·Ways I can help
Open for community work · IIBA, PMI, non-profit, education

Free senior PM and BA helpfor the people who build the craft.

I'm an active member of the IIBA and PMI communities. This surface lists what I'm available to help with right now. Pro-bono advisory for chapters, mentoring serious CBAP and PMP candidates, standards work, ad-hoc support for non-profits and educators that reach out. No fees. Real commitment.

IIBAChapter advisory · CCBA/CBAP mentoring
PMIChapter support · PMP candidate mentoring
Non-profitsPro-bono delivery advisory
EducatorsCurriculum review · guest sessions
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01Currently accepting

2 initiatives I'm available to help with. No fee, real commitment.

The full list and the watch-list both live on causes & initiatives. Tagged below: what kind of work, how much time, how to start the conversation.

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02Free resources

1 resourceI've put togetherthat other practitioners might use.

Checklists, one-pagers, lightweight guides. Always free. Browse all →

03Stories

Notes from the volunteer work. What was done, who it helped, what I took from it.

The backward-looking record. Published when the lesson is worth writing down. Browse all →

04About

Senior practitioner. Member of the communities I lean on for my own work.

I'm a working PM and BA. Fourteen years on enterprise programmes, currently running an independent practice. This page isn't about that work. It's about the volunteer commitments that sit alongside it.

The craft I make a living from was given to me by the IIBA and PMI communities. The standards, the chapter mentors, the people who answered questions on forums when I was getting started. I think it's fair to give some hours back, deliberately and structurally, rather than only when someone asks.

What I take on: chapter-level advisory work (curriculum, mentor tracks, standards-clinic structure), 1:1 mentoring for serious CBAP and PMP candidates who can't afford paid coaches, pro-bono delivery advisory for non-profits running real programmes, and ad-hoc curriculum review for educators teaching the craft.

What I don't: marketing-flavoured "thought leadership", anything that puts my name on someone else's content, or open-ended commitments without a defined exit. The volunteering surface is governed by the same scope discipline as the paid work.

05Get in touch

If one of the initiatives above is close to what you're working on, start the conversation. I reply within one working day.

Email varun.vashisht@live.com Same day, working hours
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Causes What I'm available to help with Current accepting + watch list
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