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
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Anirudh Burman
Program Head, Policy Research Knowledge and Engagement
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Mukti Pradhan
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Arunima Sen
Program Associate - Transport
Aspruha Swain
Program Associate – Early Childhood Friendly Cities
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Mitradev Sahoo
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
Paulami De
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Sandeep Das
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Saurabh Verma
Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Sudipto Barua
Senior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Trinayani Sen
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
