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
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 Director - Climate
Dr. Ruchika Singh
Executive Program Director - Food, Land and Water
Kavneet Kaur
Senior Manager - Development
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
Sonal Karia
Director, Operations
India Executive Office Members
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Jubin Jacob Mathew
Senior Manager, Strategy
Anupama Sivan
Director, Executive Office
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Human Resources
Aanchal Nijhawan
Senior Manager – Organizational Development
Operations
Parshant Kumar
Deputy Director – Operations
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility
Avirat Inamdar
Senior Program Manager
Pramada Jagtap
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Mukti Pradhan
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Program Experts & Staff
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Ambuj Adhwaryu
Program Manager - Energy
Avni Agarwal
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Dr. O.P. Agarwal
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport
Shikha Aggarwal
Manager – Finance
Prateek Aggarwal
MEL Manager, Climate
Itti Aggarwal
Operations Manager - Food Land and Water
Garima Agrawal
Program Manager – Transport
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions
Pursungit Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Rachel Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Sanjar Ali
Program Associate - Air Quality
Shikha Anand
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Sripathi Anirudh
Pavan Ankonapalli
Program Lead - Urban Development
Shivangi Arvind
Senior Research Analyst – Sustainable Agriculture
