Abel was Professor of Political Science in MCC from 1950, and Principal of MCC, 1978-81. The Government of AP then invited him to be the first Vice-Chancellor of Sri Krishnadevaraya University (1981–87). Thereafter, he served as the first Vice-Chairman of AP State Council of Higher Education (1987–88).
He was an Executive Member of
National Council of Churches in India, Executive Member of the
Church of South India (CSI) Synod, and the President of the Christian Literature Society (CLS). CSI commissioned Abel to study the life, service and witness of the church. The outcome was the report, The Church of South India after Thirty Years. Report of the Abel Commission (CLS, 1978). It spoke of several reforms the Church in India needed to undertake.[10]
Abel was awarded
DLitt by Sri Krishnadevaraya University in 2005.
Writings
Apart from several Endowment Lectures, Abel also published numerous articles and several books. His articles deal with the areas of political administration, ideologies, economic development,
subaltern studies,
Dalit concerns, Christian higher education, and church administration.
In books
Abel, M. (1957). March to Freedom. Royal and Co.
Abel, M. (1969). My Country, My People. National Council of Churches in India and Christian Literature Society.
Abel, M. (1970). Intelligent Citizens Handbook of Government and Politics of India. Christian Literature Society.
Abel, M. (1978). The Church of South India after Thirty Years. Christian Literature Society.
Abel, M. (1993). Liberation in Christ. Christian Literature Society.
Abel, M. (1994). Amrutha Vani. Christian Literature Society.
Abel, M. (2000). Peace and Value Education for Schools: A Teacher's Manual. Dharma Bharathi.
Abel, M. (2004). A Handbook on College Administration. Madabhushi Ananthasayanam Institute of Public Affairs.
^Report of the UGC Committee Towards New Educational Management, 1990.
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^Winston W. Crouch (Compiled), A History of the Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1920-1987, The Department of Political Science, Los Angeles, June 1987, p.76.
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