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
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Program Director - Climate, Economics & Finance
Gagandeep Bajwa
Director – Human Resources, WRI India
Kavneet Kaur
Head – Development
Sonal Karia
Executive Director - Finance and Legal
India Executive Office Members
Himanshu Gaydhani
Research Associate – CEO's Office
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
Aarushi Aggarwal
Senior Program Associate – Climate Finance
Ashwini Hingne
Program Director – Climate Economics & Inclusive Transitions
Human Resources
Mitali Dohroo
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Laveena Lobo
Manager - Human Resources
Dolma Sharma
Senior Associate – Talent Acquisition
Anish Shetty
Junior Associate – HR Operations
Operations
Sarika Dicholkar
Senior Process Improvement Manager – Finance & Legal - Operations
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality
Sonal Ganvir
Junior Program Associate
Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility
Avirat Inamdar
Senior Program Manager
Kapil Kumar
Senior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Gayatri Vhanbatte
Junior Program Associate, Geo Analytics
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Communications
Debarpan Das
Program Manager – Design
Program Experts & Staff
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Esli Ayeetus
Associate – Budget Analyst
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Vishal Bhalerao
Senior Associate - Budget Analyst
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Abhishek Bhardwaj
Program Manager – Energy
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Amrut Chavan
Senior Associate – Facilities
Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Kaustubh Chuke
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Siddharth Edake
Senior Program Manager
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
