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
Sonal Karia
Director, Operations
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality
Program Experts & Staff
Abhijit Namboothiri
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Akansha Saklani
Anandi Mishra
Anar Bhatt
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – Offshore Wind Energy
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Deep Ponikar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Himani Rangoonwala
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Jay Desai
Kshitija Pendharkar
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Lubaina Rangwala
Program Head - Urban Development
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Mehul Patel
Program Lead - Climate, Economics and Finance
Nikita Pal
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
Pooja Yadav
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Preeti Kumari
Program Associate
Priyal Shah
Program Manager - Climate, Economics & Finance
Riddhi Patel
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Rushabh Soni
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Saket Singh
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Saurabh Verma
Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shivani Shah
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Dr. Sneha Malhotra
Associate Program Director – Energy Innovation and Tech
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate – Energy
Utsav Shah
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Varsha Nair
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Varun Agarwal
Program Manager - Climate, Economics & Finance
Yash Siroliya
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vijay Anadkat
Program Senior Fellow - Sustainable Cities & Transport
