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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Sustainable Cities & Transport
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Program Experts & Staff
Garima Agrawal
Program Manager – Transport

Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions

Sanjar Ali
Program Associate - Air Quality

Priya Bansal
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport

Aashima Bhandari
Program Associate - Transport

Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director - Sustainable Cities and Transport

Paramjeet Chawla
Program Manager, Urban Economist

Tanya Chawla
Senior Program Associate-PMEL, Urban Development

Chintan Daftardar
Senior Program Manager - Transport

Paulami De
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics

Umer Fayaz
Associate - Communications

Prayash Giria
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Kanika Gounder
Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Kanika Gounder
Senior Program Associate – Electric Mobility

Divya Holani
Program Associate - Transport

Chandana K
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development

Azra Khan
Program Manager – Transport

Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Neha Lal
Manager - Urban Development

Shaurya Mall
Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations

Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development

Prerna Vijaykumar Mehta
Associate Director - Urban Development

Abhishek Meshram
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Guncha Munjal
Senior Program Manager – Hydrogen
Riddhi Patel
Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Manojna Polisetty
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Ankita Rajeshwari
Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Himani Rangoonwala
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Linda Regi
Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Mitradev Sahoo
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Himashree Sarma
Manager - Development

Ankita Saxena
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport

Trinayani Sen
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Arundhati Sen
Program Communications Associate

Utsav Shah
Program Associate - Hydrogen
Bhavay Sharma
Senior Program Manager – Air Quality

Bina Shetty
Program Head - Spatial Data and Data Analytics
