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
Dr. Ruchika Singh
Executive Program Director - Food, Land and Water
Program Experts & Staff
Anar Bhatt
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore
Divya Sharma
Program Lead- Food, Land and Water
Drishti Vishwanath
Program Associate — Food Loss and Waste
Dushasana Mahanta
Senior Program Manager - MEL
Itti Aggarwal
Operations Manager - Food Land and Water
Jaskiran Warrik
Program Head – Restoration
Jyoti Yadav
Senior Program Associate - Food, Land and Water
Kritika Gadhvi
Senior Associate – Communications
Meenakshi Kakar
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Mimansha Singh
Program Associate - Food Loss and Waste
Nabajyoti Roy
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Neha Sharma
Program Associate – Food Loss and Waste
Nitya Sharma
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Nupur Kulkarni
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Paresh Parab
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Prem Surya Dharmalingam
Program Research Analyst – Restoration finance
Raghav Srivastava
Senior Program Research Analyst – Landscape Restoration
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Sampriti Baruah
Program Head - Sustainable Agriculture
Seema Yadav
Program Manager - Sustainable Agriculture
Sharalene Moonjely
Program Head – Fundraising
Shivangi Arvind
Senior Research Analyst – Sustainable Agriculture
Shweta Prajapati
Program Communications Lead
Shweta Lamba
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Shwetmala Kashyap
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Siddharth Edake
Senior Program Manager
Sidhtharthan Segarin
Program Associate - Monitoring
Simranpreet Kaur
Program Research Analyst – Sustainable Agriculture
Srijani Guha
Program Associate – Mapping and Monitoring
