Mahasemam is a microfinance organization registered under the Indian Trust Act 1882 at Nilakottai, Dindigul on July 12,1999. The prime aim is to help eradicate poverty and improve the social status and self esteem of poor women. Its mission is to provide innovative and sustainable financial services, with help in order to empower poor women to eradicate poverty, thus enabling a better quality of life for them and their families. Mahasemam provides loans to poor women for various income generation activities, trains them in basic marketing skills to equip them harness their skills and supports them to start livelihood projects of their choice to generate a steady income for her family.