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.

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98 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Bhawna Ahuja

Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India

Bhawna Ahuja.

Ibraheem Ameer

Policy Research Analyst

Ibraheem Ameer.

Ashwathy Anand

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India

Ashwathy Anand

Sripathi Anirudh

Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India

Sripathi Anirudh

Saransh Bajpai

Associate Director, Climate Program, WRI India

Saransh Bajpai

Gagandeep Bajwa

Lead – Human Resources, WRI India

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Preety Bhandari

Senior Advisor, Global Climate Program and the Finance Center

Preety Bhandari

Trace Carlson

Operations Manager, Air Quality Program

Trace Carlson

Jyot Chadha

Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance

Subrata Chakrabarty

Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India

Ananya Chakraborty

Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice

Ananya Chakraborty

Radha Chanchani

Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport

Rhada Chanchani

Purnanjali Chandra

Project Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Sustainable Cities

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Anupama Choudhary

Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports

Pulakesh Das

Senior Project Associate, WRI India

Ahona Datta Gupta

Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India

Ahona Datta Gupta

Ela Dhankhar

Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ela Dhankhar

Milloni Doshi

Development Intern

Milloni Doshi

Anamika Dutt

Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India

Anamika Dutt

Rohit Eswar

Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India

Madhavi Ganeshan

Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO

Madhavi Ganeshan.

Ankita Gangotra

Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program

Ankita Gangotra

Kalpana Giri

Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration

Kalpana Giri

Mrunmayee Godbole

Global Operations Manager

Mrunmayee Godbole

Arpan Golechha

Senior Project Associate, WRI India

Arpan Golechha.

Nidhi Gupta

Senior Manager, Global Operations

Nidhi Gupta

Geetika Gupta

Manager, Energy Program, WRI India

Geetika Gupta

Swati Hegde

Manager, Agricultural Methane

Swati Hedge.

Akshatha Hegde

Senior Associate, Finance and Operations, WRI India

Akshatha Hegde

Vijay Jagannathan

Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Aarushi Jain

Intern, Restoration Policy Accelerator

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Bharath Jairaj

Director, Energy, WRI India

Bharath Jairaj.

Meenakshi Kakar

Associate, Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration, WRI India

Sonal Karia

Finance Lead, Operations, WRI India

Sonal Karia

Ajith Kasaragod

Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India

Ajith Kasaragod

Ulka Kelkar

Executive Director, Climate, WRI India

Jayahari KM

India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India

 

Jayahari KM

Vishant Kothari

Senior Manager, School Bus Electrification and Battery Circularity, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Vishant Kothari

Deepak Sriram Krishnan

Associate Director, Energy, WRI India

Deepak Sriram Krishnan
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