Experts & Staff
WRI India brings together 300+ staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as climate, economics and finance, food and land use, energy, governance and more. We work across 20+ states to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities.
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Program Experts & Staff
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy
Meenakshi Kakar
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Mimansha Singh
Program Associate - Food Loss and Waste
Mitradev Sahoo
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Muskaan Kapoor
Program Associate: Corporate Climate Action & Industrial Decarbonization - Climate, Economics and Finance
Nabajyoti Roy
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Nabarun Sengupta
Senior Program Associate – Green Skilling and Green Jobs - Climate, Economics and Finance
Neha Misra
Program Lead - Climate, Economics & Finance Program
Neha Lal
Senior Manager - Urban Development
Nehemia Infimate
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Niharika Tagotra
Senior Program Research Analyst – Energy
Nikita
Program Associate – Development
Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
Nitya Sharma
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Nupur Kulkarni
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Paramjeet Chawla
Senior Program Manager - Urban Economic Development
Paulami De
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Piyush Tripathi
Manager - Communication - Climate, Economics and Finance
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Prateek Aggarwal
Senior Program Manager, MEL, Climate, Economics & Finance
Prayash Giria
Senior Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Prerna Vijaykumar Mehta
Associate Director - Urban Development
Priya Bansal
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Puneet Khandelwal
Program Head – Utilities & Finance, Energy
Pursungit Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Purva Sharma
Lead - Research, Data and Impact (RDI)
Rachel Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Radha Yadav
Junior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Raghav Srivastava
Senior Program Research Analyst – Landscape Restoration
Rahul Tiwari
Senior Program Associate – Air Quality
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Richa
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Riddhi Patel
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Rishikesh Mishra
Program Manager - Energy
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Roushan Mishra
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
