Initiative for Social Change and Action (ISCA) is a national level multi-disciplinary research, social action and development facilitative organisation, set up by eminent educationists, juristic scientists, area specialists, environmentalists, development experts, social scientists, social workers, entrepreneures, literateurs and cultural personalities to initiate, coordinate and promote systematic micro-studies and field action programmes on various issues pertaining to human rights, social and economic inequality aspects and sustenance of natural and ecological equalibrium in different regions of the country.

The activities focus on research, awareness generation and field action programmes connected with  society, social and cultural environment, biodiversity, regional development, human resources, history and culture, art and literature, social structures, economics and human rights, etc. The main aim of the society is to work conscientiously for the commom cause for creating mass awareness  about human rights, social justice, gender and class inequity, peaceful coexistence, tolerance, demand for due entitlements, community living and co-existence, human–earth relationships, appreciation of nature and its preservation and other behavioral aspects. The objective is to make a scientific appraisal of the issues confronting the country and to make specific policy-oriented studies and action programmes in the field areas. These goals will be achieved through need-based recommendations as a means to promote human, educational, scientific and economic advancement of the people of the country besides preserving and enriching their ethno-cultural, religious, literary and historical heritage.