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
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Rama Thoopal
Program Director — Communications
India Executive Office Members
Debkanya Dhar
Head of Strategic Communications – Executive Office
Bianca Kapur
Senior Associate – Innovation
Climate, Economics and Finance
Samar Das
Senior Program Associate
Arpan Golechha
Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Sai Dinesh K
Program Associate
Ambar Singh
Junior Program Associate
Research, Data & Impact
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Operations
Krittika Basu
Lead – In house Legal Counsel
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vikas Gotla
Program Communications Associate – Cities
Kavichelvan Gowri Kanagavel
Junior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Arun Manohar
Program Manager – Urban Development
Priya Narayanan
Senior Program Manager - Urban Development
Parwathy PS
Junior Program Associate
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS
Communications
Debarpan Das
Program Manager – Design
Program Experts & Staff
Prem Surya Dharmalingam
Program Research Analyst – Restoration finance
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency
Esli Ayeetus
Associate – Budget Analyst
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
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
Amrita Chakraborty
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Senior Associate - IT Operations
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
