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
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Akshatha Hegde
Program Manager – Energy
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Ananya Srinivasan
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics, and Finance
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Anya George
Communications Manager
Apoorva R
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director – Energy
Devadathan Biju
Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Prashanth Varanasi
Senior Program Manager - Private Sector Engagement Specialist
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Rohan Rao
Program Lead – Electric Mobility
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Research Analyst
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Senior Associate - IT Operations
Supratheesh T
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Srinivas Alavilli
Program Senior Fellow – Sustainable Cities and Transport
