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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Program Experts & Staff
Abdul Khalid
Senior Program Associate – Energy

Abhinav Sharma
Program Manager - Energy

Abhishek Bhardwaj
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Ambuj Adhwaryu
Program Manager - Energy

Amit Kumar
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Amittosh Pandey
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy

Deepak Tewari
Program Research Fellow – Energy

Dheeraj Kumar Gupta
Program Manager - Energy

Geetika Gupta
Program Manager – Energy

Harsha Meenawat
Head – Energy and Development

Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy

Himanshu Tyagi
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy

Jyoti Sharma
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Kajal Singh
Junior Program Research Analyst

Krishan Gopal Sharma
Program Manager - Energy

Mahavir Singh
Senior Program Research Associate-Energy Modelling

Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy

Nehemia Infimate
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Niharika Tagotra
Senior Program Research Analyst – Energy

Puneet Khandelwal
Program Head – Utilities & Finance, Energy

Pursungit Aier
Program Associate - Energy

Rachel Aier
Program Associate - Energy

Rishikesh Mishra
Program Manager - Energy
Rohit Khare
Senior Program Research Associate – Energy Modelling

Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy

Shreya Mittal
Senior Program Associate – Offshore Wind Energy

Srishti Kochhar
Program Lead – Strategy and Program Management, Energy

Tirthankar Mandal
Associate Program Director – Energy

Vagisha Nandan
Senior Program Associate

Vaibhav Pahel
Program Associate – Communications
