Yatin Pandya : Author, Academician, Researcher - Footprints E.A.R.T.H.Topic : Inspired by Yesterday, Aspired for TomorrowAbout Yatin Pandya :Ar. Yatin Pandya, is an author, academician, researcher as well as the practising architect, with his firm FOOTPRINTS E.A.R.T.H. (Environment Architecture Research Technology Housing). Graduate of CEPT university, Ahmedabad he has availed Master of Architecture degree from McGill University, Montreal.Yatin has been involved with city planning, urban design, mass housing, architecture, interior design, product design as well as conservation projects. Yatin has won many National as well as International awards, most recent ones have been the United Nations habitat award special mention and United State’s Curry Stone Foundation Design Prize for sustainable practice.He has written over three hundred articles in National and International Journals. Several books authored by him on architecture, especially “Concepts of space in traditional Indian architecture”, and “Elements of Space making” have been published internationally. Timeless aesthetics and Economic affordability are key principles of his work.