Grameena Patana Kendram is a registered society under the Travancore's Cochin Charitable Societies Act. It was established in 1998 as part of the People's Planning Programme.

Grameena Patana Kendram as A Rural Study Centre

1. 1 Output of People's Plan Campaign's 1996-97.

1. 2 Local level think bank's Participating Governance and Development Partnership.

1. 3 Decentralized Planning, Resource Management Sustainable Development - probing and practicing.

1. 4 Mutually facilitating Organ of the Panchayat and the public.

1. 5 Convergence of Organisational and Institutional Characteristics.

1. 1 Is to function as a community University by the people, for the people, of the people.

1. 2 Is to facilitate public governance, social solidarity, economic development, cultural unity, human integrity and gender sensitivity and sustainable social development.

1. 1 Local Resource and Research Facilitating Inculcating and Improvising arts-sports and cultural talent.

1. 2 Local expertise Centre for Information Technology.

1. 3 Training support for Self Help Groups (SHG), Neighbourhood Groups (NHG), Institutional Management Committee (IMC), Community Based Organization (CBO) etc.

1. 4 Centre for facilitating Local Governance Institutions.

1. 5 Functioning as Citizen Education Centre.

1. 1 Accredited agency of Local Self Government Departments, Government of Kerala for GIS/GPS , Road Connectivity Mapping, GEO Mapping Activities (Letter No. 2834/2019/LSGD dt. 12/12/2019).

1. 2 Accredited Agency of Government of Kerala for Panchayat Resource mapping Activities under Kerala State Land Use Board (KSLUB) (Letter No.T441/2009/KSLUB dt. 19/06/2009 and Letter No. T76/2000/LUB dt. 23/03/2001).

1. 3 Accredited agency of Local Self Government Departments, Government of Kerala for Panchayat Resource Mapping Activities (Letter No. 39005/DA1/07/LSGD dt. 09/10/2007).

1. 4 Associating organization with Kerala Institute of Labour Education (KILE).

1. 5 Accredited Technical Support Organization for IWMP under Grameena Patana Kendram.

1. 6 Partner Organization in Pamba River Valley studies under Grameena Patana Kendram.

1. 7 Accredited Agency of government of Kerala for Watershed based Master Plan Preparation under MGNREGS (G.O. (RT) NO. 2558/10/LSGD dt. 03/08/10).

1. 1 Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA).

1. 2 Information Kerala Mission (IKM).

1. 3 Kerala State IT Mission.

1. 4 National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD).

1. 5 Centre for Good Governance (CGG, Hyderabad).

1. 6 State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD).

1. 7 National Institute of Design (NID, Ahmedabad).

1. 8 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

1. 9 Common wealth Initiative – ISEC – Bangalore.

1. 10 Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD).

1. 11 Coconut Development Board, Government of India.

1. 12 Kudumbasree.

1. 13 IL & FS (Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services).