At a time when front-line workers like Anganwadi workers (AWW) in Odisha are continuing to work hard during times of a national lockdown, our community-led campaign is amplifying their work. Frontline workers are an integral part of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme and the Mamata scheme, the two schemes that IPE Global has […]

HCL Foundation’s flagship program HCL Samuday, today announced its partnership with SAMRIDH (Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare) to scale up its existing healthcare...

Improving the health of mothers & children is a priority of National Health Mission especially during the pandemic. NIPI is supporting Bihar to achieve LaQshya certification by sharing plans for improvement with the facilities...

The pandemic has impacted a large section of the population including workers, wage earners, employees and entrepreneurs. In order to understand and analyse the impact the pandemic has brought on to the small and large scale businesses, the Public Financial Management (PFM) team conducted in-depth interviews with some women entrepreneurs and their family members to disucss the impact […]
COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all segments of the population and is proving detrimental to socio-economic construct. It continues to affect working and non-working populations, children, and students besides vulnerable populations. As the pandemic spreads, estimates from various studies point towards huge loss of jobs and livelihoods. A press release from ILO stated that COVID-19 will […]
The onset of COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented wave of public anguish and apprehension throughout the world. Within a short span of three and half months it has spread its arm like that of spider’s net to all most all the continents of this earth. Measure to contain this deadly pandemic are being taken at […]

NIPI Team’s representative has been appointed to the sixmember COVID-19 committee setup by Government of Rajasthan to prepare...

India carries the highest burden of TB in the world – an estimated ~3 million new cases and a staggering ~ 420,000 deaths are reported annually and Government of India (GOI) has set itself an ambitious goal of making India TB free by 2025 and USAID is also committed globally to end TB and initiated […]
The situation in relation to international travel and local response to COVID-19 is unknown and the countries have not yet been selected.The team is planning to undertake three case studies for the client, GMSA across two countries in response to the pandemic. Thinking ahead, we have undertaken scenario planning: Identified the different scenarios which might apply for each […]

IPE CKD with UNDP has developed a swipe-based game - a first in a series of three games which helps in reinforcing behaviour...

Misinformation and hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccination have been reported as two main factors impacting the pace of vaccination in India. However, the six districts of Rajasthan have a different story to tell with re-opening of Skilling centres after the second lockdown.  With over 70% of the girls enrolled in skilling centres (4500 enrolled till date) […]

The Norway India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) aims to help identify and test novel and promising healthcare solutions in its effort to support State National Health Missions of five states in India: Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan...

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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