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
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility
Mukti Pradhan
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Program Experts & Staff
Akanksha Aggarwal
Program Manager - Transport
Garima Agrawal
Program Manager – Transport
Vaibhav Ahuja
Program Associate – Eco City Regions
Sanjar Ali
Program Associate - Air Quality
Pavan Ankonapalli
Program Lead - Urban Development
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Priya Bansal
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Subzar Bashir
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Program Associate - Transport
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Senior Program Communications Associate - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Divya Chand
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Nandini Chandrasekaran
Senior Program Manager - Transport
Sudeshna Chatterjee
Program Director - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Tanya Chawla
Senior Program Associate-PMEL, Urban Development
Paramjeet Chawla
Program Manager, Urban Economist
Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
Kaustubh Chuke
Program Manager – Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Senior Program Manager - Transport
Sandeep Das
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Paulami De
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Avinash Dubedi
Program Head - Transport
Umer Fayaz
Associate - Communications
Anya George
Program Associate - Transport
Prayash Giria
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sai Ravichandra Gollavilli
Program Associate - Transport
