RCI-India is the member of the Ruth Cohn Institute for TCI – International, RCI – International, Berlin, which serves as the umbrella organization, networking the participant organizations in different countries. This organisation was originally founded in 1966 in the USA and in 1972 in Europe under the name WILL (Workshop Institute for Living-Learning). The name RCI-International was adopted in 2002. It organizes the training in TCI and guarantees the training standards. The RCI – International also addresses the goal of further developing TCI to meet the challenges of a world continually in change.
RCI-India was founded in Dec, 1999, and became a provisional member of RCI-International in June, 2000. Full membership was awarded in May, 2005.