The Mother’s Service Society
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The Mother's Service Society is a non-governmental, educational and social science research institute established at Pondicherry, India in October 1970 and conducting on a wide range of activities related to social and economic development, social science research, education and public policy formulation. The Society’s research activities focus on social development theory, economics, employment, business management, agricultural development, alternative education, global governance, peace & security, literary criticism, psychology and applied spirituality based on a conceptual framework derived from theory of creation and evolution of consciousness propounded by Indian philosopher Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo , born Aurobindo Ghosh or Ghose , was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter, philosopher, yogi, guru, and poet. He joined the Indian movement for freedom from British rule and for a duration became one of its most important leaders, before developing his own vision of human progress...

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MSS presently consists of the following operating divisions:
  • MSS Research social science research institute
  • Primrose School for primary & secondary education
  • Mother Estates organic farming and agricultural development project
  • Karmayogi.net for spirituality and personal accomplishment

MSS Research

MSS Research is the social science research division of The Mother's Service Society. The Society conducts original research applying Sri Aurobindo’s thought to social evolution, human development, economics, education, management, psychology, science and literature.

Development Theory

For the past 35 years, MSS has been conducting research on the process of social development in an effort to develop the broad outlines and fundamental principles of a comprehensive theory applicable to all fields of human activity and all levels from the individual and organization to the national and global community. The research includes theoretical statements of the process of development and discussion of 32 major principles and 1000 corollary observations as well as applications of the theory.

Economics

MSS is engaged in theoretical and practical studies on a wide range of economic issues, with emphasis on employment and money. In 2009, the Society began a collaborative research project with a small international group under the title New Economic Theory.

Education

The Society conducts both theoretical and applied research in the field of education. It has pioneered the development, testing and application of advanced methods for early childhood education at Primrose School in Pondicherry. It has also evolved a number of educational and vocational training strategies and programs for the Government of India.

Employment

MSS has conducted a wide range of studies on the process of employment generation and strategies to achieve full employment, including a strategy to generate 100 million jobs in India within 10 years which was adopted as official policy of the Government of India in 1992.

Business Management

MSS has developed an original theory of organizational development and business growth and has applied it in studies and consulting assignments involving major corporations in USA, Europe and India as well as numerous international conferences and training programs. Six management books have been published in the USA based on MSS’s model, including The Vital Corporation: Unleashing the Powers of Sustained Corporate Success by Frederick Harmon and Garry Jacobs (AMACOM, USA, 1985) and The Vital Difference: How American Companies Large and Small Double Profits in Two Years or Less by Garry Jacobs and Robert Macfarlane (Prentice Hall, USA, 1989).

In 2010, MSS has developed a web-based personal training program on the psychology of accomplishment.

Primrose School

MSS operates a world-class primary and secondary school in Pondicherry applying advanced methods of early childhood and computer aided education based on methods for early childhood educationd developed by Dr. Glenn Doman at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential
The Institutes for The Achievement of Human Potential
The Institutes for The Achievement of Human Potential is a non-profit organization providing teaching programs and literature which it promotes as improving the health and neurological development of normal children and of children who have sustained a brain injury.Although the institute's programs...

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The International Commission on Peace and Food

The International Commission on Peace and Food was established as an initiative of the MSS in 1989 and included several representatives of MSS among its members. The Commission focused on evolving solutions to pressing global issues related to international security, global governance, employment, food security, transition in Eastern Europe and human development. The International Center for Peace and Development was established as a non-profit, non-governmental organization in 1997 to continue the work initiated by the Commission. The Society collaborates with the center on research in the fields of development, education, employment, peace and security and works in collaboration with other organizations to promote activities that will advance progress toward world peace and prosperity.

World Academy of Art & Science

For the past 15 years, the Society has collaborated with the World Academy of Art & Science on a number of international conferences and research projects on issues related to development theory, peace and global security, employment and the future of science. Three representatives of the Society have been elected fellows of the Academy.

Karmayogi.net

The Society publishes a wide range of books and articles on personal accomplishment, psychological growth and spirituality in life and other topics in English and Tamil. It also publishes a monthly Tamil journal Malarndha Jeeviyam on spirituality and prosperity. For access to the complete collection of books and back issues of the journal see Karmayogi.net.

Publications

The Society publishes Malarndha Jeeviyam a monthly journal on spirituality in Tamil and is collaborating with the Risk Institute (Geneva) and the South East European Division of the World Academy of Art & Science on Cadmus, an English journal addressing issues of global concern.

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