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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Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Program Experts & Staff
Abhinand Gopal Pulijala
Senior Program Communications Associate - Geo Analytics
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Anya George
Communications Manager
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Pavan Ankonapalli
Program Lead - Urban Development
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Pranusha Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate, Electric Mobility
Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Prerna Vijaykumar Mehta
Associate Director - Urban Development
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Rohan Rao
Program Lead – Electric Mobility
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Research Analyst
Sai Ravichandra Gollavilli
Program Associate - Transport
Sri Pujitha Pukkella
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Tavleen Singh
Senior Program Associate – Electric Mobility
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vishwas M
Junior Program Associate–Sustainable Cities & Transport
