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
Aditya Ajith
Program Manager – Air Quality

Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport

Anirudh Burman
Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement

Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility

Kartik Gurjar
Program Associate

Anshuman Kumar
Program Associate- Electric Mobility

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

Mukti Pradhan
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen

Jahnvi Sreedhar
Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS

Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager

Program Experts & Staff
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport

Garima Agrawal
Program Manager – Transport

Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions

Sanjar Ali
Program Associate - Air Quality

Pavan Ankonapalli
Program Lead - Urban Development

Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Priya Bansal
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Subzar Bashir
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport

Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport

Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen

Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development

Archiman Biswas
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Divya Chand
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development

Nandini Chandrasekaran
Senior Program Manager - Transport

Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director - Sustainable Cities and Transport

Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications

Tanya Chawla
Senior Program Associate-PMEL, Urban Development

Paramjeet Chawla
Program Manager, Urban Economist

Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
