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

Kavneet Kaur
Senior Manager - Development

Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate

Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport

Program Experts & Staff
Abhinand Gopal Pulijala
Senior Program Communications Associate - Geo Analytics

Abhishek Bhardwaj
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Aditi Sundan
Manager - Communications

Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen

Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport

Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance

Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport

Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility

Chaitra Mehra
Senior Manager - Human Resources

Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Dolma Sharma
Associate – Talent Acquisition

T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy

Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy

Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport

Harshitha Mruthyunjaya

Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development

Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization

Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate

Mandeep Kaur
Manager - Facilities & IT

Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Meghana Munagala
Senior Program Associate

Mitali Dohroo
Manager - Human Resources

Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Nanduri Prashanti

Pavan Ankonapalli
Program Lead - Urban Development

Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Pranav Garimella

Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Prerna Vijaykumar Mehta
Associate Director - Urban Development

Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience

Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Research Analyst

Sai Ravichandra Gollavilli
Program Associate - Transport

Saurabh Kataria
Program Manager-Industrial Decarbonization

Sri Pujitha Pukkella
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
