The project involves developing scooping strategies for climate-smart agriculture across the South Asian region to promote investments and innovations that can mitigate climate risks. The focus is on identifying policy platforms or entry points for collaborative action, supporting policy measures, and prioritising climate actions to promote climate-smart agriculture and avert loss and damage, especially across vulnerable regions in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
We have been engaged to incorporate climate risk profiles into policy planning and lend support to leverage regional climate change and disaster mitigation cooperation.
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.
