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
India Executive Office Members
Nirmala Mathew
Senior Manager, Executive Office
Human Resources
Laveena Lobo
Manager - Human Resources
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS
Jahnvi Sreedhar
Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist
Program Experts & Staff
Achu R Sekhar
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
Aparna Ramanathan
Senior Program Associate – Industrial Decarbonization - Climate, Economics and Finance
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Arun Krishnan
Program Director – Climate Finance
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
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Esli Ayeetus
Associate – Budget Analyst
Faiza Solanki
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Gopika Menon
Junior Program Associate–Sustainable Cities & Transport
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Harshil Suresh
Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Lanvin Concessao
Program Manager – Energy
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Mohammed Shoaib Khan
Senior Program Associate – Industrial Decarbonization [MSME] - Climate, Economics and Finance
Munawar Irfaan S
Senior Program Associate – Climate Resilience Practice
Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Nidhin Davis
Program Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Nupur Kulkarni
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Paresh Parab
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Dr. Prakash Doraiswamy
Program Director – Air Quality
