Rural girls are not a marginal group; they are frontline builders of India's economic future.
The 2025 BRICS Solution Award has been awarded to SAMRIDH Healthcare Blended Finance Facility.
With the right investments in education, skills, health, and nutrition, India’s youth population can boost national progress.
Media coverage of the successful completion of the MPUDP, supported by the World Bank.
India saw a 15-fold rise in extreme heat wave days between 1993 and 2024, with a 19-fold increase in the past decade.
The State government scheme augments the national Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana.
A study by IPE Global and Esri India reveals that climate change is set to trigger a dramatic escalation in extreme rainfall events across India, compounding the country’s already severe weather challenges. As global temperatures rise, Indian cities and rural districts are bracing for a future where heavy, erratic rains and heatwaves will become the […]
As per IPE Global – Esri India Study, eight out of ten districts are at risk of multiple rainfall extremes and 2.5 times increase in heatwave days projected. India is on track to become not just hotter – but significantly wetter – by 2030, warns a new study by IPE Global and Esri India. The independent […]
Delhi is one of eight Indian cities projected to experience a two-fold increase in the number of heatwave days by 2030, according to a latest research report. Mumbai, Chennai, Surat, Thane, Hyderabad, Patna, and Bhubaneswar are the seven other cities that are at a similar risk. Titled ‘Weathering the Storm: Managing Monsoons in a Warming […]
Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Surat, Thane, Hyderabad, Patna and Bhubaneswar are projected to witness a two-fold increase in heatwave days by 2030, according to a study released June 10, 2025 by development consulting firm IPE Global and GIS technology provider Esri India. Unveiled at the International Global-South Climate Risk Symposium in New Delhi, the report titled Weathering […]
Abinash Mohanty, Head of Climate Change and Sustainability at IPE Global, and expert reviewer of IPCC-AR(6), explains, “Largely, the pattern of tourism in the global south is related to ecology, even when it is religious or recreational tourism. Since tourism generates a lot of economic advantages and opportunities, we’ve tried to overexploit these ecologically-sensitive areas. […]

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