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.
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sweeta Sumant
Senior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sreekanth Vakacherla
Program Head – Clean Air Science
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS
Program Experts & Staff
Itti Aggarwal
Operations Manager - Food Land and Water
Prateek Aggarwal
Senior Program Manager, MEL, Climate, Economics & Finance
Garima Agrawal
Senior Program Manager - Electric Mobility
Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions
Rachel Aier
Program Associate – Energy for Equitable Development
Sanjar Ali
Program Manager- Air Quality
Shikha Anand
Senior Program Associate - Engagement and Training
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Shivangi Arvind
Senior Research Analyst – Sustainable Agriculture
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Saransh Bajpai
Associate Program Director, Climate, Economics & Finance
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
Priya Bansal
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Sampriti Baruah
Program Head - Sustainable Agriculture
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Program Research Specialist - Energy for Equitable Development
Abhishek Bhardwaj
Program Manager – Energy
Anar Bhatt
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director – Climate, Economics & Finance
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Vandana Chauhan
Senior Associate - Facilities
Tanya Chawla
Senior Program Associate-PMEL, Urban Development
Paramjeet Chawla
Senior Program Manager - Urban Economic Development
Tanishka Chhabra
Junior Program Associate – Geoanalytics
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
Paulami De
Senior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Siddharth Edake
Senior Program Manager
Safa Fathim
Program Associate – Design
Umer Fayaz
Senior Program Associate – Communications
Kritika Gadhvi
Senior Associate – Communications
Prayash Giria
Senior Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
