Pawan Mulukutla

Director - Integrated Transport, Electric Mobility & Hydrogen

Bio

Pawan Mulukutla is the Director of Integrated Transport, Electric Mobility & Hydrogen at WRI India. Pawan is responsible for providing strategic direction and implementing the overarching objectives of these programs. He also leads the teams’ development of synergistic and action-oriented research programs to support India’s ambitious decarbonization journey through effective, equitable and inclusive mobility solutions. His leadership at WRI India also builds upon the ongoing global dialogue and collaborations towards transitioning to sustainable energy consumption models based on low-carbon pathways.

Pawan has over two decades of professional experience working at the intersection of urban mobility, energy and environment. He has been at the forefront of various policy developments at the national and sub-national levels to improve the overall energy consumption profile of the transport sector. One of his recent milestones has been leading WRI India’s knowledge support to the development of the National Green Hydrogen Mission announced by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.

With technical expertise in the energy and transport domains, Pawan has also enabled the development of several other policy initiatives aimed at the electrification of public transport solutions. He has been a critical force in enabling sub-national systemic changes that have led to the ongoing acceleration of electric mobility at the state level. A well-known sustainable mobility specialist, Pawan has been part of various national & international panels and coalitions on sustainable transportation. Pawan also writes extensively on the themes of sustainable mobility, green hydrogen economy and public transport transformation for some of the leading media houses like Hindustan Times, Scroll, Times of India, Hindu etc.

Pawan’s areas of interest include hydrogen value chain, India's pathway to a green hydrogen economy, value chain systems, skill development, energy storage, charging infrastructure planning framework and EV asset financing.

Blogs

Key Lessons for India’s Bus Electrification Drive
by Aparna Vijaykumar, Pawan Mulukutla, Anirudh Ray and Sutanu Pati - July 01, 2022
Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), supported by WRI India, recently concluded India’s biggest electric bus (e-bus) tender to deploy 5,450 e-buses across five cities: Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Surat. This tender, based on a gross cost contracting (GCC) model and supported by
Accelerating Electrification of Small Commercial Freights in India
by Rohan Rao, Dr. Parveen Kumar and Pawan Mulukutla - January 14, 2022
Tata Motors recently unveiled a comprehensive range of 21 new commercial vehicle models across different segments with an emphasis on its ‘Power of 6’ program. In line with this strategy of low-emission and high productivity, they are working on developing multiple
How can Smart Mobility change the way cities move?
by Pawan Mulukutla - May 31, 2021
This article was originally published on ET Insights.

By 2030, India’s urban population is expected to nearly double to 600 million. Cities have
Building a Smooth Road Map for City Bus Systems in India
by Pawan Mulukutla - November 17, 2016
City buses, plying on both long and short distance routes, are the primary mode of transport for majority Indians, with over 25 billion trips recorded in 2014-15. The most vulnerable sections of society depend on buses as one of the cheapest and the most convenient means of commute, in small, medium and metro cities alike. Unfortunately, despite being the backbone of urban mobility, bus
Increasing Mode Share of Bus Transport in Indian Cities
by Pawan Mulukutla and Priyanka Vasudevan - January 15, 2015
This blog post originally appeared in TheCityFix.

Like many cities around the world, Indian cities are experiencing urbanization, motorization, and increasing congestion. Coupled with declining public transport use and
Regulation can help e-rickshaws transform urban mobility across India
by Pawan Mulukutla, Ramya Swayamprakash and Sridhar Padmanabhan - November 14, 2014
This blog post originally appeared on TheCityFix.

As one of the most widely used forms of intermediate public transport or paratransit – services that connect users to mass transport systems like buses or metro – auto-
From traffic flow to pedestrian access: Shifting Mumbai’s parking policy
by Pawan Mulukutla - November 05, 2014
This blog post originally appeared on TheCityFix.

In a recent study, the International Energy Agency (IEA)

Publications

Assessing the Viability of Using Autorickshaws for Urban Freight Delivery in India
It is estimated that, between 2020 and 2030, India’s freight activity will increase fivefold (NITI Aayog et al. 2021). To meet the rising demand cost-effectively, we need to explore new forms of micro-mobility-based, last-mile freight modes with a focus on low-emissions cargo transportation and...
by Rohan Rao, Sudeept Maiti and Pawan Mulukutla - May 2023

Publication
Topics: Sustainable Cities
Geography: India
Financial Analysis of Charging station (FACt)
The MS-Excel-based tool ‘Financial Analysis of Charging station (FACt)’ (the “Tool”) has been developed to help build an understanding of the business case for rolling out public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) in the Indian context. It is a flexible, transparent, and user-...
by Pawan Mulukutla, Shyamasis Das and Priya Bansal - March 2023

Publication
Geography: India
Decarbonizing India’s Road Freight
Urban freight transport is of crucial importance to the economic vitality of urban areas, providing both urban residents and businesses the necessary goods and services. Today, close to 71 percent of the freight transported in the country is completed on road. However, although it provides...
by Pawan Mulukutla, Rohan Rao, Himani Rangoonwala and Krithi Venkat - January 2023

Publication
Topics: Sustainable Cities
Geography: India
Safety Readiness of Electric Vehicle Batteries in India
World Resources Institute India (WRI India) hosted a webinar on ‘Safety Readiness of Electric Vehicle (EV) Batteries in India’ to raise awareness regarding the safety challenges of EV batteries and solutions to overcome them. This document highlights the insights shared by the panelists on the...
by Dr. Parveen Kumar, Pawan Mulukutla and Ashish Rawat - October 2022

Publication
Topics: Sustainable Cities
Geography: India
Rolling out Electric Buses
The Guidebook is a ready reckoner for transit agencies to help them adopt a calibrated approach to induct electric buses in their services. This is to ensure that the technology shift neither disrupts the quality of the bus service nor becomes burdensome for the transit agencies. Such a phased...
by Pawan Mulukutla, Madhav Pai, Shyamasis Das and Anirudh Ray - March 2022

Publication
Topics: Sustainable Cities
Geography: India

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Key Lessons for India’s Bus Electrification Drive

Accelerating Electrification of Small Commercial Freights in India

How can Smart Mobility change the way cities move?

Building a Smooth Road Map for City Bus Systems in India

Increasing Mode Share of Bus Transport in Indian Cities

Regulation can help e-rickshaws transform urban mobility across India

From traffic flow to pedestrian access: Shifting Mumbai’s parking policy

Assessing the Viability of Using Autorickshaws for Urban Freight Delivery in India

Financial Analysis of Charging station (FACt)

Decarbonizing India’s Road Freight

Safety Readiness of Electric Vehicle Batteries in India

Rolling out Electric Buses

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