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
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Director - Climate
Sonal Karia
Director, Operations
India Executive Office Members
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
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
Avirat Inamdar
Senior Program Manager
Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Pramada Jagtap
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and 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
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Amrita Chakraborty
Anandi Mishra
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Anisha Lalvani
Senior Associate – Core Communications
Anushree Patil
Program Associate - Transport
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Arunima Sen
Program Associate - Transport
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Ashwini Chitnis
Program Head, Clean Energy Supply
Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director
Avinash Dubedi
Program Head - Transport
Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore
Chaitali Patil
Senior Program Communications Associate
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chetan Sodaye
Program Manager - Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Deepti Talpade
Program Lead - Urban Development and Resilience
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
