Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) takes on a whole new meaning at Sobha Developers, a company that distinguishes itself by not just being among the largest but also the only backward integrated real estate player in the country. Far from being regarded as a mere brand image booster, CSR at Sobha Group is a sincere devotion that stems out of genuine concern and the drive to provide comprehensive and sustainable social development to rural India.

It is in this context that, Sobha Developers launched Graamasobha, a unique social developmental initiative for Vadakkenchery & Kizhakkenchery grama panchayaths in Palakkad district of Kerala in the year 2006. The entire BPL population of the two panchayaths, comprising about 2500 families, has been adopted through an in-depth scientific poverty mapping called Social Empowerment Mapping Exercise (SEME) to implement Vision 2020. The aim of this action plan is to achieve comprehensive and sustainable social empowerment of these families. The program covers key human development verticals like education, health, employment, water, sanitation and housing besides various social empowerment measures. We have also established various institutions for the development of the rural poor

Sobha Academy has been created to empower the rural poor to break away from the vicious circle of poverty, ignorance, deprivation and exclusion by providing their children the best of schooling possible anywhere in the world.

The Sobha Health Care Center has redefined the limits of a primary healthcare institution run anywhere in the country.

Sobha Hermitage is the epitome of humanity, tendering love, care and support to the neglected segments of society - senior citizens as well as young widows and their children.

Sobha Vocational Training Center (SVTC) has advanced resources and facilities and aims at providing functional vocational training and paid apprenticeship in carpentry and other trades to youth from

The Sobha Community Centres core purpose lies in feeding the poor, several of whom are fed free every single day.

In the history of Indian villages, Sobha initiatives are perhaps first of its kind, undertaken with so much investment for designing, developing and delivering state of the art infrastructure to the poorest of the poor without any discrimination of caste. Graamasobha stands as a successful model for others to follow to usher development at the village level.