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
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
India Executive Office Members
Program Experts & Staff
Varun Agarwal
Senior Project Associate - Climate
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Senior Program Communications Associate - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Bhavana Varma
Program Associate - Energy
Devadathan Biju
Junior Program Associate - Climate
Diksha Choudhary
Lead - Electric Mobility
Lanvin Concessao
Program Manager - Energy
Shanmugam Darjibrother
Associate - IT
Anya George
Program Associate - Transport
Akshatha Hegde
Senior Associate - Finance and Operations
Mani Bhushan Jha
Varun Jyothiprakash
Senior Program Manager
Chandana K
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Deepak Sriram Krishnan
Deputy Director - Energy
Pranusha Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate, Electric Mobility
Nupur Kulkarni
Program Manager - Food, Land and Water
Preeti Kumari
Program Associate
Laveena Lobo
Senior Associate - Human Resources
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Chaitra Mehra
Manager - Human Resources
Anandi Mishra
Harshitha Mruthyunjaya
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Dhriti Pant
Senior Program Associate - MEL
Paresh Parab
Program Manager - Restoration Planning and Implementation
Manojna Polisetty
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Apoorva R
Program Manager – Climate, Economics and Finance
Umesh Kumar Sharma Ramamoorthi
Senior Program Research Associate
Rohan Rao
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Baalaji Ravichandran
Senior Program Associate – offshore wind
Akansha Saklani
Nitisha Singh
Program Communications Associate - Air Quality
Sruthi Subbanna
T.S. Gowthami
Senior Program Associate
Srinivas Alavilli
Program Senior Fellow – Sustainable Cities and Transport
