The Institute of Social Research and Development (ISRD) is a non-profit development organization based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, dedicated to promoting inclusive, sustainable, and community-led development. Since its establishment in 1997, ISRD has been working across diverse thematic areas including labour rights and social protection, health and nutrition, education, youth skill development, child protection, environmental awareness, livelihood promotion, women empowerment, and rural development. Through grassroots interventions, awareness generation, capacity building, institutional collaboration, and community participation, the organization works to improve access to essential services, sustainable livelihoods, education, health, social security, and development opportunities for vulnerable and underserved communities.
The organization adopts a participatory and rights-based approach to development through community mobilization, advocacy, capacity building, research, education, and institutional partnerships. ISRD believes that sustainable social transformation can only be achieved when communities are empowered to access their rights, strengthen their collective voice, and actively participate in decision-making processes.
Over the years, ISRD has worked extensively with informal sector workers, women, children, tribal communities, migrant labourers, youth, and other socially and economically marginalized groups residing in both rural and urban areas of Madhya Pradesh. The organization has implemented various programmes focusing on labour rights, bonded labour rehabilitation, early childhood nutrition, bridge education for school dropout children, women’s livelihood promotion, youth employability, community health, and social welfare linkages.
ISRD continuously collaborates with government departments, local self-governance institutions, civil society organizations, educational institutions, legal service authorities, and donor agencies to strengthen community-based support systems and improve access to government schemes and entitlements. The organization also promotes community leadership, awareness on constitutional rights, and institutional accountability through regular training programmes, workshops, campaigns, and grassroots advocacy initiatives.
With a strong presence at the community level, ISRD emphasizes sustainable development through empowerment, inclusion, and participatory governance. The organization remains committed to creating an equitable society where vulnerable communities can live with dignity, access equal opportunities, and actively contribute towards social and economic development.
To build an inclusive and equitable society where every individual lives with dignity, equality, social security, and equal access to opportunities for sustainable development.
To empower marginalized communities through grassroots interventions, awareness generation, advocacy, skill development, institutional convergence, and community-led action, enabling them to access their rights, entitlements, and opportunities.
| Particulars | Details |
| Registered Under | M.P. Societies Registration Act, 1973 |
| Registration Date | 6 June 1997 |
| FCRA Registration Number | 063160144 (Valid 2023–2028) |
| 12AA & 80G Certification | Available |
| CSR-1 | Available |
| PAN Number | AAAAI1090H |
| FCRA Bank Account | A/C No. 40094663095State Bank of India, New Delhi Branch, IFSC: SBIN0000691 |
| Non-FCRA Bank Account | A/C No. 119001000262ICICI Bank, Kolar Road Branch, Bhopal – 462042, IFSC: ICIC0001190 |