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
Madhav Pai
CEO, WRI India
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Program Director - Climate, Economics & Finance
Dr. Ruchika Singh
Executive Program Director - Food, Land and Water
Manu V. Mathai
Director – Research, Data & Impact
Kavneet Kaur
Senior Manager - Development
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
Sonal Karia
Director, Operations
India Executive Office Members
Anupama Sivan
Director, Executive Office
Bianca Kapur
Senior Associate – Innovation
Himanshu Gaydhani
Research Associate – CEO's Office
Jubin Jacob Mathew
Senior Manager, Strategy
Nirmala Mathew
Senior Manager, Executive Office
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Tahira Thekaekara
Executive Director – Institutional Development
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Human Resources
Aanchal Nijhawan
Senior Manager – Organizational Development
Anand Mudaliar
Manager - HR Operations
Aryaman Singh
Junior Associate – Human Resources
Chaitra Mehra
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Dolma Sharma
Senior Associate – Talent Acquisition
Laveena Lobo
Manager - Human Resources
Mitali Dohroo
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Operations
Aarohan Pratap Singh
Junior Associate - Legal
Anish Shetty
Junior Associate – HR Operations
Krittika Basu
Manager - In house Legal Counsel
Parshant Kumar
Deputy Director – Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate
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
Avirat Inamdar
Senior Program Manager
Jahnvi Sreedhar
Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist
