Sree Kumar Kumaraswamy is the Program Director – Clean Air Action, Sustainable Cities & Transport at WRI India. In his role, he leads the team collaborating with Indian city agencies to support and implement multi-sectoral solutions to mitigate air pollution. The work focuses on scaling municipal air quality actions in cities through capacity building and close collaboration with city governments to implement policies, processes, and projects aimed at enhancing air quality.

Sree has co-designed the Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge, hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs with the support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, with WRI India as a technical partner. He also plays a key role in supporting cities in enabling municipal actions to create child-friendly environments. In the past, he has worked with state and city governments to support policies and plans related to Transit Oriented Development, land value capture, legislative reforms in urban planning, the improvement of community public spaces, and capacity building.

He has more than two decades of experience in advising several cities in preparing their urban policies, city and regional plans, urban design and architectural projects. He has worked with city level authorities in India, Libya, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. He was part of the International Visitors Leadership Program on Sustainable Cities, a premier professional exchange program conducted by U.S. Department of State. He was also a resource person for ePatshala for preparing e-course materials for urban design education in India, by the University Grant Commission, Government of India.

Prior to joining WRI India, he was part of consultancy services for several years. During this period, he worked in collaboration with several local and state governments and private agencies on urban planning and design, and architectural projects.

Sree Kumar holds a Master’s degree in Urban Design from CEPT University, Ahmedabad; Master’s in Population Studies from IIPS, Mumbai; and a Bachelor of Architecture from the Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India.