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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VISION

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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ASIA PLATEAU

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

Change is the reality of life -This was only a caption for me before I came to Panchgani for the eight day Youth Conference. I discussed this conference with my cousin who has been attending this c...

Karanveer Singh - Sagar, Madhya Pradesh

I am Shreeya Gandhi, a student of 4th year Architecture from Pune. I am associated with with LMAD and its principles since June 2012. I came as a participant for the first time in the National Yout...

Shreeya Gandhi - 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

Hello, I am Janak joshi, warrior with USAF 1001st Combat Search & Rescue Unit who happens to be a venture capitalist and technologist from Boston. My first impressions about MRA (now LMAD) cam...

Janak Joshi - Boston, USA

It is not a story of change but rather a process of discovering myself. To look through the barriers of expectations and demands that blocked my true self. I came as a socially awkward teenager wh...

Gauri Nadkarni - Pune, Maharashtra

About Dhananjay Lokhande Dhananjay is a mechanical engineer. Dhananjay Lokhande's Story of Change Life is fairly simple. It is we who make it complicated. We try to manipulate the reality rather...

Dhananjay Lokhande - Pune, Maharashtra

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