The Mother's Service SocietyNo. 5 Puduvai Sivam street, Venkata Nagar,

Pondicherry-605011. INDIAwebsite: www.mssresearch.org

Scientific Research Activities

1970 – 2010

What is MSS? Registered society

Founded 1970

Inspired by Sri Aurobindo & The Mother

Extending & applying their teachings in various fields of life.

Approved by the Indian Council for Social Science Research in 1981

Major Activities

Social Science Research

Applied Educational Research

Agricultural & Rural Development

All research activities are documented on www.MSSResearch.org

Major Fields of Research

Theory & Process of Social Development

Economics & Employment

Theory of Money & Finance

Peace & International Security

Education

Business Management

Agricultural & Rural Development

History

Literary Criticism

Psychology

Highlights – 1970s1965 – Rural Development Project

1969 – Village Adoption Program

1970 – Research on Jasmine Essential Oil

1974 – Principles of Business Management

1974 – Study on Export of Buses to USA with Telco

1975 – Study on Coal Liquefaction for Govt of India

1975 – Recommendations to Finance Minister on Rural Banking

1977 – Study on Employment Generation in Pondy

1977 – New Approach to Literary Criticism

1978 – South Arcot District Development Program

1978 – Report to the Brandt Commission

1979 – Study of Chrysler Corporation

First Successful Village Adoption by a

Nationalized Bank in India

123 acre agricultural project at Cuddalore

Organized 1st village adoption programme by a nationalized bank

(SBI) in 1969

100% repayment on time

Poorest village became most prosperous

Multiplier effect spread to 10 villages

SBI extended scheme All-India for Rs 100 crores the next year

More than 1 lakh villages adopted in 10 years

Highlights – 1980s

1980 –Theory of Inflation

1980 – Strategies for the 6th Five Year Plan

1981 – Report to PMO on Development Indicators

1982 – Study of Legal & Administrative Reforms (GOI & GTN)

1982 – Report to PMO on Development Year

1983 – Management Study of Rhone Poulenc

1984 – Report to PMO on Software Exports & Telecom

1985 – Export Oriented Handmade Technology

1985 – Vital Difference (management) published in USA

1985 – Study of European Companies

1986 – Publication of books on Sri Aurobindo & Mother

1988 – Vital Corporation (management) published in USA

1989 – International Commission on Peace & Food (ICPF)

Development

Indicators

Proposed new

measures to PM Indira Gandhi in 1981

Study for Dr. Arjun Sen Gupta, PMO

Developed model for new indicators

Planning Commission national conference

Basis for UNDP’s HDI

Business Management

Formulated original theory on business

growth & organizational development

Published 4 books in USA based on studies of

leading US corporations.

• More than 100 studies of enterprises in India,

Europe & USA, including Bajaj Auto, New

Indian Express, Prudential Life (USA) ,

Nedlloyd (Netherlands), etc.

• Conducted conferences for industry

associations in USA NTMA, PARA & ISTMA

Highlights – 1990s1990 – ICPF Moscow Conference on Transition Economics

1991 – ICPF Conference in Chennai

1992 – Prosperity 2000 Strategy adopted by GOI

1993 – ICPF Conference at Carter Center, USA

1994 – Conference with Gorbachev Foundation, Moscow

1994 – ICPF Report presented to UN Secretary General

1997 – Study of Professional Audio-Video Assoc., USA

1998 – Study of the East Asian Crisis

1998 – Study of National Tooling & Machining Assoc., USA

1998 – Collaboration withWorld Academy of Art & Science

1999 – Conference on Development Theory, Chennai

1999 – Study of the Japanese Financial Crisis

Prosperity 2000 Conducted research project in 1991 for ICPF that produced a

strategy to generate million jobs in India in 10 yrs

Presented to & endorsed by PM Narasimha Rao & Deputy Chair of Planning Commission Pranab Mukherjee

Strategy adopted by GOI – Rs 100 crores in Manmohan Singh’s 1992 budget

Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium created

Studies of 12 districts around India

Maharashtra implements strategy in Pune Dt

International Commission on

Peace & Food (1989-1994)

Established, staffed and financed by MSS with Dr.

M.S. Swaminathan as chair & 25 leading international

experts & 3 MSS staff.

Studies on food security, employment, nuclear

weapons, global governance, economic transition,

development.

Conducted conferences in Italy, USSR, Italy,

Norway, USA, Jordan.

Report submitted to UN Sec Gen & all UN

members in 1994

Collaboration with Gorbachev

In 1994, MSS collaborated with former USSR President Mikhail

Gorbachev to organize an international conference in Moscow on

alternative strategies for economic transition in Eastern Europe.

President Gorbachev chaired most of the sessions.

Hyperinflation in Yugoslavia

Studied relationship between inflation & development in India

Studied Soviet strategy in 1920s.

In 1993-4, Yugoslavia suffered highest inflation recorded in world

history

MSS team member Dragoslav Avramovic appointed Governor of

central bank

Inflation wiped out in a few weeks

Development Theory

Formulated comprehensive, integrated theory of social

development.

Identified 1000 principles of social development.

Book outlining the theory published

by World Academy of Art & Science

Presented at numerous int’l conferences

on economic development

Highlights – 2000s2000 – Indo-Pak Economic Research Project

2000 – New Indian Express Management Study

2002 – India Planning Commission Vision 2020 report

2002 – Report for Youth Employment Summit

2002 – Special Task Force on 10 Million Jobs Per Year

2004 – International Conf. on Full Employment, Delhi

2004 – Report to National Farmers Association

2005 – Global Security Program with World Academy

2005 – Global Employment Potential World Academy

2006 – MPI Nuclear Disarmament, Ottawa & New York

2007 – MPI Nuclear Disarmament, Vienna

2007 – Human Science Project

2008 – Intl Conference on Nuclear Free World, Delhi

2009 –WAAS Global Employment Challenge e-Conference

2010 – New Economic Theory: Wealth of Nations Revisited

2010 –WAAS e-Conference on Emerging Individuality

MSS Research Achievements

2004 -2009

Development Theory

MSS continues research on the formulation of a comprehensive

theory of social development focusing on the common

underlying process responsible for change in all fields of social

life.

Identified 1000 principles of social development.

1998 -- Special Session at Vancouver WAAS GA

1999 –WAAS Workshop in Washington DC

1999 – International Conference in Chennai

2004 – International Symposium in New Delhi

2005 – Plenary at Zagreb WAAS General Assembly

2008 – Plenary & workshop at Hyderabad GA

Employment

Research on the theory and right to employment and practical strategies to achieve full employment.

1992 –Strategy for 100 Million Jobs in India

1994 – ICPF task force on employment

2002 –YES World Youth Employment Research Paper

2003 – Planning Commission Task Force on 10 Million Jobs

2004 – National Farmers Commission Report

2005 – Plenary session at Zagreb WAAS GA

2007 – Study on global full employment.

2009 –WAAS e-conference on Global Employment Challenge

Role of Individuality in Social

Development Traces the evolution of Western Civilization

from ancient Greece and the Roman Empire to the

science and industrialization in Europe,

and their subsequent development in USA.

Cultural distinctions between Europe and America

Factors behind the emergence of USA as world leader

Role of the pioneer in social development

Emergence of the individual from the social collective

Relationship between individuality and the evolution of consciousness

from the physical to vital to mental level.

Theory of Money

Study & articles on Inflation in India

Hyperinflation in Yugoslavia

Japanese Finance Crisis

East Asian Financial Crisis

The origin of money as a social institution

Role of money in human development

Workshop on the creation of money in Croatia on Nov 2005

Research on 2008 International Financial Crisis

Research paper on Single World Currency

Workshop on Global Financial Crisis, WAAS GA, Hyderabad, Oct 08

New Economic Theory

There is an urgent need today to understand why

the old theories were created, where and why they

fail now and then propose a feasible, more efficient

alternative. This is the rationale and justification for

a re-evaluation of the fundamental concepts and

premises of modern economic theory with the goal

of evolving a truly human-centered economic

theory and practice. MSS is collaborating with an

international working group to explore fresh

approaches to the Wealth of Nations & Human

Welfare.

Business Management

Fundamental research on the principles of

management science

Research for four books published in USA.

A comparative study of Jim Collin’s popular book Good to

Great.

MSS has conducted numerous studies of enterprises &

industries in India, Europe & USA, including New Indian

Express (Chennai) & Akeryards Cruise Ships (France &

Finland), .

Collaboration with major national &

international organizations

World Academy of Art & Science (USA)

Global Security Institute (USA)

Centre for Strategic & International Studies (New Delhi)

International Center for Peace & Development (USA)

The Academy was founded in 1960 by eminent thinkers including

Albert Einstein & Bertrand Russell

Includes 23 distinguished Indian scientists Pushpa Bhargava, MS

Swaminathan , Arjun Sen Gupta, Ashok Khosla, Rajendra Pachuri,

Kiran Mazumdar

MSS is engaged since 1994 in collaborative research projects with

WAAS on development theory, peace & security, and employment.

Three MSS staff elected as WAAS Fellows

MSS member on WAAS Board of Trustees & chairs WAAS standing

Committee

Collaborative Projects

International conference, New Delhi in Nov. 2004

Nuclear Disarmament Seminar, Wash.DC, Sep. 2005

Global Employment, Zagreb, Croatia, Nov 2005

Theory of Social Development, Zagreb, Croatia, Nov 2005

Complementary Currencies, Zagreb, Croatia, Nov 2005

Nuclear Disarmament Seminar, New York, Oct 2006

Environment & Development, Hyderabad, Oct 2008

International Financial Crisis, Hyderabad, Oct 2008

Limits to Rationality, Hyderabad, Oct 2008

e-conference on Global Employment Challenge, Oct 2009

e-conference on Emerging Individuality Feb 2010

Global Employment Challenge e-Conference

2009-10

100 innovations – 100 Million Jobs

Peace & International Security Global Security Institute & Middle Powers Initiative are

leading international organizations in the field of nuclear disarmament.

In 2006 & 2007, MSS participated in two high level conferences organized by MPI in Ottawa & Vienna with diplomatic representatives of 25 leading nations.

In October 2006 MSS co-sponsored a seminar in New York on nuclear disarmament with GSI.

In February 2008, GSI-WAAS in a seminar on weaponization of space in New York

In June 2008, MSS chaired session at International Symposium on Toward Nuclear Free World, Delhi

Study on End of Cold War & European Integration

Research Publications

Books

MSS Research

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Development Portal

Moneyweavers.com– MSS’ effort to create maximum prosperity for maximum number of people

Primrose School

Applied Educational Research

Early Childhood Education MSS conducted applied educational research on new teaching

methods, including extensive use of computers from an early age, at the Society’s Primrose School.

Primrose has been widely recognized as the most advanced institution for early childhood education in Pondicherry. In 2006-7,

The Society extended its educational programme in Pondicherry to the eighth standard.

In 2007 Primrose became the first school in Pondicherry to receive CISCE certification.

Self-directed Learning with computers

Flash Cards

Computer Lab

Agricultural & Rural Development

Agricultural Development

Mother Estates Project – 123 acres

First tapping of deep artesian groundwater

Introduction of cash crops

Village Adoption Programme

Craftsman training for Repatriates

California Agricultural Consulting Services

Effective Micro-organisms technology

Research on Organic Farming

Agricultural Development

Study for National Farmers’ Commission on strategies to raise agricultural productivity, incomes, agro-exports and rural employment opportunities.

The report focused on the potential of modern agronomic methods to double crop productivity.

establishment of a national system of Farm Schools run on commercial lines.

widespread cultivation of bio-fuels to raise farm incomes, generate rural employment and reduce dependence on imported fuel.

Micronutrient deficiencies in Indian Soil

Flat-bed vs. Furrow Irrigation

CACS Technology in Tamil Nadu

EMERGING SCIENCE OF EFFECTIVE MICRO-ORGANISMS

Heralding the Emergence of a true Science of Life Research on

Effective Micro-organisms

EM

PROJECT ON EM AT HUMAN SCIENCE WIKIA

What is EM?

EM is a micro-biological technology consisting of more than 80

beneficial species of micro-organism including the well-known

lacto-bacillus found in yogurt and so essential for human digestion

and health.

EM is used in a wide range of applications including agricultural,

water purification, animal and human health care.

Benefits of EM

improves increases resistance to diseases,

enhances the self-healing power of the body,

de-activates heavy metals in soil and water,

removes sludge from canals and sewers,

improves the taste and shelf-life of plant and animal products,

reduces dependence on fertilizers and pesticides

Materials per production

Application Procedure

EM based cashew crop

EM based banana crop

MSS Research Staff

N. Ramakrishnan Agricultural Development

R. Lakshmipriya Social and political development

Saraswathi R. Mukkai Education & Vocational Training

N. Jayashree History of democracy

Janani Ram Social development in literature

Ranganayaki Somaskandan Internet projects

Ranjani Ravi Social development

T. Natarajan Development Theory

Garry Jacobs Money, Employment, Intl Security

N. Asokan Development Theory

Bob Macfarlane Management Studies, Internet

Roy Posner Internet

Leslie Jacobs Education

M. Chandrasekaran Internet-based self-employment

P.V. Shankar Management Studies

Mageswari Rajaram Accomplishment & Development

Robert van Harten Business management, EM