The Initiative for Social & Economic Transformation (InSET) is a secular not-for-profit non-governmental organisation set up with the objective of undertaking developmental activities, Research, Surveys, Studies, and Training programs.  It strives for integrated development of people, irrespective of their caste, creed, religion or region. However, it sees that the benefits of its developmental programs are specifically enjoyed by the socially and economically backward people located in the rural and remotest parts of India.  As a precondition towards the attainment of the goals of InSET, it strives to build up a fair and equitable socio-economic framework by replacing the existing one where opportunities for different segments of people for attainment of their aspirations are not available now.

InSET believes that it is necessary to highlight the role of every human being in evolving a conscious and awakened society worthy of conducting itself in a civilized manner. InSET also feels that the considerable amount of contortion, imperceptibility and ignorance that prevail in the socio-economic sphere today, can be eliminated only by constant and resolute spread of qualitative social education and scientific temperament among the people. InSET also notes with dismay that the type of change that has been taking place since India’s independence has been showing a tendency towards decline in the scope of opportunities for those people who are severely under-developed due to their social and economic status. Inset also believes that for the large masses of oppressed and exploited people, who have been left out in the planning process by the policy makers hitherto, the so-called magic words of ‘progress’ and ‘development’ have not brought in any improvement in their standard of living, and the assurances of equality of opportunity ought to have been achieved by them with india’s ‘freedom and independence’ is still strongly refusing to become a reality for them.

The process of constant research and exploration into the present day social and economic set up enables us to understand and evaluate the problems that obstruct the development of socially and economically backward people. This in turn opened up new areas for research on such impediments, particularly in the context of socio-economic change that has now become so essential for the integrated development of people and the nation.

InSET keeps the view that with the dessemination of proper social and scientific knowledge and through the process of continuous training, many a problem could be attacked to a large extent. Keeping this perspective in view, InSET attempts towards :

» Implanting the rudiments of positive thinking with the aim of regeneation of society by informal education;

» Enhancing the role of socially and economically backward people in the development process;

» Changing the social and cultural attitudes which resist equality through behavioral change communications/management;

» Providing assistance in the formulation and implementation of measures to realise equality in life through empowerment;

» Imparting training in all revelant areas, and creating opportunities for attaining life skills and self-development skills.