Kavichelvan (Kavin) Gowri Kanagavel is a Junior Program Associate with the Geo Analytics team in WRI India's Sustainable Cities and Transport programme. He supports geospatial data analysis and mapping.

Before joining WRI India, he worked as a GIS Analyst at Allvy Software Solutions, supporting the geospatial requirements of the Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution Company. His work spanned GIS data management, spatial analytics, dashboard development, web mapping and geospatial application support.

He holds a master's degree in Remote Sensing and GIS from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and a bachelor's degree in Geoinformatics from Anna University, Chennai.

Outside work, Kavin enjoys travelling, hiking and spending time outdoors in the mountains, and is passionate about fitness, strength training and the gym.