Our Mission

Research, Advocacy, and Communication in Himalayan Areas (RACHNA) is an independent entrepreneurial nonprofit that works for conservation and sustainable development in the Himalayas. What we do is summarized below:

• We develop sustainable, decentralized and responsible tourism that is one of the biggest and rapidly growing business sectors in the Himalayas.
• We promote green businesses based on conservation of energy, biodiversity, water, art, and culture.
• We document and highlight the best practices of conservation, green businesses, exemplary grassroots level socio-political leadership and work for conservation of nature; art and culture.
• We provide relevant skills, knowledge and organizing support to the urban poor to ensure environment friendly, inclusive and sustainable urban growth.
• We work for business sector cooperation for sustainable development and making it child labor free.
• We build a green constituency for exchange of ideas and policy change.