Major activities of Centre of Excellence

1. To Support the mainstreaming of LRI approach for watershed management in the country
2. Refinement of LRI methodology with the use of advanced tools and technologies as well as Decision Support Systems developed
3. Development of new Decision Support Systems to meet the needs of farmers, line departments and other stakeholders and Mobile applications to reach the maximum beneficiaries in the shortest possible time on a regular basis.
4. Development of teaching aids and e-products for dissemination of LRI information and advisories
5. Imparting Training on LRI, DSS, DL/Portal and other applications
6. Participate in Knowledge exchange programs within the country and outside.
7. Developing guidelines/protocols/manuals needed for taking up impact evaluation (M&E)
8. Undertake review of the best practices in watershed management to provide inputs for improving watershed guidelines
9. Facilitate the identification of emerging areas/issues and pilot studies related to watershed management
10. To connect science and community needs in watershed management for post project sustainability