Welcome to Initiatives of Change
We, a group of young people, are challenged by the idea of Initiatives of Change, IofC, because it inspires you to do what you feel is best for you. All you have to do is ask yourself in silence on what is good for you and how you can bring that change. That's where the process of change starts. Change yourself first, reform yourself and you will reform thousands. This idea appealed many of us and it has brought together young people from all over the country year after year.
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The vision is empowerment of ordinary youth into forces of change. We will work tirelessly to inspire young people who will play an important role in society; whose character is shaped by the universal values of honesty, love, unselfishness, purity and selfless service around the world. Such individuals will provide an alternative...
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Nestling in the western hills of India and overlooking the Krishna Valley lies Asia Plateau, a centre for introspection and dialogue. Over the past five decades ordinary men and women of all classes, races and religions have experienced here, a change in attitude, motivation and behaviour causing ripples in their personal lives, families, workplaces, communities, and sometimes much beyond.
Asia Plateau is used for holding the training programmes and conferences of Initiatives of Change. Asia Plateau is a 68-acre campus situated at an altitude of 1,300 meters in Panchgani, just a 100 kms. away from Pune, and 248 km from Mumbai.
Stories of Change
My journey after LMAD has just shocked everyone; especially those people to whom I have shared my journey with. The guy whose morning was 1:00 PM and who now gets up before 7 AM, is something peopl...
Aushumalin Shaha - Pune, Maharashtra
The first time I attended the conference in 2007 and the moment I was introduced to the absolute standards, I felt these are very basic standards that anybody is taught at home, nothing new. But wh...
Aswini Subramaniam - Milpitas, USA
I remember I was in a constant dilemma and my head was full of negative thoughts and I needed clarity. As it got tougher day by day, an opportunity knocked on my door. One of my friends told me abo...
Himanshu Vijaykumar Jeswani - Nagpur, Maharashtra
I am Suman Sarkar from Jamshedpur. I am a Teacher by profession teaching in Kerala Public School, Burmamines at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. I was introduced to the concept of MRA in the year 2005 by o...
Suman Sarkar - Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
I attended the conference in the year 2019. This was an unexpected tour for me, which changed many things. Earlier I was not able to make my decisions independently, for every small thing, I use to...
Sanya Motwani - Katni, Madhya Pradesh
"You must be the change, you wish to see in the world" - M.K Gandhi To change yourself, change the way of your thinking, your mindset. Whatever you think, you become. I am Sumeet N. Jaiswal, Arc...
Sumeet Jaiswal - Yavatmal, Maharashtra
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