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
India Executive Office Members
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Energy
Pamli Deka
Program Head – Energy Transition Finance
Climate, Economics and Finance
Arpan Golechha
Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Shaurya Rahul Narlanka
Program Manager
Research, Data & Impact
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Manager – Contracts
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Janaki Mani Gollapudi
Junior Program Associate – Transport
Vikas Gotla
Program Communications Associate – Cities
Arundhati Hakhu
Junior Program Associate – Data Visualizer and Graphic Designer, GIS
Shiva Prasad Jakkani
Junior Program Associate – Energy Innovation and Technology
Kavichelvan Gowri Kanagavel
Junior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Sreedevi Kurur
Junior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Arun Manohar
Program Manager – Urban Development
Sushmita Mudhol
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Priya Narayanan
Senior Program Manager - Urban Development
Gayatri Vhanbatte
Junior Program Associate, Geo Analytics
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Communications
Anya George
Program Manager – Communications
Program Experts & Staff
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Shrimoyee Bhattacharya
Program Head - Urban Development
Devadathan Biju
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
Nivedita Cholayil
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Lanvin Concessao
Program Lead – Energy for Equitable Development
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Senior Associate - IT Operations
Pratit Das
Program Associate
Nidhin Davis
Program Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Visakha G
Junior Program Associate – Energy for Equitable Development
Bhakti G
Senior Program Associate – Private Sector Engagement
