Padmashree Society was started in 1993 by an Enthusiastic Engineer Mr. Hochiminh Sastri and a group of people from Bachharapatna village of JATNI Town of Khurda District of Odisha. The initial purpose of the organization was to generate employment for women of the village. As part of this effort a candle making unit was set up. The next targets of the organization were educated unemployed youth in that area. Vocational training in house wiring, dress making etc. was conducted using grants from state/central Govt. The above programs were not completely non-profit activities as the organization got some percentage of profit by selling the manufactured candles in the local market.

Once Padmashree Society had enough money to start non-profit activities, a Day-Care Center was started for the old people in the local area. This was followed by a pre-school and supplementary education program for the local children. These programs are experimenting with various innovative techniques of teaching to attract and retain children. Along with a Child Care Centre was established taking five uncared children who are begging in Railway Platform of Khurda Road Platform of East Coast Railway with drug addict. In 2007 a well equipped HOME was established namely ASHA KIRAN having capacity of 32 nos of uncared and destitute children.. Due to the positive result of this programme the number of children has gone up to 62 this year. Near about more than 1000 nos of missing children ,women and older persons were repatriated to their families till the year 2014. Padmashree Society also arranges community programs to increase the educational, health and Social acceptance awareness among the Local Community for foster adoption of these children and older persons.Padmashree Society also running a HELP LINE for disable older persons namely Project- VAROSA. The mission of Project VAROSA is to hold the home bound and disable older persons remain in their homes with dignity, for as long as is safely and healthfully possible.

VAROSA is trying its best to reduce the chance of premature institutionalization for these people by not only providing healthy daily meals and a friendly social worker contact. It also rescue helpless disable older from the road side.Many time POLICE COMMISSIONARTE PCR VAN also rescue the helpless children, women and older persons and handed over to ASHA KIRAN HOME.The organisation also managing a HOME for disable older persons with all adequate facilities.Our one of the activities PROJECT-BISWAS is a referral service for poor and destitute persons in which we refer the person from his/her house to medical and from medical to his /her house free of cost.We also provide assistance to road accident persons.We provide all facilities for a destitute person for his/her LAST RITE and also carry the dead body to SWARGA DWAR..a place of Mokhya according to Dharma.