Rahul Mehrotra

Who is Rahul Mehrotra?

Rahul Mehrotra is principal of architecture firm RMA Architects of Mumbai, India and is Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Mass., USA.

He has been one of the activists behind the declaration of urban precincts as conservation areas in Mumbai and one of the founder members of the Kala Ghoda area rejuvenation movement, the restoration of the Oval Maidan, and the formulation of several citizens' associations in the historic Fort District in Mumbai. He was also executive director of the Urban Design Research Institute, where he is now a trustee. The UDRI is also actively involved in researching and influencing policy for the historic district, and the city more generally.