Experts & Staff
WRI India brings together 300+ staff and experts who are leaders in their fields. Their work spans topics such as climate, economics and finance, food and land use, energy, governance and more. We work across 20+ states to meet people’s essential needs, to protect and restore nature, and to stabilize the climate and build resilient communities.
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Program Experts & Staff
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Ijas M A
Senior Research Associate
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Sumedha Malaviya
Head – Building Decarbonization
Janhavi Mane
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Praseeda Mukundan
Senior Program Research Associate - Urban Development
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Priya Narayanan
Program Manager - Urban Development
Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization
Harish Palani
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Apoorva R
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Anjana Rajagopalan
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate
Rohan Rao
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – offshore wind
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Abhimanyu S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Shyny Sam
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Nileena Sankarankutty
Senior Communications Associate
Tintu Sebastian
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shabna Seemamu
Program Associate - Urban Development
Kshitij Singh
Program Associate - Climate
Chetan Sodaye
Program Manager - Transport
Dhilon Subramanian
Program Manager - Energy
Sandhya Sundararagavan
Program Head - Energy Transition
Chandana Sasidharan
Program Research Fellow
Supratheesh T
Senior Program Associate - Climate
T.S. Gowthami
Senior Program Associate
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Vivek Venkataramani
Senior Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Srinivas Alavilli
Program Senior Fellow – Sustainable Cities and Transport
