RACHNA is a mission based independent and entrepreneurial nonprofit organization that provides practical training, conducts cutting-edge social research, and advocates for enabling policy for ecosystem conservation in the Himalayas. It functions as a growing Green Business School for the Himalayas. RACHNA has carried out several action-research projects for the central Himalayas on status of women’s health, community based forest management, challenges of the Panchayati Raj institutions, and issues of urban governance.