Experts & Staff
WRI India brings together over 400 experts and staff working across systems like food, land and water; energy; and cities. To enable progress at the pace and scale needed, we also engage with the economic, finance and governance systems that are key to enabling this change.
India Executive Team
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
India Executive Office Members
Debkanya Dhar
Head of Strategic Communications – Executive Office
Bianca Kapur
Senior Associate – Innovation
Climate, Economics and Finance
Samar Das
Senior Program Associate
Arpan Golechha
Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Ambar Singh
Junior Program Associate
Human Resources
Chaitra Mehra
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Operations
Krittika Basu
Lead – In house Legal Counsel
Sujatha Gopu
Manager – Contracts
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vikas Gotla
Program Communications Associate – Cities
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Sushmita Mudhol
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Parwathy PS
Junior Program Associate
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Communications
Debarpan Das
Program Manager – Design
Anya George
Program Manager – Communications
Program Experts & Staff
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Program Research Specialist - Energy for Equitable Development
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Devadathan Biju
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director – Climate, Economics & Finance
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Amrita Chakraborty
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Senior Associate - IT Operations
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
Paulami De
Senior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Srijani Guha
Program Associate – Mapping and Monitoring
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy for Equitable Development
Akshatha Hegde
Program Manager – Energy
