Development Theory

Principles of Social Development, May 20, 1997 -- A list of 364 principles of human development with brief comments. These principles form the basis for all the Society’s theoretical and practical work on the process of individual and social development. Most of them are elaborated in other documents on this website.    
 An Indian Perspective of Contemporary American Social Problems        
Social Development Theory, -- presented at the World Academy Conference on Development Theory at Madras, India, September 1999
Process of Human and Social Development, September 1999 -- presented at the World Academy Conference on Development Theory at Madras, India   
Theory of Development -- presented to Pacific Rim Economic Conference, Bangkok, Jan 13-18, 1998
Musings on Money in Development Theory  Sept. 21, 99        
The Role of Money and the Internet in Development  -- presented to Pacific Rim Economic Conference, Bangkok, Jan 13-18, 1998
Comprehensive Theory of Development -- unabridged version of the two papers presented in Bangkok, November 15, 1997
Human Choice -- Genetic Code for Social Development -- Work-in-progress on a general theory of development presented at The Global Century, The 1998 Vancouver Assembly of the World Academy of Art and Science
Development Process in the Social and Life Sciences, August 23, 1998
Theory of Social Development --  outline of the theory in brief
General Laws of Development,   Feb. 15, 1994
Theory of the Social Process of Development (based on the theory of creation by Sri Aurobindo), April 14, 1999

 

 



Development Strategies

Creating 100 Million Jobs in India   April 2007
Employment Potential in Agriculture and Agro-Industries   March 2002
Employment and Prosperity Programme for India  Dec. 2002
Economic Development in the Global Century, -- a discussion paper for workshops on Economic Development at the 1998 Assembly of the World Academy of Art and Science, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 5-7, 1998
Strategy for Rapid Recovery in East Asia, -- Based on a paper presented at the Pacific Rim Conference of Allied Economic Organizations held in Bangkok, January 13-18, 1998
The Choice Before India, August 31, 1998
Employment Strategy for Pondicherry, India, January 14, 1997 -- paper prepared for the World Academy of Art & Science
Developing Human Resourcefulness -- Strategies To Eradicate Poverty in the 1990s  --  Report of the ICPF Working Group on Human Resources, Janaury 1994
Transition Economics --Report of the ICPF Working Group, October 1993
Challenge to Russian Industry -- Article published in the Moscow Business News, 1992
Velocity of Social Forces, September 19, 1993

Education  

The Genius of the Childby Karmayogi
Shikshayatan School, Arasavanangkadu, Tamil Nadu, India   
About Primrose School, Pondicherry   new.jpg (1300 bytes)  (updated)
Value Formation and Education, February 2, 1994
Education and Human Choice in India, August 1988
National Education Program for India, March 21, 1996
Model Schools in 500 Blocks in India, Sept. 9, 1997

Employment

Strategies for Full Employment in India, presented at the Intl. Symposium on Uncommon Opportunities: Roadmap for Employment, Food and Global Security in New Delhi, Nov 19-22, 2004  
Employable Skills for Full Employment, presented at the Intl. Symposium on Uncommon Opportunities: Roadmap for Employment, Food and Global Security in New Delhi, Nov 19-22, 2004                                          
Creating 100 Million Jobs in India   April 2007
Employment and Prosperity Programme for India  Dec. 2002
Emplyoment Potential in the IT Industry , December 2002  
Future of Work, presented at the WAAS Seminar, Minneapolis, May 21, 1996
Employment for All by 2000 -- Report of ICPF Work Group, October 1993
Employment Strategy for Pondicherry, India, January 14, 1997 -- paper prepared for the World Academy of Art & Science
Prosperity 2000 -- Strategy to Generate 100 Million Jobs in India, October 2, 1991
Summary of Prosperity 2000 Strategy for India, March 22, 1996

Indian Development

Bio-fuels Project  Dec. 2002 
Creating 100 Million Jobs in India   April 2007
Proposal for Computerised Business Parks 
Proposal for Compterised Vocational Training for India  
Innovative Strategies for Wasteland Development 
Employment Strategy for Pondicherry, India, January 14, 1997 -- paper prepared for the World Academy of Art & Science
Summary of Prosperity 2000 Strategy for India, March 22, 1996
Prosperity 2000 -- Strategy to Generate 100 Million Jobs in India, October 2, 1991
Employment Strategy for India's 8th Five Year Plan, January 12, 1992
Model Districts Development Progam
National Education Program for India, March 21, 1996
Model Schools in 500 Blocks in India, Sept. 9, 1997
Indian Gold Reserves, June 18, 1997
Education and Human Choice in India, August 1988

Literary Criticism

Pride and Prejudice, presentation by Garry Jacobs in Chennai, on Aug 30-31, 2008
The Count of Monte Cristo, an Analysis
Notes on An Ideal Husband  
Notes on Anthony Trollope's Warden and Barchester Towers 
The Process of Creation in Trollope's The Way We Live Now 
Accomplishment and Human Development in Austen's Pride and Prejudice   March 24, 2000  
Introduction to the Character of Life in Literature, Jan.2, 2000    
The Vicar of Wakefield    
Notes on Jane Eyre      
The Three Musketeers    
Character of Life -- Consciousness Approach to Shakespeare: Introduction
Character of Life in As You Like It    
Character of Life in Macbeth 
Character of Life in Othello 
Character of Life in Hamlet    
Character of Life in King Lear  
Framley Parsonage

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Management

The Vital Difference -- Unleashing the Power of Sustained Corporate Success
The Vital Corporation --How American Businesses Large and Small Double Profits in Two Years or Less

Peace and Governance

Common  Responsibilities to Exploit Uncommon Opportunities, by Air Commodore Jasjit Singh, presented at the Intl. Symposium on Uncommon Opportunities: Roadmap for Employment, Food and Global Security in New Delhi, Nov 19-22, 2004                      
Nuclear Weapons Management -- Global Concerns, by Admiral L. Ramdas, presented at the Intl. Symposium on Uncommon Opportunities: Roadmap for Employment, Food and Global Security in New Delhi, Nov 19-22, 2004                      
A Roadmap for Comprehensive Development, by Ivo Slaus, presented at the Intl. Symposium on Uncommon Opportunities: Roadmap for Employment, Food and Global Security in New Delhi, Nov 19-22, 2004                                                                                   
World Army, November 12, 1997
Role of a World Parliament  Nov. 2, 2002 

Psychology

Emergence of the Spiritual Individual   
Principles of Growth and Accomplishment
Fear
Value Formation and Skills January 23, 1994
Behaviour, Character & Personality
Higher Career Accomplishment
Strategies for Higher Accomplishment
Mind Over Matter
Strategies to Overcome Ego
Four Levels of Personal Progress
Power Over the Subconscious
False Step

Science

The Creative Principle in Science, Oct 2003
The Seeker of Knowledge -- the Scientist, the Scholar 
Theory of Existence is Science, Jan. 20, 2001         
Sri Aurobindo and Hyperspace, Nov. 27, 1999   
Issues Relating to Science, Nov. 1, 1999   
New Foundations of Knowledge for Science, paper presented at the 1994 Assembly of World Academy of Art and Science, Minneapolis, October, 1994
The Future of Science, Feb. 4, 1992
                     

Most recent update: Feb. 12, 2008