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
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Apoorva Nandish
Senior Program Associate - MobiliseHER
Mukti Pradhan
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Devadathan Biju
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Associate - IT
Sandeep Das
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Anya George
Communications Manager
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate - Finance and Operations
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Director - Energy
Pranusha Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate, Electric Mobility
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Dushasana Mahanta
Senior Program Manager - MEL
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Chaitra Mehra
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Harshitha Mruthyunjaya
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Apoorva R
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Rohan Rao
Program Lead – Electric Mobility
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Mitradev Sahoo
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Sruthi Subbanna
T.S. Gowthami
Senior Program Associate
Srinivas Alavilli
Program Senior Fellow – Sustainable Cities and Transport
