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
Pursungit Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Purva Sharma
Lead - Research, Data and Impact (RDI)
Qazi Syed Wamiq Ali
Program Manager - Urban Flood Resilience
Rachel Aier
Program Associate - Energy
Radha Yadav
Junior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Raghav Srivastava
Senior Program Research Analyst – Landscape Restoration
Rahul Tiwari
Senior Program Associate – Air Quality
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rajasweta Datta
Program Manager - Mapping and Monitoring
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Ramya MA
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Reshma Suresh
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Richa
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Riddhi Patel
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Rishikesh Mishra
Program Manager - Energy
Ritoja Basu
Program Head - Food Loss and Food Waste
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Rohan Rao
Program Lead – Electric Mobility
Rohit Lahoti
Program Manager - Urban Development
Roushan Mishra
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Rumpa Banerjee
Senior Program Communications Associate – Energy
Rushabh Soni
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Saeed Reza
Program Manager – Restoration Planning and Implementation
Safa Fathim
Associate–Design Communications
Safia Zahid
Communications Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Sahil Kanekar
Sai Malvankar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Research Analyst
Sai Ravichandra Gollavilli
Program Associate - Transport
Saket Singh
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Samir Jagdish
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Sampriti Baruah
Program Head - Sustainable Agriculture
Samrat Basak
Sandeep Madhwal
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sandeep Das
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Sandra Kamar
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
