Mohammad Iqbal Ansari
Director
- Qualification
- Master of Arts
- Experience
- More than 25 years
- Strength
- Social Sector Research
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Bengali
Headquartered in Kolkata, ISO 9001:2015 certified, with a permanent core team and a large empanelled network of trained field personnel.
Company profile
“Change is inevitable — and before change can overtake and overwhelm, we must ourselves become the instruments of change.”
The premise the company works on
IQ Systems and Research Private Limited (IQSR) is an infrastructure project implementation, training, survey and research agency headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal. In more than a decade and a half since its incorporation on 2 July 2010, it has become a trusted agency for project implementation, field research and policy planning across India.
The company was set up to apply modern technology and equipment, analytical quantitative techniques and systems methodology to problems of development, planning and decision-making in project management. From a base of large-scale field data collection, IQSR has expanded into GIS-based solutions, biometric and smart-card enrolment, utility and consumer indexing surveys, municipal valuation and assessment work, and end-to-end data management and digitisation.
Its research combines quantitative and qualitative techniques with a single objective: action-oriented research that gives clients critical inputs for decision-making, based on sound and accurate information and on skilled analysis and interpretation.
IQSR works across infrastructure development, social and market research, planning and management — from the conceptualisation of projects, programmes and strategies through to final implementation, taking a system view of the entire process.
The company is an active private limited company registered with the Registrar of Companies, West Bengal, and is certified to ISO 9001:2015. Its permanent core team, supported by a large empanelled network of trained field personnel, has executed assignments for Central and State Government departments, multilateral and bilateral agencies, international research organisations, urban local bodies and leading private corporations.
Vision
To be recognised as a leader in setting standards in what we do — where leadership means being the best in developing our people and their core skills, in the quality of the services and solutions we deliver to our clients, and in creating a sustainable and equitable environment for the larger society we serve.
Mission
To enable evidence-based decision-making and effective programme delivery by providing customised survey, research, GIS and technology-led service solutions to our clients that meet their specific needs, within their specific timelines and costs, and with uncompromised data quality.
Core values
Every figure we report is traceable to a verifiable field record.
Field mobilisation and delivery schedules are treated as contractual commitments, not intentions.
We recruit, train and retain enumerators from the survey geography itself, ensuring language fit and community access.
We migrated early to CAPI, GPS and GIS-based workflows and continue to invest in digital field systems.
A significant share of our business is repeat business from existing clients.
Milestones
Incorporated on 2 July 2010 as a private limited company under the Registrar of Companies, West Bengal, Kolkata (CIN U73100WB2010PTC150981).
Commenced operations with the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana smart-card project in Jharkhand for Smart Chip Limited — over 1,60,000 personalised RSBY cards generated.
One of the oldest registered vendors of Nielsen India Private Limited (formerly ACNielsen ORG-MARG), providing field operations, GIS mapping and data entry support for PAN-India studies.
Habitation mapping across Karauli, Bharatpur and Alwar districts of Rajasthan, and transmission corridor mapping across 13 circles in Gujarat.
GPS-based transmission tower and sub-station survey across Burla, Jayanagar, Beherampur and Chainpal circles — 18,000 units surveyed.
Appointed by Nielsen India for UIDAI Aadhaar biometric enrolment across Bihar and West Bengal — approximately 3,90,000 Aadhaar numbers generated.
Appointed by the Office of Domkal Municipality under West Bengal Valuation Board guidelines for general assessment, GIS base-map preparation, contour survey and trade licence survey. Consumer indexing survey for CESC at Kota, Rajasthan, with GPS capture up to 1-metre accuracy.
Engaged by Cholamandalam MS General Insurance for crop cutting experiments and loss assessment surveys under PMFBY in West Bengal and Odisha — 14,400 CCEs executed in a single Rabi season.
The largest single smartphone-based tower survey undertaken by the company — 10,473 transmission towers across 9 divisions of the Bengaluru Zone, Karnataka.
Certified to ISO 9001:2015 (Certificate No. 20IQFT76) on 24 November 2020.
A fully digital (CAPI) default mode of data collection across all survey verticals.
Corporate identity
For procurement and verification. Particulars as registered with the Registrar of Companies, West Bengal.
| Name of the organisation | IQ Systems and Research Private Limited (IQSR) |
|---|---|
| Type of company | Active Private Limited Company |
| Corporate Identity Number | U73100WB2010PTC150981 |
| Date of incorporation | 2 July 2010 |
| Registration | Registrar of Companies, West Bengal, Kolkata (Companies Act, 1956) |
| Head office and mailing address | 38C, B. T. Road, “Kalpana Apartment”, First Floor, Flat-1A, Kolkata – 700056, West Bengal, India |
| Quality certification | ISO 9001:2015 — Certificate No. 20IQFT76, dated 24 November 2020 |
| Authorised representative | Mohammad Iqbal Ansari, Director |
| Countries of operation | India (all States and Union Territories) |
| Official website | www.iqsystem.in |
Leadership
Our research professionals bring together sociology, economics, urban and regional planning, rural development, education, communication, agriculture, power and energy, and environmental sciences, with experience in both quantitative and qualitative research techniques.
Director
Research Advisor
Associate Director – Research
Senior Research Executive
Data Analyst
Senior Executive
Organisation structure
A flat, project-centric structure gives each assignment a single point of accountability, from award to final report submission. At peak deployment the company has fielded 120 certified operators for Aadhaar enrolment, 100 enumerators in 20 teams for PMFBY crop cutting experiments, and 60 surveyors in 30 teams for transmission tower survey.