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 Program 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
Shounak Krishnanand
Program Director - Technology Products
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
Climate, Economics and Finance
Aadrika
Program Manager – Green Skilling and Green Jobs
Aarushi Aggarwal
Senior Program Associate – Climate Finance
Prateek Aggarwal
Senior Program Manager, MEL, Climate, Economics & Finance
Saransh Bajpai
Associate Program Director, Climate, Economics & Finance
Aryan Bajpai
Program Associate – Climate Finance
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Devadathan Biju
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director – Climate, Economics & Finance
Nivedita Cholayil
Program Manager – CEF
Samar Das
Senior Program Associate
Nidhin Davis
Program Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Arpan Golechha
Program Manager – Climate
Apoorva Grover
Program Visual Communications Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Mayank Hedau
Junior Program Associate – Climate Economics & Finance
Ashwini Hingne
Program Director – Climate Economics & Inclusive Transitions
Samir Jagdish
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Evelin Treesa Jose
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Shreyas Joshi
Program Communications Manager – CEF
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Sai Dinesh K
Program Associate
