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

Ulka Kelkar
Executive Director - Climate

Sonal Karia
Director, Operations

India Executive Office Members
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office

Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate

Sustainable Cities & Transport
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality

Sonal Ganvir
Junior Program Associate

Kaustubh Gosavi
Program Lead - Electric Mobility

Avirat Inamdar
Senior Program Manager
Pramada Jagtap
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport

Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER

Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager

Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport

Program Experts & Staff
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate

Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Gauri Atre
Program Associate - Climate

Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate

Vishal Bhalerao
Associate - Budget Analyst

Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport

Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen

Devadathan Biju
Junior Program Associate - Climate

Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist

Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development

Heleena Christian
Program Manager - Energy

Kaustubh Chuke
Senior Program Manager – Transport

Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport

Shanmugam Darjibrother
Associate - IT
Sarika Dicholkar
Manager - Accounts

Avinash Dubedi
Program Head - Transport
Siddharth Edake
Senior Program Manager

Anya George
Communications Manager

Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate - Finance and Operations

Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director

Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager

Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sahil Kanekar

Aditya Khare
Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Director - Energy
