• Motivation, Education, Organization, Mobilization and building Solidarity became main activities of AWARE’s Social Action program at grass root level. After working in most of the areas for upliftment of Tribals and Harijans AWARE carefully planned to create qualitative leadership among the men and women of these groups. Thus, a human resource development became the next responsibility of AWARE.
• Normally the traditional leaders based out on caste are elders, old and docile who are naturally influenced by the landlords as most of them are slaves to the liquor, superstitions and discrimination and in such a scenario leadership cannot emerge in common man.
• AWARE conducted various leadership based training programs for village youth, women, members of Panchayat and children. More about these programs -Leadership camps and Programs.
• These qualitative trainings brought a strong change in attitude and responsibility. The following three examples indicate that the trainings at Apex level brought results that gave a boost to morale of the villagers:

Leadership Camps and Programs

• Dr.Madhavan conducted his first leadership camp at Krishna sagar in December 1975 in a remote Tribal pocket in Khammam district , he picked up 40 Tribal youth who stayed together at Krishna sagar for about three months where every government official came and spoke to them about what their department can do for Tribal welfare. First 20 days no Tribal youth ever opened their mouth except listening to the lecture, which is boring and created a sleepy atmosphere.
• Dr.Madhavan who lived with them all through 60 days of the camp, used to provoke them to question the speaker/ official. After 20 days of living together, 11 Tribal’s youth deserted the camp. The 29 youth started confronting the speaker stating how their villages are not benefited despite the speaker’s long claims. The second month onwards the officials used to avoid coming to the camp with the fear of being questioned and exposed.
• However, Dr.Madhavan always worked on as a mediator, listening to this experiment The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr.Jallagam Vengal Rao came to the youth camp with six of his ministers, a meek Tribal who used to run away at the sight of stranger started questioning the Chief Minister himself who was extremely happy and congratulated.  Dr.Madhavan said “if development is for the people (poor), then people should become its captains. The officials are facilitors and should not be promoters”.
• Dr.Madhavan trained 200 such Tribal youth. These young men returned to their respective village with confidence and new awakening. They started meeting the officials and demanding fertilizer, drinking water pump, seeds and other facilities for which they are entitled.
• Earlier AWARE conducted training programs for leaders and youth in Government owned Krishna Sagar farm in the midst of Burgampahad forest, then in 1985, AWARE acquired some 100 acres of land, 24 km south of Hyderabad and built its own Human Resources Development Centre, Bhagwatipuram and named it after Justice P N Bhagwati the then Chief Justice of India. He brought Supreme Court at the doorstep of the poor by introducing various legal systems in favor of poor.

• At Institutional level, various village leaders are trained with leadership qualities like; How to conduct meetings; how to invite speakers: how to organize various internal groups like women, youth, landless poor etc. In the leadership training it is very clearly informed that leader represent all sectors of the village and should take up the responsibility of any short comings, the leader is the one who brings the result and always stands behind the people without dominating.
•  Trainings were conducted for the Members of the Panchayat including Sarpanch to explain them Panchayatraj system, village administration, proper representation in Panchayat Samithi. They were informed of various schemes that are available for village development. The members of local cooperative societies were organized and trainings were conducted about cooperative law and availability of funds.
•  Presidents and Secretaries of Mahila Mandilis were organized and trained about women participation in development. They were informed about the various discrimination against women and were trained to address those problems.
•  The youth were organized and trained in leadership qualities, involvement in village development etc. They were informed that cultural and literacy programs bring youth together this should be a spring for them to work as the watch dog of village association.
•  Even the children were organized as Bala Sangam to inculcate a spirit of unity and equality through songs, dance, cultural programs, play and games.