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
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Amit Kumar
Senior Fellow, Climate 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
