The India Chapter of ISPMA (International Software Product Management Association) was launched in Bangalore on June 18, 2017. Haragopal Mangipudi, ISPMA Board Member based in Bangalore, organized the launch with the objective to bring education to Indian software product managers based on global best practices, and to create a meeting point for the Indian SPM community. Hans-Bernd Kittlaus, Chairman of ISPMA, gave a keynote presentation on ISPMA’s global best practice approach. Also, his new book “Software Product Management: The ISPMA-Compliant Study Guide and Handbook“ (Hans-Bernd Kittlaus & Samuel Fricker, Springer, 2017) - a textbook intended for any ISPMA-based education and certification - was launched at the event. The India Chapter will meet on a monthly basis with presentations from both ISPMA’s worldwide experts and local experts. ISPMA (www.ispma.org) is an open non-profit association of experts, companies, research institutes, and practitioners with the goal to foster software product management excellence across industries. ISPMA aims at establishing software product management as a discipline of its own in both academia and industry, and disseminates and maintains a Curriculum and a Certifiable Body of Knowledge (SPMBoK). The SPMBoK is documented in syllabi that are the basis for training courses and certification exams. ISPMA has more than 1,000 members worldwide. Hans-Bernd Kittlaus is the CEO of InnoTivum (www.innotivum.com) which provides worldwide SPM training and consulting. He is the author of a large number of books and papers, the latest being “Software Product Management: The ISPMA-Compliant Study Guide and Handbook“ (https://www.innotivum.com/publications/spm-book/). Haragopal Mangipudi, is a member of board ISPMA, Founder of GuNaka Consulting.