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.
Contact our media team to arrange an interview with any of our experts.
India Executive Team
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS
Jahnvi Sreedhar
Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Arun Krishnan
Program Director – Climate Finance
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Gopika Menon
Junior Program Associate–Sustainable Cities & Transport
Harshil Suresh
Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations
Himashree Sarma
Manager - Development
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Praseeda Mukundan
Program Manager – Urban Development
Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Priya Narayanan
Program Manager - Urban Development
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Siddharth Thyagarajan
Senior Project Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy
Program Director - Clean Air Action
Sruthi Jayaraj
Program Associate – Air Quality
Sudharsan Natraj Sivapiran
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Tintu Sebastian
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vishal Ramprasad
Program Manager
Vishwas M
Junior Program Associate–Sustainable Cities & Transport
