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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65 Featured Experts

Global Executive Team

Shailesh Sreedharan

Global Operations Director

Program Experts & Staff

Bhawna Ahuja

Manager, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India

Bhawna Ahuja.

Ashwathy Anand

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India

Ashwathy Anand

Gagandeep Bajwa

Lead – Human Resources, WRI India

Tsvetilena Bandakova

Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance

Tsvetilena Bandakova

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

Ela Dhankhar

Intern, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Ela Dhankhar

Milloni Doshi

Development Intern

Milloni Doshi

Sandeep Dutta

Global Operations Manager

Sandeep Dutta

Rohit Eswar

Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India

Madhavi Ganeshan

Senior Advisor, Office of the President & CEO

Madhavi Ganeshan.

Ankita Gangotra

Senior Manager, Industrial Decarbonization

Ankita Gangotra

Kalpana Giri

Senior Manager, Social Equity, Global Restoration

Kalpana Giri

Mrunmayee Godbole

Global Operations Manager

Mrunmayee Godbole

Nidhi Gupta

Senior Manager, Global Operations

Nidhi Gupta

Swati Hegde

Manager, Agricultural Methane

Swati Hedge.

Vijay Jagannathan

Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Aarushi Jain

Intern, Restoration Policy Accelerator

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Ajith Kasaragod

Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India

Ajith Kasaragod

Jayahari KM

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

 

Jayahari KM

Anjali Koppala

Project Communications Manager, WRI India

Anjali Rao Koppala.

Vishant Kothari

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

Vishant Kothari

Aarathi Kumar

Senior Project Associate, WRI India

Aarathi Kumar

Vaisakh Suresh Kumar

Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India

Vaisakh Suresh Kumar

Amit Kumar

Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India

Amit Kumar

Komal Kunwar

Research Intern, Science Based Targets Initiative

Komal Kunwar

Nikita Luke

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

Nikita Luke

Sana Madhav

Associate Budget Analyst, WRI India

Sana Madhav.

Srikant Mahanty

Senior Manager, Global Communications

Anjali Mahendra

Director of Global Research, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Anjali Mahendra

Sangeeta Maini

HR Operations Manager, Human Resources

Sangeeta Maini.

Aakash Malik

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

Aakash Malik

Devika Malvankar

International HR Partner, WRI India

Gautam Mathur

Remote Sensing, Data Science Intern

Gautam Mathur.

Khabir Mirzakhail

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

Khabir Mirzakhail

Mona Nabi

Grants & Finance Specialist II

Mona Nabi