People's Science Movements, inspired by KSSP, have now sprung up all over India. The organisation itself has 60,000 members organised in about 2,000 units and is engaged across the whole range of development issues. KSSP was a major force behind the programme through which Kerala achieved total literacy by 1991. One of KSSP's objectives is to raise the environmental awareness level of the entire Kerala society, through campaigns, education and popularising good environmental practice. KSSP is India's largest science publisher, having published 600 books and producing 30-40 new titles per year.
Much effort goes into selling the science books from house to house, a kind of fundraising pedagogy.
In addition, KSSP excels in other communication media, with massive lecture campaigns and the development of an entirely new threatre medium, 'Kala Jatha' or 'Art Caravan', through which it pursues the mass literacy campaign which reached 60-70 million people. KSSP also has substantive programmes in the fields of health, women's issues and research and development. Its Executive Committee has 65 members and at local levels there are more than 10,000 office bearers. KSSP values human resources as the greatest promise of a nation's future. The best test of a country's future is the edifying impact of the classroom, the extramural attainments and the scientific temper generated in the youth.