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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Program Experts & Staff
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Chandana Sasidharan
Program Research Fellow – Energy
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chetan Sodaye
Program Manager - Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Deep Ponikar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Deepak Tewari
Program Research Fellow – Energy
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director – Energy
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Deepti Talpade
Program Lead - Urban Development and Resilience
Deepti Raj
Senior Associate - Research, Data and Impact
Dennis Baby
Devadathan Biju
Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Dewal Mishra
Program Manager - Transport
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Dheeraj Kumar Gupta
Program Manager - Energy
Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Program Manager – Energy
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
Divya Chand
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Divya Sharma
Program Lead- Food, Land and Water
Divya Holani
Senior Program Associate – Transport
Divyanshu Shekhar
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Drishti Vishwanath
Program Associate — Food Loss and Waste
Dushasana Mahanta
Senior Program Manager - MEL
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Esli Ayeetus
Associate – Budget Analyst
Evelin Jose
Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Faiza Solanki
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Garima Agrawal
Senior Program Manager - Electric Mobility
Gaurav Tomar
Gauri Atre
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Geetika Gupta
Program Manager – Energy
Gopika Menon
Junior Program Associate–Sustainable Cities & Transport
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Guncha Munjal
Senior Program Manager – Hydrogen
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Harsh Gupta
Senior Associate - Accounts
Harsha K
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
