Ruchi was born and brought up in the foothills of the Himalayas, in the academic town of Roorkee. Reading and reciting Hindi poetry and literature were one of her favourite activities in her youth. She earned her engineering degree from IIT (Roorkee), MBA from XLRI school of management, Jamshedpur and Masters in Public Health from John's Hopkins University, Maryland, USA. She lives with her husband and two teenage children in California, USA now and works for a global healthcare company. She uses her free time to run to raise funds for 'Asha for Education' and volunteer for initiatives such as 'PARI' and 'Kaavyalaya.org'.
