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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169 Featured Experts

India Executive Team

Jaya Dhindaw

Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center

Jaya Dhindaw

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

Aashima

Abhishek Venkitaraman

Senior Program Associate-GIS

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Aditya Ajith

Program Manager – Air Quality

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Anirudh Burman

Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement

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Anshuman Kumar

Program Associate- Electric Mobility

Anshuman-Kumar

Anusrita Kundu

Junior Program Associate

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Apoorva Nandish

Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER

Apoorva-Nandish

Jahnvi Sreedhar

Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

Jahnvi Sreedhar

Kartik Gurjar

Program Associate

Kartik-Singh-Gurjar

Kaustubh Gosavi

Program Lead - Electric Mobility 

Kaustubh Gosavi

Kishore Wankhade

Program Manager

Kishore-Wankhade

Mukti Pradhan

Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Mukti Pradhan

Puspanjali Rajak

Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Pushpanjali

Shrey Sanghavi

Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen

Shrey Sanghavi

Program Experts & Staff

Chetan Chounde

Program Manager - Urban Development 

Chetan Chounde

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 

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Archiman Biswas

Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

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Arpitha Lakshman

Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Arpitha Lakshman

Arun Krishnan

Program Director – Climate Finance

Arun Krishnan