Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) for Water Sector to alleviate poverty in Rajasthan
Following the success of a pilot project to reduce neonatal mortality with a special equipment ‘SAANS’, the Assam government has decided to use the air pressure machine developed by a Bangalore-based start-up across its hospitals, officials said on Thursday. ‘SAANS’ is a portable neonatal Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) system that can provide lifesaving breathing […]
Evaluation and Analysis for Tax Transformation (EATT), Ethiopia
Ministry of Economy & Finance (MEF) Programme Budget Capacity Assessment, Cambodia
Sub-National Public Expenditure Review (PER) in Health, Ethiopia
Developing approaches and tools to secure results for gender equality and women’s empowerment in entrepreneurship challenge funds
Working with the private sector to increase opportunities and employment for young people, with a primary focus on young women
Working with civil society around the globe to address local development challenges and help reduce poverty and disadvantage
Meta-evaluation of USAID-supported Global Challenge Funds
Monitoring and Evaluation Services for Future-makers Programme Making an Impact 735,000+ Reached 735,000+ girls and young women with educational programmes to support their economic empowerment. 87,000 Focused on youth employability by supporting 87,000 young people to become job-ready 60,000 Reached more than 60,000 young people with focus on youth entrepreneurship Know More
Challenge Fund Guidelines Making an Impact Development of comprehensive guidelines for Sida personnel and partners engaged in the design and implementation of challenge funds Expected to influence the management of a range of Sida-supported challenge fund programmes. Approx. 90% of the challenge funds supported by Sida aim to explicitly use market incentives to test and […]

Nikos Papachristodoulou

Chief Operating Officer

Expertise

Partnership Development • Operations Management • Business Development • Project Management • Advocacy • Leadership Development and Change Management

M.K. Padma Kumar is involved in developing strategies and managing operations for the IPE Global Group.

He has over 25 years of experience in the development sector, working in civil society organisations and international development agencies like DANIDA and DFID. As the Head of State Partnerships at the DFID India, he was responsible for developing partnerships, programme design, management and strategic oversight of all programmes implemented in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. He has managed various development programmes. His expertise lies in driving operational, financial and programmatic transformations. Before DFID, he was associated with Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA), Help Age and World Wildlife Fund.

He holds a Master’s degree in Business Management with specialisation in Human Resource Management and Finance. He is extensively trained in Project Cycle Management, Grant Management, Performance Management, Leadership Skills and Change Management.

 

Abdul Rahim

Chief Knowledge Officer

Expertise

Management Consulting • Finance • Governance • Change Management • Knowledge Management • ICT4D • Communications • Business Strategy

Abdul Rahim is a senior development professional with over 20 years of experience across diverse sectors, including urban, health, rural & social development, and IT & e-governance. He has led several large, multi-year, multi-departmental projects such as the Health Systems Development Initiative (HSDI) for the Government of West Bengal; Odisha Modernising Economy, Governance & Administration (OMEGA) programme for the Government of Odisha, and Growth Resources and Opportunities for Wealth Creation (GROW) with the Government of Bihar.

He played a key role as the Quality Monitoring and Evaluation Expert in the DFID-supported Knowledge Partnership Programme (KPP), Knowledge Management (KM) and M&E Specialist in USAID-supported SAMRIDH and SAMVEG Projects. He has served as the Cross-Learning Platform Expert for the BMGF-supported WeCan programme. He has been an advisor to several government agencies throughout India and internationally across Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Jordan.

He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur (India). He is an accredited Management Teacher from AIMA. He’s a a certified Trainer, NLP Practitioner and a member of Toastmasters International & Junior Chamber International.

LIFE AT IPE

Learning &
Development (L&D)

We inspire people to be better.

Our intuitive and personalised programmes provide clear path for growth, leadership development, and help people sharpen their skills.

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Your journey starts from Day One….

Structured Onboarding

Helps align expectations and lays the foundation for your success

New Hire Training

Makes you familiar with the organisation; helps you settle down in a new work environment

Customized L&D Platform

Helps upskill at your own pace through continuous learning and training programmes

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Performance Management

Aligns resources and training needs based on your skill set

Learning is not always a formal process. We also align our organisation values to a culture of learning