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
Pavan Ankonapalli
Program Lead - Urban Development
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Program Associate - Transport
Rajit Bhat
Program Associate - Transport
Anindita Bhattacharjee
Senior Program Communications Associate - Electric Mobility & Hydrogen
Pravin Cherukuthota
Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Virajitha Chimalapati
Senior Research Analyst - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Anya George
Program Associate - Transport
Sai Ravichandra Gollavilli
Program Associate - Transport
Sahana Goswami
Senior Program Manager - Water Resilience
Sai Ratna Chaitanya Gurugubelli
Senior Research Analyst
Chandana K
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Pranusha Kulkarni
Senior Program Associate, Electric Mobility
Rajeev Malagi
Program Manager - Urban Development
Arvind Manickam
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director - Urban Development
Prerna Vijaykumar Mehta
Associate Director - Urban Development
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Senior Program Associate - Hydrogen
Ranjith Parvathapuram
Senior Manager - Electric Mobility
Manojna Polisetty
Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Sri Pujitha Pukkella
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Abhinand Gopal Pulijala
Senior Program Communications Associate - Geo Analytics
Rohan Rao
Program Manager – Electric Mobility
Pavithra T S
Program Associate - Geo Analytics
