Western Himalaya Research and Development Organization will play its role in the following broad areas:

Promotion of Rights Based Approaches to Programming in:

•          Research
•          Advocacy
•          Human Rights
•          Education
•          Health Sector
•          Water Supply and Sanitation Sector
•          Poverty and Livelihoods
•          Good Governance
•          Gender and Development
•          Sustainable Development
•          Environment
•          Disaster Management
•          Globalization and Development
•          Human Resource Development
•          Formation of Network of Development Professionals (NDP)

To achieve the above mentioned Western Himalaya Research and Development Organization will undertake projects in the areas of:

•          Development of Epidemiologic Research Network
•          Communication and Awareness Raising Campaigns through advocacy
•          Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Development through Right to Development
•          Institutional Capacity Building in rights based approaches;
•          Gender Sensitive Project Planning and Implementation;
•          Rights based approaches to access to safe water and sanitation
•          Protection and empowerment of vulnerable communities through easy access to justice etc
•          Rights based environmental planning, and monitoring
•          Development communication for Knowledge Management
•          Protect fundamental and basic human rights
•          Achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
•          Device and Implement strategies to cater with the issues related with Disaster  Management
•          Study the impact of Globalization on the economies, culture, politics and to help in devising responsive right based solutions
•          Carry out research and publish material in all cross cutting developmental themes
•          Form NDP as learning alliance and broadening the canvas of the efforts made by cross sectoral development specialist/practitioners and students