Millets are recognized as an important substitute for major cereal crops to cope up with worldwide food storage and to meet the demands of increasing population of both the developing and developed countries. They can be well exploited as special purpose food in view of their better nutritional and functional qualities by using appropriate processing technologies. Scientific knowledge and technical competency of this area had turned our farmers and Self Help Group women into entrepreneurs and also improved their socio-economical status.

Keeping these factors in view, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sirugamani, Tiruchirappalli is keen in training the farmers, farm women, rural youth and Self Help Group women in the area of processing and value addition of millets. This success story is about one group of women who is successfully running a millet processing and value addition unit in Kolakudipatti village at Thottiyam block of Tiruchirappalli. 

Mrs. T.N. Nalini is an Executive Director of this GREAT organization (Gramalaya Entrepreneurs Association in Tiruchirappalli) which is a sub-organization of Gramalaya Foundation (NGO). Under Gramalaya Foundation about 3500 Self Help Groups are there. The members of these groups are also involved in processing of millets. The ultimate goal of this foundation is to empower the rural and urban women as an entrepreneur by imparting training programmes.