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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Program Experts & Staff
Vishvak Kannan
Project Associate
Aditya Khare
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Arun Krishnan
Program Director – Climate Finance
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Director - Energy
Madhura Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Nupur Kulkarni
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Vaisakh Suresh Kumar
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy
Program Director - Clean Air Action
Rohit Lahoti
Program Manager - Urban Development
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Anisha Lalvani
Senior Associate – Core Communications
Laveena Lobo
Senior Associate - Human Resources
Sayali Lokare
Senior Program Associate - Flood Resilience
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Ramya MA
Abhishek Mahajan
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sai Malvankar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Janhavi Mane
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Abhishek Meshram
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Lalit Mudholkar
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Praseeda Mukundan
Senior Program Research Associate - Urban Development
Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Kartiki Naik
Priya Narayanan
Program Manager - Urban Development
Harish Palani
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Paresh Parab
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Khushi Parakh
Junior Program Associate – Climate Policy
Anushree Patil
Program Associate - Transport
Chaitali Patil
Program Communications Associate
Sharvari Patki
Program Head - Electric Mobility
Kshitija Pendharkar
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Achu R Sekhar
Anjana Rajagopalan
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate
Vishal Ramprasad
Program Manager
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – offshore wind
