In our first project we helped indigenous people and helped them in generating sustainable livelihood. Based on our comprehension of the culture and tradition, we came up with a sustainable model of livelihood. It included a package of practices for agriculture that will reduce the input cost and lead to a sustainable way of farming. With the aim to save the culture of indigenous people and revive the handicraft economy they worked with Tribal of Birhum (a tribal district of West Bengal)

To test the scalability and potential of products, a pilot project was done under which stalls were set at Samvad (Organized by TSRDS) Jamshedpur, TISS Mumbai campus and some other universities in different parts of India. With many potential buyers interested in buying traditional ethnic handicrafts, the outcome looked overwhelming.

The revenue model worked on 70:30 principle i.e. 70 % of profit for the artisans 30 % for ARIPAN which included the operational cost and activities to enhance sustainability of the model.