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.
Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
India Executive Team
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy
Program Experts & Staff
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Ambuj Adhwaryu
Program Manager - Energy
Pursungit Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Rachel Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Shikha Anand
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate
Arundhita Bhanjdeo
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Abhishek Bhardwaj
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Bhavana Varma
Program Associate - Energy
Heleena Christian
Program Manager - Energy
Lanvin Concessao
Program Manager - Energy
Visakha G
Junior Program Associate
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager - Energy
Geetika Gupta
Manager - Energy
Dheeraj Kumar Gupta
Program Manager - Energy
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate - Finance and Operations
Nehemia Infimate
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager
Abdul Khalid
Program Associate - Energy
Puneet Khandelwal
Head - Utilities & Finance, Energy
Rohit Khare
Senior Program Research Analyst
Srishti Kochhar
Senior Program Manager
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Director - Energy
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Amit Kumar
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Preeti Kumari
Program Associate
Ijas M A
Senior Research Associate
Sumedha Malaviya
Head – Building Decarbonization
Tirthankar Mandal
Associate Director - Energy
Harsha Meenawat
Head – Energy and Development
Rishikesh Mishra
Program Manager - Energy
Shreya Mittal
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization
Niharika Tagotra
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Vaibhav Pahel
Program Associate – Communications
Harish Palani
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Amittosh Pandey
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Ankit Pandey
Senior Program Associate – Industrial Decarboniztaion
