





WHO WE ARE
TRIOs is an ISO 9001:2015 certified professional research and consultancy organization offering technical research assistance, capacity building and advisory services to the central and state governments, UN agencies, NGOs, and private entities. We respond to existing and emerging situations to accelerate sustainable development. Founded on March 8, 2010, we have one and a half decades of excellence in research and consultancy. Our client-centric approach and commitment to making an impact through quality work makes us trusted partners. We pride ourselves in adapting to emerging needs while ensuring precision and authenticity.
We have established credibility as a good quality service provider with an unwavering focus on delivering results. We stand for conviction, equality, and integrity, and believe in long-term partnership. With offices established pan-India, we understand the local dynamics and have built valuable relationships. Choosing TRIOs means partnering with a reliable ally dedicated to delivering success, always.
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Social Research & Consultancy Services
At TRIOs, we specialize in strategy development, evidence-based research, evaluation, and capacity building for the social sector...
Market Research & Advisory Services
Our market research and advisory team is dedicated to delivering innovative and effective solutions tailored to meet our clients'...
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Meet OUR TEAM

Aravind Pulikkal
Managing Director and Development Sector Expert

Aravind Pulikkal
Managing Director and Development Sector Expert
• MBA
Key Expertise: Policy support, Project designing, Special studies and Evaluations, Project Cycle Management
Aravind has over three decades of work experience in health and development sector. Prior to joining TRIOs, he held senior leadership positions in the UN system, international non-governmental organizations, in head office and field settings. He has also worked with the corporate sector and the government. His areas of expertise include decentralised planning, project cycle management, policy support and large-scale surveys and evaluations of national and sub national importance. His academic background integrates technical and managerial aspects of the development sector and work experience combines from the international donor sector, corporate and private sector, NGO sector and the Government.
He holds a master’s degree (MA) in Economics, (MBA) Management, and (PhD) Doctorate in Health policy, planning and management from the Birla Institute of Science and Technology (BITS), Pilani, India. He also has specializations in Hospital Management from the Boston University, USA, and Health Management from the Mahidol University, Thailand. He has contributed to several national and international forums in various capacities and co- authored 11 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Ashish Pulikkal
Director and IT Specialist

Ashish Pulikkal
Director and IT Specialist
• B. Tech Computer Science& Engineering
(California State Polytechnic University, USA)
Key Expertise: Operations Management, IT support and Cloud Integration
Ashish is a computer professional and Certified Product Manager with over 5 years’ experience in Cloud Integration and IT support. Prior to joining TRIOs, he was working with Dropbox, Inc. headquarters in USA as Cloud Integration Specialist. He has expertise in MySQL workbench and SQL to interact with database specifically for Dell Boomi integration processes. Ashish has developed Boomi process frameworks used in multiple Boomi business automation processes. He has worked on exception re-processing automation that has reduced manual effort of the team. He is also developing project-specific App Based Survey Tools that facilitate field surveys and studies, data security, real time data monitoring, survey quality and data processing. Besides, he is a certified product manager.
Ashish possesses B Tech (Computer Science & Engineering) and MS (Computer Science) from the Cal Poly State University, USA. He is also a Certified Product Manager, Product Management School, SFO, USA.

Pallavi Singh
Senior Coordinator- Business & HR

Pallavi Singh
Senior Coordinator- Business & HR
• M Sc, B Ed (North Bengal University, Darjeeling)
Key Expertise: Business Development and HR Management
Pallavi Singh is a management professional with over 23 years’ experience in multiple areas of business development, human resource management, training and capacity building and teaching. She steers the business development activities at TRIOs and is involved in managing business database, client relations, exploring business opportunities, contracts management and developing organization’s growth strategies/plans. She supports human resource management of the firm by coordinating the recruitment process, onboarding employees, Consultant management, employee trainings and sourcing appropriate project personnel on need basis.
Pallavi holds an MBA in Marketing, MSc and BEd and has developed her expertise in the fields of educational research, women empowerment and health and hygiene-related areas.

Shaifali
Research Associate

Shaifali
Research Associate
Key Expertise: Qualitative research, documentation and research support
Shaifali has a keen interest in the healthcare sector in India, both historically and in the current context. She has conducted independent research, specializing in areas such as archival research, proposal writing, medical history, and research documentation. Her focus is on enhancing her understanding of medical history and connecting it to the present, a critical skill for health and social research aimed at improving societal well-being.
Shaifali is particularly interested in nutrition and infectious diseases, areas that inform her research and work in public health.
She holds a Master’s in History from the University of Delhi and has completed certificate courses on the Social History of Medicine in Colonial India from IIT Madras-NPTEL, Health Research Fundamentals from the National Institute of Epidemiology, India-NPTEL, and Sociology of Health and Illness from SWAYAM.

Mamta Manchanda
Accountant

Mamta Manchanda
Accountant
• Certificate in Taxation Delhi University
Key Expertise: Project Budgeting Financial forecasting and risk analysis Taxation and compliance
Mamata has 7 years of experience in Finance especially in the areas of accounting, finance and taxation including Good and services Tax (GST) and Annual Compliances of the company. She is skilled in accounts, tax returns, and monitoring expenditures and budgets. She also works in the areas of auditing and analysing financial performance, financial forecasting, and risk analysis. Prior to joining TRIOs, she worked with well-known audit firms. Mamta has a B. Com from Delhi University and has completed Certificate courses in Direct and Indirect Taxations.

Gajender Sharma
Operations Coordinator

Gajender Sharma
Operations Coordinator
Key Expertise: Computerised Accounting Systems, EFMS, Auditing Taxations
Gajender is a Management Professional with over 12 years of work experience in administration and IT Support. At TRIOs he is working as Operations Coordinator. His core areas of work involve managing day to day operations and logistic support to office functioning, liasioning with partners and service provider agencies, upkeep of office infrastructure, file backup systems, procurement and inventory management.
Gajender has done his MBA (HR& IT) from Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut (UP).

Avik Chakraborty
Senior Manager

Avik Chakraborty
Senior Manager
• University of Burdwan, West Bengal
Key Expertise: Qualitative Research, Quantitative Data Analysis, Documentation, Planning and overseeing research projects.
Avik is a seasoned professional with over 12 years of experience in socio economic research, stakeholder engagement, particularly in the public and private sector domains. He has successfully led high-value projects, delivering quality outcomes through effective cross-functional team leadership.
Avik has a proven track record of managing large-scale projects and contributing to policy and governance improvements in collaboration with government bodies and NGOs. He has worked with several prominent organizations across the public sector and academic institutions. He developed research designs and data collection strategies, while leading training sessions for field teams. At the Administrative Staff College of India, he played a key role in project management and collaborated with various government ministries to evaluate district performances. During his tenure at the Centre for Innovations in Public Systems, Avik partnered with state governments on initiatives to enhance public systems.
Avik has done his MSc and MPhil in Economics from University of Burdwan, West Bengal.

Dr Devaki Antherjanam S
Research Manager and Public Health Specialist

Dr Devaki Antherjanam S
Research Manager and Public Health Specialist
• MBBS (Government Medical College, Kannur, Kerala)
Key Expertise: Public health and Nutrition Epidemiology, research instruments, project appraisals and Documentation
Dr. Devaki is an Epidemiologist with 10 years of experience in the health and nutrition sector. Her primary skill sets include health research, project management, research instrument development and project appraisals, data analysis and technical documentation. She has extensive experience in conducting telemedicine studies, RCH and FP studies, and special studies on various public health issues. Her special interest is in analyzing large datasets and interpreting complex statistical models, enabling her to generate evidence-based recommendations for healthcare policies and interventions.
Prior to joining TRIOs, she worked as Senior Consultant at NHSRC, Scientist Level C at ICMR NIV, and was a member of the Teaching Faculty in a Medical College, where she taught MBBS students. She has published peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals, demonstrating her expertise in the area.
Dr Devaki has done her MBBS from the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka and MD in Community Medicine from the Government Medical College, Kerala University of Health Sciences. She has undergone MECOR level 1 training as well as Program Design and Evaluation for Health Systems Strengthening from Johns Hopkins University, and Evaluation of Digital Health Intervention course from the Imperial College of London.

Smriti Kumari
Data Analyst

Smriti Kumari
Data Analyst
• (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi)
Key Expertise: Data Base and Data quality management, Realtime trouble shooting for survey quality assurance and Data Analysis
Smriti is a Statistics expert with versatile experience in field of Data Analysis, Data cleaning, Tabulation and all kind of analysis support during Field surveys. The key responsibilities she holds as a core team member are.
• Data Analysis of large-scale demographic health and social sector surveys.
• Developing data tabulation and analysis plans.
• Coding and Analysis of qualitative data (FGDs/ IDIs).
• Designing of Tools and Training.
• Development of factsheets and extend .
support in report writing and presentations. Computer Skills-.
Language: Python: Data Science with Python, SPSS, Excel, C, C++, SAS, SQL etc. Course On Computer Concepts
Madhubala Mundra
Senior Research Coordinator
Madhubala Mundra
Senior Research Coordinator
• MBA (IHMR University, Jaipur)
Key Expertise: Health management research, Project cycle management, development of research instruments, capacity development, and Documentation
Madhubala is a dedicated Public Health Consultant with 4 years of comprehensive experience in health and development sector. She is specialized in Research, Training and Consulting in Public Health, Nutrition, Capacity Building and Early Childhood Education Domain.
She has carried out research studies relating to quality of care, training assessments, financing mechanisms, and was also involved in several baseline, midline and impact evaluation studies and process documentations. Her work includes assessing public health programs as Independent Monitoring and Verification Consultant for the Pilot Intervention on Public Private Partnership for Healthcare Delivery, conducting Trainings of Staff of various healthcare facilities in all districts of Uttarakhand, optimizing educational initiatives through formative research in Key Parenting Behaviour’s during the Early Child Phase (0-3 years) in Odisha. She is also proficient in project management, adept at enhancing business and healthcare procedures, crafting proposals, and preparing detailed reports for presentation.

Sher Bahadur Singh
Field Manager

Sher Bahadur Singh
Field Manager
(Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University, Uttar Pradesh)
Key Expertise: Field survey and study management, Mobilisation and training of field research teams, Field survey coverage and quality monitoring, Logistics and support systems for field research teams.
Sher Bahadur brings over 11 years of experience in field research management across health, nutrition, rural development, SHGs, adolescent health, labor, family planning, SRHR, and demographic projects. He specializes in managing large-scale data collection, supportive supervision, monitoring, and field operations to ensure high-quality data output.
He has worked with organizations like AMS, Sambodhi, India Health Action Trust (UPTSU), and Population Council, contributing to research on RMNCH+A and family planning. His expertise includes baseline, midline, and impact evaluations, tool testing, ODK testing, and field trials of questionnaires. Notably, he served as District Project Officer for a BMGF-funded 360-degree study in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, examining the impact of influencers on women's family planning decisions.
Sher Bahadur holds a Master’s in Social Work (MSW) from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University, Uttar Pradesh.

Dr Sandhya Vijay Bagre
Senior Consultant Demography

Dr Sandhya Vijay Bagre
Senior Consultant Demography
• MSc- Anthropology, Pune University
Key Expertise: Social Policy and program reviews, socio -economic studies, research and evaluation design, and tools, report writing and documentation
Dr. Sandhya is a health expert with 30 years of experience in both public and private health systems, specializing in areas such as RCH and Nutrition, ARSH, PHC, HIV/AIDS, public-private partnerships, and gender-sensitive health sector programs..
She has extensive experience in researching and evaluating public health programs at both sub-national and national levels. Her expertise includes policy and program reviews in the health and nutrition sectors, working closely with government bodies and other stakeholders across Gujarat. Dr. Sandhya is skilled in project coordination, planning and managing social sector research, developing research and evaluation designs, and report writing. She has led several large-scale studies and evaluations of significant national and sub-national importance.
Dr. Sandhya holds an MSc in Anthropology from Pune University and a PhD in Demography from IIPS Mumbai.

Dr Saroj Kumar Mohanty
Senior Public Health Expert

Dr Saroj Kumar Mohanty
Senior Public Health Expert
• DPH- Calcutta University
Key Expertise: Community Health and Urban Health
Dr. Mohanty is a medical professional with over 30 years of experience in health programs, ranging from conceptualization and project design to implementation, technical assistance, quality assurance, and monitoring & evaluation for both urban and rural health initiatives.
He has worked with international and national governments, as well as development partners such as USAID, EU, GFATM, UNICEF, WHO, WB, ECHO, and UNDP, across various levels. Notably, Dr. Mohanty served as the Country Health Director for Merlin in Afghanistan, where he supported post-war health sector rehabilitation efforts. He was also a Project Review Committee member for UNITAD, Geneva.
Dr. Mohanty holds an MD in Community Health from South Gujarat University and a DPH from Calcutta.

Anil Kumar Sukumaran
Social Development Specialist

Anil Kumar Sukumaran
Social Development Specialist
• MBA (Disaster Management)- IIT, Mumbai
Key Expertise: Disaster Risk Management and Development Planning
Anil has over 25 years of experience in disaster risk reduction and socio-economic development planning and management. He has demonstrated expertise in leading multi-sectoral planning, community interventions, and inclusive programming across various domains, including public health, poverty, livelihood (microfinance, skill-building), education, human development, and disaster risk reduction.
His key area of expertise includes developing Village Disaster Management Plans and School Disaster Management Plans. Anil began his career with research on tribal and ecological issues for the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and rural research for the Multi-Sectoral Development Plan for Religious Minorities under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
He holds an MBA in Disaster Management from Indraprastha University, New Delhi, and an M.Phil. in Planning and Development from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai.

Hetal Ravalji
Senior Operations Manager

Hetal Ravalji
Senior Operations Manager
Key Expertise: Project Finance and Operations, Budgets and monitoring.
Hetal brings 23 years of experience in both the government and private sectors. Before joining TRIOs, she worked with the Gujarat government as a regional program coordinator and in the finance sector in the UK.
Her expertise spans project operations and management, project/programme planning, activity-based budgeting, workflow planning and monitoring, networking and coordination, field monitoring and evaluation, budget controls, and project administration and reporting.
Hetal holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Gujarat University.

Pallavi Singh
Senior Coordinator- Business & HR

Pallavi Singh
Senior Coordinator- Business & HR
• M Sc, B Ed (North Bengal University, Darjeeling)
Key Expertise: Business Development and HR Management
Pallavi Singh is a management professional with over 23 years of experience in business development, human resource management, training and capacity building, and teaching. At TRIOs, she leads business development activities, managing the business database, client relations, exploring new opportunities, contracts management, and developing the organization's growth strategies and plans.
In addition to her business development role, Pallavi supports human resource management by coordinating recruitment, onboarding employees, managing consultants, organizing employee training, and sourcing project personnel as needed.
Pallavi holds an MBA in Marketing, an MSc, and a BEd. She has developed expertise in educational research, women’s empowerment, and health and hygiene-related areas.

Ankit Paharia
Finance Officer

Ankit Paharia
Finance Officer
Key Expertise: Computerised Accounting Systems, EFMS, Auditing Taxations
Ankit is a finance professional with over 14 years of experience in the private sector, specializing in accounting, auditing, and taxation. He manages financial operations, overseeing general accounting, handling taxes and payments, conducting reconciliations, and preparing monthly project reports.
Ankit holds an MCom from Delhi University.

Satyendra Keshari
Lead- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Satyendra Keshari
Lead- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Key Expertise: Research Methodology, Large scale Survey Planning and Management, Data Management, Analysis and Presentation of findings
Ashish is a computer professional and Certified Product Manager with over 5 years of experience in Cloud Integration and IT support. Before joining TRIOs, he worked as a Cloud Integration Specialist at Dropbox, Inc., USA. He specializes in MySQL Workbench and SQL for database interactions, particularly in Dell Boomi integration processes, and has developed Boomi process frameworks used in various business automation workflows. His work on exception re-processing automation significantly reduced manual efforts.
Currently, Ashish is developing project-specific app-based survey tools to enhance field surveys, data security, real-time monitoring, survey quality, and data processing.
He holds a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from Cal Poly State University, USA, and is a Certified Product Manager from Product Management School, SFO, USA.

Satyendra Keshari
Lead- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Satyendra Keshari
Lead- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Key Expertise: Research Methodology, Large scale Survey Planning and Management, Data Management, Analysis and Presentation of findings
Ashish is a computer professional and Certified Product Manager with over 5 years of experience in Cloud Integration and IT support. Before joining TRIOs, he worked as a Cloud Integration Specialist at Dropbox, Inc., USA. He specializes in MySQL Workbench and SQL for database interactions, particularly in Dell Boomi integration processes, and has developed Boomi process frameworks used in various business automation workflows. His work on exception re-processing automation significantly reduced manual efforts.
Currently, Ashish is developing project-specific app-based survey tools to enhance field surveys, data security, real-time monitoring, survey quality, and data processing.
He holds a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from Cal Poly State University, USA, and is a Certified Product Manager from Product Management School, SFO, USA.

Satyendra Keshari
Lead- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

Satyendra Keshari
Lead- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Key Expertise: Research Methodology, Large scale Survey Planning and Management, Data Management, Analysis and Presentation of findings
Ashish is a computer professional and Certified Product Manager with over 5 years of experience in Cloud Integration and IT support. Before joining TRIOs, he worked as a Cloud Integration Specialist at Dropbox, Inc., USA. He specializes in MySQL Workbench and SQL for database interactions, particularly in Dell Boomi integration processes, and has developed Boomi process frameworks used in various business automation workflows. His work on exception re-processing automation significantly reduced manual efforts.
Currently, Ashish is developing project-specific app-based survey tools to enhance field surveys, data security, real-time monitoring, survey quality, and data processing.
He holds a B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering and an MS in Computer Science from Cal Poly State University, USA, and is a Certified Product Manager from Product Management School, SFO, USA.

Madhumita Mohanty
Senior Manager and Anthropologist

Madhumita Mohanty
Senior Manager and Anthropologist
• MPhil (Social Anthropology) Delhi University, Delhi.
Key Expertise: Qualitative Methods and Research, Quantitative Data Analysis, Documentation, Planning and overseeing research projects.
Madhusmita is an Anthropologist and M&E professional with over 19 years of experience managing research and development projects across diverse domains. She has collaborated with bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, working on projects in Maternal and Child Health, Nutrition, WASH, Social and Child Protection, Urban Governance, Livelihood, and Rural Development..
Her expertise includes study design, strategy development, documentation, monitoring and evaluation, program coordination, stakeholder engagement, and both quantitative and qualitative data collection. She has partnered with organizations such as the World Bank, ADB, UNFPA, UNICEF, USAID, Save the Children, OXFAM, TCS, CII, LSHTM, and others..
Madhusmita holds an MSc in Anthropology and an MPhil in Social Anthropology from Delhi University.

Dr Aravind Pulikkal
Managing Director and Development Sector Expert


Ashish Pulikkal
Director and IT
Specialist


Dr Tuhina Rastogi
Sector
Head


Satyendra Keshari
Lead- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning


Dr Sandhya Barge
Senior Consultant -
Demographer


Dr Saroj Kumar Mohanty
Senior Consultant -
Public Health


Anil Kumar Sukumaran
Senior Consultant Social -
Development


Hetal Ravalji
Senior Operations -
Manager


Madhusmita Mohanty
Senior Manager and
Anthropologist


Avik Chakraborty
Senior
Manager


Dr Devaki Antherjanam S
Research Manager and Public
Health Specialist


Dr Meena Kumari
Manager (Research and
Evaluation)


Pallavi Singh
Senior Coordinator-
Business & HR


Dr Madhubala Mundra
Senior Research
Coordinator


Ankit pahariya
Finance
Officer


Sher Bahadur Singh
Field
Manager


Gajender Sharma
Operations Coordinator


Smriti Kumari
Data Analyst


Mamta Manchanda
Accountant


Shaifali
Research Associate
