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
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Director - Climate
Sonal Karia
Director, Operations
India Executive Office Members
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility
Avirat Inamdar
Senior Program Manager
Pramada Jagtap
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Gauri Atre
Program Associate - Climate
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate
Samrat Basak
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Oindrila Basu
Senior Program Research Analyst
Krittika Basu
Manager - In house Legal Counsel
Vishal Bhalerao
Associate - Budget Analyst
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
Heleena Christian
Program Manager - Energy
Kaustubh Chuke
Program Manager – Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Senior Program Manager - Transport
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
Paulami De
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Sarika Dicholkar
Manager - Accounts
Avinash Dubedi
Program Head - Transport
Siddharth Edake
Senior Program Manager
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager - Energy
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy
Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director
Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
