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
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Director - Climate
Program Experts & Staff
Abhijit Namboothiri
Program Associate - Climate
Aishwarya Pradip
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Anjana Rajagopalan
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Anubhuti Gupta
Lead Coordinator
Apoorva Grover
Senior Program Associate - Graphic Design
Apoorva R
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate
Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director
Avni Agarwal
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Devadathan Biju
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Divyanshu Shekhar
Program Associate
Evelin Jose
Program Associate
Gauri Atre
Program Associate - Climate
Khushi Parakh
Junior Program Associate – Climate Policy
Kishor Veer
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Kshitij Singh
Program Associate - Climate
Meghana Munagala
Senior Program Associate
Mehul Patel
Program Lead - Climate
Muskaan Kapoor
Program Associate: Corporate Climate Action & Industrial Decarbonization
Nabarun Sengupta
Senior Program Associate – Green Skilling and Green Jobs
Nidhin Davis
Program Manager
Nivedita Cholayil
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Niyati Gupta
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Piyush Tripathi
Manager - Communication, Climate
Pooja Yadav
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate
Prateek Aggarwal
MEL Manager, Climate
Priyal Shah
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Richa
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Roushan Mishra
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Saket Singh
Senior Program Associate
Samir Jagdish
Senior Program Associate
Saransh Bajpai
Associate Director, Climate
Saurabh Kataria
Program Manager-Industrial Decarbonization
Shreyas Joshi
Senior Program Associate - Communications
Steffi Olickal
Program Communications Manager
