Urmi is as an experienced sustainable built environment professional, with over two decades of international experience working in the public, private and non-profit sectors in India, Australia and Qatar. Urmi is the founding director of PlaceMaking Foundation, a non-profit organisation working across various urban centres in Northeast India to bring about long term transformative changes to public spaces through meaningful conversations, cross-collaboration, and enduring partnerships. She is nowadays working as a placemaking practitioner and a social entrepreneur, and on a mission to enable change by inspiring a new generation of placemakers through demonstrating how the placemaking process can bring about a sense of belonging in public places. As a mom deeply concerned about the deteriorating environmental conditions that children in Indian cities grow up in, she joined Warrior Moms, a group fighting for children’s right to breathe clean air, and is raising awareness about this issue in Northeast India. Apart from work and family, it’s taekwondo, good food and good company that helps her stay grounded and maintain focus.