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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360 Featured Experts

India Executive Team

Bharath Jairaj

Executive Director - Energy

Pawan Mulukutla

Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen

Jaya Dhindaw

Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center

Jaya Dhindaw

Ulka Kelkar

Executive Director - Climate

Dr. Ruchika Singh

Executive Program Director - Food, Land and Water

Kavneet Kaur

Senior Manager - Development

Rama Thoopal

Director, Communications

Sonal Karia

Director, Operations

India Executive Office Members

Anupama Sivan

Director, Executive Office 

Anupama Sivan

Jubin Jacob Mathew

Senior Manager, Strategy

Jubin Jacob Mathew

Nirmala Mathew

Senior Manager, Executive Office

Nirmala Mathew

Soham Kshirsagar

Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office

Aarathi Kumar

Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Human Resources

Aanchal Nijhawan

Senior Manager – Organizational Development

Aanchal

Operations

Aarohan Pratap Singh

Junior Associate - Legal

Aarohan

Krittika Basu

Manager - In house Legal Counsel

Krittika Basu

Parshant Kumar

Deputy Director Operations

Parshant Kumar

Sujatha Gopu

Senior Associate

Sujatha-Gopu

Sustainable Cities & Transport

Aashima Bhandari

Senior Program Associate - Transport

Aashima

Abhishek Venkitaraman

Senior Program Associate-GIS

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Aditya Ajith

Program Manager – Air Quality

Aditya-Ajith

Anirudh Burman

Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement

Anirudh-Burman

Anshuman Kumar

Program Associate- Electric Mobility

Anshuman-Kumar

Anusrita Kundu

Junior Program Associate

Anusrita-Kundu

Apoorva Nandish

Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER

Apoorva-Nandish

Avirat Inamdar

Senior Program Manager

Avirat Ianmdar

Jahnvi Sreedhar

Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

Jahnvi Sreedhar

Kartik Gurjar

Program Associate

Kartik-Singh-Gurjar

Kaustubh Gosavi

Program Lead - Electric Mobility 

Kaustubh Gosavi

Kishore Wankhade

Program Manager

Kishore-Wankhade

Mukti Pradhan

Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Mukti Pradhan

Pramada Jagtap

Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport

Pramada Jagtap

Praveen Kumar Singh

Senior Program Associate – Air Quality

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Puspanjali Rajak

Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Pushpanjali

Shivani Yadahalli

Junior Program Associate - Transport

Shivani Yadalli

Shrey Sanghavi

Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen

Shrey Sanghavi

Sonal Ganvir

Junior Program Associate

Sonal Ganvir

Yutieka Dalal

Junior Program Associate, Air Quality

Yutieka-Dalal

Program Experts & Staff

Chetan Chounde

Program Manager - Urban Development 

Chetan Chounde

Abdul Khalid

Senior Program Associate – Energy