Yatin Pandya is an author, academician, researcher as well as practising architect with his firm FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H. He has authored numerous papers and several books, and has produced many documentary films on architecture. Pandya is a recipient of numerous national and international awards for research, design and dissemination, most recently the special mention for United Nation's World Habitat Award and the Curry Stone Foundation Design Prize for sustainable practice.