale, President of PMI Pune Chapter introduced Project Management Course ware with the professors.
The TeamIndia leadership summit was organized on 12^th Jan. TeamIndia is a group of Indian PMI chapters collaborating together for providing synergized value to all the PMI members in India. All the PMI chapters in India participated in this conference and discussed various plans for collaborative joint efforts in national level. PMI BOD chair Phillip Diab addressed TeamIndia meeting and shared PMI’s vision and plan for Indian region.
Day 3 of the conference on 13th Jan presented case studies of some of the largest, complex and well managed projects in India. The uniqueness of the conference was with the interactive sessions instead of monolog communication. Pune chapter’s facilitators interviewed the speakers and talked with about the experiences, best practices & issues observed in their respective projects. PMI BOD chair Phillip Diab presented a keynote speech and presented PMI’s vision, outreach programs, standards and plans for Indian region. Dhananjay Gokhale interacted with Mr. Seshadri Vijayaraghavan about his experiences in projects in Honeywell. Mr. Vijayaraghavan talked about “Trials Na Tribulations of a ‘Desi’ PM in managing a Global Program”.
·  Dr. Ketan Gokhale, Ex-MD of Konkan Railway presented his experiences of working on one of the biggest projects in the history of modern India – Konkan Railway & construction projects in Kashmir; challenges in the project and how they were overcome.
·  Mr. N. Muralidharan, CEO of NSE Infotech Services talked about the experiences of setting up the IT backbone of one of the biggest stock exchanges in the world.·        
·  Mr. Srinivas Netrakanti talked about product management and other issues faced while setting up organizations from ground up.
·  Mr. Netrakanti CEO and co-founder of Optessa Inc, Canada, is entrepreneur and pioneer in the area of developing software solutions in the area of sequencing and scheduling.
·  Mr. D. V. Pathak & Mr. Mone Chief Engineer of Paranjape Schemes talked about Insights into construction projects.
This professional track was broadcasted online and many countries and PMI chapters participated in the conference online.