Anjali Mahendra is Director of Global Research at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. She leads the research agenda, guiding our worldwide team in conducting policy-relevant, innovative and interdisciplinary research across all program areas of WRI Ross Center. She advises staff on research...
Aarathi Kumar is a Senior Project Associate in the Sustainable Cities and Transport program at WRI India. Working out of the Bengaluru office, she works on the Innovation portfolio, supporting the adoption and application of innovation by cities to address urban challenges. Her work includes...
Prateek Diwan works as a Senior Associate on Innovation projects within the Sustainable Cities and Transport team at WRI India. He leads the enterprise engagement effort and works at the intersection of transit agencies, entrepreneurs and investors. He innovates on mobility solutions with...
Akhila Suri is a Manager in the Sustainable Cities and Transport program at WRI India and is based in Mumbai. She works closely with cities in South East Asian contexts, under the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety. Her efforts are focused on designing safer streets and...
Shivali Jainer is a Manager with the Urban Water practice at WRI India. In this role, she is leading projects and research work that will solve critical urban water challenges in India such as citywide inclusive and resilient access to WASH service provisioning, water-sensitive urban design and...
Samarth Gupta is a project management associate with the Urban Water team at WRI India, where he oversees project management practices across multiple projects. Samarth works with the finance and the development teams looking over contract developments and project deliverables.
Samarth...
Manal Khan is Communications Lead for UrbanShift, a WRI Ross Center program supporting sustainable and inclusive urban development across 23 cities in the global South. She manages the program's communications strategy, storytelling efforts and social media platforms.
Prior to joining...
Vandana Tyagi is a Senior Project Associate - Air Quality at WRI India. She works on developing air pollution emissions inventory and research writing.
Prior to joining WRI, Vandana has worked as a Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee in the field of air...
Rama Thoopal is the Communications Lead for the Sustainable Cities and Transport program at WRI India and liaisons closely with the WRI India Core Communications team for specific needs. She works with all Cities teams to strategize and further the reach of the program’s initiatives across...
Garima Jain is Design Manager with the Communications team at WRI India. She maintains the integrity of visual communications and works with WRI India’s programs to understand their design needs and ensures delivery of projects.
In the last nine years, Garima has worked as a designer and...
