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
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Purnanjali Chandra
Project Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Pulakesh Das
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager, Energy, WRI India
Anamika Dutt
Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India
Ankita Gangotra
Associate II, Industrial Innovation and Carbon Removal, U.S. Climate Program
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Nikita Luke
Senior Project Associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Tirthankar Mandal
Head, Energy Policy, WRI India
T Nandakumar
Senior Fellow, Food and Land Use Coalition, WRI India
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Architect, Global Operations
Sony R.K.
Senior Manager, Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration, WRI India
Mrinmayee Ray
Operations Administrative Assistant
Devashree Saha
Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program
Tarannum Sarwat Sahar
Energy Access Explorer Intern
Shailesh Sreedharan
Global Operations Director
Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Sabareesh Suresh
Senior Program Associate, Climate Resilience, WRI India
John Thoppil
Manager, Global Operations
Bhavana Varma
Junior Program Associate, WRI India
