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
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications

Sustainable Cities & Transport
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS

Jahnvi Sreedhar
Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

Program Experts & Staff
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility

Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Arun Krishnan
Program Director – Climate Finance

Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate

Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport

Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Harshil Suresh
Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations

Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate

Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics

Praseeda Mukundan
Senior Program Research Associate - Urban Development

Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility

Priya Narayanan
Program Manager - Urban Development

Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development

Siddharth Thyagarajan
Senior Project Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport

Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy
Program Director - Clean Air Action

Tintu Sebastian
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport

Vishal Ramprasad
Program Manager
