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
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
India Executive Office Members
Tanishka Chhabra
Junior Program Associate – Geoanalytics
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Food, Land and Water
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Avni Agarwal
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport
Garima Agrawal
Senior Program Manager - Electric Mobility
Shaima Ahmed
Senior Program Communication Associate – Content Creator
Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions
Aditya Ajith
Program Manager – Air Quality
Sanjar Ali
Program Manager- Air Quality
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Priya Bansal
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Archiman Biswas
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Riya Chadha
Senior Program Associate – Urban Resilience
Divya Chand
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Nandini Chandrasekaran
Senior Program Manager - Transport
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Tanya Chawla
Senior Program Associate-PMEL, Urban Development
Paramjeet Chawla
Senior Program Manager - Urban Economic Development
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development
Sriharsha Chowdary
Program Manager – Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Sandeep Das
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Pratit Das
Program Associate – Nurturing Neighbourhoods
Paulami De
Senior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Trishalini Donga
Junior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Berjis Driver
Senior Program Associate
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
