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
Climate, Economics and Finance
Shaurya Rahul Narlanka
Program Manager
Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Manager – Contracts
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Janaki Mani Gollapudi
Junior Program Associate – Transport
Vikas Gotla
Program Communications Associate – Cities
Shiva Prasad Jakkani
Junior Program Associate – Energy Innovation and Technology
Sushmita Mudhol
Senior Program Associate – Urban Development
Shivani Yadahalli
Junior Program Associate - Transport
Communications
Anya George
Program Manager – Communications
Program Experts & Staff
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Program Communications Manager - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Devadathan Biju
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics & Finance
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Senior Associate - IT Operations
Pratit Das
Program Associate
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Program Research Specialist
Akshatha Hegde
Program Manager – Energy
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Chaitanya Kanuri
Program Director – Electric Mobility
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director (Energy)
Smriti Kumble
Senior Program Associate
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Aloke Mukherjee
Lead - Research and Cities
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization
Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Rohan Rao
Program Lead – Electric Mobility
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Ganesh Shinde
Program Manager – Geoanalytics
Ananya Srinivasan
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics, and Finance
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Prashanth Varanasi
Senior Program Manager - Private Sector Engagement Specialist
Srinivas Alavilli
Program Fellow – Sustainable Cities and Transport
