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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103 Featured Experts

India Executive Team

Bharath Jairaj

Executive Director - Energy

Pawan Mulukutla

Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen

Ulka Kelkar

Executive Director - Climate

Rama Thoopal

Director, Communications

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

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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

Jahnvi Sreedhar

Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

Jahnvi Sreedhar

Abhishek Venkitaraman

Senior Program Associate-GIS

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Kishore Wankhade

Program Manager

Kishore-Wankhade

Program Experts & Staff

Alisha Abraham

Senior Program Associate - Energy

Varun Agarwal

Senior Project Associate - Climate

Sripathi Anirudh

Senior Program Research Associate

Dhawal Ashar

Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Gauri Atre

Program Associate - Climate

Prateek Barapatre

Program Manager – Climate

Raj Bhagat Palanichamy

Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Vishal Bhalerao

Associate - Budget Analyst

Vishal Bhalerao

Pravin Cherukuthota

Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Virajitha Chimalapati

Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport

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

Robin Infant Raj Devadoss

Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator

Sarika Dicholkar

Manager - Accounts

Avinash Dubedi

Program Head - Transport

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Siddharth Edake

Senior Program Manager

Ashwini Hingne

Associate Program Director

Fathima Husain

Senior Program Associate - Urban Development

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Chandana K

Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Sahil Kanekar

Senior Program Associate - Urban Planning

Vishvak Kannan

Project Associate

Vishvak Kannan

 Senior Program Associate Climate Resilience Practice

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