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
Dr. Ruchika Singh
Executive Program Director - Food, Land and Water
Kavneet Kaur
Senior Manager - Development
India Executive Office Members
Jubin Jacob Mathew
Senior Manager, Strategy
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Ambuj Adhwaryu
Program Manager - Energy
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate
Prateek Aggarwal
MEL Manager, Climate
Itti Aggarwal
Operations Manager - Food Land and Water
Garima Agrawal
Program Manager – Transport
Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions
Pursungit Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Rachel Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Sanjar Ali
Program Associate - Air Quality
Shivangi Arvind
Senior Research Analyst – Sustainable Agriculture
Saransh Bajpai
Associate Director, Climate
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate
Priya Bansal
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate
Sampriti Baruah
Program Head - Sustainable Agriculture
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Program Associate - Transport
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Abhishek Bhardwaj
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Anar Bhatt
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Vandana Chauhan
Senior Associate - Facilities
Tanya Chawla
Senior Program Associate-PMEL, Urban Development
Paramjeet Chawla
Program Manager, Urban Economist
Heleena Christian
Program Manager - Energy
Chintan Daftardar
Senior Program Manager - Transport
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
Shruti Dayal
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Paulami De
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Mitali Dohroo
Manager - Human Resources
Siddharth Edake
Senior Program Manager
Umer Fayaz
Associate - Communications
Kritika Gadhvi
Associate - Communications
