The original objective at the time of the founding of Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) was limited to publishing scientific literature in Malayalam, the local language, and popularizing science. However it was soon realized that publication and giving lessons alone were not enough to popularize science and extend its benefits to the common people. KSSP held that a privileged minority was monopolizing the benefits of science and technology and its results for their own profit at the expense of the majority. KSSP chose as its mission, the challenge of arming people with the tools of science and technology so that they can reverse this process. Thus in 1974, KSSP decided to become a people's science movement and adopted "science for social revolution" as its motto.