AFD

Urban sustainable development in Tanzania: Carrying out a prefeasibility study

AFD

With an aim to support sustainable urban development in intermediary cities like Mwanza and Tanga in Tanzania, the project was started by Tripleline to highlight opportunities for supply chain enhancements to improve market function for key food-related value chains.

The Royal Norwegian Embassy

NIPI

Providing strategic, catalytic, and innovative support to India’s National Health Mission (NHM), NIPI is testing scalable interventions in Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Jammu and Kashmir.

FCDO

Green Urban Growth (GUG) Programme in Somalia: Supporting business case design

FCDO

The Green Urban Growth (GUG) programme proposes to unblock access to resilient basic services and create green economic opportunities, benefitting Somalia’s urban poor. As part of the project, vulnerable cities with high economic potential (trade corridors) will be prioritised.

USAID

Systems Approach for MNCH focusing on Vulnerable Geographies in India (SAMVEG): Developing responsive innovations for health systems strengthening

Aimed at filling the critical gaps in the health sector, Systems Approach for MNCH focusing on Vulnerable Geographies (SAMVEG), a follow up on USAID’s flagship project Vriddhi, encourages innovations, scale-up & sustenance of interventions to improve Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (MNCH) outcomes in identified vulnerable geographies of India.

The World Bank

Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development Project (TNSUDP): Studying the best practices and lessons learnt

The World Bank

Focused on improving urban services in the participating Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in a financially sustainable manner and piloting improved management practices in selected cities, the Tamil Nadu Sustainable Urban Development Project (TNSUDP) is being implemented by the Government of Tamil Nadu with the assistance of World Bank The total outlay of the project is US $ 600 million, of which World Bank assistance is US $ 400 million.

FCDO

Cities and Infrastructure for Growth Ghana (CIG Ghana) Programme: Scaling up and improving urban services

FCDO

The programme focused on urban flooding, producing flood modelling work, identifying potential soft and hard infrastructure interventions, and guided sources of climate finance. The Cities and Infrastructure for Growth – Ghana (CIG Ghana) Programme in its first phase delivered support to two cities (Sekondi-Takoradi and Tamale) in to address climate change.

GIZ

EkamraKshetra Heritage Zone: Developing viable technical solutions for planning a Low Emission Zone (LEZ) at Lingaraj Temple area in Bhubaneswar

GIZ

The proposed project at ‘EkamraKshetra’ Heritage Zone in Bhubaneswar has a concept in place for development of Low Emission Zones (LEZ) around Lingaraj Temple. The concept aims to provide people a unique experience.

World Bank

Support for Chennai City Partnership Programme for Results (PforR): Appointing Independent Verification Agency (IVA) for assessing Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs)

World Bank

Focused on poverty reduction, good quality service delivery with universal access, and environmental conservation, Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) has set up an Urban Service Delivery Improvement Programme for Chennai Municipal Administration, aligned with Tamil Nadu’s Vision 2023. To cater to GoTN’s need, the World Bank prepared the Chennai City Partnership Programme for Results (PforR) operation.

DFID

Evaluation of Zimbabwe Programme Portfolio: Supporting economic development and poverty reduction

DFID

Aimed at providing evidence and learnings, the purpose of this evaluation was to to optimise the impact and value for money.

DFID

Institutions for Inclusive Development (I4ID) Programme, Tanzania: Designing and implementing mid-term review and final evaluation

DFID

Aimed at strengthening democratic institutions and governance in Tanzania, Institutions for Inclusive Development (I4ID) sought to facilitate economic growth and inclusive development that benefits the marginalised sections. 

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Ulaanbaatar Ger Area Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Community Enhancement Project PFS: Supporting the cities' development initiative for Asia

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

The objective was to conduct a pre-feasibility study of required physical infrastructure investments, which would enhance the value of heritage landmarks in the selected Ger (traditional Mongolian settlements) areas as tourism sites and will provide economic opportunities for Ger inhabitants.

Government of India

Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY): Preserving the unique character of the heritage city of Puri

Government of India

The programme focused on facilitating inclusive heritage-linked urban development. We were responsible for planning, advising, and supporting the City Mission Directorate in the successful implementation of the scheme.

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.

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