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
Rama Thoopal
Program Director — Communications
India Executive Office Members
Debkanya Dhar
Head of Strategic Communications – Executive Office
Energy
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Vaibhav Pahel
Senior Program Communications Associate - Energy
Shivani Shah
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Climate, Economics and Finance
Apoorva Grover
Program Visual Communications Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Shreyas Joshi
Program Manager – Communications, Climate, Economics and Finance
Steffi Olickal
Senior Program Communications Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Piyush Tripathi
Manager - Communication - Climate, Economics and Finance
Food, Land and Water
Kritika Gadhvi
Senior Associate – Communications
Shweta Prajapati
Program Communications Lead
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shaima Ahmed
Senior Program Communication Associate – Content Creator
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Vikas Gotla
Program Communications Associate – Cities
Chaitali Patil
Senior Program Communications Associate
Ankita Rajeshwari
Senior Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Ankita Saxena
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arundhati Sen
Program Communications Associate
Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
Laxman Singh
Program Communications Manager - Air Quality
Safia Zahid
Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Communications
Debarpan Das
Program Manager – Design
Jay Desai
Safa Fathim
Program Associate – Design
Umer Fayaz
Senior Program Associate – Communications
Anya George
Program Manager – Communications
Anisha Lalvani
Senior Program Associate – Communications Coordinator
Tamanna Meena
Program Associate - Video & Social Media
Satbhan Singh
Senior Program Associate – Communications Outreach
Aditi Sundan
Program Manager – Communications
Tanushree Venkatraman
Associate Program Director – Communications
