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

Dr. Ruchika Singh

Executive Program Director - Food, Land and Water

Program Experts & Staff

Itti Aggarwal

Operations Manager - Food Land and Water

Shivangi Arvind

Senior Research Analyst – Sustainable Agriculture

Sampriti Baruah

Program Head - Sustainable Agriculture

Ritoja Basu

Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste

Oindrila Basu

Senior Program Research Analyst

Anar Bhatt

Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste

Bhaskar Bora

Senior Research Analyst - Produce & Restore

Rajasweta Datta

Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring

Siddharth Edake

Senior Program Manager

Kritika Gadhvi

Associate - Communications

Meenakshi Kakar

Program Manager - Food, Land and Water

Shwetmala Kashyap

Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste

Nupur Kulkarni

Program Manager - Food, Land and Water

Shweta Lamba

Program Manager - Food, Land and Water

Dushasana Mahanta

Senior Program Manager - MEL

Rajat Pandey

Program Manager - Food, Land and Water

Paresh Parab

Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation

Shweta Prajapati

Manager - Communications

Nabajyoti Roy

Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation

Sidhtharthan Segarin

Program Associate - Monitoring

Kavita Sharma

Senior Program Manager - Land Accelerator

Divya Sharma

Program Manager - Food, Land and Water

Nitya Sharma

Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste

Mimansha Singh

Program Associate - Food Loss and Waste

Raghav Srivastava

Senior Program Research Analyst – Landscape Restoration

Seema Yadav

Program Manager - Sustainable Agriculture

Jyoti Yadav

Senior Program Associate - Food, Land and Water