Small millets, a sub-set of millet crops, include six crops namely finger millet (Kezhvaragu), little millet (Samai), kodo millet (Varagu), foxtail millet (Thinai), barnyard millet (Kudiraivali), and proso millet (Panivaragu). While there are many research studies that inform the nutritional superiority of small millets, there has been a drastic decline in production and consumption over the last few decades. The cultivated area in India declined by 46% for finger millet and 80% for small millets other than finger millet from 1966 to 2009. Consumption declined by 45 % for finger millet from 1987-88 to 1993-94. On the other side, India is reeling under multiple large scale malnutrition issues like anaemia and underweight among women and children and Prime Minister called these issues as ‘a national shame’. These malnutrition problems are spread across rural and urban areas and across all the economic classes. There is an opportunity to address these malnutrition concerns by facilitating inclusion of small millets in mainstream diets. Inclusion of small millets by the common public will also create a favourable environment for production through increased demand. But for this to be realised large scale promotion of small millets is needed.