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
Sonal Karia
Director, Operations
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sonal Ganvir
Junior Program Associate
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality
Program Experts & Staff
Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development
Abhishek Mahajan
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Abhishek Meshram
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Aditya Khare
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Anisha Lalvani
Senior Associate – Core Communications
Anushree Patil
Program Associate - Transport
Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director
Chaitali Patil
Senior Program Communications Associate
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Deepti Talpade
Program Lead - Urban Development and Resilience
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Gauri Atre
Program Associate - Climate
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Kajal Singh
Junior Program Research Analyst
Kaustubh Chuke
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Kishor Veer
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Laveena Lobo
Manager - Human Resources
Laxman Singh
Program Communications Manager - Air Quality
Mukta Salunkhe
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Neha Shigwan
Program Associate - Urban Climate Resilience
Nupur Kulkarni
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Paresh Parab
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate
Radha Yadav
Junior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Richa
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Rishikesh Mishra
Program Manager - Energy
Rohit Lahoti
Program Manager - Urban Development
Rushabh Soni
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Sai Malvankar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sarika Dicholkar
Manager - Accounts
Sayali Lokare
Senior Program Associate - Flood Resilience
Sharvari Patki
Program Head - Electric Mobility
Shivani Shah
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Siddharth Edake
Senior Program Manager
Tanushree Venkatraman
Senior Manager - Communications
