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
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Dhawal Ashar
Head - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Trishalini Donga
Junior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Berjis Driver
Senior Program Associate
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Janaki Mani Gollapudi
Junior Program Associate – Transport
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
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
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Dr. Sneha Malhotra
Associate Program Director – Energy Innovation and Tech
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Nikita Pal
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Kshitija Pendharkar
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Deep Ponikar
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities and Transport
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Nanduri Prashanti
Senior Program Research Associate - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Sri Pujitha Pukkella
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Lubaina Rangwala
Program Director - Urban Development
Shrey Sanghavi
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Utsav Shah
Program Manager – Hydrogen
Ganesh Shinde
Program Manager – Geoanalytics
Yash Siroliya
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Sreekanth Vakacherla
Program Head – Clean Air Science
Srinivas Alavilli
Program Fellow – Sustainable Cities and Transport
