Experts & Staff
WRI’s experts are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as food and land use, energy, cities, climate, economics, finance, governance and more. Our more than 2,000+ staff work on the ground in more than a dozen focus countries and with partners in over 50 nations. Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
Program Experts & Staff
Ashwathy Anand
Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India
Tsvetilena Bandakova
Program Manager, Nature Crime Alliance
Ajith Kasaragod
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), WRI India
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Nikita Luke
Project Manager, Health & Road Safety, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Srikant Mahanty
Associate Director, Global IT and Communications
T Nandakumar
Senior Fellow, Food and Land Use Coalition, WRI India
Sudatta Ray
Technical Director, Global Clean Energy Economics, WRI Polsky Center for the Global Energy Transition
Mridula Sarji
Junior Program Associate, WRI India
John Thoppil
Associate Director, Global Operations
