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
Climate, Economics and Finance
Sai Dinesh K
Program Associate
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
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
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
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
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Vishvak Kannan
Project Associate
Vishvak Kannan
Senior Program Associate – Climate Resilience Practice
Mohammed Shoaib Khan
Senior Program Associate – Industrial Decarbonization [MSME] - Climate, Economics and Finance
Arun Krishnan
Program Director – Climate Finance
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Program Director (Energy)
Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy
Program Director - Clean Air Action
Arpitha Lakshman
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Gopika Menon
Junior Program Associate–Sustainable Cities & Transport
Praseeda Mukundan
Program Manager – Urban Development
Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Rahul Muralidharan
Program Lead – Research Integrity
Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Achu R Sekhar
