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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21 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Ibraheem Ameer

Policy Research Analyst

Ibraheem Ameer.

Subrata Chakrabarty

Associate Program Director, Climate, WRI India

Ananya Chakraborty

Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice

Ananya Chakraborty

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

Anamika Dutt

Manager, PMEL, Energy Program, WRI India

Anamika Dutt

Ankita Gangotra

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

Ankita Gangotra

Arpan Golechha

Senior Project Associate, WRI India

Arpan Golechha.

Vijay Jagannathan

Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Tirthankar Mandal

Head, Energy Policy, WRI India

Tirthankar Mandal

Mona Nabi

Project and Finance Specialist, Center for Equitable Development

Mona Nabi

Almas Naseem

Project Communication Associate, Energy Program, WRI India

Almas Naseem.

Arun Panda

Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India

Arun Panda

Bibhu Panigrahi

Enterprise Architect, Global Operations

Mrinmayee Ray

Operations Administrative Assistant

Mrinmayee Ray.

Muzhgan Sadat

Finance and Operations Specialist, Nature Crime Alliance

Muzhgan Sadat.

Devashree Saha

Director, US Clean Energy Economy Program

Devashree Saha

Tarannum Sarwat Sahar

Energy Access Explorer Intern

Tarannum Sarwat Sahar.

Mende Thuji Yangden

Researcher and Gender, Equity, and Social Inclusion Coordinator, Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Mende Yangden
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