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
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Director - Climate
Manu V. Mathai
Director – Research, Data & Impact
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
India Executive Office Members
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Shikha Anand
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Bhavana Varma
Program Associate - Energy
Devadathan Biju
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Nivedita Cholayil
Senior Program Associate - Climate
Lanvin Concessao
Program Manager - Energy
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Associate - IT
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Visakha G
Junior Program Associate
Anya George
Communications Manager
Arpan Golechha
Senior Project Associate
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Ahona Datta Gupta
Communications Manager - Energy
Suhani Gupta
Program Associate - Transport
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Research Analyst
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate - Finance and Operations
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Yashaswini Jain
Program Associate - Hydrogen
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager
Jyoti
Project Associate - GeoAnalytics; Sustainable Cities and Transport
Harsha K
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Sandra Kamar
Senior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Vishvak Kannan
Project Associate
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Shwetmala Kashyap
Program Manager - Food Loss and Waste
