The Shillim Institute, a private, not-for-profit educational facility in the Western Ghats of India is dedicated to conservation, sustainable development and healing. We seek to understand the relationship between human civilization and ecology and provides programs to transform that knowledge for use by diverse communities and organizations, including by academics, businesses and policy makers alike.

The Institute moves beyond the traditional, “environmental” view of sustainability and recognizes equally the roles of the arts, economics, culture, and faith in nurturing sustainable communities.

Located in the Western Ghats, The Shillim Institute safeguards approximately 2000 acres of land in the Northern region of this mountain range , which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a biodiversity conservation hotspot.