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
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality
Sonal Ganvir
Junior Program Associate
Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility
Avirat Inamdar
Senior Program Manager
Pramada Jagtap
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Program Experts & Staff
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Gauri Atre
Program Associate - Climate
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate
Vishal Bhalerao
Associate - Budget Analyst
Anar Bhatt
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development
Heleena Christian
Program Manager - Energy
Kaustubh Chuke
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Jay Desai
Sarika Dicholkar
Manager - Accounts
Avinash Dubedi
Program Head - Transport
Siddharth Edake
Senior Program Manager
Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sahil Kanekar
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Aditya Khare
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Nupur Kulkarni
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Madhura Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Rohit Lahoti
Program Manager - Urban Development
Anisha Lalvani
Senior Associate – Core Communications
Laveena Lobo
Senior Associate - Human Resources
Sayali Lokare
Senior Program Associate - Flood Resilience
Abhishek Mahajan
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sai Malvankar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
