Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning

Visiting us is perhaps the best way to know about our organisation. If you are interested in our activities and intend to visit us, we request you to inform us by e-mail in advance so we can make necessary arrangements.

You can reach us at

Presently we have three offices located at Pondicherry, in the Villupuram Dist of Tamil Nadu and in Bangalore.

The Administrative Office

FERAL was registered in Pondicherry as a non profit trust in 1997. Our administrative office is located in Pondicherry Town where we maintain our records and accounts. The office also doubles as a guest house for visitors (particularly students) when the occasion demands. The address of the town office is:

If you need to get in touch with anyone at FERAL we suggest you use this address. Your contact person at the town office is Shanthi.

Field Office

Many of FERAL's activities run out of its office cum training centre about 5km from Pondicherry, in rural Tamil Nadu. The campus is spread over approximately 5 acres and includes demonstration sites and trial plots for ongoing projects and experiments. The FERAL campus address is:

The contact person in Dera is Rajendran.

The Bangalore Office

We have set up a small office in Bangalore in order to coordinate our projects and activities in Karnataka. These include various collaborative projects with other research organisations. The address of the Bangalore office is:

The contact persons are Sunita and Srinivas.