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