Chetna Vikas was founded in the year 1985 by a team of young social activists who were actively engaged in the Sampurna Kranti Movoment of Loknayak Jaiprakash and joined together to form this organization for the consciousness ,empowerment and overall development of the disadvantaged section of the society on the values of peace, justice and equity.Chetna Vikas is founded on the basis of Gandhian ideology as it pertains to the alleviation of human suffering and injustice and the development of vulnerable people. The concept of SWARAJ and ANTYODAYA are leading values for the organizational strategic plan. The founders have been keen to keep the environment and spirit intact even within smaller premises with little area of work.
Development Partners of Chetna Vikas are Tribal and Economically backward section of the Society, who are deprived of the developmental rights, the farmers who are living under subsistence farming and adversely affected by the agro environmental factors, the women and children who are deprived of their rights.
Chetna Vikas employs rights-based, people-centered, grassroots and participatory methods: to eliminate socio-economic inequality; to promote health, nutrition and well-being; to facilitate self-reliance; to enable local self-governance; to ensure natural resource management; and to promote people's advocacy.
