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
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
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
Anshuman Kumar
Program Associate- Electric Mobility
Anusrita Kundu
Junior Program Associate
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Archana Balachandran
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Jahnvi Sreedhar
Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist
Kartik Gurjar
Program Associate
Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Mukti Pradhan
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Pragya Nanda
Senior Program Associate – Clean Transport
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Program Experts & Staff
Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development
Abhimanyu S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Abhinand Gopal Pulijala
Senior Program Communications Associate - Geo Analytics
Abhishek Mahajan
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aditya Khare
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Amy Rachel Joseph
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Ankita Tripathi
Senior Project Associate – Economic Development Strategy
Ankita Saxena
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Ankita Rajeshwari
Senior Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Anshula Menon
Program Manager - Urban Development
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Anushree Patil
Program Associate - Transport
Anya George
Communications Manager
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Aprajita Verma
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
