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Over the past four decades it has grown into a large people's science movement with a membership of about 60,000, drawn from all walks of life, and distributed in about 2,300 units within the state of Kerala. Over the years, it has also expanded its fields of interest and activities to almost all fields of human endeavor{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}. The KSSP is involved, broadly in three types of activities: education, agitatative (sic), and constructive(sic), in areas like environment, health, education, energy, literacy, micro planning and development in general.<ref name="kssp.in"/> | Over the past four decades it has grown into a large people's science movement with a membership of about 60,000, drawn from all walks of life, and distributed in about 2,300 units within the state of Kerala. Over the years, it has also expanded its fields of interest and activities to almost all fields of human endeavor{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}. The KSSP is involved, broadly in three types of activities: education, agitatative (sic), and constructive(sic), in areas like environment, health, education, energy, literacy, micro planning and development in general.<ref name="kssp.in"/> | ||
Presently | Presently B Ramesh is the president and Joji Koottummel is the general secretary. Intellectuals and activists such as [[M. K. Prasad]], [[R. V. G. Menon]], Kavumbayi Balakrishnan, [[B. Ekbal]],K K Krishnakumar, Prof K r | ||
Prof K R Janardanan, R Radhakrishnan, K. Pappooty, [[M. P. Parameswaran]], Kunhikkannan TP, T Radhamani, Dr K N Ganesh, Dr K P Aravindan, T Gangandharan, etc. have been past presidents of the organization{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}. | Prof K R Janardanan, R Radhakrishnan, K. Pappooty, [[M. P. Parameswaran]], Kunhikkannan TP, T Radhamani, Dr K N Ganesh, Dr K P Aravindan, T Gangandharan, etc. have been past presidents of the organization{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}. | ||
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== Research == | == Research == | ||
=== Kerala Padanam === | === Kerala Padanam === | ||
In 2004, KSSP conducted a survey of the living conditions in [[Kerala]]. The survey was titled ''Kerala Padanam-Keralam engane jeevikkunnu Keralam Engane Chinthikkunnu'', translated as ''The Kerala Study-How Does Kerala Live? How Does Kerala Think?''. It covered about 6000 households in the state. The activists spent hours with each family to understand their lifestyle and thoughts. The findings follow. The population of Kerala has been divided into four classes or groups. Around 40% of the people are very poor, and only a minority of about 10% of the people belong to the upper middle class and control their state of affairs.<ref>http://www.minoritywelfare.kerala.gov.in/paloli_commission_report.php?token=</ref> More and more people are moving towards extreme poverty and the rich minority are growing their wealth. The findings have been published in a book with the same title as the survey ''Kerala Padanam-Keralam engane jeevikkunnu Keralam Engane Chinthikkunnu''.<ref>http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/111463/12/20_bibliography.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJn_AwAAQBAJ&q=kerala+padanam&pg=PA155 | title=Critical Reflections on Health Services Development in India: The Teleology of Disorder | first=Kesavan Rajasekharan | last=Nayar | year=2014 | publisher=Lexington Books | isbn=9780739192078 | page=155 | access-date=26 May 2018 }}</ref><ref>http://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2007/october/1012.pdf</ref> | In 2004, KSSP conducted a survey of the living conditions in [[Kerala]]. The survey was titled ''Kerala Padanam-Keralam engane jeevikkunnu Keralam Engane Chinthikkunnu'', translated as ''The Kerala Study-How Does Kerala Live? How Does Kerala Think?''. It covered about 6000 households in the state. The activists spent hours with each family to understand their lifestyle and thoughts. The findings follow. The population of Kerala has been divided into four classes or groups. Around 40% of the people are very poor, and only a minority of about 10% of the people belong to the upper middle class and control their state of affairs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minoritywelfare.kerala.gov.in/paloli_commission_report.php?token= |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909020846/http://www.minoritywelfare.kerala.gov.in/paloli_commission_report.php?token= |archive-date=9 September 2021 |title=Directorate of Minority Welfare}}</ref> More and more people are moving towards extreme poverty and the rich minority are growing their wealth. The findings have been published in a book with the same title as the survey ''Kerala Padanam-Keralam engane jeevikkunnu Keralam Engane Chinthikkunnu''.<ref>http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/111463/12/20_bibliography.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YJn_AwAAQBAJ&q=kerala+padanam&pg=PA155 | title=Critical Reflections on Health Services Development in India: The Teleology of Disorder | first=Kesavan Rajasekharan | last=Nayar | year=2014 | publisher=Lexington Books | isbn=9780739192078 | page=155 | access-date=26 May 2018 }}</ref><ref>http://icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2007/october/1012.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=January 2022}}</ref> | ||
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