Experts & Staff
WRI India brings together 300+ staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as climate, economics and finance, food and land use, energy, governance and more. We work across 20+ states to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities.
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India Executive Team
Dr. Ruchika Singh
Executive Program Director - Food, Land and Water

Kavneet Kaur
Senior Manager - Development

India Executive Office Members
Jubin Jacob Mathew
Senior Manager, Strategy

Energy
Vagisha Nandan
Senior Program Associate

Abhinav Sharma
Program Manager - Energy

Mahavir Singh
Senior Program Research Associate-Energy Modelling

Operations
Aarohan Pratap Singh
Junior Associate - Legal

Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aditya Ajith
Program Manager – Air Quality

Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport

Anirudh Burman
Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement

Sonal Ganvir
Junior Program Associate

Kartik Gurjar
Program Associate

Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS

Program Experts & Staff
Ambuj Adhwaryu
Program Manager - Energy

Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate

Itti Aggarwal
Operations Manager - Food Land and Water

Prateek Aggarwal
MEL Manager, Climate

Garima Agrawal
Program Manager – Transport

Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions

Rachel Aier
Program Associate - Energy

Pursungit Aier
Program Associate - Energy

Sanjar Ali
Program Associate - Air Quality

Shivangi Arvind
Senior Research Analyst – Sustainable Agriculture

Saransh Bajpai
Associate Director, Climate

Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate

Priya Bansal
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate

Sampriti Baruah
Program Head - Sustainable Agriculture
Subzar Bashir
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst

Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste

Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport

Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy

Abhishek Bhardwaj
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Anar Bhatt
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste

Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore

Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director – Climate, Economics & Finance

Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst