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
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
Program Experts & Staff
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aravinda Devaraj
Senior Program Research Analyst — Sustainable Cities and Transport
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Manager – Transport
Praseeda Mukundan
Program Manager – Urban Development
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Tintu Sebastian
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Sudharsan Natraj Sivapiran
Junior Program Associate – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
