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
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Director - Climate
Program Experts & Staff
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate
Avni Agarwal
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Prateek Aggarwal
MEL Manager, Climate
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Gauri Atre
Program Associate - Climate
Saransh Bajpai
Associate Director, Climate
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate
Devadathan Biju
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Nivedita Cholayil
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Shruti Dayal
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Amitosh Gautam
Senior Manager (MSME)
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate
Apoorva Grover
Senior Program Associate - Graphic Design
Anubhuti Gupta
Lead Coordinator
Niyati Gupta
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director
Shreyas Joshi
Senior Program Associate - Communications
Muskaan Kapoor
Program Associate: Corporate Climate Action & Industrial Decarbonization
Roushan Mishra
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Abhijit Namboothiri
Program Associate - Climate
Steffi Olickal
Program Communications Manager
Khushi Parakh
Junior Program Associate – Climate Policy
Mehul Patel
Program Lead - Climate
Aishwarya Pradip
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Apoorva R
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Anjana Rajagopalan
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Richa
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Priyal Shah
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Kshitij Singh
Program Associate - Climate
Piyush Tripathi
Manager - Communication, Climate
Kishor Veer
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Pooja Yadav
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
