Established in January, 1980, as a non-profit registered society, the Centre for Organization Development has conducted 512 executive development programmes in which 11823 executives have participated. The Centre has also completed 32 research studies on subjects of contemporary relevance.

Staff of the Centre have provided consulting support to about 40 organizations, including Andhra Pradesh and Kerala Forest Department, Bharat Aluminium, Bharat Earth Movers Ltd., Bharat Electronics, Crompton Greaves, Essar Steel, Exim Bank, Hindustan Motors, PSEG India Ltd., Rashtriya Ispat Nigam, SAIL, Satyam Venture Engg. Services, TELCO, UNICEF, Wockhardt, etc.

The Centre has a distinguished Board of Governors, with chief executives of business and government organizations and social scientists as its members. The Centre also has a core staff group for professional work and support services.

The Centre is recognized as a Centre for doctoral research by Osmania University, as a scientific and industrial research organization by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India, and as a tax-exempt institution by the Department of Income Tax.