Experts & Staff
WRI India brings together 300+ staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as climate, economics and finance, food and land use, energy, governance and more. We work across 20+ states to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities.
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India Executive Team
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Program Director - Climate, Economics & Finance
Manu V. Mathai
Director – Research, Data & Impact
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
India Executive Office Members
Tahira Thekaekara
Executive Director – Institutional Development
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Archana Balachandran
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Abhimanyu S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Akshatha Hegde
Program Manager – Energy
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Ananya Srinivasan
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics, and Finance
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Dr. Anjali Singh
Program Lead - Energy Minerals and Circularity
Anjana Rajagopalan
Program Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Anya George
Communications Manager
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Apoorva R
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arpan Golechha
Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Aspruha Swain
Program Associate – Early Childhood Friendly Cities
Aswathy KP
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – Offshore Wind Energy
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Chandana Sasidharan
Program Research Fellow – Energy
Chetan Sodaye
Program Manager - Transport
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director – Energy
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Devadathan Biju
Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
