Mr. O. Arivazhagan, B.E (Honors), PMP, PMI-SP, PMI-RMP, MBB, CFM (HFI, USA)

Mr. O. Arivazhagan, a certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) , a certified Scheduling Professional (PMI-SPSM), a certified Risk Management Professional (PMI-RMPSM) from PMI® USA, a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma (MBB),

and a Honors graduate in Civil Engineering from University of Madras has, in total, 24 years of cumulative professional experience in Domestic & International EPC/Turnkey Projects, Software projects, and in conducting Project Management Training programs.
He has successfully organized & conducted more than 40,000 person-hours of training (http://www.iipmchennai.com/feedback1.html) in project management around the globe and is a frequent speaker on project management in various corporate, forums/conferences around the world (http://www.iipmchennai.com/Archive.html). He has Managed, Estimated, Designed, Planned, Tendered, Coordinated, Executed projects in various capacities and has handled projects in Industrial, Power sector/ Software fields worth more than US$ 100 million in countries including India, Saudi Arabia and UAE. He has developed/managed software projects for the automation of Industrial structures, Foundation design, Preprocessors for Tower Analysis, CAD fabrication drawings in Auto LISP/VBA/ BASIC. He has managed and implemented large ERP projects for construction project companies. He was General Manager of a large contracting company in the middle-east. He is an active member of PMI®, USA.
He was on the Board of Directors of PMI's DPC-SIG in the capacity of Vice Chair: Marketing for the period of 2001 to 2004. Also
Mr. Arivazhagan is one the leaders in the DPC Leaders' group.
He has delivered several lectures/training programs on Project Management in India, Middle-East, and Asia-pacific & USA. He is an active user of MS Project 2003. He enjoys teaching/training/consulting and his areas of interests/ specializations are Construction Project Management, Software Project Management & Event/Movie Projects Management.

Mr. Arivazhagan is a certified film maker/director from Hollywood Film Institute, Los Angeles, USA. His vision is to introduce project management principles and techniques in Movie projects to manage movie projects "on time and within budget”  (www.idm-madras.com).

Mr. Arivazhagan is also a social activist and is interested in helping the poor and underprivileged in whatever way he can. (http://www.iipmchennai.com/ss.html)

International Dream Merchants (IDM), the film making division of International Institute of Project Management (IIPM), is engaged in the entertainment industry by involving itself in the Digital Film Making / Ad Films / Commercials / Tele Films / TV Serials / TV Game Shows / Short Films / Documentaries / Educational Films and also runs an ONLINE FILM SCHOOL FOR Certified Film Making (CFM) for benefit of the movie / film buffs around the world at economical cost mostly in line with Hollywood Film Industry and provides additional services like Consulting / Movie Project Management in order to equip the independent film makers and movie enthusiasts to make a movie “on time within budget” in the fields of Entertainment Industry, Advertising, Marketing and Event Management.

The Entertainment Division executes projects projects like Commercial Movies, Documentary Films, TV Serials, Tele Films, Digital and other TV Programs.

The Advertising & Marketing Division caters to the needs of the companies who want to advertise and market their products to the naïve users.

Movies by IDM:

• IDM released it’s first Digital Feature Film "The Perfect Knot" on 9th July'08.

• IDM released it’s Second Digital Feature Film “Paarvaigal Palavitham” on 11th December’09.

TV Serials by IDM:

• The program "Sollathaan Ninaikkiren", produced by IDM and telecast on a popular Tamil Satellite Channel (Under Production).

Advertisements by IDM:

Marketing through the visual media is the best way to reach to the consumer market. IDM produces and directs advertisements for any industry for any product / service.

A few of the advertisements produced by IDM are:

• For an Event Management Company

• For a Restaurant

• For a popular Soft Drink

Audio Launches by IDM:

• “Saathuryam” Audio Release Function at Radha Park Inn on 22 Dec '06.

Film School by IDM:

• IDM conducts the “Certified Film Maker” (CFM), Digital Film Making Fast-Track Course in a practical 5 - days Class Room Workshop, and also as a Web based 6 Months Online Course.

Past Conferences / Panel Discussions by IIPM / IDM:

• “Visual Project Management” – One day conference on Soft skills in movies, on Sunday, the 6th December 2009.
   

• One Day Refresher Session on "Changes to New PMBOK® Guide - 4th Edition" on Sunday, the 16th August 2009.
   

• One-Day All India Conference on “Six Sigma in Project management”, on Sunday, the 14th December 2008.
   

• Participation in "Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry" (FICCI)
  Media & Entertainment Business Conclave 18th-19th Nov,2009.

Contact Information:
Suites# 201, 203, 205, Kassim Plaza,
19, Dhandapani Street,
T. Nagar, Chennai - 600 017.
India.
Mail: director@idm-madras.com
Phone: +91 - 44 - 2435 9078 / 4207 1124 / 4264 1401
Fax: 2435 9078

Mr. PALAMUDHIR SELVAN, MBA, CAPM, CSSGB
Production Manager, IDM.

An MBA (Marketing) from Madras University having consolidated 9 years professional experience. He has good PM software experience in Event Management, Movie project managements etc.

 

MR. I. Maran, DEEE, Director, IDM.

He has 13 years experience in Film Industry.Worked with directors like Mr. Balu, Mr. Arun Pandian, Mr. Jayaprakash and Mr. C.T. Pandi.

Has experience in directing documentary and Short films and has directed “Paarvaigal Palavitham” a Digital Short Film by IDM.