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
Arun Manohar
Program Manager – Urban Development
Sushmita Mudhol
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Pragya Nanda
Senior Program Associate – Clean Transport
Priya Narayanan
Senior Program Manager - Urban Development
Mukti Pradhan
Program Associate - Urban Development
Parwathy PS
Junior Program Associate
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Ankita Raman
Senior Program Associate – Thriving Eco-City Regions
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Praveen Kumar Singh
Senior Program Associate – Air Quality
Sweeta Sumant
Senior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sreekanth Vakacherla
Program Head – Clean Air Science
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS
Gayatri Vhanbatte
Junior Program Associate, Geo Analytics
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Communications
Debarpan Das
Program Manager – Design
Anya George
Program Manager – Communications
Program Experts & Staff
Prem Surya Dharmalingam
Program Research Analyst – Restoration finance
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency
Dr. O.P. Agarwal
Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog and Professor of Practice, Indian School of Public Policy
Avni Agarwal
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Shikha Aggarwal
Senior Manager – Finance
Prateek Aggarwal
Senior Program Manager, MEL, Climate, Economics & Finance
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport
Itti Aggarwal
Operations Manager - Food Land and Water
Garima Agrawal
Senior Program Manager - Electric Mobility
Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
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
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Esli Ayeetus
Associate – Budget Analyst
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Saransh Bajpai
Associate Program Director, Climate, Economics & Finance
Aryan Bajpai
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
