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
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy

Program Experts & Staff
Abdul Khalid
Senior Program Associate – Energy

Abhinav Sharma
Program Manager - Energy

Abhishek Bhardwaj
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy

Akshatha Hegde
Program Manager – Energy

Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency

Ambuj Adhwaryu
Program Manager - Energy

Amit Kumar
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Amittosh Pandey
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Dr. Anjali Singh
Program Lead - Energy Minerals and Circularity

Ankit Pandey
Senior Program Associate – Industrial Decarboniztaion

Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy

Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance

Ashwini Chitnis
Program Head, Clean Energy Supply

Bhavana Varma
Program Associate - Energy

Chandana Sasidharan
Program Research Fellow – Energy

Deepak Tewari
Program Research Fellow – Energy

Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director – Energy

Dheeraj Kumar Gupta
Program Manager - Energy

Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Program Manager – Energy

Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL

Geetika Gupta
Program Manager – Energy

T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy

Harsha Meenawat
Head – Energy and Development

Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy

Himanshu Tyagi
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy

Jyoti Sharma
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Kajal Singh
Junior Program Research Analyst

Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization

Krishan Gopal Sharma
Program Manager - Energy

Lanvin Concessao
Program Manager - Energy

Mahavir Singh
Senior Program Research Associate-Energy Modelling

Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy

Nehemia Infimate
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Niharika Tagotra
Senior Program Research Analyst – Energy

Pamli Deka
Head - Energy Transition Finance

Preeti Kumari
Program Associate

Puneet Khandelwal
Program Head – Utilities & Finance, Energy

Pursungit Aier
Program Associate - Energy
