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
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
India Executive Office Members
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Senior Program Communications Associate - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Anya George
Program Associate - Transport
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Suhani Gupta
Program Associate - Transport
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Research Analyst
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Yashaswini Jain
Program Associate - Hydrogen
Jyoti
Project Associate - GeoAnalytics; Sustainable Cities and Transport
Harsha K
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Sandra Kamar
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Aswathy KP
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Jayavartheni Krishnakumar
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Madhura Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Janhavi Mane
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Praseeda Mukundan
Senior Program Research Associate - Urban Development
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Priya Narayanan
Program Manager - Urban Development
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Rohan Rao
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Abhimanyu S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Nileena Sankarankutty
Senior Communications Associate
Tintu Sebastian
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shabna Seemamu
Program Associate - Urban Development
Karthikeyan Shanmugam
Senior Manager - Communications
Ojas Shetty
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Chetan Sodaye
Program Manager - Transport
