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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India Executive Team
Bharath Jairaj
Executive Director - Energy
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Rama Thoopal
Director, Communications
Program Experts & Staff
Alisha Abraham
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Raj Bhagat Palanichamy
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Associate - IT
Robin Infant Raj Devadoss
Senior Program Research Analyst – Publications Coordinator
Fathima Husain
Senior Program Associate - Urban Development
Vishvak Kannan
Project Associate
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Director - Energy
Sowmya M
Program Associate - Transport
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Arun Manohar
Senior Program Associate
Praseeda Mukundan
Senior Program Research Associate - Urban Development
Priya Narayanan
Program Manager - Urban Development
Harish Palani
Senior Research Specialist - Energy
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Anjana Rajagopalan
Manager - Climate Resilience Practice
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – offshore wind
Shyny Sam
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Tintu Sebastian
Program Manager – Sustainable Cities & Transport
Dhilon Subramanian
Program Manager - Energy
Sandhya Sundararagavan
Program Head - Energy Transition
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
