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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24 Featured Experts

India Executive Team

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

Raj Bhagat Palanichamy

Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Pravin Cherukuthota

Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Virajitha Chimalapati

Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Fathima Husain

Senior Program Associate - Urban Development

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Arun Krishnan

Program Director – Climate Finance

Arun Krishnan

Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy

Program Director - Clean Air Action

Arpitha Lakshman

Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Arpitha Lakshman

Sowmya M

Program Associate - Transport

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

Krishna Priya Poroori

Program Associate

Vishal Ramprasad

Program Manager

Tintu Sebastian

Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Harshil Suresh

Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations

Pavithra T S

Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Siddharth Thyagarajan

Senior Project Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Aparna Vijaykumar

Program Manager – Electric Mobility