 Kishore Bharti was set up by Anil Sadgopal while he was at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) as a Fellow.He resigned in 1972 to set up Kishore Bharati near Paliya Pipariya village of Bankhedi block in Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.Organisation was meant to focus on a number of initiatives related to economic development activities.