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
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
India Executive Office Members
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Archana Balachandran
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Abhimanyu S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Anya George
Communications Manager
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Aspruha Swain
Program Associate – Early Childhood Friendly Cities
Aswathy KP
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Chetan Sodaye
Program Manager - Transport
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Harsha K
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Janhavi Mane
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Jyoti
Project Associate - GeoAnalytics; Sustainable Cities and Transport
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Madhura Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Nileena Sankarankutty
Program Communications Manager - Geo Analytics
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Praseeda Mukundan
Program Manager – Urban Development
Priya Narayanan
Program Manager - Urban Development
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Rohan Rao
Program Lead – Electric Mobility
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Research Analyst
Shabna Seemamu
Program Associate - Urban Development
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Smriti Harsh
