Renowned nuclear scientist Dr M P Parameswaran, one of the key figures who worked to popularise the people’s scientific movement in the country, died in Kerala’s Thrissur on Tuesday. With the nuclear scientist at the helm, KSSP was transformed into a strong people’s scientific movement. Inspired by the success of the KSSP, Parameswaran took his mission nation-wide. A year later, in 1988, All India People’s Science Network, a platform of 40-odd science organisations in the country, was formed. In shaping decentralised development, Parameswaran was influenced by German-born economist E F Schumacher’s work: “Small Is Beautiful.