This award was given to the PRMIA emerging market member who scored the most correct answers on the Associate PRM exam, from September 16, 2008 - December 31, 2008. The Associate PRM is a new and innovative PRMIA certificate program intended for staff entering the risk management profession, or those who interface with risk management disciplines on a regular basis, such as audit, accounting, legal, HR and systems development personnel who want to do so more effectively by gaining an understanding of fundamental risk management methods and practices.
To make this award possible and encourage risk managers from emerging markets to expand their risk management skills, David R. Koenig, former Chair of the PRMIA Board of Directors and former PRMIA Executive Director, donated the $1,000 prize that he received as winner of the 2008 PRMIA Higher Standard Award.
Mr. Anand passed the Associate PRM exam in October and then went on to take and pass the Professional Risk Managers (PRM) Exams I and II. Passing the Associate PRM exam offers an exemption to PRM Exam IV, leaving Mr. Anand needing to pass only PRM Exam III before he receives the PRM designation, the world's leading certification for risk managers.
"Thank you to PRMIA and David Koenig for giving me this award," says Dhiraj Anand. "I work as a Business Analyst in the risk domain and wanted to increase my risk knowledge and make myself a more effective analyst. I saw the Associate PRM as a stepping stone to the PRM exam. Studying for and taking the Associate PRM and PRM exams has enhanced my risk knowledge and given me confidence to deal with my colleagues who are more directly involved with day-to-day risk activities."
"The Associate PRM program is an important advancement in the development of risk management standards globally," said David R. Koenig. "Mr. Anand is to be congratulated for his leadership in pursuing this designation and his performance." Mr. Koenig continued, "I hope that the accessibility of this program will lead to broad adoption of the Associate PRM credential throughout emerging and developed markets."
