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.
Data Lab
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
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)
Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization
Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
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
Sai Dinesh K
Program Associate
Smriti Kumble
Senior Program Associate
Meghana Munagala
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Shaurya Rahul Narlanka
Program Manager
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
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Trishalini Donga
Junior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Janaki Mani Gollapudi
Junior Program Associate – Transport
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Vikas Gotla
Program Communications Associate – Cities
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Program Research Specialist
Shiva Prasad Jakkani
Junior Program Associate – Energy Innovation and Technology
Chandana K
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chaitanya Kanuri
Program Director – Electric Mobility
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Manager – Transport
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
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
