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
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
Director – Technology Products
Energy
Juhi Anand
Senior Program Associate
Shivani Shah
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Yash Sharma
Program Research Analyst
Rushabh Soni
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Saumya Vaishnava
Research Fellow – Transmission, Planning and Utilities
Climate, Economics and Finance
Aryan Bajpai
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Ashwini Hingne
Program Director – Climate Economics & Inclusive Transitions
Samir Jagdish
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Tarandeep Kaur
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Meghana Munagala
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Abhijit Namboothiri
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Steffi Olickal
Senior Program Communications Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Rimi Palmo
Senior Program Associate
Aishwarya Pradip
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Priyal Shah
Program Manager - Climate, Economics & Finance
Divyanshu Shekhar
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Saket Singh
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Climate Resilience Practice
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Human Resources
Laveena Lobo
Manager - Human Resources
Anish Shetty
Junior Associate – HR Operations
Food, Land and Water
Prajakta Joshi
Senior Program Associate – Food Land and Water
Paresh Parab
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Operations
Shikha Aggarwal
Senior Manager – Finance
Tanvi Ajmera
Associate – Legal
Esli Ayeetus
Associate – Budget Analyst
Krittika Basu
Lead – In house Legal Counsel
Vishal Bhalerao
Senior Associate - Budget Analyst
Sarika Dicholkar
Senior Process Improvement Manager – Finance & Legal - Operations
Pooja Kothari
Senior Manager - Finance
Sana Madhav
Senior Associate Budget Analyst
Development
Amrut Chavan
Senior Associate – Facilities
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Avni Agarwal
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
