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.
Global Executive Team
Shailesh Sreedharan
Global Operations Director

Program Experts & Staff
Bhawna Ahuja
Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India

Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India

Gagandeep Bajwa
Lead – Human Resources, WRI India

Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance

Trace Carlson
Operations Manager, Air Quality Program

Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance

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

Ela Dhankhar
Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Milloni Doshi
Development Intern

Sandeep Dutta
Global Operations Manager
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India

Madhavi Ganeshan
Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO

Ankita Gangotra
Senior Manager, Industrial Decarbonization

Kalpana Giri
Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration

Mrunmayee Godbole
Global Operations Manager

Nidhi Gupta
Senior Manager, Global Operations

Swati Hegde
Manager, Agricultural Methane

Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Aarushi Jain
Intern, Restoration Policy Accelerator
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India

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

Anjali Koppala
Project Communications Manager, WRI India

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

Aarathi Kumar
Senior Project Associate, WRI India

Amit Kumar
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India

Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India

Komal Kunwar
Research Intern, Science Based Targets Initiative

Nikita Luke
Project Manager, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Sana Madhav
Associate Budget Analyst, WRI India

Srikant Mahanty
Senior Manager, Global Communications

Anjali Mahendra
Director of Global Research, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Sangeeta Maini
HR Operations Manager, Human Resources

Aakash Malik
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Devika Malvankar
International HR Partner, WRI India

Gautam Mathur
Remote Sensing, Data Science Intern

Khabir Mirzakhail
Training Manager, Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Managing for Results

Mona Nabi
Grants & Finance Specialist II
