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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Program Experts & Staff
Arundhati Sen
Program Communications Associate
Arunima Sen
Program Associate - Transport
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Aspruha Swain
Program Associate – Early Childhood Friendly Cities
Aswathy KP
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Avinash Dubedi
Program Head - Transport
Avni Agarwal
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
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
Chaitali Patil
Senior Program Communications Associate
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chetan Sodaye
Program Manager - Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Deep Ponikar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Deepti Talpade
Program Lead - Urban Development and Resilience
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
Divya Chand
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Divya Holani
Senior Program Associate – Transport
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
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
Harsha K
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Harshil Suresh
Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations
Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Himani Rangoonwala
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development
Himashree Sarma
Manager - Development
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Janhavi Mane
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Jatin Saxena
Junior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Jyoti
Project Associate - GeoAnalytics; Sustainable Cities and Transport