Veteran Gandhian and Educationalist Sri. Radhakrishna Menon (Radhettan ) and his colleagues Sri. P.V.Venugopal and Sri.P.V. Rajagopal (Conveenor of India Partner’s Council and Founder & Conveenor of National Level Ektha Parikshad) together formed Kerala Grama Nirmana Samithi in 1986. The main aim of the organization is to uplift the rural poor economically, socially and culturally. At the initial stage, 5 NGOs having Gandhian ideology and similar vision, located in Malabar area of Kerala were affiliated to KGNS’s network. Four more NGO’s joined later .

Now the Organisation has proved integrity and service in the field of rural development. There are 1200 SHGs with 24000 women members working in 9 NGOs. During the last 23years of its working, KGNS and its network NGOs have developed considerably towards achieving our vision.