Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA) is an autonomous institution functioning for the Local governments in Kerala. It was registered under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Act 1955. The Central university of Kerala has recognized it as a Research centre attached to the Department of International Relations w.e.f 14 July 2014.
Ever since its inception in 1990, KILA has been engaged in a myriad of capacity-building interventions on local governance and decentralization; including training, action research, publications, seminars and workshops, consultancy, documentation, handholding, and information services.
Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad is a progressive outfit in the state of Kerala, India. It was conceived as a people's science movement. At the time of its founding in 1962, it was a 40-member group consisting of science writers and teachers with an interest in science from a social perspective. Over the past six decades, its membership has grown to over 65,000 individuals, in more than 1,300 units spread all over Kerala. In 1996, the group received the Right Livelihood Award "for its major contribution to a model of development rooted in social justice and popular participation”.
KSSP chose as its mission, the challenge of arming people with the tools of science and technology so that they can reverse this process of monopolizing the benefits of science and technology by a privileged minority. The Paradigm shift in the basic principle of the organization to “science for social revolution” in the year 1974 greatly influenced the progressive nature of the development of the sociopolitical environment of the state. KSSP has conducted various studies and programs in different disciplines that affect the livelihood of Kerala. “Kerala Padanam”, a study conducted in 2004 was to understand how the people of Kerala think and live. The results of this study are widely used for developmental activities in Kerala.
