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
Chandana Sasidharan
Program Research Fellow
Harshil Suresh
Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
T.S. Gowthami
Senior Program Associate
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
Vandana Tyagi
Senior Program Associate - Air Quality
Himanshu Tyagi
Senior Research Analyst - Energy Program
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
Seema Yadav
Program Manager - Sustainable Agriculture
Jyoti Yadav
Senior Program Associate - Food, Land and Water
Pooja Yadav
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Radha Yadav
Junior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Mohit Yadav
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Mantok Yanlem
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Safia Zahid
Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vijay Anadkat
Program Senior Fellow - Sustainable Cities & Transport
