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
Gagandeep Bajwa
Director – Human Resources, WRI India
Pawan Mulukutla
Executive Program Director - Integrated Transport, Clean Air and Hydrogen
Kavneet Kaur
Senior Manager - Development
Human Resources
Aryaman Singh
Junior Associate – Human Resources
Chaitra Mehra
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Dolma Sharma
Senior Associate – Talent Acquisition
Mitali Dohroo
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Operations
Sujatha Gopu
Senior Associate
Sustainable Cities & Transport
Aashima Bhandari
Senior Program Associate - Transport
Program Experts & Staff
Abhinand Gopal Pulijala
Senior Program Communications Associate - Geo Analytics
Abhishek Bhardwaj
Senior Program Associate - Energy
Aditi Sundan
Manager - Communications
Aloke Mukherjee
Manager - Cities and Transport
Anandi Mishra
Anubhuti Gupta
Lead Coordinator
Anuraag Nallapaneni
Program Lead - Hydrogen
Arvind Manickam
Program Manager – Transport
Ashim Roy
Program Lead - Energy Finance
Avtar Bhalla
Program Associate - Transport
Bhanu Khanna
Senior Program Associate - Geo Analytics
Chaitanya Kanuri
Associate Director - Electric Mobility
Chandana K
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Divya Sharma
Program Lead- Food, Land and Water
T.S. Gowthami
Program Manager – Energy
Harish Palani
Senior Program Research Specialist – Energy
Harpreet Singh Arora
Program Head – Urbanist, Economic Development
Harshita Jamba
Senior Program Manager - Sustainable Cities and Transport
Harshitha Mruthyunjaya
Himanshi Kapoor
Program Associate - Urban Development
Iranna Koppad
Junior Program Associate - Electric Mobility
Kartheek NGR
Senior Program Manager – Industrial Decarbonization
Krishna Priya Poroori
Program Associate
Lanvin Concessao
Program Manager – Energy
Mandeep Kaur
Manager - Facilities & IT
Manju George
Senior Program Manager – MobiliseHer
Manojna Polisetty
Senior Program Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Meghana Munagala
Senior Program Associate - Climate, Economics and Finance
Namratha Murali
Senior Communications Associate - Sustainable Cities & Transport
Nanduri Prashanti
Niharika Tagotra
Senior Program Research Analyst – Energy
