PgMP® Certification, taught by a practitioner who holds it.
40 contact hours covering the PgMP application, the panel review and the 170-question exam. Led personally by a PgMP-certified practitioner — the credential is rare enough in India that trainer credibility genuinely matters.
The credential for people who run multiple related projects.
PMP is the credential for project managers. PgMP is PMI's credential for those who have moved up — who no longer run one project, but run several related projects toward a strategic organisational outcome.
- Issued by: Project Management Institute (PMI USA)
- Focus: managing programmes (multiple projects), not individual projects
- Rarity: fewer than 5,000 PgMP holders exist globally; fewer than 500 in India
- Sits above: PMP in PMI's credential hierarchy
- Best for: senior PMs, programme managers, PMO leads, EPC package managers, delivery directors
You're a fit for PgMP if…
You already run programmes
You're managing multiple related projects toward a defined strategic outcome — not just running one project after another.
Your role has strategic scope
Benefits realisation, stakeholder alignment across business units, and governance decisions are part of your daily job.
You want the differentiator
In a market saturated with PMPs, PgMP is one of the few credentials that visibly separates senior delivery leaders.
The two experience paths.
PgMP has stricter experience requirements than PMP — both project management experience and program management experience must be documented separately.
Path 1 — Secondary diploma
- Education: secondary diploma or global equivalent
- Project management experience: 4 years (6,000 hours)
- Program management experience: 7 years (10,500 hours)
Path 2 — Four-year degree
- Education: four-year bachelor's or global equivalent
- Project management experience: 4 years (6,000 hours)
- Program management experience: 4 years (6,000 hours)
Programme experience must involve managing multiple related projects toward a strategic outcome — not just running project after project. PMI is strict on this distinction; our application coaching helps you frame your work accordingly.
Application. Panel review. Exam.
Unlike PMP, PgMP is not just an exam. There are three gates:
- 1Application — three programme narratives + full experience log, reviewed by PMI staff
- 2Panel Review — certified PgMPs evaluate your programme experience against PMI's standard (typically several weeks)
- 3Multiple-Choice Examination — 170 questions in 4 hours; delivered online-proctored or at a test centre
The narratives that get accepted.
The PgMP application requires three programme narratives — each describing a programme you led, the outcomes it produced, and how you managed benefits, stakeholders and governance. This is where most applications stumble. We work through each of your narratives 1:1 before submission, framing your work in PMI's programme vocabulary.
What the panel actually asks.
- How you defined and managed benefits — not just deliverables
- How you handled stakeholder alignment across business units
- How you made programme-level go/no-go decisions
- How you managed inter-project dependencies and resource contention
- How your programme laddered up to strategic objectives
- How you closed the programme — transition to operations
Every Pro-track cohort includes a 1:1 mock panel with the trainer — run in the same format PMI uses, using your own programme narratives.
170 questions. 4 hours. Five domains.
Format
- 170 multiple-choice questions
- 4 hours total, one 10-minute optional break
- Online-proctored or test-centre delivery
- Available in English
Five domains
- Strategic Program Management
- Program Life Cycle
- Benefits Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Governance
Which one should you take?
PMP is for practising project managers. PgMP is for those who've moved up — running multiple related projects toward a strategic outcome. If you can only do one, and you're still leading individual projects, do PMP. If you already run programmes, PgMP is the credential the market genuinely values.
From enrol to credential.
- 1Week 1–2 — foundations & PgMP standard walkthrough
- 2Week 3–5 — programme lifecycle, benefits, stakeholders, governance
- 3Week 6–7 — application coaching & narrative drafting
- 4Week 8 — application submitted to PMI
- 5PMI review + panel review (typically 4–8 weeks)
- 6Exam prep — scenario question banks, mock exams, weekly clinics
- 7Book & sit the exam
Transparent pricing.
Standard — ₹28,000 + GST
- 40 hours of live training
- All session recordings
- Programme narrative templates
- 170-question exam bank
- Weekly cohort clinic
Pro — on request
- Everything in Standard, plus:
- 1:1 application coaching across all three narratives
- 1:1 mock panel with the trainer
- Extended WhatsApp support until you clear
Corporate cohorts (minimum 4 participants) available on-site across India, GCC and Southeast Asia. WhatsApp us for pricing.
Taught by Gyanendra Singh — personally.
Not a rotating faculty. Every PgMP cohort is led by Gyanendra Singh, PgMP-certified with 25+ years of EPC and infrastructure programme experience.
Attend from anywhere.
All PgMP cohorts run live online with recordings, so participants join from across India, the GCC, Southeast Asia and beyond. Corporate on-site delivery available.
Useful next stops.
- PMP vs PgMP — which credential fits your career stage
- PgMP panel review preparation guide
- PgMP salary in India
- PMP certification training — if you don't yet hold PMP
- Corporate PgMP training for oil & gas
Common questions.
Serious about PgMP?
Fifteen-minute call. We'll walk through your programme experience and tell you honestly whether PgMP is the right next step — or whether PMP first is smarter.