Synopsis This report is for public use and hope that this effort will help many who are engaged in the process of empowerment of the marginalised and excluded Muslims in India. This study will contribute to an ongoing discussion, deliberation and action among people who are interested in the betterment of Muslim community like many other marginalised and deprived communities in India. The study was a collective effort 'by the people' with the people and for the people', and it will add to and further generate action-reflection in society at large. The plight of any one of the communities in India is not the plight of that particular community, the responsibility of working towards human development of the community does not lie with the community alone but with all of us.