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
Jaya Dhindaw
Executive Program Director, Sustainable Cities and Director, WRI India Ross Center
Rama Thoopal
Program Director — Communications
India Executive Office Members
Aarathi Kumar
Senior Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
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
Communications
Anya George
Program Manager – Communications
Program Experts & Staff
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
Deepshikha Chaudhuri
Junior Program Associate - Communications
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
Suhani Gupta
Program Associate - Transport
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Program Research Specialist
Smriti Harsh
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Yashaswini Jain
Program Associate - Hydrogen
Jyoti
Project Associate - GeoAnalytics; Sustainable Cities and Transport
Harsha K
Junior Program Associate - GeoAnalytics
Chaitanya Kanuri
Program Director – Electric Mobility
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Aswathy KP
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Madhura Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Janhavi Mane
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Aloke Mukherjee
Lead - Research and Cities
Praseeda Mukundan
Program Manager – Urban Development
