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

Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate

Program Experts & Staff
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen

Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport

Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance

Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility

T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy

Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy

Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization

Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate

Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience

Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Research Analyst

Supratheesh T
Senior Program Associate - Climate

Srinivas Alavilli
Program Senior Fellow – Sustainable Cities and Transport
