On April 25-26, 2025, Raghwesh Ranjan, Head of Social Economic & Empowerment, IPE Global, joins a plenary session as a panellist on “Mission Born Healthy – Transforming Maternal & Newborn Care through Integrated Innovations”, which highlighted how we can reimagine care for mothers and newborns. Mr. Raghwesh also moderates a session titled “Scaling Innovations to Improve Nutrition Outcomes – Learnings from South Asia”, where he explores practical pathways to take promising solutions to scale, with insights from across the region.
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.
