National Knowledge Commission 1217397288196496 8

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Intro

The National Knowledge Commission is a high-level advisory body to the Prime Minister of India,with the objective of transforming India into a

knowledge society.

On 13th June, 2005 , the Prime Minister of India,Dr. Manmohan Singh, constituted the NKC, as athink-tank charged with considering possible

policy that might sharpen India's comparativeadvantage in the knowledge-intensive servicesectors


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Members of NKC

The National Knowledge Commission (NKC) consists ofthe following seven members:

Sam Pitroda, Chairman

Ashok Ganguly, corporate leader Nandan Nilekai, Infosys

Dr. Deepak Nayyar, former Vice-chancellor, University ofDelhi

Dr. Jayati Ghosh, economist at Jawaharlal Nehru

University Dr. Sujatha Ramadorai, TIFR

Dr. P Balaram, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore


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Areas of Focus

It covers sectors ranging from education toe-governance in thefive focus areas of the

knowledge paradigm:Access easy access to knowledge

Concepts all levels and forms of education

Creation effective creation of knowledgeApplications of knowledge systems

Services like e-governance


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Access to Knowledge

Literacy-

Some of the issues under consideration of National KnowledgeCommission are:

Re-evaluation of the National Literacy Mission Multi-pronged approach for literacy initiatives like use of ICT in

literacy programmes or computer enabled learning

Material development and training

New ideas in terms of innovative concepts and initiatives in literacy

Equivalence with formal and non-formal educational system


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Access to Knowledge

LanguageEnglish language, is perhaps becoming the most important determinantof access to higher education, employment possibilities and socialopportunities. School leavers who are not adequately trained in English

as a language are always at a handicap in the world of highereducation. And those who do not know English well enough, find itexceedingly difficult to compete for a place in our premier educationalinstitutions. This disadvantage is accentuated further in the world ofwork, not only in professional occupations but also in white-collaroccupations.

NKC is trying to overcome this problem.


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Access to Knowledge

Translation

Some of the issues under consideration of NationalKnowledge Commission are:

Development of translation as an industry

Promotion of printed as well as virtual publications

Translate pedagogic materials and providing quality

training for translation Projection of Indian languages and other literatures in

South Asia

Establishing a storehouse of information on translation


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Access to Knowledge

Libraries

Some of the issues under consideration of NationalKnowledge Commission are:

institutional framework of libraries;

networking;

education, training and research;

modernization and computerization of libraries;

maintenance of private and personal collections and

staff requirements to meet changing needs.


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Access to Knowledge

Networks

National Knowledge Commissionundertook a project to

explore the possibility of establishing an efficient andcost effective network design to interconnect allUniversities, R&D institutions, S&T institutions; Healthservice facilities, Agriculture research and extensioninstitutions and Libraries in the country with an access

speed of at least 100 Mbps.


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Access to Knowledge

PortalsNKC has adopted the following procedure for setting up of publicportals on certain key sectors:

Identification of champion/lead organization/s. Submission of proposal on architecture of the portal by the champion

organization/s for consideration of the Commission.

Identification of stakeholders and partners and setting up of frameworkfor portal management.

Development of content.

Launch of Portal


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Concepts

Different areas and forms are covered by NKC like

School Education

Vocational Education

Higher Education

Medical Education

Legal Education

Management EducationEngineering Education

Open and Distance Education


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Creation

Science and Technology

Some of the issues under consideration of National KnowledgeCommission are:

Identifying and removing hurdles in obtaining funding for research

Identifying some of the major unsolved problems in S&T, where Indiacan play a significant leadership role

Identifying and setting up of studies on futuristic interdisciplinaryareas in S&T

Envisaging the use of S&T as a crucial tool for development andfacilitating the use of S&T to solving problems of the poor and theunderprivileged


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Creation

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Key systemic issues in this regard are:

clearly defined contractual rights and obligations enshrined in the law;

respect for law; development of effective legal systems for enforcement;

availability of accurate and detailed ready-to-use IPR information; opportunityfor continual training of IPR professionals across sectors;

creation and development of modern infrastructure, including human resourcesin the various IPR offices;

harmonization and streamlining of administrative procedures of the differentIPR offices and perhaps most significantly,

the development of a vibrant IPR culture in the processes of knowledgecreation, application and dissemination, all of which are connected withmarket demand and rewards.


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Creation

Entrepreneurship

The National Knowledge Commission aims to

explore the part played by Entrepreneurship inIndia's economic growth and competitiveness, and

in generating opportunities for wealth creation and

social good.


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Application

Traditional KnowledgeThe NKC is looking at the following aspects of traditional knowledge:

The principles and basic premises that should govern the documentation and use of our traditionalknowledge - that is, our creative, cultural and legacy industries.

Plant-based drug formulations of which we have over 40,000 that have come to us through theAyurveda, Unani, Siddha, Tibetian (all documented) and the non-documented tribal systems ofmedicine.

Traditional agricultural practices of which 4502 have been documented by the ICAR in a seriesof volumes, with 86 having been validated and 38 cross-validated till December 2005.

Our culinary traditions which use some 150 documented vegetables for which nutritional andother information is available, and an equal number of fruits.

Culture-specific tourism, for example, through identification of tribal art centres, promotingauthentic local performing arts, and making use of the unusual sites and practices that we have inour country.

Traditional water harvesting practices which have been well-documented, for example in a bookbrought out by CSE, New Delhi.

Our traditional products, services and art forms that are not included above.


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Application

Agriculture

National Knowledge commissionto promote the

application of knowledge in agriculture andenhance farm incomes and productivity on a

sustainable basis.


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Services

e-Governance

Some of the benefits of e-Governance include:

Reducing the cost and improving the reach andquality of public services.

Reducing transaction costs and transaction times.

Empowering citizens and increasing transparencyRe-engineering of processes for greater efficiency

and productivity.


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Services

e-GovernanceKNC highlight the need to:

Re-engineer government processes first, to change our basicgovernance pattern for simplicity, transparency, productivity andefficiency.

Select 10 to 20 important services that make a critical difference,simplify them and offer them as web-based services.

Develop common standards and deploy commonplatform/infrastructure for e-governance.

Begin all new national programmes (like Bharat Nirman, RuralEmployment Guarantee Scheme, etc.) with well-engineered e-governance implementation and web interface.


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