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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Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS
Aditya Ajith
Program Manager – Air Quality
Anirudh Burman
Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Kartik Gurjar
Program Associate
Pragya Nanda
Senior Program Associate – Clean Transport
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
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
Aprajita Verma
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Arun Krishnan
Program Director – Climate Finance
Arundhati Sen
Program Communications Associate
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Azra Khan
Program Manager – Transport
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Bhavay Sharma
Senior Program Manager – Air Quality
Bina Shetty
Program Director - Spatial Data and Data Analytics
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Deep Ponikar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Divya Holani
Senior Program Associate – Transport
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Garima Agrawal
Senior Program Manager - Electric Mobility
Gopika Menon
Junior Program Associate–Sustainable Cities & Transport
Guncha Munjal
Senior Program Manager – Hydrogen
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Himani Rangoonwala
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development
Himashree Sarma
Manager - Development
Kanika Gounder
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Kanika Gounder
Senior Program Associate – Electric Mobility
Kartikey Sharma
Senior Program Associate – Climate Finance
Linda Regi
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Mitradev Sahoo
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Neha Lal
Senior Manager - Urban Development
Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
Paramjeet Chawla
Senior Program Manager - Urban Economic Development
