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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Sustainable Cities & Transport
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Program Experts & Staff
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate

Sampriti Baruah
Program Head - Sustainable Agriculture
Subhadeep Bhattacharjee

Bhavana Varma
Program Associate - Energy

Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore

Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy

Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Mani Bhushan Jha

Abdul Khalid
Program Associate - Energy

Srishti Kochhar
Senior Program Manager

Preeti Kumari
Program Associate

Anandi Mishra

Rishikesh Mishra
Program Manager - Energy
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen

Amittosh Pandey
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate

Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – offshore wind

Nabajyoti Roy
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation

Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance

Akansha Saklani

Himashree Sarma
Manager - Development

Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
