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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25 Featured Experts

India Executive Team

Rama Thoopal

Director, Communications

Sustainable Cities & Transport

Abhishek Venkitaraman

Senior Program Associate-GIS

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Jahnvi Sreedhar

Senior Program Associate, SBCC Specialist

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Program Experts & Staff

Aparna Vijaykumar

Program Manager – Electric Mobility

Aravinda Devaraj

Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport 

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Arpitha Lakshman

Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport

Arpitha Lakshman

Arun Krishnan

Program Director – Climate Finance

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Arun Manohar

Senior Program Associate

Arvind Manickam

Program Manager – Transport

Fathima Husain

Senior Program Associate - Urban Development

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Harshil Suresh

Senior Program Associate - Urban Innovations

Krishna Priya Poroori

Program Associate

Namratha Murali

Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport

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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