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Roshni Udyavar Yehuda is Head
of the Rachana Sansad’s Institute of
Environmental Architecture, Prabhadevi,
Mumbai since June 2003. The Institute, which
is the postgraduate wing of the Academy of
Architecture, Mumbai, offers academic
courses such as the Postgraduate Diploma in
Environmental Architecture recognized by the
Maharashtra State Board of Technical
Education, and Masters Degree in
Environmental Architecture recognized by the
Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open
University (YCMOU), Nashik, & the Council of
Architecture (COA), India. She is also Jt.
Editor, Evergreen RACHANA, the quarterly
magazine of Rachana Sansad.
Having worked locally and
internationally in the field of
environmental research, pedagogy and
implementation from 1997 to 2003, at the
International Institute for Sustainable
Future, a United Nations NGO DPI affiliated
organization based in Mumbai and New York,
she has a wide range of practical
experience. An architect by profession,
Roshni has acquired additional skills in
journalism, photography, film production and
Voice Culture.
She has traveled widely on
professional assignments and presented
papers in numerous international conferences
in more than 13 countries including Iran, S.
Korea, Slovenia, Austria, Israel and South
Africa. She had organized, under the Global
Futures Network, a delegation of more than
100 people to the World Summit on
Sustaianable Development (WSSD) in
Johannesburg, South Africa, August-September
2002. Roshni has lectured at national and
international conferences and universities
including the University of Vienna, Austria
and the Arizona State University, Arizona,
USA. She was part of the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID)
sponsored Indian delegation to study Green
Buildings in the United States in September
- October 2004, and is actively involved in
developing green building technical criteria
for Pune and Mumbai in collaboration with
International Institute for Energy
Conservation (IIEC) and USAID.
Recently, she was
nominated for the prestigious ‘International
Visitor Leadership Program on Environmental
Protection’ by the United States Department
of State, which included studies in four
states of the US – Washington, D.C., St.
Louis, Missouri, Jackson Hole, Wyoming and
Boston Massachusetts – from 8-26 June 2009.
She delivered a lecture at NYU on ‘Green
Buildings in India: Context and Review’ on
21 October 2009 as part of a special lecture
series entitled ‘Situating Sustainability’
organized by the New York University (NYU)
Abu Dhabi Campus.
Through the Rachana
Sansad’s Institute of Environmental
Architecture, she has initiated and worked
on numerous projects including the Dahisar
River Restoration Project, Sawantwadi
Ecotourism development, Restoration of
Charolette lake in Matheran, ‘Harvest to
Harness’ Rainwater Harvesting Competition,
Capacity building for professionals through
education in building physics and energy
simulation in collaboration with Bureau of
Energy Efficiency and USAID’s ECO III
Project. She was part of a delegation to
study water harvesting and management
technologies to the Agritech 2006 exhibition
to Israel, 8 – 12 May 2006.
She is a member of the
Council of Architecture & Indian Institute
of Architects as well as Evaluation
Committee on Rainwater harvesting
consultants with the Municipal Corporation
of Greater (MCGM) Mumbai and Panel on
education and development at Maharashtra
Nature Park (MNP), Mumbai.
She is Chairperson of the
Organization for the Protection of
Children’s Rights (OPCR), Mumbai and
coordinator for South Asia, OPCR, Canada.
She is committed to local
and global sustainability through creative
educational and professional initiatives,
and appropriate technology, with an emphasis
on equity, scientific thought and positive
ecological values.
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