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India is quickly becoming an economic, technological and diplomatic leader. Yet this growth has come at a cost.
Rapid urbanization is placing a burden on infrastructure, energy consumption and public services. Already the fourth-largest economy, India is the world’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitter and fourth-largest electricity consumer. The economic and development decisions that the country makes over the next few decades will pose profound implications for the global environment.
WRI India—established in 2011—works with local and national governments, businesses, and civil society to address India’s development challenges. We identify solutions that are both economically and environmentally sound.
We develop blueprints for sustainable urban transport and smart city growth. We provide research and policy recommendations to expand renewable energy and access to affordable, reliable power. Our tools and guidance help businesses cost-effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout their supply chains. Our partnerships and transparency initiatives strengthen communities’ access to information and justice. And our analyses identify strategies for India to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts.
Top India Outcomes
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Top outcomes are WRI's biggest success stories. They occur when our analysis, solutions, or partnerships result in significant change in the world.
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India Facts
- India’s urban population is expected to grow from 377 million in 2011 to 590 million by 2030.
- More than 400 million Indians lack access to electricity.
- To maintain its growth rate of 5-7 percent, India’s energy consumption is projected to increase by 54 percent between 2011 and 2020.
India Projects
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Global Restoration Initiative
World Resources Institute helps people restoring the world's degraded landscapes monitor, finance, and accelerate their work.
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India Greenhouse Gas Program
India’s GHG Program is an industry-led voluntary framework aiming to help Indian companies monitor progress towards measurement and management of GHG emissions using tools and methodologies from WRI’s GHG Protocol.
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Experts
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Varun Agarwal
Project Associate, Climate, WRI India -
Avni Agarwal
Project Associate, Climate Program, WRI India -
Sushant Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Sustainable Landscape And Restoration, WRI India -
Monika Agarwal
Senior Manager, Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration, WRI India -
O.P. Agarwal
CEO, WRI India -
Sripathi Anirudh
Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India -
Nambi Appadurai
Director, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India -
Gagandeep Bajwa
Lead – Human Resources, WRI India -
Subrata Chakrabarty
Senior Manager, Climate, WRI India -
Pulakesh Das
Senior Project Associate, WRI India -
Dnyanada Deshpande
Strategy Head - Communications, WRI India -
Ayesha Dinshaw
Manager, Climate Resilience, WRI India -
Marie Duraisami
Manager, Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration, WRI India -
Rohit Eswar
Training and Development Coordinator, WRI India -
Chirag Gajjar
Head Subnational Climate Action, WRI India -
Vikas Guntur
Senior Associate, Operations, WRI India -
Samarth Gupta
Project Management Associate, Urban Water, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Shubham Gupta
Manager, Climate Finance, WRI India -
Ashwini Hingne
Manager, Climate, 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 -
Jayahari KM
Jayahari KM Senior Manager, Sustainable Landscapes & Restoration, WRI India -
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Associate Director, Energy, WRI India -
Tejaswini Kulkarni
Project Associate, Climate Program, WRI India -
Srikant Mahanty
Senior Associate, Internal Communications -
Anjali Mahendra
Director of Global Research, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities -
Sumedha Malaviya
Manager, Energy Program, WRI India -
Devika Malvankar
HR Associate, WRI India -
Tirthankar Mandal
Senior Manager, Energy, WRI India -
Prerna Vijaykumar Mehta
Lead, Urban Development, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Priyanka Mewal
SharePoint Administrator, Global Operations, WRI India -
Apurba Mitra
Head, Climate Program, WRI India -
Kajol
Manager, Energy, WRI India -
Selva Ganesh Nadar
Accounting Associate, WRI India -
Uttara Narayan
Manager, Energy, WRI India -
Megha Nath
Senior Project Associate, Climate, WRI India -
K. N. Ninan
Senior Fellow, Economics Center, WRI India -
Bibhu Panigrahi
Enterprise Knowledge Manager, Global Operations, WRI India -
Naren Pasupalati
Senior Research Analyst, Energy Program, WRI India -
Parvathi Preethan
Senior Project Associate, Climate Resilience Practice, WRI India -
Vishal Ramprasad
Manager, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Parth Sarathi Roy
Senior Fellow, Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration, WRI India -
Paresh Sharma
Senior Fellow, Sustainable Cities & Transport, WRI India -
Shashi Shekhar
Senior Fellow, Energy Program, WRI India -
Ashish Singh
Manager of Information Security Systems, Global Operations -
Ruchika Singh
Director - Sustainable Landscapes and Restoration, WRI India -
Shakti Sinha
Senior Fellow, WRI India -
Ranping Song
Developing Country Climate Action Manager -
Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Project Associate, Energy Program, WRI India -
Sandhya Sundararagavan
Lead – Energy Transitions, WRI India -
Akhila Suri
Manager, Sustainable Cities & Transport, WRI India -
Rohit Tak
Manager, Urban Transport and Road Safety, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Ashok Kumar Thanikonda
Manager, Energy, WRI India -
Aanal Trivedi
Personal Assistant To CEO, WRI India -
Surya Prakash
Senior Manager, Urban Development, WRI India -
Vandana Vasudevan
Senior Fellow, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Sunita Vaswani
Senior Project Associate – Operations, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Madhu Verma
Chief Economist, WRI India -
Dhawal Ashar
Senior Manager, Sustainable Cities and Transport, WRI India Sustainable Cities -
Radha Chanchani
Managing Associate, Research & Practice, WRI India Sustainable Cities