Madhura Kulkarni

Madhura Kulkarni is the Program Lead, Sustainable Cities and Transport, at the World Resources Institute (WRI) India. She heads the Nurturing Neighbourhoods programme, which is in partnership with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and Van Leer Foundation, across more than ten Indian cities and two states. She provides technical expertise to governments at sub-national level to formulate and adopt long-term, sustained strategies and policies for the creation of child- and caregiver-friendly cities. She has over a decade of experience of supporting cities and enabling them towards scaling and institutionalising sustainable and people-centric approaches in urban planning and design.