Experts & Staff
WRI brings together nearly 1,900 staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, economics, finance, governance and more. Our staff and researchers work globally and in 12 focus countries to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Saransh Bajpai
Associate Director, Climate Program, WRI India
Gagandeep Bajwa
Lead – Human Resources, WRI India
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Radha Chanchani
Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport
Purnanjali Chandra
Project Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Yidan Chen
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Ke Chen
Research Analyst, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Pulakesh Das
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Yanan Deng
Project Operations Manager, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Xiaoyu Fan
Research Analyst, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Li Fang
Country Director, WRI China
Liu Fengwei
FOLU China Director, Food and Natural Resources Program, WRI China
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Yuchen Guo
Data Associate, Research, Data & Innovation, WRI China
Xiaoying Guo
Project Coordinator, Sustainable Investment Program, WRI China
Nidhi Gupta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Geetika Gupta
Manager, Energy Program, WRI India
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate, Finance and Operations, WRI India
Zhuohui Huang
Research Analyst , Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Bharath Jairaj
Director, Energy, WRI India
Xiaoqian Jiang
Research Associate, Sustainable Transition Center, WRI China
Meenakshi Kakar
Associate, Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration, WRI India
Mohan Kamasani
Junior Operations Associate, WRI India
Sonal Karia
Finance Lead, Operations, WRI India
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Director, Climate, WRI India
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Associate Director, Energy, WRI India
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Amit Kumar
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Ritesh Kumar
Program Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Yating Li
Research Analyst, Sustainable Investment Program, WRI China
