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
India Executive Office Members
Nirmala Mathew
Senior Manager, Executive Office
Human Resources
Chaitra Mehra
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Laveena Lobo
Manager - Human Resources
Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Akansha Saklani
Akshatha Hegde
Program Manager – Energy
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Anandi Mishra
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
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – Offshore Wind Energy
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director – Energy
Devadathan Biju
Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Harshitha Mruthyunjaya
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Lanvin Concessao
Program Manager – Energy
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
Nupur Kulkarni
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Paresh Parab
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Pranusha Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate, Electric Mobility
Preeti Kumari
Program Associate
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Rohan Rao
Program Lead – Electric Mobility
