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
Debkanya Dhar
Head of Strategic Communications – Executive Office
Himanshu Gaydhani
Research Associate – CEO's Office
Bianca Kapur
Senior Associate – Innovation
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Nirmala Mathew
Senior Manager, Executive Office
Jubin Jacob Mathew
Senior Manager, Strategy
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Energy
Juhi Anand
Senior Program Associate
Shubham Anand
Junior Program Associate – Power Utilities
Vaibhav Bhadani
Junior Program Associate – Energy Technology and Policy Research
Bettina Cherian
Senior Program Associate - Executive Assistant to Executive Director
Ashwini Chitnis
Program Head – Clean Energy Supply
Pamli Deka
Program Head – Energy Transition Finance
Parmita Kakati
Junior Program Associate – Energy
Amittosh Pandey
Program Manager - Energy
Climate, Economics and Finance
Aadrika
Program Manager – Green Skilling and Green Jobs
Varun Agarwal
Program Research Lead
Aarushi Aggarwal
Senior Program Associate – Climate Finance
Samar Das
Senior Program Associate
Mayank Hedau
Junior Program Associate – Climate Economics & Finance
Sai Dinesh K
Program Associate
Trinayana Kaushik
Senior Program Associate – Climate Economics Finance
Shaurya Rahul Narlanka
Program Manager
Rimi Palmo
Senior Program Associate
David Rajbangshi
Program Manager
Rajit Sengupta
Associate Program Communications Director
Ambar Singh
Junior Program Associate
Climate Resilience Practice
Yogendra Choukiker
Senior Program Associate
