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.
Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Ankita Rajeshwari
Senior Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Ankita Saxena
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Ankita Tripathi
Senior Project Associate – Economic Development Strategy
Anshula Menon
Program Manager - Urban Development
Anubhuti Gupta
Lead Coordinator
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Anushree Patil
Program Associate - Transport
Anya George
Communications Manager
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Apoorva R
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Apoorva Grover
Senior Program Associate - Graphic Design - Climate, Economics and Finance
Aprajita Verma
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arpan Golechha
Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Arun Krishnan
Program Director – Climate Finance
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Arundhati Sen
Program Communications Associate
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Program Research Specialist - Energy for Equitable Development
Arunima Sen
Program Associate - Transport
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Aryan Bajpai
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Ashwini Chitnis
Program Head, Clean Energy Supply
Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director - Climate, Economics and Finance
Aspruha Swain
Program Associate – Early Childhood Friendly Cities
Aswathy KP
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Avinash Dubedi
Program Head - Transport
Avni Agarwal
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Azra Khan
Program Manager – Transport
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore
Bhavay Sharma
Senior Program Manager – Air Quality
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Bina Shetty
Program Director - Spatial Data and Data Analytics
Chaitali Patil
Senior Program Communications Associate
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Chandana Sasidharan
Program Research Fellow – Energy
