Samhita Foundation & USAID

REVIVE: Supporting and restoring the livelihoods of informal workers

Samhita Foundation & USAID

Focused on addressing the livelihood crisis exacerbated by COVID-19, REVIVE aims to provide a no-interest returnable grant (RG) to the bottom of the pyramid, targeting women whose lives and livelihoods were affected due to the pandemic, including loss of job and income.

UNDP Philippines

National Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Programme: Supporting programmes that cover health, nutrition, early education, and social services for children in Philippines

UNDP Philippines

The programme aimed to undertake a formative evaluation of the National ECCD System to provide insights into how its design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation may be further improved. 

NITI Aayog

Composite Water Management Index (CWMI 3.b): Reviewing and analysing the KPIs in water sector

NITI Aayog

Envisioned as a much-required improvement to water resource management and conservation in India in a coherent and collaborative manner, the Index is a public platform that provides an annual snapshot of the water sector status and the water management performance of the different states and UTs in India.

Aga Khan Foundation

Women empowerment and smallholder livestock improvement programme in Bihar: Conducting an outcome evaluation study

Aga Khan Foundation

The study aims to strengthen evidence-based decision-making in project implementation (in both direct implementation and outreach areas), contributing to the quality of implementation and enabling wider dissemination of project learning for policy dialogue.

World Bank

Supporting Chennai City Partnership Programme: Assessing Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) as Independent Verification Agency (IVA)

World Bank

Focused on poverty reduction, good quality service delivery with universal access, and environmental conservation, the multifaced urban improvement programme is being implemented by the Government of Tamil Nadu for Chennai Municipal Administration.

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

Linkage with
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