Institute of Project Management Certification (IPMC) has started functioning w.e.f. 1st April, 2010. IPMC is a non profit company incorporated under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956. It was the visionary outlook of Adesh Jain, Honorary President of PMA, and India, to create a separate National Certification Institute, responsible for Certification in the Project Management domain. The main objective of IPMC is to work as an independent Certification Body for Project, Program and Portfolio Management Professionals.