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
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Sonal Karia
Executive Director - Finance and Legal
Climate, Economics and Finance
Varun Agarwal
Program Research Lead
Ambar Singh
Junior Program Associate
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality
Berjis Driver
Senior Program Associate
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Program Experts & Staff
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Anar Bhatt
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Jay Desai
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
Ruchi Kapoor
Senior Program Associate
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Preeti Kumari
Senior Program Associate – Energy for Equitable Development
Dr. Sneha Malhotra
Associate Program Director – Energy Innovation and Tech
Varsha Nair
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Abhijit Namboothiri
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Nikita Pal
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Mehul Patel
Program Head – GHG Management
Kshitija Pendharkar
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Deep Ponikar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate – Energy
Lubaina Rangwala
Program Head - Urban Development
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – Offshore Wind Energy
Priyal Shah
Program Manager - Climate, Economics & Finance
Utsav Shah
Program Manager – Hydrogen
Shivani Shah
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Saket Singh
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
Yash Siroliya
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rushabh Soni
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Saurabh Verma
Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Himani Waghela
Senior Associate – Accounts
Pooja Yadav
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Vijay Anadkat
Program Senior Fellow - Sustainable Cities & Transport
