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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51 Featured Experts

India Executive Team

Bharath Jairaj

Executive Director - Energy

Pawan Mulukutla

Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen

Rama Thoopal

Director, Communications

Sustainable Cities & Transport

Jahnvi Sreedhar

Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

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Abhishek Venkitaraman

Senior Program Associate-GIS

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Program Experts & Staff

Alisha Abraham

Senior Program Associate - Energy

Sripathi Anirudh

Senior Program Research Associate

Raj Bhagat Palanichamy

Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Arundhita Bhanjdeo

Senior Research Specialist - Energy

Pravin Cherukuthota

Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Virajitha Chimalapati

Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Shanmugam Darjibrother

Associate - IT

Robin Infant Raj Devadoss

Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator

Fathima Husain

Senior Program Associate - Urban Development

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Vishvak Kannan

Project Associate

Vishvak Kannan

 Senior Program Associate Climate Resilience Practice

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Deepak Sriram Krishnan

Deputy Director - Energy

Arun Krishnan

Program Director – Climate Finance

Arun Krishnan

Vaisakh Suresh Kumar

Senior Program Associate - Energy

Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy

Program Director - Clean Air Action

Arpitha Lakshman

Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Arpitha Lakshman

Sowmya M

Program Associate - Transport

Ramya MA

Program Associate - Climate

Arvind Manickam

Program Manager – Transport

Arun Manohar

Senior Program Associate

Rejeet Mathews

Program Director - Urban Development

Praseeda Mukundan

Senior Program Research Associate - Urban Development

Namratha Murali

Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

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Priya Narayanan

Program Manager - Urban Development

Harish Palani

Senior Research Specialist - Energy

Khushi Parakh

Junior Program Associate – Climate Policy

Krishna Priya Poroori

Program Associate

Achu R Sekhar

Program Manager – Urban Planning and Disaster Resilience

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

Shyny Sam

Senior Program Associate - Energy

Tintu Sebastian

Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Sidhtharthan Segarin

Program Associate - Monitoring