The IC Centre for Governance was set up in November 2003 under the aegis of a Foundation aptly called ‘Initiatives of Change', whose creed is to create a cleaner, calmer, freer and a fairer world. The setting up of the Centre was a response to the consensus that emerged that governance was too serious a matter to be left in the hands of the state alone. Involvement of Community based organizations(CBO), non-governmental organizations(NGO) and in general the civil society was not only desirable but necessary to identify and target the areas of governance being neglected by the State.

The Centre has succeeded in bringing together a large number of development thinkers, policy makers, jurists, management experts, civil servants, economists, social activists and academics, with the aim of creating awareness among the citizens of this country that they are also actors in the business of governance and not mere spectators. The Right to Information Bill enacted in October 2005 can be an extremely powerful tool in this adventure to empower the common man to fight corruption and inefficiency, and bring about transparency and accountability in the functioning of the government and its agencies through networking with local authorities, NGOs and CBOs.

At another level, as a think tank comprising of men and women of spectacular talent, professional skills, and managerial expertise, the Centre aims to provide a bridge with the government in assisting it to usher in administrative, electoral, economic and judicial reforms in alignment with the needs of a vibrant democracy in a globalised world. The Centre is convinced that value-based and ethical leadership in this gigantic task of nation building has to be the cornerstone of any initiative to take humanity to the next stage of progress and development.