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
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Energy
Akshatha Hegde
Program Manager – Energy
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director (Energy)
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Climate, Economics and Finance
Devadathan Biju
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Smriti Kumble
Senior Program Associate
Ananya Srinivasan
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics, and Finance
Human Resources
Chaitra Mehra
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Development
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Senior Associate - IT Operations
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Vikas Gotla
Program Communications Associate – Cities
Chandana K
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Harshitha Mruthyunjaya
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sushmita Mudhol
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Aloke Mukherjee
Lead - Research and Cities
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rohan Rao
Program Lead – Electric Mobility
Sruthi Subbanna
Senior Program Research Associate - Urban Climate Resilience
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Srinivas Alavilli
Program Fellow – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Communications
Anya George
Program Manager – Communications
