An architect and environmentalist by training, Manisha Ji is the founding director of eCoexist Foundation. She has 23 years of experience in the field of Sustainability and has worked at the rural, urban and international levels on environmental campaigns. Her training as a designer led to a passion on Materials & Toxicity and the waste generated by these. She has a spiritual training from six years of life in a gurukula. She has worked with several under priivileged groups from prisoners, to farmers and special needs groups. Manisha spoke at the United Nations in 2009 on the topic of Business and Biodiversity. She set up the eCoexist Foundation in 2017 and continues to work on Green Livelihoods, Skill Development, Environment Education and Waste Management.