“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.” – Winston Churchill Our workplaces have come a long way since the industrial age. Yet our training practices have remained similar – instructor-driven, knowledge-based and process-oriented.
Abdul Rahim, CKO IPE Global featured in People Matters on Going beyond skills. Attitudinal training does to the root – what Simon Sinek calls the ‘why’ – and helps people understand the ‘what’ and ‘how’ easily. Many of our current trainings miss this – spending more on ‘what’ and ‘how’ instead. Why? Simply because it’s […]
IPE Global gets exclusive coverage in Outlook India on Can we stop Teen Pregnancy by Ashish Mukherjee, Project Director(UDAAN) Evidence shows that high levels of child undernutrition in the country can be attributed to the fact that a large number of children are born to adolescent mothers.
IPE Global gets coverage in The Hindu on Composite Water Management Index by the NITI Aayog For the index, States were required to fill out the necessary data on a NITI Aayog portal and this data was validated by IPE Global.
IPE Global gets coverage in The Hindu on Composite Water Management Index by the NITI Aayog For the index, States were required to fill out the necessary data on a NITI Aayog portal and this data was validated by IPE Global. 
IPE Global gets coverage in The Hindu on Composite Water Management Index by the NITI Aayog For the index, States were required to fill out the necessary data on a NITI Aayog portal and this data was validated by IPE Global.
M.K. Padma Kumar, COO & Shalendra Sharma, Director – ESD featured in People Matters. They discussed about enhancing the employability of India’s workforce not only for education sector but also for corporate leaders
The draft National Sample Survey Office’s (NSSO) job survey for 2017-18 pegged the unemployment rate in India in 2017-18 at 6.1%, a 45-year high. The yet to be released report stated that nearly one-third of the Indian states (11) had unemployment higher than the national average in 2017-18.
IPE Global’s Tumakuru Smart City Project focusing on Amanikere featured in Kannada Prabha on “Amanikere Lake’s Revival – A boon to recharge groundwater levels in water scarce Tumakuru”.
Several media reports have highlighted unacceptable number of deaths amongst children diagnosed with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur medical college, Bihar. Although in the absence of detailed epidemiological investigationsand laboratory workup, it is difficult to pinpoint causation, care pathway and ascertain reasons, fact remains that access to quality health services was problematic. Majority of facilities i.e. PHCs /CHCs […]

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