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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Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS
Aditya Ajith
Program Manager – Air Quality
Anirudh Burman
Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Kartik Gurjar
Program Associate
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development
Abhishek Mahajan
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Abhishek Meshram
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Aditya Khare
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport
Ankita Rajeshwari
Senior Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Ankita Saxena
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Anushree Patil
Program Associate - Transport
Aprajita Verma
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Arun Krishnan
Program Director – Climate Finance
Arundhati Sen
Program Communications Associate
Arunima Sen
Program Associate - Transport
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Azra Khan
Program Manager – Transport
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Bhavay Sharma
Senior Program Manager – Air Quality
Bina Shetty
Program Head - Spatial Data and Data Analytics
Chaitali Patil
Senior Program Communications Associate
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Deepti Talpade
Program Lead - Urban Development and Resilience
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Divya Holani
Senior Program Associate – Transport
Garima Agrawal
Program Manager – Transport
Guncha Munjal
Senior Program Manager – Hydrogen
Harshil Suresh
Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations
Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Himani Rangoonwala
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development
Himashree Sarma
Manager - Development
Kanika Gounder
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Kanika Gounder
Senior Program Associate – Electric Mobility
