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
Madhav Pai
CEO, WRI India
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Director - Climate
Dr. Ruchika Singh
Executive Program Director - Food, Land and Water
Manu V. Mathai
Director – Research, Data & Impact
Kavneet Kaur
Senior Manager - Development
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
Sonal Karia
Director, Operations
India Executive Office Members
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Jubin Jacob Mathew
Senior Manager, Strategy
Anupama Sivan
Director, Executive Office
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Energy
Vagisha Nandan
Senior Program Associate
Abhinav Sharma
Program Manager - Energy
Mahavir Singh
Senior Program Research Associate-Energy Modelling
Human Resources
Anand Mudaliar
Manager - HR Operations
Aanchal Nijhawan
Senior Manager – Organizational Development
Operations
Krittika Basu
Manager - In house Legal Counsel
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate
Parshant Kumar
Deputy Director – 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
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality
Sonal Ganvir
Junior Program Associate
Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility
Kartik Gurjar
Program Associate
Avirat Inamdar
Senior Program Manager
Pramada Jagtap
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Anshuman Kumar
Program Associate- Electric Mobility
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Mukti Pradhan
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Praveen Kumar Singh
Senior Program Associate – Air Quality
