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
Rama Thoopal
Program Director — Communications
Research, Data & Impact
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vikas Gotla
Program Communications Associate – Cities
Arundhati Hakhu
Junior Program Associate – Data Visualizer and Graphic Designer, GIS
Kavichelvan Gowri Kanagavel
Junior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Arun Manohar
Program Manager – Urban Development
Priya Narayanan
Senior Program Manager - Urban Development
Program Experts & Staff
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Senior Associate - IT Operations
Nidhin Davis
Program Manager - Climate, Economics and Finance
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Vishvak Kannan
Project Associate
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director (Energy)
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Praseeda Mukundan
Program Manager – Urban Development
Rahul Muralidharan
Program Lead – Research Integrity
Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Anjana Rajagopalan
Program Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate – Energy
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – Offshore Wind Energy
Munawar Irfaan S
Senior Program Associate – Climate Resilience Practice
Shyny Sam
Program Manager – Energy
Tintu Sebastian
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sudharsan Natraj Sivapiran
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Ananya Srinivasan
Junior Program Associate - Climate, Economics, and Finance
Dhilon Subramanian
Senior Program Manager – Energy
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Vivek Venkataramani
Senior Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
