PLANET IPESPECIAL EDITION

APRIL 2019

WORLDHEALTH DAY

‘Health for all - everyone, everywhere’

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MD SpeaksWorld Health Day is celebrated on 7th April every year. It is a fact that despite efforts, accessible and affordable Healthcare remains a big challenge in developing countries. WHO estimates that half of the world’s population lacks access to basic healthcare and more than 100 million people are pushed into poverty every year due to ill-health and its associated costs.

Access to essential quality care and financial protection not only enhances people’s health and life expectancy, it also protects countries from epidemics, reduces poverty and the risk of hunger, creates jobs, drives economic growth and enhances gender equality. This is why, WHO is focusing on universal health coverage as the guiding vision for more than seven decades.

IPE Global with its strong health sector practice, is doing its bit to enhance health systems, develop alternate models and facilitate behavioral and social change for better health outcomes.

Health is a human right. Together, we can make health for all a reality.

Best wishes,

Ashwajit Singh

IntroductiotionToday, with an astounding number of reports about increasing lifestyle related diseases and health conditions, it is impossible to ignore the importance of fitness and well-being in our lives. It is of no surprise that the more you build a healthy body, more you develop a healthy mind. Holistic health is a philosophy of medical care that views physical, mental and spiritual aspects of life as closely interconnected.

April 7 every year marks the celebration of World Health Day that further signifies the importance of global health. The very slogan of World health day ‘Health for All – everyone, everywhere’ aims to bring health within reach of everyone by not just the availability of health services but also a state of health that enables a person to lead a socially and economically productive life.

Health is our primary capital asset and therefore to keep it running, a fit body has become a necessity. The benefits of an active, healthy lifestyle are undeniable. Equal is the importance of proper nutrition, sleep and mental well-being. Physical and mental health go hand in hand, thus making your body the best place to live in. As Wilhelm von Humboldt rightly states, “True enjoyment comes from the activity of mind and exercise of the body, the two are ever united”.

Remaining away from medicine and able to run with my kid are the two things that motivate me the most. The journey towards fitness started around 2 years back and besides the physical transformation, it has helped a lot in remaining mentally focused on short and long-term goals. Simple things to remember: its 70% what you eat and 30% how you burn it…if either is missing you would not achieve the desired results.

Once you see results, it becomes an addiction. Being committed to my healthy routine has helped me to stay fit as well as happy. Intermittent fasting has really helped me to lose weight way fast! And since then, my cravings for junk food has reduced

to quite a great extent. Having 10-12 glasses of water keeps me full and hydrated. Also, 3-5 km of daily walks keep me in good mood and in good health of course! Last but not the least, my real energy booster is the daily 30-minutes machine-less workout that I rarely miss upon!

Yesterday you said tomorrow.

How many times have you said, “I’ll do it tomorrow”? The time to start is now! Live in the moment and chase all of your dreams while you still can. My tomorrow came and is still continuing as I have long ways to go.

Being able to make it to gym five days a week boosts me enough to stay fit. I am more of a high-energy-exercise person. Kickboxing and Cross-fit exercises help me exert sufficient and release all the extra calories I consume on my cheat days (because, who on earth doesn’t crave for cheat days?!) But at the end of the day, it’s about eating good and exercising super-good!

What’s your fitness mantra? Himanshu Sikka, Chief Strategy and Diversification Officer

Lavanya Katyal, Senior Analyst, CBD Neelam Bhatia, Program Officer, CSR

Jasmine Kaur, Analyst, Urban and Reforms Infrastructure

I believe that a healthy/ fit body has nothing to do with body shape. How better can I do with my body and mind, is what pushes me to work on myself every day! I start my day with a 2 kms run, a 30 minutes yoga, and at least of three Sudoku/ Puzzle solving, and end my day with a 3-4 kms of run, 40 minutes of cardio, and a good read. Eating

right in quality and quantity makes a lot of difference. I drink lots of water, and also meditate before I sleep! I am currently learning ballet dance form that covers balance-on-toes and leg stretching activities very powerfully. Apart from this, I don’t take weight lifts, I only lift weights!

H-H: Health is directly proportional to Happiness! Happiness keeps me motivated to keep myself healthy. Till now I have been experiencing real time challenges to fathom my capabilities and realize my potentials at various phases of my life. Happiness is the ultimate key to successful life. Without health there is no happiness and without happiness there is no success!

When someone tells me, “Watch your steps, Himanshu”, I really do. My first rule to becoming fit with every day passing is to keep a check on the number of steps I make- at least 10,000 steps a day. My summers come with swimming and winters come with Gym sessions. Also, cricket/ football on weekends keep me totally charged up! Besides burning calories, I am particular about WHEN to/not to take calories—Body clock is must if one wants to be fit in a long run.

I try to embed my fitness exercises into my routine as much as possible. Zumba and yoga are my first go-to when it comes to “How do I become stronger and fitter than I were the last month?” The push to become fit may come from others who are fitter, but to keep going with it, is really your OWN job.

Imran Basha Soudagar, Project Manager, Smart City Thiruvananthapuram PMC

Himanshu Arora, Assistant Manager, CBD Sakshi Kapur, Senior Analyst, CBD

Mukta Chauhan, Executive, Corporate Communication

Considering the hectic lives we lead, I try to stick to an easy-to-follow but effective fitness regime: get in as much machine-free, body-weight-based and cardio training as schedule allows and avoid eating saturated fats or carbohydrates after sundown. However, when we speak of fitness, a healthy mind is as important as a healthy body. So, I make it a point to find time for activities which relax the mind and help manage stress. Mental health remains a neglected and often stigmatized subject and so I hope more of us include it in our conversations about fitness and well-being.

My routine takes off early morning when I hit my gym, regulate my cardio and weight training, five days a week! I have started taking dance classes (three days a week) -- a combination of Kathak, Lyrical Hip Hop and Jazz dance forms. This really helps me get in full power and persuades me to stay super-active! I also ensure an hour of walk during my office hours, in bits and

pieces. Can’t skip on the days when my maid is on off and I work harder with mopping and cleaning my house, which apparently happens at least twice a month!

I have always dabbled into sports and fitness but mostly it was sporadic and eating healthy was never my focus. And then one fine day that small voice which was always there just became loud enough. That’s when I started my wellness journey to discover a better version of myself.

I am a dance enthusiast and practice contemporary dance form twice a week, apart from that I walk daily for about 3-4 km and do rigorous exercise at least three times a week. Fitness without focus on proper diet can achieve only half the result, so I also ensure that I eat balanced nutritious diet every single day with limited cheat days.

Abhimanyu Shankhdhar, Communication Lead, WeCan Project

Kavita Fadnis, Vice-President, Human Resources

Mona Chhibber, Vice President, Human Resources

Fit the FactsExercise makes you feel more energized because it releases ‘happy chemicals’ called endorphins into the blood. �ey are also called runner’s high.

For every pound of muscle gained, the body burns 50 extra calories every day

Movement in exercise helps relieve stress by producing a relaxation response which serves as a position distraction. (A step towards stable mental health is literally steps!)

�erapy, yoga and meditation can considerably help in assuaging the symptoms of mental illness.

Workout boosts the body con�dence by 13.5% and brain performance by 12%.

�e heart is the strongest muscle in the body.

Nearly 50% of young people are not vigorously active on a daily basis.

Time for Some Deskercises! If you are worried about your body fitness because your 9-5 job has taken all the space, here are some of the easy exercises that you can perform seated at your work place. Let’s start!

Interlace your fingers and reach up towards the sky, as high as you can … keeping your palms facing up towards the ceiling.

Reach for the Stars

Drop your chin down towards your chest and GENTLY roll your head from side to side.

Bobblehead

This one stretches out the glutes. With your right ankle on your left knee, gently press against the right knee a few times. Of course, after you’re done with the right side, be sure and give the left side some love, too.

Knee Press

Sit up tall and drop your right ear down towards your right shoulder (you don’t have to touch it!) and hold for a few seconds and repeat for the left side.

Rubber Neck

Turn your head the left and try and look over your shoulder and hold for a few seconds … repeat on the right.

Look Around

Raise both shoulders up towards your ears and hold for a few seconds and release. Repeat a few times for good measure.

Shrugs

Bring your hands behind your back, press your palms together, sit up tall and hold for 5–10 seconds.

Chest Opener

Sit up tall and extend your right arm all the way up towards the ceiling. Straighten your left leg out and raise it up as you bring your right arm down and try to touch your left foot. Do 8–10 on each side.

Seated Toy Soldier

With a bent knee, lift your right leg up and grab it with your arms and pull it in as close to your chest as you can. Hold for 5–10 seconds and make sure and do it on the left side, too.

Knee Hugger

Extend your right arm over your head and reach out as far as you can to the left and gently bend over. Hold for a few seconds and do it the other way.

Reach and Bend

At IPE Global, we encourage overall well-being of each employee because - fit body and sound mind are key to productivity

Desk Yoga session

Yoga session

Zumba session

Yoga session at strategy meet

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News DeskIPE Global supported World Health Organisation (WHO) in commemorating World TB day

Suraj Kumar participated at National Workshop: Non-Networked Sanitation Systems for India

Koyel Kumar Mandal participated in international conference on community-based adapta-tion (CBA 13) in Ethiopia

World TB Day was commemorated by the National TB programme at Hotel Hyatt on 24th March 2019. IPE Global supported WHO in organising the event which included talks by the TB Champions, address by the dignitaries, Release of TB specific issue by Indian Journal of TB, Release of PPSA Toolkit and TB Free India Pledge. More than 200 people including members of the programme division, partners and special invitees attended the event. Manish Pandey- Manager, HNWASH, IPE Global was felicitated for successfully organising the event.

Suraj Kumar, Senior Manager, Urban Reforms and Infrastructure, IPE Global was invited as a speaker and panelist at National Workshop: Non-Networked Sanitation Systems for India at Mussoorie, on 27th and 28th February 2019. The agenda of the workshop was to share IPE Global’s Rajasthan project (Capacity Building Support for Innovative Sanitation Solutions) experience of successful regulatory reforms in all three pilot towns – Phulera, Lalsot and Khandela.

The 13th international conference on Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA13) was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 1-4 April 2019, under the theme: “Local solutions inspiring global action’. Koyel Kumar Mandal, Climate Change Expert, IPE Global was invited to share his thoughts on how social protection schemes can contribute to climate change adaptation. Koyel spoke about Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme – India’s and the world’s largest social protection program, and how it is helping rural communities cope with the impacts of climate change. Citing experience from the ongoing DFID supported program, Infrastructure for Climate Resilient Growth (ICRG), which is being implemented by IPE Global, he underscored the importance of mainstreaming climate change into such programs in order to further enhance the resilience benefits.

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NEWSLM Singh invited to speak at the Social Venture Partners Conclave

Anand Kumar participated in 2nd International Conference on Climate Finance (ICCF) at Dhaka

Report and Geo-portal developed by IPE Global released at National Workshop on Climate Change

LM Singh- Project Manager, PAHAL, was invited to speak at the Social Venture Partners’ (SVP) Sustainable Livelihood Conclave on 15th March 2019 in Bangalore. The session titled “State of Livelihoods Today in India, the Key Challenges & Way forward” was attended by leading NGO’s, CSR’ departments, and government agencies. LM Singh was quoted as saying, “There is a disconnect between our Education, Employment & Empowerment, especially when basic necessities like Healthcare are still out of reach for majority’.

Anand Kumar, Associate Director, Environment and Climate Change, IPE Global was invited to speak at the International Conference on Climate Finance (ICCF 2019), held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 9th and 10th March 2019. He spoke on the Effective Mobilization of Climate Finance for implementing climate change adaptation activities at Sub-National level in India. He highlighted the need for effective mobilization of climate finance and opportunities & challenges for implementation of climate change adaptation activities at sub-national level in India.

A report titled “Climate Vulnerability Assessment for the Indian Himalayan Region Using a Common Framework” and a geoportal based on the same were released at the National Workshop on Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the States and Union Territories Using a Common Framework held from 14 to 15 March 2019 at New Delhi. The workshop was jointly organized by the Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP) of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The portal is designed and developed by IPE Global with the funding support of from SDC.

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NEWSSelf-Help Groups (SHGs) under IDIPT project created handicrafts out of pine needles

Pine Needle handicrafts created by Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Solan, Himachal Pradesh under the ADB funded IDIPT Project implemented by IPE Global. The programme aims to work with the village people and provide them skill-based employment training so that they can earn a livelihood in their native place.

IPEans showed enthusiastic participation in Maruti Suzuki Devil’s Circuit in Noida on 16th of March 2019

Sunil Verma presented the results of the survey on educational plasma TV in Ethiopian schools

IPEans participated in the Maruti Suzuki Devil’s circuit, India’s biggest obstacle run, in Noida on March 16, 2019. This two- day long event witnessed participants from all over the country. Maruti Suzuki Arena offered a spectacular obstacle racing track of 5 kms interspersed with 15 obstacles of varying difficulty levels.

Sunil Verma, Country Head (Ethiopia), IPE Global presented the results of the survey on use of educational plasma TV in Ethiopian secondary and preparatory schools at a Validation workshop held in Bishoftu. The British Council in Ethiopia, under its committed support to the Ministry of Education contracted IPE Global to assess the utilization, effectiveness and future use of the educational plasma TV at national level. All regional state representatives and stakeholders participated in the workshop. During the validation, feedback was ascertained, and recommendations have accordingly been modified and submitted to the government for consideration. IPE Global hopes to see a change in how Plasma TV shall contribute to the education sector in Ethiopia, hence forth.

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Congratulations!Ashwajit Singh, MD, IPE Global received the ‘Distinguished Alumni Award’ at the 93rd An-nual Day at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) from the honourable Finance Minister of India, Shri Arun Jaitley.

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IPE in MediaIPE Global implemented WeCan Project launches ‘Impact4Nutrition’

Shalender Sharma and Shashiranjhan Jha’s article published in Yojana Magazine - March 2019 edition

Times of India exclusively covers Shalender Sharma

IPE Global implemented WeCan project joined hands with Unicef and Nasscom Foundation and launched a programme “Impact4Nutrition” which targets to eradicate malnutrition and stunting and positively impact the nutritional and health status of India. Several organisations came together and pledged to build a social movement with their staff and customers supporting the government’s ‘Poshan Abhiyaan’ to make India healthy and free of malnutrition.The event

The article titled ‘Developing successful school systems’ talks about secondary school education in India, inclusive development in education, enrolment parameters, policy efforts etc.

Shalender Sharma, Director - Education and Skills Development, IPE Global gets exclusively covered in Times of India magazine- Higher Education: A Guide to Opportunities in India and Abroad, February 2019 edition in the article titled ‘Interdisciplinary Education for School- Goers where he talked about the important steps towards starting an interdisciplinary education system like Education policies, System of Constructive feedback, Collaboration of teachers, etc.

Excerpt from the article: Inclusive development in education cannot be viewed and planned for on its own; a successful school system with full participation is dependent on policy level efforts. Achievement of goals of inclusive development would require strong emphasis on preparing school going children with catalytic skill and competencies. Without explicit provisions for curriculum reforms, capacity building of key stakeholders such as SCERT/DERT and creating a pool of teacher educators, we will miss generation of learners that will support achievement of SDGs targets.

was covered by various print and online verticals including Navodya Times, Business Standard, The Hindu, Daily Pioneer, Outlook India, NDTV, BTVi, Social News XYZ, Aaj Ki Khabar, Silicon India, Indian Money to name a few.

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