The MSTrIPES program utilizes Global Positioning System (GPS), General Packet Radio Services (GPRS), and remote sensing to acquire data from the field, create a database by employing contemporary Information Technology (IT) based tools, analyse the data through GIS and statistical tools to draw conclusions that enable tiger reserve managers to effectively manage their wildlife assets.

In this M-STrIPES programme, which stands for Monitoring System for Tigers-Intensive Protection and Ecological Status, was created to help wildlife managers conduct efficient patrols. Nonetheless, it takes a comprehensive approach and lets the user evaluate the ecological state of a place. The programme consists of two parts: an analytical engine with a central desktop software and an online analysis tool, and an Android-based mobile application that records field observations and tracks using real-time GPS. In addition, the desktop component uses cutting edge IT-based technologies to build a database, curates and analyses the data using statistical and geographic tools, and supports wildlife managers in information-based adaptive management. In India, the beat is the smallest level of forest administration in India since British time and usually one forest guard is assigned for one beat.