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
Energy
Pamli Deka
Program Head – Energy Transition Finance
Parmita Kakati
Junior Program Associate – Energy
Amittosh Pandey
Program Manager - Energy
Climate, Economics and Finance
Samar Das
Senior Program Associate
Sai Dinesh K
Program Associate
Trinayana Kaushik
Senior Program Associate – Climate Economics Finance
David Rajbangshi
Program Manager
Research, Data & Impact
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vikas Gotla
Program Communications Associate – Cities
Kavichelvan Gowri Kanagavel
Junior Program Associate – Geo Analytics
Arun Manohar
Program Manager – Urban Development
Priya Narayanan
Senior Program Manager - Urban Development
Parwathy PS
Junior Program Associate
Puspanjali Rajak
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Abhishek Venkitaraman
Senior Program Associate-GIS
Program Experts & Staff
Prem Surya Dharmalingam
Program Research Analyst – Restoration finance
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate – Energy Efficiency
Esli Ayeetus
Associate – Budget Analyst
Elezebeth Baiju
Program Associate – Childhood Friendly Cities
Sampriti Baruah
Program Head - Sustainable Agriculture
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Subrata Chakrabarty
Associate Program Director – Climate, Economics & Finance
Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - 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
Jayashree Devi
Senior Program Associate – Energy
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Masfick Hazarika
Program Manager – Energy for Equitable Development
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Michael Islary
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Vishvak Kannan
Project Associate
Vishvak Kannan
Senior Program Associate – Climate Resilience Practice
Abdul Khalid
Senior Program Associate – Energy
Mohammed Shoaib Khan
Senior Program Associate – Industrial Decarbonization [MSME] - Climate, Economics and Finance
Srishti Kochhar
Program Lead – Strategy and Program Management, Energy
