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
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Research Analyst, Climate Resilience Practice
Radha Chanchani
Senior Manager, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities and Transport
Andrew deSouza
Senior Research Analyst, WRI India Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Sandeep Dutta
Senior Manager, Global Operations
Rohit Eswar Phutane
Manager, Learning and Development
Nidhi Gupta
Associate Director, Global Operations
Mohan Kamasani
Junior Operations Associate, WRI India
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
Amit Kumar
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Project Associate, WRI India
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Sana Madhav
Senior Associate Budget Analyst, WRI India
Srikant Mahanty
Associate Director, Global IT and Communications
Devika Malvankar
International HR Partner, WRI India
T Nandakumar
Senior Fellow, Food and Land Use Coalition, WRI India
Arun Panda
Senior Fellow, Climate Program, WRI India
Paras Paruthi
Senior Associate – Security & Reporting
Deepti Raj
Senior Associate, Energy Program, WRI India
Khushal Rajpurohit
Accounts Operations Associate, WRI India
Anand Ramachandran
Lead of Facilities, Operations, WRI India
Mridula Sarji
Junior Program Associate, WRI India
Yash Singh
Program Associate, Sustainable Cities, WRI India
Anupama Sivan
Head - Coordination, Executive Office, WRI India
John Thoppil
Associate Director, Global Operations
Arushi Trivedy
HR Manager – Global Talent & Culture
Vandana Tyagi
Senior Project Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Sustainable Cities
Vijay Anadkat
Fellow - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities
