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
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Deep Ponikar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Deepak Tewari
Program Research Fellow – Energy
Deepti Raj
Senior Associate - Research, Data and Impact
Dewal Mishra
Program Manager - Transport
Dheeraj Kumar Gupta
Program Manager - Energy
Divya Holani
Senior Program Associate – Transport
Drishti Vishwanath
Program Associate — Food Loss and Waste
Dushasana Mahanta
Senior Program Manager - MEL
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Evelin Jose
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Garima Agrawal
Senior Program Manager - Electric Mobility
Geetika Gupta
Program Manager – Energy
Gopika Menon
Junior Program Associate–Sustainable Cities & Transport
Guncha Munjal
Senior Program Manager – Hydrogen
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Harsh Gupta
Senior Associate - Accounts
Harsha Meenawat
Head – Energy and Development
Harshita Wadehra
Manager - Development
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Hemakshi Malik
Program Associate – Energy for Equitable Development
Himani Rangoonwala
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development
Himanshu Tyagi
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Himashree Sarma
Manager - Development
Itti Aggarwal
Operations Manager - Food Land and Water
Jaskiran Warrik
Program Head – Restoration
Jyoti Sharma
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Jyoti Yadav
Senior Program Associate - Food, Land and Water
Kajal Singh
Junior Program Research Analyst
Kanika Gounder
Senior Program Associate – Electric Mobility
Kanika Gounder
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Kartikey Sharma
Senior Program Associate – Climate Finance
Krishan Gopal Sharma
Program Manager - Energy
Kritika Gadhvi
Senior Associate – Communications
Linda Regi
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Mahavir Singh
Senior Program Research Associate-Energy Modelling
Mandeep Kaur
Manager - Facilities & IT
