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
Saeed Reza
Program Manager – Restoration Planning and Implementation
Nabajyoti Roy
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
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
