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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168 Featured Experts

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

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Aashima Bhandari

Senior Program Associate - Transport

Aashima

Anirudh Burman

Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement

Anirudh-Burman

Kaustubh Gosavi

Program Lead - Electric Mobility 

Kaustubh Gosavi

Kartik Gurjar

Program Associate

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Anshuman Kumar

Program Associate- Electric Mobility

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Anusrita Kundu

Junior Program Associate

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Apoorva Nandish

Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER

Apoorva-Nandish

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

Jahnvi Sreedhar

Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

Jahnvi Sreedhar

Abhishek Venkitaraman

Senior Program Associate-GIS

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Kishore Wankhade

Program Manager

Kishore-Wankhade

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

Archiman

Divya Chand

Senior Program Associate – Urban Development

Divya Chand

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