COVID-19

Our Team Respond

Fighting COVID-19 Together

Around the world, the pandemic is all anyone can talk about. All eyes are on the
spread of the virus. The crisis is challenging families, communities, health care systems, and governments. This page brings together several initiatives and response measures by IPE Global through its various projects to help manage and mitigate the virus risk.

COVID-19

Our Teams Respond

Our project teams share some of their initiatives to help prevent and respond to the pandemic.

Vriddhi: COVID-19 update (Oct 30, 2020)

An update on the crisis shared by our health team that leverages existing state and district level activities to integrate COVID-19 response measures...

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A Beautiful Mind: Addressing Adolescent Mental Health

A much needed session on Adolescent Mental Health! The esteemed panelists include Dr. Sanjay Chugh, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, M.D. (Psychiatry)...

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POSHAN Champions continue to support women & front-line workers

COVID-19 outbreak in Udaipur has affected lives of millions of people due to loss of livelihoods, lack of food, poor access to health and education facilities and other basic needs...

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Norway India Partnership Initiative supports India’s Covid-19 Vaccination Drive

Government of India launched the largest vaccination drive against COVID-19 on 16th January 2021. Prior to this, Government of India has issued directives to all states to constitute state/ district task forces to assess the preparedness for vaccination, trainings, awareness generation and monitoring vaccination sessions. National and state government have given responsibilities to development partners […]

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Virtual tools to manage & monitor data effectiveness during the crisis

Given the current COVID scenario, a multi-dimensional “out of box” approach is the need of the hour. WIth regards to this, the team at IPE Global have looked up for alternatives to face-to-face data collection. The team had proposed to use virtual tools, including phone interviews, phone surveys and online surveys, among others. A similar approach was undertaken by […]

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Food Security and Sustainability in the time of COVID-19

India’s ambitious target of vaccinating at least all its adult population by the end of 2021 seems too optimistic. Approximate calculations indicate that to vaccinate this near 945 million adults...

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Municipal Reforms across 44 Urban Local Bodies in Madhya Pradesh

Like most of the states in India, Madhya Pradesh too is facing challenges with managing and controlling the spread of COVID-19 Pandemic in the country. On one hand the state is managing to keep a check on the reported new cases and at the same time the government is trying to help out its people […]

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Angul Pusti Adhikar Abhiyan (APAA) experiments with digital platforms in Odisha

At a time when front-line workers like Anganwadi workers (AWW) in Odisha are continuing to work hard during times of a national lockdown, our community-led campaign is amplifying their work. Frontline workers are an integral part of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme and the Mamata scheme, the two schemes that IPE Global has […]

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HCL Foundation Scales Up Its Healthcare Solutions for Underserved Communities in Rural Uttar Pradesh

HCL Foundation’s flagship program HCL Samuday, today announced its partnership with SAMRIDH (Sustainable Access to Markets and Resources for Innovative Delivery of Healthcare) to scale up its existing healthcare...

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Transforming Delivery of Quality Health Services in Labour Rooms in Bihar during Covid-19

Improving the health of mothers & children is a priority of National Health Mission especially during the pandemic. NIPI is supporting Bihar to achieve LaQshya certification by sharing plans for improvement with the facilities...

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Online interviews with women entrepreneurs to assess COVID-19 impact

The pandemic has impacted a large section of the population including workers, wage earners, employees and entrepreneurs. In order to understand and analyse the impact the pandemic has brought on to the small and large scale businesses, the Public Financial Management (PFM) team conducted in-depth interviews with some women entrepreneurs and their family members to disucss the impact […]

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Online survey to understand socio-economic changes during the health crisis

COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all segments of the population and is proving detrimental to socio-economic construct. It continues to affect working and non-working populations, children, and students besides vulnerable populations. As the pandemic spreads, estimates from various studies point towards huge loss of jobs and livelihoods. A press release from ILO stated that COVID-19 will […]

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Anandroop Bahadur

Group Head – Human Resources

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Human Resource Expertise, HR Strategy, Oragnisational Design, Talent & Leadership Development, Policy Governance

Anandroop Bahadur is a seasoned HR leader and strategic advisor with nearly two decades of experience across the development, consulting, and social impact ecosystem. She brings a strong blend of deep technical HR expertise, organizational design acumen, and a people-centric ethos to her work.

At IPE Global, Anandroop leads the Group Human Resources function across IPE Global and its associated entities, including Triple Line Consulting and IPE Africa. Her focus is on strengthening organizational foundations, enabling leadership effectiveness, and building scalable people systems aligned with the organisation’s global growth ambitions. Her remit spans HR strategy, organizational design, talent and leadership development, compensation and performance frameworks, policy governance, safeguarding, and culture integration across geographies.

Over the course of her career, Anandroop has held senior HR leadership and consulting roles with organisations such as Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), Ford Foundation, NASSCOM Foundation, Central Square Foundation, Amity Education Group, and other international institutions. She has advised leadership teams and boards through periods of scale, transition, and transformation, and has led HR operations in high-growth, high-complexity environments.

She holds an Executive Degree in Human Resources from XLRI Jamshedpur and is a SHRM–SCP (Senior Certified Professional), reflecting her grounding in global HR standards and best practices. She has also completed advanced executive and leadership programmes, including training in coaching and organisational transformation, and is an ICF-trained executive coach, currently working towards her ACC credential.

 

Nikos Papachristodoulou

Nikos Papachristodoulou

Director

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Urban, Infrastructure, Disaster and Climate Resilience, Inclusive Growth

Nikos has expertise in urban and regional economic development, infrastructure, disaster and climate resilience, and inclusive growth. He oversees and manages projects for Triple Line’s cities and infrastructure portfolio.

Nikos is an urban specialist, with principal areas of expertise in urban and regional economic development, infrastructure, disaster and climate resilience, and inclusive growth. Over the past 12 years he has worked for a range of clients including the World Bank, FCDO, EU, USAID, Cities Alliance, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and local authorities.

Nikos’s work has incorporated the full spectrum of the project cycle, from analytics and programme scoping and design, through implementation, and evaluation and learning.

He has a high level of familiarity with HMG business cases and ODA eligibility criteria having led and supported the development of FCDO’s urbanisation strategy and options for future investments in Somalia’s cities, Prosperity Fund Global Future Cities Programme (GFCP) scoping in Nigeria, and the development of the business case for an urban resilience programme in Tanzania.

Nikos also brings excellent understanding of World Bank latest trends and procedures as a result of his involvement in a number of analytics and technical assistance projects, including on informal settlements upgrading in Mogadishu, climate change adaptation planning in Latin American and Caribbean cities, assessment of the climate resilience of Dar es Salaam’s transport infrastructure, spatial development in Nigeria, and preparation of a handbook on integrated urban flood risk management.

Nikos holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Piraeus and an MSc in Social Development Practice from the Development Planning Unit at University College London (UCL).

 

Ricardo Pinto

Ricardo Pinto

Associate Director

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Private Sector Development, Regulatory Reform, Regional and Local Economy

Ricardo has 35 years´ experience in private sector development, regulatory reform, regional and local economic development in the European Union, Western Balkans, Easter Partnership Countries, Middle East, Africa, etc. He is tasked with developing our strategic operations in continental Europe and Ukraine.

Ricardo is a seasoned international development professional with over 30 years of experience designing and delivering Private Sector Development and economic growth initiatives across more than 50 countries spanning Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe, the CIS, Africa, MEDA, and Asia. He holds both a bachelor’s degree and PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC).

Ricardo brings a unique combination of strategic insight and practical implementation expertise. He has led high-impact assignments for key development institutions, including the European Commission, OECD, GIZ, FCDO/DFID, UNDP, UNCTAD, EBRD, ILO, ADB, World Bank, USAID, and Danida.

With a deep and practical understanding of institutional architecture, policy environment, and post-conflict recovery dynamics, and a career spanning over 30 years across transition economies, Ricardo brings not only technical depth but also a trusted reputation among donors, policymakers and peers.He is leading Triple Line’s strategic expansion into continental Europe, including Ukraine, while strengthening our credibility across the broader region and beyond. Proven Expertise Across Our Core Pillars. Ricardo’s work focuses on the areas central to Triple Line’s evolving service offering: Governance & Institutional Reform: advising public institutions on regulatory impact, policy reform, and donor coordination, Private Sector Development: strategy development for SME ecosystems, innovation, and competitiveness, Infrastructure Enabling Conditions: support for investment climate improvement and regional/local economic development and Cross-cutting themes, including green transition, women’s economic empowerment, and inclusive growth

 
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