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
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Abdul Khalid
Senior Program Associate – Energy
Akansha Saklani
Amittosh Pandey
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Anandi Mishra
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – Offshore Wind Energy
Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore
Bhavana Varma
Program Associate - Energy
Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
Himashree Sarma
Manager - Development
Mani Bhushan Jha
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy
Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Nabajyoti Roy
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
Pamli Deka
Head - Energy Transition Finance
Preeti Kumari
Program Associate
Rishikesh Mishra
Program Manager - Energy
Sampriti Baruah
Program Head - Sustainable Agriculture
Srishti Kochhar
Program Lead – Strategy and Program Management, Energy
Subhadeep Bhattacharjee
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director – Climate, Economics & Finance
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate – Energy
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate
