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
Gagandeep Bajwa
Director – Human Resources, WRI India
Kavneet Kaur
Head – Development
India Executive Office Members
Debkanya Dhar
Head of Strategic Communications – Executive Office
Bianca Kapur
Senior Associate – Innovation
Climate, Economics and Finance
Aarushi Aggarwal
Senior Program Associate – Climate Finance
Samar Das
Senior Program Associate
Arpan Golechha
Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Ambar Singh
Junior Program Associate
Human Resources
Mitali Dohroo
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Dolma Sharma
Senior Associate – Talent Acquisition
Operations
Krittika Basu
Lead – In house Legal Counsel
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Kapil Kumar
Senior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Communications
Debarpan Das
Program Manager – Design
Program Experts & Staff
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
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
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
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
Paulami De
Senior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Srijani Guha
Program Associate – Mapping and Monitoring
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy for Equitable Development
Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development
Saurabh Kataria
Program Manager-Industrial Decarbonization - Climate, Economics and Finance
