Experts & Staff
WRI India brings together over 400 experts and staff working across systems like food, land and water; energy; and cities. To enable progress at the pace and scale needed, we also engage with the economic, finance and governance systems that are key to enabling this change.
India Executive Team
Madhav Pai
CEO, WRI India
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Program Director - Climate, Economics & Finance
Tahira Thekaekara
Executive Director – Institutional Development
Gagandeep Bajwa
Director – Human Resources, WRI India
Dr. Ruchika Singh
Executive Program Director - Food, Land and Water
Manu V. Mathai
Program Director – Research Integrity
Kavneet Kaur
Head – Development
Rama Thoopal
Program Director — Communications
Sonal Karia
Executive Director - Finance and Legal
India Executive Office Members
Tanishka Chhabra
Junior Program Associate – Geoanalytics
Debkanya Dhar
Head of Strategic Communications – Executive Office
Himanshu Gaydhani
Research Associate – CEO's Office
Bianca Kapur
Senior Associate – Innovation
Shounak Krishnanand
Director – Technology Products
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Jubin Jacob Mathew
Senior Manager, Strategy
Nirmala Mathew
Senior Manager, Executive Office
Energy
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency
Rachel Aier
Program Associate – Energy for Equitable Development
Juhi Anand
Senior Program Associate
Shikha Anand
Senior Program Associate - Engagement and Training
Shubham Anand
Junior Program Associate – Power Utilities
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
Vaibhav Bhadani
Junior Program Associate – Energy Technology and Policy Research
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Program Research Specialist - Energy for Equitable Development
Abhishek Bhardwaj
Program Manager – Energy
Bettina Cherian
Senior Program Associate - Executive Assistant to Executive Director
Ashwini Chitnis
Program Head – Clean Energy Supply
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Lanvin Concessao
Program Lead – Energy for Equitable Development
Pamli Deka
Program Head – Energy Transition Finance
Jayashree Devi
Senior Program Associate – Energy
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
Visakha G
Program Associate- Energy for Equitable Development
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Dheeraj Kumar Gupta
Program Manager – Energy for Equitable Development
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy for Equitable Development
