We started with a small office space in New Delhi with a staff strength of 3 dedicated professionals who began initially with looking at effectiveness and efficiency enhancement in some sectors in Municipal Corporation and Public Finance. The team worked on a few assignments directly with central and state governments for the first two years. The company had a strategic MoU with Enterprise London School of Economics (ELSE) since its inception.
IPE’s passion for innovation and reforms lead to a rapid growth and within a few years of its formation, in January 2001, IPE Global was given its first small assignment by the Department for International Development, UK (DFID). It was a study of the fiscal impact of State Level Public Enterprises (SLPE) on the state finances of Orissa. After extensive research and immense hard work, the study came out with some remarkable observations and was well appreciated by both, the DFID and the Government of Orissa. This study also found reference in the White Paper released by the Government of Orissa on SLPE Reforms and was rated as the best piece of work in the 5 year SLPE reform programme.
This marked the starting point for IPE and soon we were working on small assignments with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), DFID and JICA. We also associated with established consultancy firms as consortium partners and worked in our core areas of specialisation.
IPE’s first major milestone was in 2001 when we won our first global bid as lead of a consortium – the Inception Phase Consultancy for the DFID supported Kolkata Environmental Improvement Programme (KEIP). In quick succession, we also won another global bid by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) for the Agra Municipal Reform Project.
Our next major milestone was when we won our first ever international tender for a foreign country – the ADB funded assignment for Local Government Infrastructure Improvement Project in Sri Lanka in 2004. Thereafter, of course IPE won many more projects and worked in several other countries including Bhutan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Ethiopia, Jordan and South Africa.
The next milestone was in 2006 when we were selected by DFID to provide a three year technical assistance to the Government of West Bengal for health sector reforms in the state. Thereafter, we won several further contracts for large scale project management and are currently managing some of the large health sector projects of DFID as well as for state project managers for national programmes such as the JNNURM.
Over the years, IPE has emerged to be a leading development sector consultant and a consultant of choice for many development partners and governments. We believe our commitment, enthusiasm and perseverance are crucial elements of our values which we bring to any assignment.
Now with more than 300 successful projects for various international agencies such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), World Bank, UNDP, DFID, JBIC, JICA, DANIDA, EC, ACBF, UNICEF, and USAID, experience of working with over 20 state governments and 500 local governments, IPE is recognised as a pioneer in the spectrum of services for international development.
IPE today operates through 9 offices in India, corporate offices in the UK and Philippines and a team of over 175 expert full-time professionals and over 300 empanelled consultants.
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