Manivannan Govindaraj is a field coordinator with the Social Observatory (SO) who manages and monitors a range of survey activites from training enumerators to monitoring data collection activities as well as entering and translating data. He also assists with implementing and testing technical systems currently being used for a large-scale participatory tracking survey that measures community well-being in Tamil Nadu. Prior to joining the SO, Manivannan worked with the Tamil Nadu Empowerment and Poverty Reduction (Pudhu Vaazhvu) Project as a Junior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist. Manivannan has a Master’s degree in Computer Applications from Madurai Kamaraj University and a Bachelor's of Commerce degree from M.S.S Wakf Board College.