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
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy

Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen

Ulka Kelkar
Executive Director - Climate

Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications

Sonal Karia
Director, Operations

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

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

Jahnvi Sreedhar
Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS

Kishore Wankhade
Program Manager

Program Experts & Staff
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate - Energy

Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate

Sripathi Anirudh

Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Gauri Atre
Program Associate - Climate

Prateek Barapatre
Program Manager – Climate

Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Vishal Bhalerao
Associate - Budget Analyst

Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport

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
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator

Sarika Dicholkar
Manager - Accounts

Avinash Dubedi
Program Head - Transport
Siddharth Edake
Senior Program Manager

Ashwini Hingne
Associate Program Director

Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Chandana K
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sahil Kanekar

Vishvak Kannan
Project Associate

Vishvak Kannan
Senior Program Associate – Climate Resilience Practice
