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
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Sonal Karia
Director, Operations
Operations
Krittika Basu
Manager - In house Legal Counsel
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Anirudh Burman
Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality
Program Experts & Staff
Abhijit Namboothiri
Program Associate - Climate
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Amrita Chakraborty
Anandi Mishra
Anar Bhatt
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Arunima Sen
Program Associate - Transport
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Himani Rangoonwala
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Jay Desai
Kavita Sharma
Senior Program Manager - Land Accelerator
Krishan Gopal Sharma
Program Manager - Energy
Kshitija Pendharkar
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Lubaina Rangwala
Program Head - Urban Development
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy
Mehul Patel
Program Lead - Climate
Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Nabarun Sengupta
Senior Program Associate – Green Skilling and Green Jobs
Nikita Pal
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Paulami De
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Pooja Yadav
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Priyal Shah
Senior Program Associate - Climate
