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
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Program Director - Climate, Economics & Finance
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
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Nirmala Mathew
Senior Manager, Executive Office
Energy
Ashwini Chitnis
Program Head – Clean Energy Supply
Climate, Economics and Finance
Varun Agarwal
Program Research Lead
Samar Das
Senior Program Associate
Arpan Golechha
Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Ashwini Hingne
Program Director – Climate Economics & Inclusive Transitions
Ambar Singh
Junior Program Associate
Human Resources
Laveena Lobo
Manager - Human Resources
Anish Shetty
Junior Associate – HR Operations
Operations
Krittika Basu
Lead – In house Legal Counsel
Sarika Dicholkar
Senior Process Improvement Manager – Finance & Legal - Operations
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality
Sonal Ganvir
Junior Program Associate
Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility
Avirat Inamdar
Senior Program Manager
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Gayatri Vhanbatte
Junior Program Associate, Geo Analytics
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Communications
Debarpan Das
Program Manager – Design
Program Experts & Staff
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Esli Ayeetus
Associate – Budget Analyst
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Vishal Bhalerao
Senior Associate - Budget Analyst
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Program Research Specialist - Energy for Equitable Development
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director – Climate, Economics & Finance
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Amrita Chakraborty
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director – Sustainable Cities and Transport
