Anuj Pal
Field research and survey operations professional with more than 12 years of experience across supervision, multi-location coordination and large-team field management.
Anuj’s career has developed through hands-on field responsibilities and progressively larger coordination roles. At MFRS, he leads field coordination and operational delivery in Rajasthan.
← Back to Our TeamField experience backed by long-term coordination responsibility.
His professional background combines field execution, team mobilisation, supervision and coordination across multi-state research and programme assignments.
Experience developed from field execution to state and multi-location coordination.
Anuj brings more than 12 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 May 2025.
Across his career, he has worked on household surveys, programme monitoring, community-based studies and field assignments spanning public health, rural development, financial inclusion and other development-sector themes.
His responsibilities have included team mobilisation, investigator training, deployment planning, field supervision, progress monitoring and operational coordination. He has managed field structures involving more than 150 personnel and worked across multiple states and field environments.
Field Investigation
Ground-level experience in respondent interaction, field protocols and structured data collection.
Field Supervision
Supervising field personnel, daily progress, field movement and assignment-level execution.
Team Coordination
Mobilising, training and coordinating large field teams across distributed locations.
State-Level Responsibility
Coordinating geographically distributed field operations and maintaining execution across active assignments.
Practical control of mobilisation, deployment, monitoring and field quality.
His experience covers the operational requirements needed to prepare teams, organise deployment and maintain disciplined field execution across geographically distributed 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 active fieldwork, team progress and operational issues during data collection.
Large-Team Management
Experience coordinating field structures involving more than 150 personnel.
Quality Oversight
Supporting adherence to 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 field assignments.
Selected assignments from Anuj’s earlier professional career reflect experience across household research, public health, rural programmes and multi-location field coordination.
NFHS-5 & IHDS
Coordinator-level experience in Rajasthan across large household research assignments requiring structured field deployment, supervision and adherence to survey protocols.
NEER NIRMAL Pariyojna & Community-Based Programmes
Field coordination experience across community and programme-based assignments involving respondent engagement, team deployment and on-ground operational management.
PWD & Multi-State Programme Assignments
Experience coordinating survey operations across different programme environments, including zonal coordination responsibilities in Chhattisgarh and field assignments across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
TB Mukt Gram Panchayat Abhiyan (PPTTB)
District-level coordination experience across Dholpur, Nagaur and Udaipur, supporting organised field implementation and coordination across multiple locations.
Financial & Rural Research Assignments
Prior field and coordination exposure across financial, agricultural and rural research environments involving structured data collection and operational supervision.
Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC)
One year of professional field experience with the Carpet Export Promotion Council across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, adding exposure beyond his long-term research coordination work.
Field experience across varied research and programme environments.
Head Coordinator – Rajasthan
At MFRS, Anuj leads the practical coordination of field assignments in Rajasthan, 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 Rajasthan.
Anuj brings to MFRS more than 12 years of practical field experience, including multi-state assignments and management of large field teams. As Head Coordinator – Rajasthan, he supports disciplined mobilisation, organised deployment and consistent field execution across MFRS assignments in the state.