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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Sustainable Cities & Transport
Jahnvi Sreedhar
Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Ambuj Adhwaryu
Program Manager - Energy
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate
Dr. O.P. Agarwal
Avni Agarwal
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Itti Aggarwal
Operations Manager - Food Land and Water
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport
Prateek Aggarwal
MEL Manager, Climate
Shikha Aggarwal
Manager – Finance
Garima Agrawal
Program Manager – Transport
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions
Pursungit Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Rachel Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Sanjar Ali
Program Associate - Air Quality
Shikha Anand
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Sripathi Anirudh
Pavan Ankonapalli
Program Lead - Urban Development
Shivangi Arvind
Senior Research Analyst – Sustainable Agriculture
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Gauri Atre
Program Associate - Climate
Dennis Baby
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
Samrat Basak
Subzar Bashir
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vishal Bhalerao
Associate - Budget Analyst
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Abhishek Bhardwaj
Senior Program Associate - Energy
