Experts & Staff
WRI India brings together over 400 experts and staff working across systems like food, land and water; energy; and cities. To enable progress at the pace and scale needed, we also engage with the economic, finance and governance systems that are key to enabling this change.
India Executive Team
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Program Director - Climate, Economics & Finance
Sonal Karia
Executive Director - Finance and Legal
India Executive Office Members
Himanshu Gaydhani
Research Associate – CEO's Office
Shounak Krishnanand
Program Director - Technology Products
Soham Kshirsagar
Senior Research Associate – CEO’s Office
Nirmala Mathew
Senior Manager, Executive Office
Climate, Economics and Finance
Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Devadathan Biju
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Ashwini Hingne
Program Director – Climate Economics & Inclusive Transitions
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Smriti Kumble
Senior Program Associate – Economics of Climate and Green Growth
Ananya Srinivasan
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics, and Finance
Climate Resilience Practice
Ananya Chakraborty
Senior Program Research Specialist
Energy
Ashwini Chitnis
Program Head – Clean Energy Supply
Heleena Christian
Program Manager – Wind Energy
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
Akshatha Hegde
Program Manager – Energy
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director (Energy)
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
Shivani Shah
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Yash Sharma
Program Research Analyst
Kajal Singh
Junior Program Research Analyst
Rushabh Soni
Senior Program Associate - Energy
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Food, Land and Water
Prajakta Joshi
Senior Program Associate – Food Waste
Nupur Kulkarni
Senior Program Manager – Sustainable Agriculture
Paresh Parab
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Chetan Chounde
Program Manager - Urban Development
Kaustubh Chuke
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Chintan Daftardar
Program Head – Transport
Yutieka Dalal
Junior Program Associate, Air Quality
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Sonal Ganvir
Junior Program Associate
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Kaustubh Gosavi
Senior Program Manager – Electric Mobility
