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
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Gauri Atre
Program Associate - Climate
Dennis Baby
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
Samrat Basak
Subzar Bashir
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Krittika Basu
Manager - In house Legal Counsel
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Vishal Bhalerao
Associate - Budget Analyst
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Program Associate - Transport
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Abhishek Bhardwaj
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anar Bhatt
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Senior Program Communications Associate - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Subhadeep Bhattacharjee
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Bhavana Varma
Program Associate - Energy
Devadathan Biju
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore
Amrita Chakraborty
Divya Chand
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Vandana Chauhan
Senior Associate - Facilities
Tanya Chawla
Senior Program Associate-PMEL, Urban Development
Paramjeet Chawla
Program Manager, Urban Economist
Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Nivedita Cholayil
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
Heleena Christian
Program Manager - Energy
Kaustubh Chuke
Program Manager – Transport
Lanvin Concessao
Program Manager - Energy
