One of the aims of SMIDS is to empower women and to make them as a channel of change in the society. It is being achieved by increasing the capacity of women for community leadership, personal autonomy and economic liberty. With this goal all the SHG members are given various training programmes such as:

• Leadership training
  
  
• SHG training
  
  
• Panchayat Level Federation(PLF) training
  
  
• Entrepreneurship Development training programs (EDPs)
  
  
• Vocational training
  
  
• Skill development training