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
Aditi Sundan
Manager - Communications

Chandana Sasidharan
Program Research Fellow

Sandhya Sundararagavan
Program Head - Energy Transition

Harshil Suresh
Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations

T.S. Gowthami
Senior Program Associate

Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Deepti Talpade
Program Lead - Urban Development and Resilience

Deepak Tewari
Research Fellow - Energy

Siddharth Thyagarajan
Senior Project Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Rahul Tiwari
Senior Program Associate – Air Quality

Gaurav Tomar

Piyush Tripathi
Manager - Communication, Climate

Himanshu Tyagi
Senior Research Analyst - Energy Program

Vandana Tyagi
Senior Program Associate - Air Quality

Kishor Veer
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance

Vivek Venkataramani
Senior Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Tanushree Venkatraman
Senior Manager - Communications

Aprajita Verma
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility

Harshita Wadehra
Manager - Development
Qazi Syed Wamiq Ali
Program Manager - Urban Flood Resilience

Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager – Air Quality
Pooja Yadav
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance

Radha Yadav
Junior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Mohit Yadav
Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Jyoti Yadav
Senior Program Associate - Food, Land and Water

Seema Yadav
Program Manager - Sustainable Agriculture

Mantok Yanlem
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Safia Zahid
Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Vijay Anadkat
Program Senior Fellow - Sustainable Cities & Transport
