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
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
Program Experts & Staff
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency
Ananya Srinivasan
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics, and Finance
Anjana Rajagopalan
Program Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – Offshore Wind Energy
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director – Energy
Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Program Manager – Energy
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Munawar Irfaan S
Senior Program Associate – Climate Resilience Practice
Nidhin Davis
Program Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Dr. Prakash Doraiswamy
Program Director – Air Quality
Praseeda Mukundan
Program Manager – Urban Development
Priya Narayanan
Program Manager - Urban Development
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Senior Associate - IT Operations
Shyny Sam
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Sudharsan Natraj Sivapiran
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Supratheesh T
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Tintu Sebastian
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate – Energy
Vishvak Kannan
Project Associate
Vivek Venkataramani
Senior Manager - Climate Resilience Practice