The Reading for Ethiopia’s Achievement Developed (READ) project aimed to improve reading skills for 15 million primary school children in Ethiopia. The American Institutes for Research (AIR) approached IPE Global to organize an exposure visit for Ethiopian Ministry of Education (MoE) delegates to India. The visit aimed to provide insights into India’s education sector, including pre-primary and primary education, teacher training, mid-day meals, textbook development, learning assessments, Conditional Cash Transfers, RMSA-TCA, the Right to Education Act, English language transition, and special needs education. IPE Global facilitated the visit for MoE, USAID, and AIR to observe best practices and interact with Indian education officials and civil society organizations.
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.
