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
Rama Thoopal
Program Director — Communications
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
Kavichelvan Gowri Kanagavel
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
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
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
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Chaitanya Kanuri
Program Director – Electric Mobility
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Aloke Mukherjee
Lead - Research and Cities
Praseeda Mukundan
Program Manager – Urban Development
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Rohan Rao
Program Lead – Electric Mobility
Tintu Sebastian
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Ganesh Shinde
Program Manager – Geoanalytics
Sudharsan Natraj Sivapiran
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
