The Rufford India Conference, Bengaluru was held on 15th and 16th of November 2013 at the National Centre for Biological Sciences. The two day conference was jointly organised by Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning (FERAL), Pondicherry, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru and Researchers for Wildlife Conservation (RWC), Bengaluru with support from the Rufford Foundation. The Rufford Small Grants Program (RSGP) has played a crucial role in the field of nature conservation in the developing countries worldwide. It has supported over 290 research and conservation projects in  India. The primary objective of this meeting was to explore different aspects of conservation and action research and building conservation capacity at local, regional, and global levels. It also provided an opportunity to the grant recipients to meet and interact. The grant recipients presented their work either as oral  presentations or as posters. The conference included invited talks by Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte, Dr. Kavita Isvaran, Mr. Nishant M.S., Dr. Samrat Mondol and Mr. Manish Chandi. Two short workshops were conducted: "Communicating research findings to decision/policy makers effectively and accurately" by Dr. H.N. Kumara, Mr. Vijay Mohan Raj, and Mr. Balachandra Hedge; and “Goal oriented project planning” by Dr. Ravinder Singh Bhalla, Mr. Srinivas Vaidyanathan and Dr. Arjun Sivasundar from FERAL.