Monk Prayogshala (Sec 25) is a not-for-profit academic research institution based in India and registered under the Companies Act, 1956. Monk Prayogshala comprises a team of Research Authors, Assistants and Interns currently working in the areas of psychological and economic academic research. The Prayogshala team aims to follow rigorous processes in the development of research proposals, while ensuring adherence to ethical considerations prescribed by international organisations, such as the American Psychological Association. This institution aims to enhance the practicability of the disciplines it functions in, through the use of research software, research databases and research management tools to facilitate the research process. The institution is known for international publications in the disciplines of Psychology and Economics, covering diverse research areas including malevolent creativity,gossip and gender studies in Indian cinema, with a number of research publications under review. The institution aims to further the cause of academic research in and from India, and improve the quality and volume of the nation's research output into the global academic research community.