Experts & Staff
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89 Featured Experts
Leadership
Program Experts & Staff
Varun Agarwal
Project Associate, Climate, WRI India
Avni Agarwal
Project Associate, Climate Program, WRI India
Monika Agarwal
Senior Manager, Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration, WRI India
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Dhawal Ashar
Senior Manager, Sustainable Cities and Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Behruz Baizayee
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Associate, Clean Air Catalyst, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Gagandeep Bajwa
Lead – Human Resources, WRI India
Samrat Basak
Director, Urban Water, WRI India
Jyot Chadha
Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance
Subrata Chakrabarty
Senior Manager, Climate, WRI India
Radha Chanchani
Managing Associate, Research & Practice, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Anupama Choudhary
Manager, Cognos BI Analyst/Financial Reports
Pulakesh Das
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Dnyanada Deshpande
Strategy Head - Communications, WRI India
Ayesha Dinshaw
Manager, Climate Resilience, WRI India
Prateek Diwan
Senior Associate, Sustainable Cities and Transport, WRI India
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India
Chirag Gajjar
Head Subnational Climate Action, WRI India
Madhavi Ganeshan
Director of Engagement
Prayash Giria
Senior Project Associate, Urban Development, WRI India
Mrunmayee Godbole
Manager, Global Operations, WRI India
Vikas Guntur
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Samarth Gupta
Project Management Associate, Urban Water, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Ashwini Hingne
Manager, Climate, WRI India
Ayesha Ishtiaq
Program Analysis Intern, Research, Data and Innovation
Venkat Iyer
Manager, Restoration Finance, Global Restoration Initiative
Vijay Jagannathan
Senior Fellow, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Piyush Jain
Senior Program Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Umang Jain
Managing Associate – Urban Transport, WRI India
Shivali Jainer
Manager, Urban Water, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Bharath Jairaj
Director, Energy, WRI India
Meenakshi Kakar
Associate, Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration, WRI India
Sonal Karia
Finance Lead, Operations, WRI India
Ulka Kelkar
Director – Climate, WRI India
Manal Khan
Communications Lead, UrbanShift, WRI Ross Center For Sustainable Cities
Jayahari KM
Jayahari KM Senior Manager, Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration, WRI India
Vishant Kothari
Manager, Electric Vehicle-Grid Integration, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
