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
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center

Program Experts & Staff
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate

Samrat Basak

Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste

Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst

Krittika Basu
Manager - In house Legal Counsel

Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy

Anindita Bhattacharjee
Senior Program Communications Associate - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen

Subhadeep Bhattacharjee

Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development

Bhaskar Bora
Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore

Amrita Chakraborty

Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director - Sustainable Cities and Transport

Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications

Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring

Paulami De
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics

Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate

Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience

Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager - Energy

Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy

Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Associate - Transport

Tirthankar Mandal
Associate Director - Energy

Anandi Mishra

Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance

Shamindra Nath Roy
Lead – Research, Data & Impact

Trinayani Sen
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Arunima Sen
Program Associate - Transport

Kavita Sharma
Senior Program Manager - Land Accelerator

Krishan Gopal Sharma
Program Manager - Energy
