Experts & Staff
WRI India brings together over 400 experts and staff working across systems like food, land and water; energy; and cities. To enable progress at the pace and scale needed, we also engage with the economic, finance and governance systems that are key to enabling this change.
India Executive Team
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Ulka Kelkar
Executive Program Director - Climate, Economics & Finance
Tahira Thekaekara
Executive Director – Institutional Development
Manu V. Mathai
Program Director – Research Integrity
Rama Thoopal
Program Director — Communications
Energy
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency
Lanvin Concessao
Program Lead – Energy for Equitable Development
Pamli Deka
Program Head – Energy Transition Finance
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
Visakha G
Program Associate- Energy for Equitable Development
Ahona Datta Gupta
Senior Program Communications Manager – Energy
Akshatha Hegde
Program Manager – Energy
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director (Energy)
Preeti Kumari
Senior Program Associate – Energy for Equitable Development
Ijas M A
Program Manager – Energy
Sumedha Malaviya
Program Head – Building Decarbonization
Krishna Nayak
Senior Program Associate – Energy for Equitable Development
Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization
Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate – Energy
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – Offshore Wind Energy
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Shyny Sam
Program Manager – Energy
Dr. Anjali Singh
Program Lead - Energy Minerals and Circularity
Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Program Manager – Energy
Chandana Sasidharan
Program Research Fellow – Energy
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Prashanth Varanasi
Senior Program Manager - Private Sector Engagement Specialist
Climate, Economics and Finance
Devadathan Biju
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Nivedita Cholayil
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Nidhin Davis
Program Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Arpan Golechha
Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Smriti Kumble
Senior Program Associate
Sucheta Mondal
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Varsha Nair
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Shaurya Rahul Narlanka
Program Manager
