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.

18 Featured Experts

Program Experts & Staff

Ashwathy Anand

Program Associate, Urban Water Resilience, WRI India

Ashwathy Anand

Trace Carlson

Operations Manager, Air Quality Program

Trace Carlson

Jyot Chadha

Deputy Director, NUMO Alliance

Radha Chanchani

Senior Manager, 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

Anu Kadyan, PhD

Graduate Intern, Electric School Bus Initiative

Anu Kadyan

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

Nikita Luke

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

Nikita Luke

Anjali Mahendra

Director, Global Research, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Anjali Mahendra.

Aakash Malik

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

Aakash Malik

Kriti Shah

Electric Vehicle Industry Intern

Kriti Shah

Yash Singh

Program Associate, Sustainable Cities, WRI India

 Yash Singh

Smriti Singh

Research and Engagement Specialist, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Smriti Singh.

Vandana Tyagi

Senior Project Associate, Air Quality, WRI India Sustainable Cities

Vandana Tyagi

Mende Thuji Yangden

Researcher and Gender, Equity, and Social Inclusion Coordinator, Electric Mobility, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Mende Yangden

Vijay Anadkat

Fellow - Urban Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities