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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82 Featured Experts

India Executive Team

Pawan Mulukutla

Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen

Ulka Kelkar

Executive Director - Climate

Sonal Karia

Director, Operations

India Executive Office Members

Soham Kshirsagar

Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office

Operations

Sujatha Gopu

Senior Associate

Sujatha-Gopu

Sustainable Cities & Transport

Yutieka Dalal

Junior Program Associate, Air Quality

Yutieka-Dalal

Sonal Ganvir

Junior Program Associate

Sonal Ganvir

Kaustubh Gosavi

Program Lead - Electric Mobility 

Kaustubh Gosavi

Avirat Inamdar

Senior Program Manager

Avirat Ianmdar

Pramada Jagtap

Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport

Pramada Jagtap

Apoorva Nandish

Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER

Apoorva-Nandish

Kishore Wankhade

Program Manager

Kishore-Wankhade

Shivani Yadahalli

Junior Program Associate - Transport

Shivani Yadalli

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

Vishal Bhalerao

Rajit Bhat

Program Associate - Transport

Anindita Bhattacharjee

Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen

Devadathan Biju

Junior Program Associate - Climate

Ananya Chakraborty

Senior Program Research Specialist

Ananya

Chetan Chounde

Program Manager - Urban Development 

Chetan Chounde

Heleena Christian

Program Manager - Energy

Kaustubh Chuke

Senior Program Manager – Transport

Chintan Daftardar

Program Head – Transport

Shanmugam Darjibrother

Associate - IT

Sarika Dicholkar

Manager - Accounts

Avinash Dubedi

Program Head - Transport

Person default

Siddharth Edake

Senior Program Manager

Anya George

Communications Manager

Akshatha Hegde

Senior Associate - Finance and Operations

Ashwini Hingne

Associate Program Director

Varun Jyothiprakash

Senior Program Manager

Chandana K

Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Sahil Kanekar

Senior Program Associate - Urban Planning

Aditya Khare

Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Iranna Koppad

Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Deepak Sriram Krishnan

Deputy Director - Energy