Ruchie Kothari is an environmental sustainability educator and consultant. She has over 12 years of work experience as a practitioner, where her focus has been on integrating sustainability into the construction industry. She has worked extensively on interdisciplinary projects addressing climate change advocacy and training, urban sustainability, green infrastructure, eco-product design and manufacturing, and high-performance buildings. She has a Master’s of Science in Sustainable Design from Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, USA) and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Academy of Architecture- Rachana Sansad (Mumbai, India).