Two students (Mr. Shirish Panda and Mr. Sushant Naik) from Institute of Rural Management, Anand underwent their Organizational Traineeship Segment (OTS) with the project during June-July, 2006 to partially fulfill their academic requirements towards the Post-Graduate Programme in Rural Management (PRM) at IRMA. During that period, they carried out a study on “Strategic assessment of livelihood and micro-enterprise options in the Baitarani River Basin”