Akhilesh Maurya
Field research and survey operations professional with more than 10 years of experience across supervision, state-level coordination and large-team field management.
Akhilesh’s professional background combines long-term field research experience with hands-on responsibility for team deployment, supervision and multi-location coordination. At MFRS, he leads field coordination and operational delivery in Uttar Pradesh.
← Back to Our TeamMore than a decade of practical field research and coordination experience.
His professional background spans field execution, team mobilisation, programme monitoring and coordination across multi-state research and development-sector assignments.
Experience developed from field execution to state and zonal coordination.
Akhilesh brings more than 10 years of practical experience in field research and survey operations. His professional journey includes a long association with Academy of Management Studies (AMS), Lucknow, including documented service as Field Coordinator from July 2016 to December 2024.
His experience spans socio-economic surveys, rural development, public health, economic empowerment, education and child-development assignments, with responsibilities covering field deployment, team supervision, monitoring and operational coordination.
He has managed field structures involving more than 100 personnel and worked across Chhattisgarh and other Hindi-speaking regions of India. His background includes state and zonal responsibilities as well as programme-based field coordination in varied operational environments.
Field Investigation
Ground-level experience in respondent interaction, field protocols and structured data collection.
Field Supervision
Supervising field teams, daily progress, movement and assignment-level execution.
Team Coordination
Mobilising, training and coordinating large field teams across distributed locations.
Zonal Responsibility
Coordinating geographically distributed survey operations and maintaining field execution across assigned areas.
Practical field leadership across mobilisation, monitoring and delivery.
His experience covers the operational requirements needed to prepare teams, organise deployment and maintain controlled field execution across active assignments.
Team Mobilisation
Organising field personnel and supervisory structures according to assignment requirements.
Training & Deployment
Preparing field teams and coordinating deployment across assigned districts and locations.
Field Monitoring
Tracking field progress, team performance and operational issues during active data collection.
Large-Team Management
Experience coordinating field structures involving more than 100 personnel.
Quality Oversight
Supporting adherence to approved field protocols, supervision requirements and reporting discipline.
Digital Survey Operations
Practical experience working within digital and mobile-based survey data-collection environments.
Experience across major research, monitoring and programme assignments.
Selected assignments from Akhilesh’s earlier professional career reflect experience across household research, public health, financial literacy, rural programmes and large-scale field coordination.
NFHS-5 & IHDS
Coordination experience across major household research assignments involving structured field deployment, team supervision and adherence to survey protocols.
PWD Survey Assignment
Worked as Zonal Coordinator in Uttar Pradesh, supporting organised deployment, field supervision and coordination across assigned survey locations.
Financial Literacy Programme Monitoring
Monitoring experience across a multi-state financial-literacy programme, involving field coordination and oversight across different implementation locations.
JICA Assignment
Six months of coordinator-level professional experience in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, adding operational exposure in a distinct programme and geographic environment.
TB Mukt Gram Panchayat Abhiyan (PPTTB) & JJM
Field coordination exposure across public-health and community-awareness programme environments requiring organised implementation, monitoring and local-level engagement.
RBI & Agricultural NABARD Assignments
Field and coordination exposure across financial and agricultural research assignments involving structured data collection, team supervision and field operations.
Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC)
One year of professional field experience with the Carpet Export Promotion Council across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, adding further exposure beyond his long-term research coordination work.
Field experience across varied research and development environments.
Head Coordinator – Uttar Pradesh
At MFRS, Akhilesh leads the practical coordination of field assignments in Uttar Pradesh, connecting project requirements with field teams and the wider MFRS delivery structure.
State-level responsibility for organised field delivery.
His role covers team mobilisation, training, deployment, supervision, field monitoring and operational coordination, with particular attention to maintaining field progress, resolving execution issues and supporting assignment-level quality requirements.
- Team mobilisation. Supporting the identification and organisation of field personnel according to project requirements.
- Training and deployment. Preparing teams for fieldwork and coordinating deployment across assigned locations.
- Field supervision. Maintaining visibility of day-to-day progress, team performance and operational requirements.
- Quality oversight. Supporting field-level adherence to approved survey procedures and reporting requirements.
Experienced field coordination supporting dependable delivery in Uttar Pradesh.
Akhilesh brings to MFRS more than 10 years of practical field experience, including multi-state assignments, zonal coordination and management of large field teams. As Head Coordinator – Uttar Pradesh, he supports disciplined mobilisation, organised deployment and consistent field execution across MFRS assignments in the state.