‘GRAMIKA’ is an abbreviation of “Grassroots Management Institute for Knowledge and Action.” It was founded by A.N.Pandey after acquiring experience of working in the social sector for more than two decades. He had opportunities of learning social reformative activities under the close guidance of Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash Narayan or JP, as people called him, during the years 1969 to 1978. He worked in Gram Nirman Mandal, a society for rural development, founded by JP till 1988 except his deputation with OXFAM as Field Officer in Eastern India Office, Ranchi for a period of three years and in a Ford Foundation and OXFAM-America jointly funded women empowerment project for three years.Purpose behind establishing GRAMIKA India was to put entire experience and knowledge into practice in a concentrated area by its founder. GRAMIKA India is a non-profit organization registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 in 1994 in undivided Bihar and subsequently in 2007 in Jharkhand.