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
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office

Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

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

Anshuman Kumar
Program Associate- Electric Mobility

Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER

Jahnvi Sreedhar
Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

Kartik Gurjar
Program Associate

Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility

Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager

Mukti Pradhan
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen

Program Experts & Staff
Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development

Abhimanyu S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Abhinand Gopal Pulijala
Senior Program Communications Associate - Geo Analytics

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

Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport

Amy Rachel Joseph
Program Associate - Transport

Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen

Ankita Saxena
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport

Ankita Rajeshwari
Senior Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Anshula Menon
Program Manager - Urban Development

Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen

Anushree Patil
Program Associate - Transport

Anya George
Communications Manager

Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility

Aprajita Verma
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Archiman Biswas
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Arun Krishnan
Program Director – Climate Finance
