Our Team

About MFRS

The people behind the work.

MFRS is built around people who understand that research does not become reliable simply because a questionnaire is well written. Someone still has to plan the work, reach the right respondents, supervise the field, notice what is going wrong, check what comes back, and take responsibility for the final output.

Leadership

Leadership that stays close to the work.

MFRS is guided by people who contribute to the organisation in different but connected ways — from company leadership and governance to strategy, operations, research and field delivery. Responsibility remains close to the work rather than sitting only at the top of an organisational chart.

Mohit Sagar — Founder & Director
Founder & Director

Mohit Sagar

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Primary focus: research planning, field operations, project supervision, coordination, data review and reporting.
Manish Patel — Chief Strategy & Operations Officer
Chief Strategy & Operations Officer

Manish Patel

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Primary focus: strategy, operations, institutional development and organisational growth.
Anil Kumar — Executive Coordinator, Field Operations & Research
Executive Coordinator – Field Operations & Research

Anil Kumar

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Primary focus: field operations, research execution, field coordination and project-level operational support.
Consultants & Specialists

Specialist expertise aligned to project requirements.

MFRS engages consultants and specialists with relevant domain and technical expertise to support research, assessment and project delivery according to assignment requirements.

Shivnarayan Prajapati — Rural Development Specialist
Rural Development Specialist

Shivnarayan Prajapati

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Primary focus: rural development, field research and implementation support for community-based assignments.
Vineet Kumar Dwivedi — Agriculture & Natural Resource Management Specialist
Agriculture & Natural Resource Management Specialist

Vineet Kumar Dwivedi

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Primary focus: agriculture, agronomy, natural resource management, sustainable agriculture and rural development.
Operations Leadership

Field leadership built around practical execution.

Field operations and state-level coordination are led by this team, translating research design and project requirements into on-ground execution across the states where MFRS is active.

Anuj Pal — Head Coordinator, Rajasthan
Head Coordinator – Rajasthan

Anuj Pal

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Rajasthan.
Satendra Kumar — Head Coordinator, Delhi & Haryana
Head Coordinator – Delhi & Haryana

Satendra Kumar

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Delhi & Haryana.
Akhilesh Maurya — Head Coordinator, Uttar Pradesh
Head Coordinator – Uttar Pradesh

Akhilesh Maurya

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Uttar Pradesh.
Luvkush Kushwaha — Head Coordinator, Punjab
Head Coordinator – Punjab

Luvkush Kushwaha

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Punjab.
Megha Gadhve — Head Coordinator, Madhya Pradesh
Head Coordinator – Madhya Pradesh

Megha Gadhve

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Madhya Pradesh.
Pankaj Kumar — Head Coordinator, Bihar
Head Coordinator – Bihar

Pankaj Kumar

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Bihar.
Tarun Kumar Das — Head Coordinator, Jharkhand
Head Coordinator – Jharkhand

Tarun Kumar Das

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Jharkhand.
Bilal Ahmad Jan — Head Coordinator, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
Head Coordinator – Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh

Bilal Ahmad Jan

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
Badarsang Thakor — Head Coordinator, Gujarat
Head Coordinator – Gujarat

Badarsang Thakor

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Gujarat.
Rajni Kant — Head Coordinator, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand
Head Coordinator – Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand

Rajni Kant

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Sandeep Rajput — Head Coordinator, Chhattisgarh
Head Coordinator – Chhattisgarh

Sandeep Rajput

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Chhattisgarh.
Shubham P. Shende — Head Coordinator, Maharashtra & Goa
Head Coordinator – Maharashtra & Goa

Shubham P. Shende

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Primary focus: field coordination, team supervision and survey execution across Maharashtra & Goa.
Field Team

Field professionals supporting research delivery on the ground.

MFRS field personnel support survey execution, respondent engagement, data collection and day-to-day field implementation across assigned locations and project areas.

Pratap Kumar — Field Research Executive
Field Research Executive

Pratap Kumar

Primary focus: field data collection, respondent engagement and survey execution across assigned locations and project areas.
Manas Ranjan Parida — Field Research Executive
Field Research Executive

Manas Ranjan Parida

Primary focus: field data collection, respondent engagement and survey execution across assigned locations and project areas.
Rochak Jaiswal — Field Research Executive
Field Research Executive

Rochak Jaiswal

Primary focus: field data collection, respondent engagement and survey execution across assigned locations and project areas.
Govind Gupta — Field Research Executive
Field Research Executive

Govind Gupta

Primary focus: field data collection, respondent engagement and survey execution across assigned locations and project areas.
Bhumi Gadhave — Field Research Executive
Field Research Executive

Bhumi Gadhave

Primary focus: field data collection, respondent engagement and survey execution across assigned locations and project areas.
Umesh Kumar — Field Research Executive
Field Research Executive

Umesh Kumar

Primary focus: field data collection, respondent engagement and survey execution across assigned locations and project areas.
Laxmipriya Sethy — Field Research Executive
Field Research Executive

Laxmipriya Sethy

Primary focus: field data collection, respondent engagement and survey execution across assigned locations and project areas.
Chumki Das — Field Research Executive
Field Research Executive

Chumki Das

Primary focus: field data collection, respondent engagement and survey execution across assigned locations and project areas.
Nitin Kumar Barman — Field Research Executive
Field Research Executive

Nitin Kumar Barman

Primary focus: field data collection, respondent engagement and survey execution across assigned locations and project areas.
Corporate & Support Functions

The functions that keep the organisation running.

Research support, data, IT, corporate communication, accounts and administration are coordinated from the Head Office, allowing field leadership to stay focused on execution.

Anjali Singh — Head, Administration & Finance
Head – Administration & Finance

Anjali Singh

Primary focus: Head Office administration, finance coordination, accounts support and internal administrative processes.
Neetu Patel — HR Executive
HR Executive

Neetu Patel

Primary focus: recruitment, onboarding and day-to-day HR coordination.
Manish Verma — Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer

Manish Verma

Primary focus: field monitoring, quality checks and evaluation support across ongoing assignments.
Lokesh Rathore — Survey Programming Officer
Survey Programming Officer (Kobo / ODK / SurveyCTO)

Lokesh Rathore

Primary focus: survey tool programming and digital data collection platforms.
Shubham Raykwar — Qualitative Research Specialist & Data Quality Assurance Officer
Qualitative Research Specialist & Data Quality Assurance Officer

Shubham Raykwar

Primary focus: qualitative research inputs and data quality checks across field assignments.
Pooja Pal — Report Writer / Documentation Officer
Report Writer / Documentation Officer

Pooja Pal

Primary focus: report writing, study documentation and formatting of project deliverables.
Aakash Sourakhiya — Head, Business Development, Tenders & Client Relations
Head – Business Development, Tenders & Client Relations

Aakash Sourakhiya

Primary focus: business development, tender and proposal preparation, client relationships and communications.
Sachin Kumar — Head, Finance & Accounts
Head – Finance & Accounts

Sachin Kumar

Primary focus: overall finance and accounts function.
Rohit Lowanshi — Accounts, Project Finance & Compliance Coordinator
Accounts, Project Finance & Compliance Coordinator

Rohit Lowanshi

Primary focus: accounting, project-level finance tracking and statutory compliance coordination.
Sneha Ajay Kumbhare — Research Associate
Research Associate

Sneha Ajay Kumbhare

Primary focus: research support, data compilation and project-level coordination.
Aakash Lowanshi — Research Analyst
Research Analyst

Aakash Lowanshi

Primary focus: data analysis, research support and project-level coordination.
Shubham Bansal — Administration Executive
Administration Executive

Shubham Bansal

Primary focus: day-to-day administrative and office coordination support.
Ritik Bhadoriya — Administration Executive
Administration Executive

Ritik Bhadoriya

Primary focus: office administration, records and logistical support.
How Our Team Works
MFRS works through a combination of permanent staff and project-based professionals, with team composition aligned to the requirements of each assignment.

A permanent base, with project teams built around the assignment.

Field research rarely requires exactly the same people in exactly the same numbers for every project. A household survey in one district and a multi-state monitoring exercise may require completely different combinations of investigators, supervisors, coordinators, data personnel and quality checks.

MFRS therefore builds field teams according to the actual assignment — including geography, sample size, language, respondent profile, timeline and supervision requirements.

The number of people may change from project to project. Responsibility for planning, supervision, documentation and quality does not.

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Plan

Understand the assignment, geography, sample, tools, timeline and reporting requirements before deployment begins.

02

Build the team

Match field personnel and supervisors to the location, language, respondent profile and workload.

03

Stay close to the field

Track progress, resolve practical problems, supervise execution and flag issues while there is still time to correct them.

04

Check before handover

Review data, documentation and required deliverables before the assignment is treated as complete.

Experience In The Field

Experience matters when it changes the way a project is handled.

The people working with MFRS bring practical experience across field research, supervision, coordination and project execution. We value that experience for what it helps teams notice, anticipate and resolve while the work is still in the field.

Knowing the field

A route that looks short on a map may take much longer in practice. Respondent availability, weather, language, permissions and local conditions can change a day’s plan quickly.

Knowing the people

Good fieldwork depends on more than deploying a large number of investigators. The right people have to be matched with the right geography, respondents and supervision.

Knowing when something is wrong

An experienced supervisor should be able to notice unusual completion patterns, respondent access problems, weak probing or inconsistent data before those issues reach the final dataset.

We keep individual experience and MFRS assignments separate.

Professional experience gained by members of the team before joining or establishing MFRS is not presented as work completed by MFRSINDIA PRIVATE LIMITED. Company assignments, previous professional experience and self-initiated work are identified separately wherever that distinction matters.

What We Expect From Our Team

The work matters more than the designation.

Titles help define responsibility. They do not replace it. Whether someone is coordinating a state, supervising five investigators or checking a dataset, the basic expectations remain similar.

Accuracy before speed

Finishing quickly is useful only when the work remains reliable.

Respect for respondents

A respondent is a person giving us time and information, not just another number required to complete a sample.

Problems should travel upward early

Field problems are easier to solve when they are reported while the team is still in the field.

Documentation should survive the project

Important decisions, checks, field issues and handovers should leave a usable record.

Confidentiality is part of the job

Respondent information, client material and internal project data should be handled responsibly.

Completion has to mean completion

A task should not be marked complete simply because the deadline is close.

Project Team Structure

The structure follows the assignment.

MFRS structures project teams around the requirements of each engagement. Depending on the geography, sample, methodology and timeline, an assignment may involve field investigators, supervisors, coordinators, research support, data personnel and quality-review functions.

The composition may vary from one assignment to another, while responsibility for coordination, supervision, documentation and quality remains clearly defined.

The right project team depends on the work that has to be done.

Share the geography, sample, respondent group, timeline and expected outputs with MFRS. We can then plan the field structure and level of supervision the assignment actually requires.

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