The Scientific Elite was a team of Kaleds trying to develop a way to win their war against the Thals. The head of the Elite was Davros and every member of the Elite was loyal to their cause.
Near the end of the war, the Elite had developed a formula that could be loaded into artillery shells and fired at the Thal Dome. The formula would weaken the dome's structure and allow the Kaleds access to it.
They knew that their race would eventually evolve into something else and Davros was designated to create a machine in which the new Kaleds could live in. This he developed and called the Mark III Traveling Machine, which he could control by remote and could give it independent control. This new development could be used to defeat the Thals, and he later announced that the Mark III Traveling Machine would call a "Dalek".
The Elite saw that Davros was turning the Dalek into a creature of evil, and as this would have interveined with their evolution, they turned against Davros after the Kaled Dome was destroyed (thanks to Davros giving the Thals the formula).
They presented Davros with a choice: either give the Dalek emotions and a sense of right and wrong, or work on the Daleks would stop and they would be destroyed. Eventually, the Elite were divided into those who remained loyal to Davros and those against him. During that time, Davros had been remotely calling his Daleks to the bunker in which he and the Elite were in. When the Daleks arrived, they exterminated those unloyal to Davros, but soon afterwards found that they were the superior beings, even to Davros. They exterminated the rest of the Elite, Davros' assistant Nyder, and then Davros himself. (DW: Genesis of the Daleks)