The project goal was to demonstrate and train on technologies and tools that enhance natural resource-based income generation projects for women Self Help Groups (SHGs). This was done through a series of field trials, training and exposure visits with focus on two key activities. The approved activities were kitchen gardens and ornamental fish rearing.

Coconuts are a major resource of communities in the Nicobar Islands. Typical home-based extraction of oil from these nuts is highly inefficient resulting in poor quality and quantity of the extracted oil. A simple-to-use hydraulic press could help to substantially improve the extraction process, target new markets for virgin coconut oil and thereby increase incomes of local communities.

The project demonstrated the systems and methodologies required to build and sustain a small business venture. Based on the concept of micro-enterprise incubators, it will assist women from the SC population to successfully run their own businesses. The women would be provided with hands on training on issues such as quality control, material inventory, basic enterprise management skills, bookkeeping and development of new product ranges. They would also be helped in market identification and development.

Marine fishing in India, particularly on the East Coast, is facing a crisis of resource depletion caused by a mix of over-exploitation and destructive practices and gear. For management of tropical multi-species fisheries a better understanding of the processes that affect species assemblages is required in addition to the social and economic issues that also play a major role in governing the exploitation of fisheries in these area.

The Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve is the southern-most distributional range of the tiger in India, and is located in the Tirunelvelli District of Tamil Nadu. Although the park has hosted a number of studies over the past few decades, this study was the first to estimate the herbivore population throughout the Tiger Reserve using simple and replicable methods.

The involvement of local stakeholders in natural resource management is key for its success. Use of tools for scientific data collection allows for better quality data that allows informed decision making. To facilitate these, this project aimed to build capacities of local stakeholders in the Kaliveli watershed. 

This study proposed to compare the distribution patterns of the two species Semnopithecus johnii (Nilgiri langur) and S. priam thersites (common langur) in the southern Western Ghats and determine the role of ecological factors in maintaining their distributional boundaries at a specific site where their ranges adjoin.