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
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
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
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
Rohan Rao
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Abhimanyu S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Shyny Sam
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Nileena Sankarankutty
Senior Communications Associate
Shabna Seemamu
Program Associate - Urban Development
Kshitij Singh
Program Associate - Climate
Chetan Sodaye
Program Manager - Transport
Dhilon Subramanian
Program Manager - Energy
Chandana Sasidharan
Program Research Fellow
Sandhya Sundararagavan
Program Head - Energy Transition
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
T.S. Gowthami
Senior Program Associate
Vivek Venkataramani
Senior Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Aparna Vijaykumar
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
