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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India Executive Team
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
India Executive Office Members
Bianca Kapur
Senior Associate – Innovation
Operations
Krittika Basu
Manager - In house Legal Counsel
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Anirudh Burman
Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Program Experts & Staff
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Amrita Chakraborty
Anandi Mishra
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Arpan Golechha
Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Program Research Specialist - Energy for Equitable Development
Arunima Sen
Program Associate - Transport
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Krishan Gopal Sharma
Program Manager - Energy
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy
Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Nabarun Sengupta
Senior Program Associate – Green Skilling and Green Jobs - Climate, Economics and Finance
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Paulami De
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Rachel Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Samrat Basak
Shamindra Nath Roy
Lead – Research, Data & Impact
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Srijani Guha
Program Associate – Mapping and Monitoring
Subhadeep Bhattacharjee
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director – Climate, Economics & Finance
Sucheta Mondal
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Sudipto Barua
Senior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Tirthankar Mandal
Associate Program Director – Energy
Trinayani Sen
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
