JANUARY 2017 Planet IPE YEAR BOOK

CELEBRATING 18 YEARS

MAKING DEVELOPMENT A GROUND REALITY In This ISSUE...

MD Speaks Ashwajit Singh, Managing Director O5 IPE Global welcomes all to 2017

Recap 2016 Navigating through the challenges and a O8 summary of the achievements

Our Key Leaders 10 Messages from the management

Our Global Presence A snapshot of our London, Ethiopia, 12 Kenya and Bangladesh offices

Our National Presence A pictorial representation of our branch 24 and project offices

Our Sector and Practice 26 Area Experts Messages from our technical experts

2 IPE Global Healthy Living 38 Tips from IPEans for a healthier lifestyle

Travel Diary Leaving behind our footprints. Extracts 46 from the IPEan travelogues.

Media Presence News highlights of the international, 54 national and regional coverages

The Year That Was 58 A picturesque recap of the Year 2016

Editorial Board 62 Our team behind the scenes

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 3 IMPACTING LIVES GLOBALLY

EDITORIAL Whether we are making positive impacts in the communities through Team Corporate Communication & Quality Assurance our projects or governing our company in a way that makes every IPEan proud, we care. Welcome to 2017. For a lot of us, a start of New Year is a time that marks the beginning of changes we plan to make in the We are excited to share our progress, not only in these communities but days to come. throughout our company. We present Planet IPE Yearbook, the first in its series, reflecting on 2016 and highlighting our accomplishments. This This is going to be our best year yet. We have just welcomed Yearbook is the voice of every IPEan and brings together our colleagues 2017 with the news that our corporate identity i.e. the IPE from across global locations as a big IPE Global family. We wholeheartedly Global logo, is now a registered trademark. A great start to acknowledge the contributions of our colleagues - from different business New Year already! areas, technical disciplines and geographic locations, to develop the very first edition of Planet IPE Yearbook. In the coming months, we aim to give wings to the rising aspirations in all the key strategic aspects of our work, To quote Hellen Keller, “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so the internal processes, governance arrangements, and much”. knowledge management including the decisions we make and the outputs we deliver to impact lives, globally. Happy Reading!

4 IPE Global MD SPEAKS Welcome to 2017

very New Year feels the same; every past year looks different. At the cusp Eof the New Year, standing between the reality of 2016 and the promise of 2017, is an opportunity to reflect and plan. At times, we are so overcome by the demands of ‘doing’ that reflection and planning seem to be luxuries for another day, another person. Yet, it is a fact that most successful people attribute their success to this daily discipline.

IPE Global Limited (IPE Global) is proud of the fact that it has some of the best urban planners, economic planners and social planners in the world today. Ashwajit Singh And together all of us are doing a great job of making development a ground Managing Director reality. But here are two additional designations we all need to have - ‘Life- IPE GLOBAL Planner’ and ‘Everyday-Planner’. We need to prioritise the larger goals of our life - including family, work and spirituality - and then plan each day, working towards these goals. As Jim Rohn said - ‘either your lead the day, or the day leads you.’ Ditto with life. Devote at least 15 mins a day to daily planning and review apart from annual and life plans. All these will make a marked difference in your productivity and your team’s success.

I can look back with pride and enumerate our accomplishments since the time of IPE Global’s existence. We have demystified sustainability into a discipline capable of delivering solutions, with a passion for heralding change through our work. Our projects in areas of Health, Nutrition & WASH, Urban & Infrastructure Development, IT & eGovernance, Education & Skills Development and Environment & Climate Change have transformed the lives of over 300 million people across the globe. We have implemented more than 800 projects in over 100 countries, addressing some of the most complex socio-economic issues.

With inroads into new geographical terrains and landmark collaborations with clients- this has been a good year. I say good, because no matter what the situation we face as a business, the positivity, dedication and focus showcased by each one of us, is what makes this company special. We are fussy about who we employ and it shows! This for me, is the essence of what contributes to our achievements and IPE Global’s rise as a powerhouse of growth & ideas!

Let us, together, as one big family, welcome 2017 and continue to work for an equitable and sustainable world. It is all of you, who I thank, for supporting this journey. Wish you a very Happy New Year!

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 5 PROVIDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

ADDRESSING GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES

BECOMING A POWERHOUSE OF IDEAS

FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE & EQUITABLE WORLD

6 IPE Global ABOUT US IPE Global is an international development consultancy group providing expert technical assistance in developing countries. The group partners with multilateral and bilateral agencies, governments, corporates and not-for- PROVIDING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS profit entities in anchoring development agenda for equitable development and sustainable growth.

ADDRESSING GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES Headquartered in India with four international offices in United Kingdom, Kenya, Ethiopia and Bangladesh, the group offers a range of integrated, innovative and high quality consulting services across several sectors and BECOMING A POWERHOUSE OF IDEAS practices. With uncompromising focus on delivering positive impacts, we help international development sector clients address the challenges of complex socio- economic issues. FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE & EQUITABLE WORLD We draw our unparalleled management and consulting capabilities from our offices around the world. Each of our group company operates independently - Triple Line Consulting Limited (a UK based subsidiary), IPE Global (Africa) Limited (an Africa based subsidiary), Imperia Health Private Limited (a hospital management company) and IPE Global Centre for Knowledge and Development (a Section 8 company focusing on research and development consultancy).

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 7 2016 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE CHALLENGES TO ACHIEVE GREATER HEIGHTS

NEW OFFICES NEW PROJECTS NEW CLIENTS Initiated projects in Behrampur, 65+ new projects Chhattisgarh, Naya were won this year for Raipur, Jaipur and landmark contributions Sundernagar and in the development internationally in sector. Inroads in new Mongolia. geographical territories and new clients such as SDC, Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland & World Resources Institute.

NEW ADDITIONS IN IN THE NEWS THE FAMILY International and Hired over 400+ national coverage in new staff members close to 80 publications across our global & online portals such operations as The Huffington Post, representing a Somaliland Press, The diverse culture Hindu, The Pioneer, with more than 10 Perspective Africa, nationalities. Financial Chronicle, Business Standard (TI), India Today, The Asian Age, etc.

8 IPE Global AWARDS WON • The prestigious ICAI Award and Urban Transformation 2015 under the CA Business (AMRUT) during 2015-16. Leader- CA Global Achiever category which was held • Recognition: Paddy on 16th January, 2016, Procurement Automation Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, System under OMEGA was New Delhi was awarded to selected by NITI Aayog as a Ashwajit Singh. The award Best Practice. was an acknowledgement of his hard work, dedication • 2015 Better Performing and accomplishments in Project Award: ADB the field of development. supported Infrastructure Kumaramanglam Birla was Development Investment the chairman of the jury who Program for Tourism in judged all the nominees and Himachal Pradesh won the recognised Ashwajit Singh 2015 Better Performing for his achievements. Project Award by the Department of Economic • Certificate of Recognition: Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Our projects in Chhattisgarh Government of India & and Bihar (where we are Asian Development Bank. working as the Project Development and • Gold SABRE Award: The Management Consultant Call to Action Integrated (PDMC) and Urban Technical Newsroom set up for the Assistance Support Team Summit (August 2015) by us (UTAST) respectively) won and Edelman India won the an award from the Central Gold SABRE Award in the Government for promoting Associations category. urban reforms under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 9 Our Key LEADERS

Sunil Mitra Chairman

or close to two decades, FIPE Global has built impeccable credentials in the social development management space initially in India and M. K. Padma Kumar progressively, among developing economies in Chief Operating Officer the world. Continuous innovation for rapid social transformation has been our guiding force driven eam IPE Global remained focused on delivering by a consistent passion for excellence among our Tprojects befitting our culture of offering the best employees. value for money to our clients. The New Year 2017 will bring its own set of successes and challenges Year 2016 has been an enriching experience. We but our course is clear. We need to focus intently on delivering our worked towards strengthening our partnerships best and providing the most comprehensive solutions in the industry with multilateral and bilateral development and re-affirming the brand of IPE Global as a powerhouse of growth. agencies, governments, corporates, philanthropic, civil society and not-for-profit organisations, to It’s important for us to use our time astutely and move forward as firmly anchor the development agenda in tackling decisively as we can. That will only be possible with your continued hard complex, socio-economic issues. With increasing work. While we’ve successfully separated our sectors & practice areas portfolios in Africa and South Asia, a strong gain in operationally, we need to continue to work as a team in order to create the year has been our acceptance as global players efficacious bids for global projects. Thus, it is my request to all IPEans to among leading development consultancy firms. evaluate not only what is best for our specific departments, but also the potential impact on other parts and on the group company as a whole. We see the transformation around us as promising The year ahead will bring it’s own challenges but I am sure we can realise opportunities. Our goal is to be an unstoppable our ambitions. My priority remains to conquer a challenge that calls forth company that creates significant value for our the best in our team and brings them together around a shared sense of shareholders, stakeholders, and the global purpose, to not only deliver our growth projections but also make the economy by creating a more sustainable, inclusive workplace one of the best in the industry. and equitable world.

10 IPE Global Himanshu Sikka Chief Strategy & Diversification Officer

016 was a busy As we enter 2017, there will be new challenges 2year, a year which testing our commitment to development demanded that we must agenda like never before, which will require rethink globalisation, and joint and collaborative efforts cutting yet a year where global across offices and business units. Horizon is political economy impacted international changing, our sails must be up as the waters and local businesses alike. What it meant rustles under our bows. for IPE Global was to remain agile, adapt our corporate strategy, and ascertain our direction matching the winds of change.

Rattan Chhabra Chief Finance Officer

ith the closing In the coming years, we expect IPE Global Wof the year 2016, to continue to achieve greater heights. We I look back upon my as support function, besides our existing journey of the last nine responsibilities would be focusing on reliable years in IPE Global and robust management information system with pride. I started with a staff strength of with strong internal controls. around 50 which has now grown to more than 800 persons, with a turnover growth We feel that the quality management of about fourteen times the original. We information system is key to monitor and now have a strong global presence through evaluate the progress of the business units our subsidiaries and branches in overseas and take corrective action on real time basis. geographies. It feels great to be a part of this exceptional growth story. I take this opportunity to thank all my team members and hope they continue to work Our endeavour is to ensure financial with similar dedication and hard work; and discipline, statutory compliances, risk and help implement the best financial strategy contract management, timely and quality in a way that will allow IPE Global to achieve information to relevant users to support continued sustainable growth in coming business and decision making both at years. Management and Board level.

Abdul Rahim Chief Knowledge Officer

he hallmark of IPE In the coming year, we hope to up the ante on TGlobal projects action research, policy papers and implicit during 2016 continued to knowledge management making IPE Global’s be innovation, excellence experience and learning over the last 18 years and learning - ably available to a larger audience. aided by knowledge management. I am sure IPE Global will continue its leadership role in knowledgeably translating Each of our employees are mines of the vision of development to reality on the information with tonnes of experience - yet ground! always asking the question - ‘How can we do this better?’

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 11 Central Business Development and Corporate Unit

ur team is an internal support service managing Oresources for the achievement of IPE Global’s strategies, ensuring compliance with procedures, improving outcomes and leading on select business opportunities. We also provide an administrative and coordinating service for the organisation. In the past year, we have continued to leverage resources to generate superior performance. The corporate unit has also increased the provision of strategic oversight and support to the sector wise BD teams.

We are in an exciting and dynamic phase of the year. To keep pace, we will continue to boost our strategic thinking and evolve existing corporate strategies to become strategically competitive. Corporate strategy includes the commitments, decisions and actions required by us to achieve strategic competitiveness and earn above average returns. We will also continue to strengthen the integration of developing business proposals with the sector teams and enhance the provision of support services for the overall advancement of IPE Global. Our overall aim is to contribute to the efficiency and profitability to the organisation.

12 IPE Global OUR TEAM

n every business, in every industry, management matters… Iand IPE Global management is doing all the “things right” and leadership is doing “right things”. In this ever-changing and challenging corporate world, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart. They are real and sustainable and so is IPE Global. It has been an enriching experience working here. In the past year, management has strengthened the financial planning and management activities including budgeting, forecasting and periodical departmental review. We will continue strengthening the same; with a focus on enhancing strategic planning and risk analysis to help IPE Global meet global corporate standards.

-Sanjay Aggarwal

n the last few years we have been competing with the Iconsulting giants and have been successful in not only giving them a fight, but also winning over them. This sums up where IPE Global stands today. The best thing about our organisation is that we never give up, we learn from our experiences and keep moving forward to achieve the heights of success. The last 3 years for me has been an incredible journey, and I am looking forward to contribute in all possible ways to IPE Global’s success in the years to come.

-Peeyush Chaturvedi

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 13 Our Global PRESENCE

14 IPE Global GROUP COMPANIES

Triple Line Consulting Limited (IPE Triple Line) is a UK based international development consulting company which supports the strengthening of environmentally sustainable, social and economic development for the public, private and voluntary sectors.

IPE Global (Africa) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of IPE Global Limited. Established to build indigenous local expertise of African nationals in the development sector to meet the needs and priorities of national and sub-national governments in Africa. It has its regional office in Nairobi (Kenya) and branch office in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).

Imperia Health Private Limited, (an IPE Global venture) is a hospital management company. Founded by some of the most distinguished medical professionals of India, Imperia Health offers an array of integrated management services.

IPE Global Centre for Knowledge and Development (IPE CKD) embeds, captures, analyses, consolidates and disseminates developmental approaches, experiences and learnings from across the developing world from varied sectors and practices. IPE Global group recognises knowledge as its most valuable strategic resource.

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 15 IPE Triple Line (London Office)

Mathis Primdal Director & Chief Operating Officer

016 was a year of consolidation for IPE As a people centric organisation, we constantly invest in 2Global’s UK operations. Integrating enhancing our competencies. In 2016, this was especially IPE Triple Line into the wider Group was a true of our Urban Development & Infrastructure practice. key priority and imperative to enhancing Accordingly, IPE Global provides strategic thought leadership our client offering. As an organisation on urbanisation as well as investment into infrastructure we are committed to delivering the best service delivery. Likewise we continue to provide thought possible service and optimum value to our clients. In 2016, leadership with regard to the provision of Monitoring & we worked tirelessly across four continents on 61 projects in Evaluation services as well as Grant & Fund Management. 31 countries – always with one goal in mind: delivering results where they matter most. Our accomplishments in 2016 are a tribute to the commitment and professionalism of our people. It is their dedication, During the past year we are delighted to have added excellence and passion that underpin current and future development partners such as EBRD, SDC, DANIDA and success, and so we remain committed to being a distinctive FORMIN to our client portfolio. With long-term clients such home for them to build their careers and to work on as the U.K. Department of International Development (DFID), creating conditions that stimulate equitable and sustainable we have continued to help eradicate poverty and meet the economic growth in developing countries. sustainable development goals with offerings spanning both advisory services and technical assistance.

16 IPE Global OUR TEAM

David Smith Executive Director

ross learning is the key for advancing women Cempowerment and going forward we will continue to put our focus on gender parity. Partner organisations need to be clear on service provision and that it has been a long journey but women are now taking up leadership roles- for example the head of BBC is a woman- for the first time in history. The market place is a very important space for sharing ideas for both for men and women, and having innovation cells is also a good idea in this respect. Technology adaption is crucial so that women are able to add value to their produce such as milk. Governments are generally responsible and responsive about policies, but implementation is often the challenge Lydia Richardson and this is where intervention needs to happen. Blurring the Director division of labor between men and women is thus crucial in both the private and public realms for empowerment to ross cutting thematic learning adds to a healthier happen. The rise of women in academia and other fields Ccooperation and knowledge building throughout should be celebrated and used to sensitise men too. the organization. There is also a lot of benefit to business networking as a valuable way to expand knowledge, attain learnings on successful initiatives, gain new clients and spread information about our own business. Networking also leads to increased visibility and help build our reputation as a reliable, knowledgeable solutions provider and subsequently more leads and referrals. Ultimately, an increased network with partners will result in them seeking our inputs in conferences, events, etc. and help position us as thought leaders and dependable consultants.

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 17 OUR AFRICA PRESENCE

Jamie Simpson Executive Director

am happy to begin my association with I IPE Global with the start of the year 2017. Synergy of ideas and integration of the skills of our colleagues across all borders will be a priority for me to bring to the board. It’s only when we come together as a group, that we accomplish wonders. My ambition is to strengthen our brand as force to be reckoned with.

Together, let’s build a stronger relationship with the donor community, the Governments and work towards building new markets especially across Africa and strengthen the skills and leadership within IPE Global. Our drive, coupled with the right strategic direction for our sectors and practice areas, will help propel IPE Global across the spectrum globally.

18 IPE Global OUR TEAM

IPE Global (Ethiopia Office)

Sunil Verma Country Head

he Ethiopia office began its journey awarded the first assignment with the European Union on Tin 2016 with a resolve to embark on climate change. Some of these are pioneering work in Africa new territories - developing new clientele for IPE Global! and stepping into new domains. Mid way through the year we expanded the This is just the beginning for the young team in Ethiopia – they team from four to ten. With fresh efforts have set high goals and have what it takes to get there. They pouring in, we won our first DFID contract to work on health have worked on improving their networks, partnerships and of adolescent girls; won repeat assignments from UN in capacities to deliver better. And they have made me proud! education, social protection and nutrition; and have been

Programme Highlight

overnment of Ethiopia (GoE) is developing a new programme to support adolescent girls, aged 11-14 years old, to Gengage in a safe space programme that will equip these girls with personal, social, health, safety, education and financial outcomes - building their confidence, agency, skills and knowledge as they progress through adolescence. The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has been leading the development of the programme to date, together with support from Girl Effect Ethiopia, a programme team of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in Ethiopia. IPE Global (Lead Firm) along with Pathfinder International Ethiopia is implementing the pilot phase of the Ethiopia Safe Space Programme.

-Nishu Chaudhry Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 19 IPE Africa (Kenya Office)

Sidhartha Patnaik Country Head

PE Africa was set up in 2011 with the waste management in Somaliland, design of Ethiopia social Iobjective of expanding IPE Global’s accountability programme, budget analysis and expenditure mission of helping underdeveloped and tracking of national and county level sector programmes in developing regions to grow into a stable Kenya and Lesotho, and many more projects. socio-economic order. It constitutes a strong team of committed persons from After five years of its operation, IPE Africa has established its Asia, Europe and Africa, who draw on successful models and strong presence in most of the least developed countries approaches from India and other emerging countries from in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, DRC, Somalia, South East Asia to achieve its objective. The business strategy Tanzania, Rwanda, and Lesotho. We have earned trust of the Africa operations is based on the premise that emerging and confidence of donors and partners in terms of its countries like India offer cost-effective innovative approaches commitment to the values of integrity and excellence. Today, to ‘fast track’ development, which are preferred by local IPE Africa, with its growing portfolio of work, a highly skilled governments and international funding agencies, rather technical team and sound business strategy is on the verge of than traditional western approaches, which in some cases a self-sustainable organisation with its rising turnover. demand high technical skills and a huge capital investment. IPE Africa is working relentlessly to realise its vision to be the IPE Africa, by transferring knowledge and strategies from leading South Development Consulting agency in the Sub- other IPE Global projects, has successfully implemented Saharan Africa by 2025. national level projects such as accreditation process of health care facilities in Kenya, design of solid and liquid

20 IPE Global OUR TEAM

y work, my world centres on Africa e continue to stand for working Mand I am deeply proud of the Wtowards affordable housing for work we are engaged with here. Our all in urban areas, towns and cities. programmes are comprehensive and Our project in Rwanda of affordable operate in complex environments with housing is a prime example of our long term outcomes; and a positive contribution to removing barriers to impact on beneficiaries. In the coming opportunity and health for people in year, we will aim to strengthen the IPE informal settlements. Africa brand and achieve results and hopefully the attribution claim. -Daisy Ondimu

-Eunice Khaguli

ne of the things I like about my job is the diversity of assignments Oin different contexts and sectors which provides me with the opportunity to enhance my knowledge and skillsets and exposes me to different cultures and ways of working and thinking. The other positive thing is the difference the assignments make in improving the lives of the target beneficiaries (Individuals, communities and countries at large).

-Antony Wahome

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 21 IPE Global (Bangladesh Office)

ear 2016 was very decisive for IPE Global in Bangladesh Ywith all the existing Projects reaching its pinnacle. The journey so far had been exciting and productive with our efforts being appreciated by the Client and the donor agencies at respective levels. The diversity of Projects ranging from Tourism infrastructure to Sewerage Master Plan, from GoB-Loan Project to ADB-TA Project has proven that IPE Global has been able to deliver at all possible platforms. This had provided us with the encouragement to think bigger and better regarding our business enterprise in Bangladesh. With a series of multi-disciplinary Projects in the pipeline, 2017 looks promising and brighter even more.

-Ranabir Dey

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KEY FOCUS AREAS

• Urban planning and re-development, smart genuinely love working @IPE Global. I have cities and city planning I been working here since the past 12 years. I have experienced utmost joy, tears amidst • Solid waste management many challenges. I have also experienced some very beautiful moments here that will • Septage management stay forever etched in my memory. My actual journey started when I took the charge of urban • Urban reforms, including property tax, department in 2012. municipal accounting and financial management reforms We initially started with a core team of 3 people in Delhi, winning more than 60 projects. I am • Institutional strengthening and governance proud to say that now we have a core team of 50 approximately with more than 200+ projects • Municipal-level legislative reforms in our kitty. I feel blessed with a young, very talented, sincere, hardworking and a dedicated • Local economic development team that personally motivates me to work with them. This is just the beginning….I am • Urban livelihoods sure that we have many more milestones to achieve…and not too far in future.

-Anil Bansal

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 23 “INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT TO A GROUP EFFORT

THAT IS WHAT MAKES A TEAM WORK

...A COMPANY WORK, CIVILISATION WORK”

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24 IPE Global “INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT TO A GROUP EFFORT

THAT IS WHAT MAKES A TEAM WORK

...A COMPANY WORK, CIVILISATION WORK”

- VINCE LOMBARDI

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Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 25 IPE Centre for Knowledge and Development (IPE CKD)

Amit Kaushik Director

he year 2016 marked the beginning Allowed” Initiative with its three main series of Kurukshetra, Tof IPE CKD’s journey towards Ekalavya and Bioscope- also brought out some interesting creating a niche for itself in the area opinions on new development schemes in India and climate of research, knowledge management change. and documentation. Despite being on a tenderfoot, we did achieve some Currently we are working on two projects – “Documentation remarkable milestones for it to stand in good stead in the of C4D interventions for Routine Immunisation” for UNICEF coming days. in partnership with our Health team and “The Knowledge Portal of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)” Our recently launched website www.ipeckd.com has for DFID in partnership with our IT and eGovernance team. features that allows it to become a single knowledge source The first project seeks to document Social and Behavior on a plethora of development issues. IPE Scholar allows Change Communication interventions across 13 states of the stakeholders to access information under one umbrella and country, while the latter focuses on creating a well-informed encourages contributions on a wide range of development knowledge portal including a market place for the MNRE. topics. The site also hosts exclusive knowledge pieces, project notes and communication materials which are useful It’s just a beginning for IPE CKD! In 2017, we are ambitious and in circulating our work to a wide range of stakeholders, hopeful to successfully complete our current assignments, get documented by our team. We also collaborated on research involved in new projects and establish expertise in the field of reports for clients such as PHD Chambers and Confederation research, communication and knowledge management! of Indian Industry. Our successfully launched “Thinking

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Thinking Allowed

he Thinking Allowed initiative by IPE CKD Thopes to encourage knowledge sharing within the organisation by means of expert lectures, round table and panel discussions, etc., on developmental issues relevant to the current policy environment. It will help all of us think beyond and will push us into a space of collaborative thinking and collective learning.

-Daljeet Kaur

Knowledge Learning

n emerging ideology in the social development sector is that the ‘poor’, must rise to the challenge Aof working for their own upliftment. An example of this was encountered on our visit to Odisha where the DFID funded WASH Programme had been implemented from 2015 onwards. This experience in Odisha brought about the realisation that brick & mortar and providing facilities, is not enough to bring about change in habits. The requisite change begins from within, from understanding the problem and willingness to accept the solution. As we embark on the journey towards development, it is imperative to focus on all kinds of change agents; including you and me.

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 27 IMPERIA HEALTH PRIVATE LIMITED

Soumitra Ghosh IMPERIA HEALTH SERVICES Adviser • Healthcare management services ear 2016 was a year of innovations. YTeam Imperia conceived one of • Recruiting services the most unique patient care services, launched the brand Relihealth to • Transaction advisory facilitate truly value added medical travel based on accurate medical advices. • Marketing, branding and media management More than 100 international medical travelers have been benefitted and numbers are increasing. Advisory services • Feasibility studies managed the rural hospital project and launched the services for rural masses near Hisar at village Bagla, in the state of • Equipping services Haryana, India, a project sponsored by Minda group of Industries and inaugurated by Chief Minister of Haryana. • Planning & consultancy services

Come 2017, brings new hopes for starting yet another • Performance improvement solutions hospital at village Mirzamurad near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, sponsored by IMR Ltd (UK) and we continue to support • Corporate relation international patients with best and cost effective medical and value added services. • Quality & accreditation

28 IPE Global OUR TEAM

About Relihealth

e are a patient-centric organisation founded by the We, after rigorous analysis, discussions and sharing of ideas, Wtop doctors in India with a combined experience of have created this platform to provide the most transparent over 150 years in healthcare. We provide reliable, credible information about various medical institutions and their and detailed information on our pool of over 3,000 doctors service offerings, information on hospital accreditations and and over 350 hospitals spread across 16 major cities in every awarded doctors, booking of appointments with the desired super specialty discipline. hospitals and doctors, information about various diseases, their symptoms, right treatments, related procedures and Relihealth is a venture of IPE Global, one of the leading health much more. and development sector consulting firms globally working for clients such as USAID, WHO, UNICEF, DFID, National We also provide packages for cosmetic surgeries, dental Governments of several countries including India, Kenya, surgeries, de-addiction therapies, ayurvedic, homeopathic Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of and other rejuvenating therapies, spiritual healing, etc. Congo, Ghana, Afghanistan, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, etc. Being supported by the most reputed Besides, we are the one stop solution for all travel related and top specialist doctors in the world, we have strong roots requirements like international and domestic travel, lodging, to serve our clients with utmost professionalism and the interpreter services, food preferences, pastoral services, SIM highest standards of ethics. We are committed to assisting, card, foreign exchange services, sightseeing, shopping. organising and empowering medical value travellers and ensuring that all clients are reliably supported at every step We wish to be known as a reliable and trusted friend of all of their journey. our clients and represent ourselves as the most ethical, caring and transparent medical value travel partner. We offer a list of services to meet the needs of our clients and also support other stakeholders like referring doctors, corporates, NRI communities, insurance companies and licensees in organising medical care solutions and opportunities to grow.

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 29 Our National PRESENCE

Kullu

Kolkata

Patna

Bhubaneshwar

30 IPE Global Raipur

Shimla

Bhopal

Lucknow

Jaipur

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 31 Our Sector & Practice Area EXPERTS

• Health, Nutrition • IT and eGovernance and Water, Sanitation and • Private Sector Hygeine Development

• Urban Development • Governance and Infrastructure Engineering • Grant and Fund Management • Education and Skills Development • Tourism, Heritage and Conservation • Social and Economic • Environment and Empowerment Climate Change

• Monitoring, • Forest Governance Evaluation and Learning • Agricultural Development • Economic and Public Financial Management

32 IPE Global WHY IPE GLOBAL

hat differentiates us is our collaborative Wapproach to work, with the governments and development agencies.

Together with the culmination of best practices, we bring with us a rare mix of international and regional expertise – from different business areas, specialised disciplines and geographic locations to bring superior technical capability, disciplined project management, and quality in all our work.

A trusted partner to our clients, we draw together a team of economists, chartered accountants, sociologists, public sector experts, educationists, planners, architects, environmentalists, scientists, project managers and programme managers — all dedicated to finding clear solutions to complex socio- economic issues. With over 800 full time professional staff and over 1000 empanelled consultants working on various projects spread across the globe, in different locations, we have, over the last 18 years, successfully implemented more than 800 projects in over 100 countries across 5 major continents.

Today, we have a proven track record of not only successfully delivering high quality solutions much beyond the expectations of our clients but also have developed path breaking strategies. What distinguishes our service delivery is the ability to continually strengthen our business areas to make sure we understand our clients’ needs and develop smart, innovative and cost-effective solutions to meet those needs.

We are ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 27001:2013 certified company.

We are committed to meet and exceed the expectations of our clients’ by delivering value-for-money services that lead to twin objectives of economic growth and social equity through continual improvement of our quality management systems.

Our Software Development Unit, based out of Kolkata (West Bengal, India), has been appraised at Level 3 of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI®) for Development (Appraisal No. 24912). The CMMI® mark is a proof of our commitment to develop great products and deliver great services. The CMMI® mark identifies that our standard processes that are structured, well characterised, understood and established, and are described in standards, procedures, tools, and methods through our Quality Management System.

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 33 Urban Development and Infrastructure Engineering

Anil Bansal Director

he Urban Development and firm working at all levels in the Government i.e. Central, State TInfrastructure Engineering and Local bodies in the urban development sector. This year Department has always been fully has been a year of tremendous growth for us in number of committed to work in the development projects as well adding core strengths in the sector. We have sector and provide specific strategies won several assignments across various sub-sectors. and interventions necessary to make cities better and more livable in The Government of India’s Smart India and others parts of the Globe. Cities Mission is a transformative It’s a challenge and a privilege I am proud of the perseverance my urban programme of such scale, that we have been a part of all the entire team and for putting in all ambition and spirit never seen national missions like Swachch the hard work to not only win new before in the Indian cities - of which Bharat Abhiyaan, Smart Cities, Atal assignments, but also implement we have been an integral part of Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban them to the truth of every detail, thus by working with Government of Transformation (AMRUT), Integrated enabling us to further strengthen India, State of Madhya Pradesh Coastal Zone Management (ICZM), our reputation in the urban sector and Bihar. Besides working as HRIDAY, PMAY, etc. and are working and I only hope to surpass these Project Management Consultant together with the Government of achievements in the year 2017. for Jabalpur, we will be starting India aiming to conjointly facelift the work at Kochi soon. We are the development in entire Urban working as state level Project India. We are the only consultancy Development and Management

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Consultant’s (PDMC) for AMRUT in the states of Karnataka, Gates Foundation. The project has been highly appreciated Chhatishgarh and Jammu & Kashmir – providing huge for its unique spatial planning approach and our team also strength to our engineering profile. participated and presented the same in the South Asia Partners meet convened at Senegal in November 2016, giving Our SPUR (Support Programme for Urban Reforms) project us an international presence in the sector. Our extensive in Bihar (where we are working as the PDMC and Urban work in the ICZM project for the Odisha Government has also Technical Assistance Support Team (UTAST) respectively) received immense media coverage as it is for the first time won an award from the Central Government for promoting that a shoreline management plan for an entire state’s coast urban reforms under AMRUT during 2015-16. Our ADB is being formulated in India. We are moving ahead to make supported Infrastructure Development Investment Program Odisha the first disaster resilient state of the nation. for Tourism in Himachal Pradesh also won the 2015 Better Performing Project Award by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India & Asian Richard Slater Development Bank. The Tourism Master Plan for Chilika Lake, Director a world bank funded project which we closed this year has been showcased in the “Make in Odisha” conclave and FHRAI ur corporate work in the (Food Hotel and Restaurant association of India) meets, as Ourban sector has grown one of the most investible projects in the tourism sector of in recent years in line with Odisha. increased donor interest in cities as engines for inclusive In this year we have also emerged as one of the key players and resilient growth. IPE Global in the tourism sector and have formulated models for beach provides project design and implementation support suitability assessments and tourism benchmarks which for smart cities, urban infrastructure investment and were well accepted and appreciated by the Government of resilience across India and Southeast Asia and more Karnataka for paving way to enhance tourism in the state. recently expanding operations in East and West Africa. We have a diversified client base with multi-lateral We have also expanded our domain expertise in septage and bi-lateral donors and other global partnership management this year and are currently working towards organisations. Our unique expertise in the urban formulating the first ever fecal sludge management policy sector is aligned to the realisation of SDG Goal 11 for for the state of Rajasthan for a project with Bill and Melinda inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities.

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 35 Health, Nutrition and WASH

Dr. Dinesh Agarwal Director Project Highlight: 6+ projects won with various clients here is an increasing recognition including UNICEF, Government of Bangladesh, UNFPA, DFID Tfor investing in health systems for and Mott Macdonald Limited. One of our new assignments ensuring Universal Health Coverage, with includes implementation of Active Case Detection (ACD) an overarching strategy for achieving Strategy for Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) and PKDL under the sustainable development goals in health. KalaCore Programme for tackling VL. The returns on investing in health are impressive as reductions in mortality accounts for nearly Kala-azar (VL) is endemic in 54 districts scattered across 11 percent economic growth in low and middle income four states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and countries. Most of these investments are going to come West Bengal, India. The project’s objective is to implement from domestic sources although some amount of external Active Case Detection based on house-to-house search for assistance is still needed. suspected cases. The project will improve access for case diagnosis by organising a diagnostic camp close by. It is In the year 2016, we have maintained our solid credentials expected that this will promote early diagnosis and prompt in providing techno-managerial support to health systems, referral for treatment at nearby health facility. This approach for scale up in RMNCH+A, private sector partnerships and would help in cutting down transmission rate for VL. The addressing determinants of health such as nutrition and ACD activity is currently concentrated in Muzaffarpur and WASH through convergence. Going forward, we are well Gopalganj districts in Bihar and Godda in Jharkhand, India. placed to build strong partnerships with a diversified set of stakeholders to achieve dramatic health gains while also addressing inequity in health.

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KEY FOCUS AREAS

• Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

• Communicable (including HIV/AIDS) and non-communicable diseases

• Nutrition

• Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

• Health systems strengthening • Public expenditure and budget tracking Health is our priority

e have had an exciting year with a few key Wproject wins that has extended the outreach of our organisation’s work in the health sector and helped position us as a competitive force. In 2017, we hope to continue shaping the public health and development sector business in India.

-Dr. Jose Michael

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 37 am excited be a part of IPE Global’s journey in developing I sustainable solutions. In the coming year, my aim will be to strengthen expansion, advocacy, branding and communication, outreach and scaling up interventions for the USAID funded projects. My focus will also be on exploring new collaborations and partnerships for funding interventions. I look forward to working with IPE Global team.

-Soumitra Ghosh million pregnant2.8 women will benefit through high impact interventions

million lives131 will be reached million through the project infants2.6 will benefit influence through evidence based practices

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VRIDDHI: Scaling up RMNCH+A Interventions, Supported by USAID

Dr. Rajeev Gera Project Director We have carved out niche areas for support aiming to 016 has been an important year create a sustainable change. The project team has rolled 2for the project VRIDDHI with the out a comprehensive strategy to improve quality of care for achievement of key milestones at the mothers and newborns at high case-load health facilities national and state level. in the project areas and also developed implementation models to improve access of services in hilly areas, urban There has been an increasing engagement with the slums and rural areas. Government of India and state governments to support development and implementation of policies and guidelines As we enter 2017, we plan to consolidate, adapt, demonstrate, as well as to share project learnings and findings from partner, and scale up interventions to newer geographies to nationwide supportive supervision to inform decision accelerate reduction of preventable maternal and newborn making. deaths.

Highlight

roject VRIDDHI the flagship project of USAID, provides techno-managerial support to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India and the state governments of Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, PPunjab and Uttarakhand to plan, implement and monitor RMNCH+A interventions at scale. The Project contributes to strengthening health systems in several ways - it trains and mentors service providers, generates and shares evidence to inform decision making, advocates for and supports reorganisation of institutional processes leading to better service delivery, improved access, and increased utilisation of RMNCH+A services nationally and in the USAID focus states of India.

Additionally, the National RMNCH+A Unit, an arm of the Project’s technical support team, assists the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in monitoring and supervising the implementation of the RMNCH+A strategy nationwide, across all 184 High Priority Districts of the country. -Dr. Gunjan Taneja

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 39 USAID supported PAHAL (Partnerships for Affordable Healthcare Access and Longevity project for the Urban Poor)

L. M. Singh Project Director

ndia’s “Universal Healthcare” goal In this context, USAID has partnered with IPE Global to Ipresents a huge challenge and an equally leverage financial and technical resources to bring in greater bigger opportunity to create sustainable participation of the private sector and community support solutions through partnerships by towards delivering public health goods. harnessing entrepreneurship of private players. The growing start up culture, The programme seeks to support health service providers coupled with rapid technology innovations and internet and innovative business models with strategic, financial penetration can have a transformational impact in meeting and technical assistance to address challenges in building universal healthcare goals by improving access and reducing sustainable business models which can be scaled. cost of quality healthcare services . The programme aims to improve access to affordable quality Increasingly private sector led Inclusive Business Models healthcare, including maternal, new born and child health, (IBMs) provide an untapped opportunity for addressing family planning and tuberculosis, and reduce out of pocket primary health care needs of urban poor in affordable and expenditure for the Urban Poor. sustainable ways. This combined with philanthropy from Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Donors, etc., can help build sustainable community engagement models which promote patient centric care, better health seeking behaviour, demand side financing, risk sharing and viability gap, thus promoting integrated business models which have a larger social impact and are financially sustainable.

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million million 600estimated urban plus100 urban poor face Indian population by a disproportionate 2031 burden of ill health

Catering to the Urban Harnessing untapped Poor who represent an private sector unfulfilled demand resources and efficiencies

his programme is uniquely positioned to leverage financial resources and Tentrepreneurial talent in creating business models that can reach the community and strengthen private sector in delivering a public good.

-Shailesh Kumar

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 41 Creating Innovations for National Health Mission

Dr. Harish Kumar support of innovations being scaled countrywide. In addition, Director a unique work of harmonisation of child health training package for the country wide implementation is on an PE Global’s ‘New Born Project’ team with advance stage of development and the work will be finalised Ifunding support under Norway India in 2017. Also, the project team has been selected for funding Partnership Initiative (NIPI) has been an innovation for implementation in the state of Jammu and mandated for creating of innovations for Kashmir under Grand Challenges Canada. the National Health Mission. The project approach is creating, designing and implementing innovations for improving newborn, child and Strengthening Pre-Service maternal health and then offering the innovation for scale-up Nursing Education by State and National Health Missions. The project team is presently working in the four states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Bihar in India. Home Based New- Born Care Excellent results have been achieved by the project team Plus this year with scale up of five community and facility based innovations countrywide- Home Based New Born Care Plus (HBNC+), Family Centred Care, Strengthening of Pediatrics Family Centred Care Care Services, Special New Born Care Unit Plus (SNCU+) and Regional New Born Care Resource Centres.

Our team, in 2017, will be focused on providing technical Dakshata Programme

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About NIPI 016 has been exciting for our team as we saw our 2various interventions have a strong impact across he Governments of Norway and India had agreed in the selected regions. In the coming year, we will continue T2006 to collaborate towards achieving MDG 4 to reduce dedicatedly on maternal and new-born health and the child mortality based on commitments made by the two continuum of care, especially with interventions at Prime Ministers. The Partnership was based on India’s new point of care with community health workers and home ambitious health initiative, the National Health Mission to facility, and capacity building of health personnel. (NHM), and is aimed at facilitating rapid scale-up of quality child health services. -Dr. Ashfaq Ahmad Bhat

NIPI is thus focused on providing strategic, catalytic and innovative support to India’s National Health Mission (NHM), by testing scalable innovations for a defined period in the states of Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir.

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 43 For a HEALTHY LIVING

There is really no magic formula to motivate oneself. It’s a matter of finding what suits you best. I started exercising because I wanted to overcome CROSS FIT: A FITTING lethargy. I knew that a conventional gym won’t work for me so I decided ALTERNATIVE TO YOUR to try out crossfit. And it stuck. I understand making lifestyle changes is FITNESS hard but it’s something we all need to work towards.

DIVYA HARIHARAN TEAM SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

Let’s not fix fitness goals for that friends party, cousins wedding or official event, let’s just weave in that extra leg work within the same lifestyle. Be it WALKING TO WORK: always taking the stairs, taking public transport, not taking a rickshaw for FILLING GAPS IN YOUR last mile commute etc. Try it for 40 days, it may not give you visible results, FITNESS REGIME but it will help you fight that unwanted fatigue. Let’s do more, with less!

AASHNA BHATIA TEAM CORPORATE COMMUNICATION

THE HEALTHIEST A quick fire way to get more active in your work day is to make use of WAYS TO SURVIVE A the cupboards in front of your workstation as a standing desk. These SEDENTARY JOB cupboards are of appropriate height and proved to be a great platform for keeping my laptop and working on my tasks. This ended up making a huge difference in my daily routine. My back and neck ache reduced to a GARGEE great extent and my health became better. TEAM URBAN DEVELOPMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING

I really think having real plants in offices is a good thing for peoples’ well- being. I grow lots of different indoor plants at home and occasionally propagate them to give to others. So I sometimes bring new plants into MISSION GO GREEN the office. To get to the office, I cycle from Marylebone station, so the easiest way to transport plants is in a ruck sack on my back. DR. RUTH MALLESON TEAM MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING & ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

44 IPE Global Endomondo application (app) is great for tracking your fitness, analysing performance and even sync apps with wearables. The app stands apart USING TECHNOLOGY from the others in its ‘social’ feature by sending and receiving real-time TO STAY FIT audio pep talks from friends and racing against a friend’s personal best time. One can even share results on social media networks through the app. SUDARSHAN PANDA TEAM CORPORATE RISK AND COMPLIANCE

Nike+ Running application is an app for serious runners who are looking for that extra motivation to help train for upcoming races. One can accurately track distance and other metrics using the phone’s GPS including time, distance and calories burned. Motivation is also provided RUNNING MARATHONS through music and an online community. A must have app!

KRITI PANDEY TEAM CORPORATE COMMUNICATION

MyFitnessPal application offers an enormous database of foods with an easy interface to log meals and monitor calorie intake. It has a great array COUNTING CALORIES of weight loss plans and users can even use it to count daily steps. It offers great motivation with the option of sharing meal plans with buddies and encouraging them for eating within the calorie limit and working out regularly. This application has helped me keep a close tab on my nutrition. DIVYANI DIDDI TEAM IPE CKD

It is important to ensure exclusive breast feeding for 6 months. Exclusive breast feeding means that the baby should be fed only breastmilk as breast milk provides enough water to keep a baby hydrated. The mother ENCOURAGE MOTHERS can express milk, manually or with the help of breast pumps, which can TO CARE & WORK be kept in a refrigerator for 24 hours and at room temperature for 6 hours. A mother’s determination to continue breastfeeding must be complemented with a supportive work environment. DR. GEETA VERMA TEAM USAID-RMNCH+A

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 45 Social and Economic Empowerment

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Raghwesh Ranjan 103 blocks across the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh & Odisha. Director Strengthening administrative and technical capacity of state institutions, geo-tagging of assets for better planning and uring the last year, our Social and durability of rural works with Ministry of Rural Development, D Economic Empowerment practice Government of India. The programme also aims to improve attained new heights. This was a very resilience of rural communities to climatic vulnerabilities. successful year with four new wins, each one bringing together innovation, 016 has been a year of many firsts for the Social & implementation and influencing in varied developmental 2Economic Empowerment team and I have been challenges. We have been able to strengthen our partnership privileged to be a part of at least two of them. For the first time with DFID India through three of four wins that focus through the Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Infrastructure on governance reforms, private sector engagement in in India (ICRG) programme there is a novel initiative to look at development sector space and climate change. The final MGNREGA with the climate lens and design assets that stand one is an interesting evaluation study for UNICEF on their the whims and vagaries of climate. To ensure this, system Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Safety strengthening and policy level changes in training & capacity Programme for school children in Bihar. I sincerely thank my building at the national level are in the offing. An equally team members for their hard work and expect that together exciting project is the evaluation of UNICEF supported we will soar next year. Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction and School Safety Programmes in Bihar. For the first time, we are engaging with One of the highlights of the year was winning the project for communities and school children in 6 of the most disaster Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth in India (ICRG) in prone districts of Bihar and conducting a qualitative research Bihar, Chhattisgarh & Odisha with DFID. The project involves on the UNICEF programme to build capacities around climate proofing of assets built under Mahatma Gandhi disaster risk reduction.

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Economic and Public Financial Management

conomic and Public Financial Management E(EPFM) practice started as a technical wing to KEY FOCUS AREAS provide required expertise for the organisation’s on-going long-term programmes as well as small • Commercial taxation, including goods and value assignments primarily in the domain of public services tax (GST) financial management (mainly expenditure side), mid-term review, end of project evaluation, costing • Revenue mobilisation framework and value for money. Since 2014-15, EPFM started functioning as a separate business unit. Over • Economic planning the recent period, majority of its work comprised of monitoring and evaluation assignments. The • Integrated financial management systems interesting and challenging aspect of work done by us is due to its multi-sectoral nature besides exploring • Internal and external audits new areas/practices and geographies (like Myanmar and Lesotho). • Fiscal decentralisation

Vision for this unit will be to focus on monitoring, • Public procurement reforms evaluation and learning assignments in the focused sectors and geographies. However, the scope and • Performance and results - orientated budgeting interest for entering into promising terrains and newer areas is always open to us. • Medium term expenditure frameworks (MTEFs), budget and expenditure tracking studies y association with Economic and Public MFinancial Management (EPFM) in IPE Global has enriched me as a professional in technical capacity, business development and project management. A brief journey of this unit reflects the all-round development of its members and value addition to the organisation’s portfolio. I, on behalf on my team wish IPE Global a wonderful 2017.

-Promila Bishnoi Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 47 Education and Skills Development

ducation and Skills Development (ESD) Team had KEY FOCUS AREAS Equite an eventful 2016. This year ended with the completion of three large scale transformation projects • Strategic advisory services and marking a significant improvement in the field of education policy analysis (i) Capacity Building Support to Government of India’s (GoI) Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) (ii) Delivery • Teacher management and of a Conditional Secondary School Incentive Programme for development Disadvantaged Girls in Odisha (OGIP) and (iii) Direct Technical Assistance (DTA) to Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) for effective • Teacher and student attendance implementation of Umbrella Scheme. While these projects monitoring concluded with immense achievements; and drawing up a futuristic way forward plan was a stimulating and a learning • Curriculum development experience. • Educational planning and The team also bagged a couple of key projects (i) administration Capacity Building of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and State for designing Mission • Inclusion and equity for Mode Programmes and (ii) Review and Research of School marginalised and deprived children Education Sector – in five states in India. • Skills development We are hopeful of successful implementation of aforementioned, strategically important, programmes and • Technical and vocational education, also grabbing new opportunities to improve quality of and training education and skills development as 2017 takes shape.

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t was exciting to witness various project inputs Iresulting in a drastic transformation. For example, secondary level students in Odisha received scholarship directly in their bank account through Direct Bank Transfer resulting in increased enrolment and attendance (OGIP), a greater buy-in from States and incorporation of modules, and development of frameworks and guidelines to support School Improvement (RMSA-TCA) and supporting the Umbrella Scheme being implemented by MoTA and National Scholarship Portal up and running (DTA-MoTA). -Shalender Sharma

disha Girls’ Incentive Programme (OGIP), a DFID supported multi-year conditional cash Oscholarship program in Odisha was successfully completed by IPE Global in 2016. The programme focused on improving secondary school enrollment, attendance and completion rates of over ONE MILLION Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in Odisha, through the provision of conditional cash incentive. Evaluation of the programme showed that it even exceeded the ambitious targets set at the start of the programme. Cash transfers under OGIP led the way in giving wings to young dreams

-Ashish Mukherjee

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IT and eGovernance

Debashis Nag and then delivering these as per the the client expectation. Vice President In a comparatively short time serving all the sectors together, IT & eGovernance is becoming the true composite face of ear 2016 begun with a steady growth IPE Global and we are looking beyond to spread our imprint Yfor IT & eGovernance, which took wider. momentum in the middle and now has ended up with cheerful smiles on our face with winning of a few good and strategic projects. IT & eGovernance practice KEY FOCUS AREAS in IPE Global was originated as support service for other sectoral practices and now grown-up as an independent and • Smart governance revenue generating practice. After winning these strategic projects in the area of Tourism, Power/ Renewable Energy, • Information and communication technology Tribal Affairs, HRMS/eRecruitment, to name few, we are strategy and planning gradually establishing our footprint in the IT & eGovernance market and enhancing our product portfolio. Our IT services • e-Governance application development and are well-supported by CMMI Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO implementation 27001:2013 and PMP certification. We are proud to provide IT services across various national and international clients • Information technology turnkey solutions that helps their businesses radically cut costs and become more efficient, productive, and profitable. All this has been • m-Governance possible because of the dedication & hard work of each and every team member both in the area of developing business

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Information Technology

Praveen Harea Associate Director

016 was quite busy and impactful as 2our corporate IT team successfully delivered a number of IT facilities to the end user. The major emphasis was on attaining a more secure and robust IT infrastructure with least impact on the current IT services. I am glad to share an overview of the IT facilities which were delivered to our staff in the year gone by:

• Upgradation of internet bandwidth with redundant internet backup link;

• Migration of all email users on a more secure & robust cloud based O365 email platform;

• Provision of the new server room with expanded n the coming year, we will be moving forward to the capacity to equipped with the new hardware Inext advanced stage by installing a more scalable and architecture to cater the growing business secure IT infrastructure for which the transition phase requirements of corporate end users; has already begun. I sincerely thank my IT team and all the end users for their support and encouragement • Connection of the workstations in client server to help us achieve new heights and our goals; and architecture model to put on the security on the believe that this will continue towards progressing the crucial business data. milestones’ planned for this year

-Suresh Kumar

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 51 Leaving behind our footprints TRAVEL DIARY

Varanasi is a magical place Known for its world famous where chaos meets serenity. Copacabana and Ipanema The best times to visit would be beaches, Christ the Redeemer during the festivals or in general statue, sprawling favelas; during the winters when the raucous Carnaval festival, temperature is just about over 60-years old Sunday perfect for that quiet stroll along flea markets, samba dancers- the ghats or that soothing boat all boiled down to creating ride at dawn/dusk. memories of a lifetime for me!

DESTINATION SAO WANDERLUST IN PAULO AND RIO DE VARANASI JANEIRO

IPSITA SHEE TEAM URBAN DEVELOPMENT SHILPI JAIN & INFRASTRUCTURE GAME DRIVE IN LAKE TEAM CORPORATE ENGINEERING NAKURU NATIONAL COMMUNICATION PARK NISHU CHAUDHRY, AROLINE RAES AND TEWODROS ABEBE TEAM IPE GLOBAL (ETHIOPIA)

A game drive organised in Lake Nakuru National Park during the Africa retreat, devoid of all technological devices, brought us closer to nature and to each other.

52 IPE Global Wandering around the dusty In our journey to Leh Ladakh, streets & markets gave me a we were left with a sense of awe sense of how marginal life in and wonder at having reached this part of the world actually Khardung La (at a height of is. A week is never enough to 18,380 ft.) the highest motorable understand a place, but really road in the world- in what had helps when you hear it from the been a most treacherous route. local people.

THE TRIP THAT SHALL BURKINA FASO-NATING NOT BE NAMED

MARTYN CLARK SALIM K. ALTAF TEAM URBAN DEVELOPMENT TEAM URBAN DEVELOPMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE & INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING MISADVENTURES IN THE ENGINEERING ARCTIC CIRCLE TANYA UKE TEAM CORPORATE COMMUNICATION

Starry twilight skies with no infrastructure in sight and untouched snowy wilderness and the exciting auroras. Visit Kiruna, Sweden if adventure & excitement of the Arctic winter wonderland is what you seek.

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 53 Corporate Communication and Quality Assurance

Tanya Singh highlights. With content now supported by visually impactful Advisor photographs from the fields, the goal was to create “digital” stories that inspire people to act and share. he year has seen a paradigm shift Tin our communication strategy and Three new interactive websites were also launched in 2016 product innovations leveraging the use as a portal of information of our projects. With interactive of technology. Collaboration, support dynamic elements to foster improved communication and feedback has assisted in bringing our with clients and staff, the sites received a huge response vision alive. Centralising communication internationally. Our revamped communication products channels across the board for a stronger, more inclusive and also strengthened the dissemination of organisational need based messaging for IPE Global Group is now our area information across all our offices including external clientele. of focus. Our Quality Assurance division, also strengthened the This year, we channelised our energies in strengthening our processes for development, review of reports and corporate public relations and media presence resulting in an increased policies, SOPs, Guidelines, etc. for zero defect products in the external branding. Our media approach saw a transition Year 2016. Our continued support to IPE Global’s business with the portrayal of in-house key sectors experts as global achievements by leveraging through our technical and thought leaders. design expertise remained top priority.

Our social media platforms witnessed a complete overhaul We hope to continue to serve as a channel of information in the past year. Concepts like giving a human face to our through our various mediums to help realise our work; live updates of events; posting key interventions and organisational vision. We thank the IPE family for continued their achievements with beneficiary case stories were the support in the year 2016. Let’s keep our momentum going!

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HIGHLIGHTS - 2016 t has been a busy and exciting time for ITeam Corporate Communication. With new • Expanded from national to international innovations and ideas, increased advocacy by media platforms like Huffington Post, leveraging on technology and centralisation of Somaliland Press with close to 80 coverages. our activities, going ahead we hope to further our communication strategy to help maximise • Informative and visually impactful posts on our outreach and realise the organisation social media platforms resulting in brand vision. It’s only when we all come together, that outreach of over 1 lakh users every month & we can work towards overcoming challenges, engagement of over 10000 users (monthly) achieving our ambitions and working towards increasing IPE Global’s brand value our collective goal – that of creating the brand IPE Global. Once again a big thank you to all@ • Received a staggering number of 50,000 + IPE Global! visitors and 250,000+ page views across our -Shilpi Jain websites since its launch with active users over 30 countries.

• Developed in-house video-2016: A Year That Was & launched campaigns around UN days.

eflecting on the year gone by, we learnt that those areas which received the flame of attention, Rshowed progress. And when running a division as complex as Quality Assurance (QA), collaboration is the fuel to ensure eternal flame. In the spirit of the New Year and in pursuit of continual quality improvement, our QA strategy is intended to encourage reflection and assessment of our activities and to stimulate ideas for improvement.

-Gurmeet Singh Kochhar

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Corporate Risk and Compliance

Sudarshan Panda HIGHLIGHTS Vice President • Procurement Processes orporate Risk & Compliance CDepartment oversaw and managed • Anti-Fraud and Anti Corruption Policy the corporate risk and compliance issues including due diligence and all • Conflict of Interest (CoI) Policy procurements for IPE Global. We drew on the experience and the hard work of our • Duty of Care (DoC) Policy team members to deliver insight on the myriad risks facing IPE Global, provided the solutions available to mitigate them, • Office Access Policy and suggested the in-house processes & controls that we must adopt to manage them.

In the coming year, we hope to continue working towards increasing efficiency of the organisation and ensure that the staff are trained to comply with the laid down Company’s Policies and Procurement Guidelines.

I want to thank my team for their consistent hard work. Let’s continue to work with the same spirit in the year 2017!

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Human Resources

Vikram Jit Singh hard to build IPE Global and help it reach where we are today. Director And collectively, am sure we will scale newer heights. For that, we all need to have a common vision and purpose. I t was a busy year for the folks in believe there is a genuine and sincere intent within the senior IHR team. We hired a little over 400 management to operate in the most transparent, open and colleagues- that included Employees and a collaborative way, and I believe that approach and work Consultants on projects. The year also saw culture sets us apart from other organisations. I know, and I us increase our HR Enterprise Resource have seen, that you can make your own IPE Global, once you Planning footprint by adding more modules to EmployWise blend in and take ownership of your work. I wish you all a and launching it across Africa and London offices. With our successful 2017. Learning efforts, we covered over 600 colleagues through almost 40 training programmes. This included two half- 016 has been a year full of enriching experiences yearly offsite Induction refreshers for colleagues at Delhi. The 2and fun-filled moments, meeting different team also supported the business by processing over 1000 people, learning newer things and taking up more contracts & amendments for our Consultants. With processes responsibilities. From our first skype session on in place for most HR operational items, we are geared to focus photography from a world renowned photographer to on Learning and Development in 2017. organizing engagement activities across all our office locations- it’s been wonderful! Going forward, I would However, the above are just stats that suggest the scale and like to thank my team members for their dedication volume of our HR operations and am glad to have a fantastic and service focused attitude. We hope that we team managing this. But we have miles to go. We have great continue to contribute to the growth and way forward talent at IPE Global, and am sure we can build an incredible people strategy of IPE Global in building a learning & place to work and create stickiness. I am personally very knowledge sharing culture and developing next level inspired by all our tenured colleagues who have toiled so of leaders across our organisation. -Kavita Fadnis

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 57 Administration and Support Staff

58 IPE Global “Last but not the least, our administration and support staff…for without them, there would be no organisation, for they are the backbone without whom, the state of businesses would be left in disarray”

dministration functions comprise vital Aparts of an organisation’s structure, helping the organisation to manage resources and people in an efficient manner. This year we have focused on strengthening our primary functions of ‘planning, budgeting and organising’ at IPE Global. A lack of quality in any of these is quite often detrimental to the health of any company. Going forward, our aim is to further fortify the roots and ensure that all the administrative needs of our colleagues at IPE Global are duly met.

-Joginder Singh

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 59 International, National and Regional MEDIA PRESENCE

Urbana Magazine

The Hindu

Deccan Herald

The Huffington Post

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Somaliland Press

Financial Chronicle

Employment News The Pioneer

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 61 We believe in the overall development of a professional

62 IPE Global OUR WORK CULTURE PE Global strives for sustainable Ilong term growth through its global presence and cutting edge solutions. We are, above all, a company our employees can trust and depend upon. With this realisation, our company dedicated to cause and business of economic growth, contributes to enhancing the quality of life through state-of-the-art solutions – solutions that are pre-requisites for sustainable development.

Our people are our number one asset. The standards we set today in our work are our challenges for tomorrow; because the standards are there to improve upon. We are determined to find the best solutions for our clients, no matter the hurdle. This total dedication and the success it brings are due to the foundation of our five core values - ‘Integrity, Innovation, Passion, Perseverance & Learning’; which form the underpinning of how our people work together to serve our clients.

For more than 18 years, and with a team of over 800 professionals which is progressively growing, we bring together cutting edge knowledge and management skills to deliver an IPE Global solution that is recognisable to our clients.

We offer a modern, open, friendly and a creative atmosphere to work. Our entrepreneurial nature and commitment to success provides challenges and opportunities for all our people. IPE Global has consciously developed an interesting and engaging work culture which makes work not only professionally satisfying but personally enriching.

You can view a recap of the fun filled year 2016 at IPE Global in the pages that follows.

Recap 2016

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 63 2016 THE YEAR THAT WAS

64 IPE Global Turn for more

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 65 66 IPE Global 2016- 17 A GLIMPSE OF OUR LIFE

Behind the Scene

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 67 EDITORIAL BOARD

Tanya Singh Shilpi Jain Gurmeet Singh Kochhar Advisor Communication Specialist Sr. Manager Corporate Communication Corporate Communication Quality Assurance and Quality Assurance

Tanya Uke Madhavan Lakshmi Kumar Sr. Executive Sr. Executive Corporate Communication Quality Assurance

Ideas are figments till we put them to work. Hours of deliberations, doubts and decisions, well into the chilly winter evenings has borne fruit. Presenting our labour of love, the Planet IPE Yearbook!

68 IPE Global Aashna Bhatia Vaibhav Kumar Executive Sr. Executive Corporate Communication Quality Assurance

Kriti Pandey Ishwar Singh Sapna Subba Sr. Executive Sr. Executive Sr. Executive Corporate Communication Quality Assurance Knowledge Management & Corporate Communication

Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 69 The entire IPE Global family at the corporate headquarters

70 IPE Global Planet IPE Yearbook Edition 71 At IPE Global, we support and seek to strengthen universal peace, gender equality, eradicate poverty and build collaborative partnerships for sustainable development

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