Organically grown spices, medicinal plants and fruits from the farmland of Mithradham are processed carefully for drying in the solar dryers installed at Mithradham. The solar tunnel dryer developed at the Hohenheim University, Germany, and the mini dryer developed at the Sacred Heart College, India, are used for drying various products. The dryed products are packed and marketed based on fair trade norms. The centre gives employment for handicapped women and men.

Mithradham, together with local government administration undertakes projects for installation of home lighting systems especially for economically backward families without connection to the public electricity supply network. This is helpful for students who has to study under polluting oil lamps. The project engages technical personnel in P-V from the centre

The personnels for the centre are trained in various related fields at Universities and institutions in Germany. Examples are

• higher studies in agriculture at Hohenheim University, Stuttgart
• higher studies in waste water management and solar thermal at Stuttgart University
• Trainings in solar drying by Innotech Ingenieurgesellschaft, Leonberg, Germany
• Trainings for solar P-V by Würth Solergy
• Solid waste management