IPE Global Partners with SEEID, Government of Maharashtra to Advance Women’s Workforce Particpation

IPE Global has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Department (SEEID) of the Government of Maharashtra, serving as a Technical Support Unit for data-driven gender planning to increase women’s workforce participation.

The MoU was formalised in the presence of Shri. Devendra Fadnavis, Honourable Chief Minister, Government of Maharashtra, and Shri. Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Hon’ble Minister, Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Department, Government of Maharashtra, was exchanged between Ms Manisha Verma, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary of SEEID and Mr MK Padma Kumar, COO of IPE Global. The formal event took place at Sahyadri Guest House in Mumbai on 27th April 2026.

The partnership reaffirms Maharashtra’s commitment to advancing women’s participation in the formal workforce and embodies the inclusive growth ambition of the Viksit Maharashtra 2047 vision. As a Technical Support Unit, IPE Global will help improve the skilling and employment pipeline to place young women at the centre of Maharashtra’s labour market transformation and thereby improve female labour force participation in paid jobs.

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Arti Ahuja

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Retired from the Indian Administrative Services, Ms Ahuja has over 34 years of experience in administration, policy formulation, project management, and leadership across the public sector. Her expertise spans health systems, nutrition, women’s workforce participation, vulnerable populations, petrochemicals, and social sector programs. She has held several senior positions in the Government of India, including Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, where she led reforms to strengthen worker welfare and represented India at the G20 Employment Working Group; Secretary, Ministry of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, where she initiated the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme; and Secretary, Women & Child Development, where she directed large-scale nutrition and empowerment initiatives, strengthening the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). As Secretary of Health, Government of India she played a pivotal role in India’s COVID-19 response, launched the National Digital Health Mission, and advanced national programs on TB and AIDS control. She continues to advise on gender, climate change, and nutrition, contributes to national and international publications, and teaches public policy and nutrition at leading academic institutions. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health; Master’s in Public Policy from Princeton University; Master’s in Economics (Gold Medallist) from Panjab University, and is a Bachelor of Law from the University of Delhi.

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