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
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
India Executive Office Members
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Program Experts & Staff
Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development
Abhimanyu S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Abhishek Mahajan
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aditya Khare
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Anushree Patil
Program Associate - Transport
Anya George
Communications Manager
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Arunima Sen
Program Associate - Transport
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Aswathy KP
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Chaitali Patil
Senior Program Communications Associate
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Chetan Sodaye
Program Manager - Transport
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Deepti Talpade
Program Lead - Urban Development and Resilience
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Harsha K
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Harshil Suresh
Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations
Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Janhavi Mane
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Jayavartheni Krishnakumar
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Jyoti
Project Associate - GeoAnalytics; Sustainable Cities and Transport
Karthikeyan Shanmugam
Senior Manager - Communications
Kaustubh Chuke
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Laxman Singh
Program Communications Manager - Air Quality
Leona Nunes
Program Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities and Transport
