National Knowledge Commission-14: Knowledge Commission
proposals by October, says Chairman, National Knowledge Commission
Knowledge Commission proposals by October, says Mr Sam Pitroda,
Chairman, National Knowledge Commission, according to a news report.
The news report also says that the panel is hopeful of making a mark
in education, administration and research. Check the news report* at
_____________________________________________________________________
*Knowledge Commission proposals by October: Pitroda
Special Correspondent
Panel hopeful of making a mark in education, administration and
research
NEW DELHI: The Knowledge Commission, set up recently with Sam
Pitroda at the helm, plans to come out with its first set of
recommendations by October this year to facilitate far-reaching
changes in the field of governance and education.
Action points
Briefing newspersons on Thursday after the commission's first
meeting, which was also attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,
Mr. Pitroda said: "We will not come out with a voluminous report
that gathers dust. We will come out with the first set of action
points by October."
Mr. Pitroda said the commission, which is to work in phases during
its three-year term, was hopeful of making a mark in the fields of
education, administration and research. "We are planting seeds that
will produce results in 20 years," he said, giving an indication of
the long-term planning that is required for such ventures to yield
tangible results.
The commission, he said, would function within the existing
government structures. "We will identify action items and push it
through Ministries," he said. In this regard, six Ministries have
been identified which would work closely with the commission.
Apart from six Ministries and the Planning Commission, where it is
to function from, the commission proposes to hold consultations with
other stakeholders also, such as industry associations and non-
governmental organisations.
Asked as to what transpired during the commission's meeting, Mr.
Pitroda said that nothing much concrete emerged, as it was the first
meeting. "We just put the process of consultation in place," he said.
(Source: Knowledge Commission proposals by October: Pitroda, The
Hindu, August 5, 2005, Friday, National,
http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/05/stories/2005080503961300.htm
(accessed: August 5, 2005)
Saturday, August 06, 2005
NKC-13: Shake up the present system, says Chairman, NKC
National knowledge Commission-13: Shake up the present system, says
Chairman, National Knowledge Commission (NKC)
Shake up the present system, says Mr Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National
Knowledge Commission (NKC), according to a news item published in
the Indian Expres, August 5, 2005, Friday, p-6, National Network.
Check the news item* at
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75700
(accessed: August 5, 2005)
Dr D.C.Misra
August 5, 2005.
_____________________________________________________________________
*Shake up the present system: Pitroda
Sam's way: Add centres for liberal arts, subtract cumbersome
processes
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Posted online: Friday, August 05, 2005 at 0212 hours IST
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 4: A good ``shake-up'' of the present
system is what Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda prescribed
on Thursday while outlining a tentative roadmap for building a "new
India through e-governance".
Members of the Commission had met for three days before making a
presentation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today on the plans
they had in mind.
Briefing the media after their presentation, Pitroda said the
Commission would be working on ways to ``shake up the present
system'' and would list a host of recommendations for the PM and
his Cabinet.
Hinting at some of the plans that could constitute phase-I, he
stressed the need for a greater number of institutions like the
Harvards and Oxfords of the world teaching liberal arts. Without
undermining the importance of institutes like the IITs, he said such
institutes were key to creating of tomorrow's leaders.
The Commission chairman pointed to what he called a dire need to
standardise and streamline the 20 most important processes currently
in use, including those for land records, birth certificates and
ration cards. Citing the process of filing applications in
triplicate, Pitroda asked: ``Why do we need three applications
that need to be attested by gazetted officers?'' The application
processes, he said, some of which were designed during the British
Raj, need to be redesigned. Instead, he suggested a standard format
for such processes and e-governance as the effecting tool.
The Knowledge Commission, scheduled to submit the first set of its
recommendations to the PM by October, will also look at wider issues
such as ensuring e-mail security, building additional medical
institutions, protection of traditional knowledge, and even putting
in place a system encouraging innovation by the scientific
community.
Raising productivity and efficiency while cutting costs were the
motives behind their recommendations, Pitroda explained. It was too
early to estimate the cost of implementing their recommendations, he
said, adding that it would take 20 years for their plans to bear
fruit.
(Source: The Indian Express, New Delhi, August 5, 2005, Friday,
National Network, p-6, http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?
content_id=75700 (accessed: August 5, 2005)
Chairman, National Knowledge Commission (NKC)
Shake up the present system, says Mr Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National
Knowledge Commission (NKC), according to a news item published in
the Indian Expres, August 5, 2005, Friday, p-6, National Network.
Check the news item* at
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=75700
(accessed: August 5, 2005)
Dr D.C.Misra
August 5, 2005.
_____________________________________________________________________
*Shake up the present system: Pitroda
Sam's way: Add centres for liberal arts, subtract cumbersome
processes
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Posted online: Friday, August 05, 2005 at 0212 hours IST
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 4: A good ``shake-up'' of the present
system is what Knowledge Commission chairman Sam Pitroda prescribed
on Thursday while outlining a tentative roadmap for building a "new
India through e-governance".
Members of the Commission had met for three days before making a
presentation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today on the plans
they had in mind.
Briefing the media after their presentation, Pitroda said the
Commission would be working on ways to ``shake up the present
system'' and would list a host of recommendations for the PM and
his Cabinet.
Hinting at some of the plans that could constitute phase-I, he
stressed the need for a greater number of institutions like the
Harvards and Oxfords of the world teaching liberal arts. Without
undermining the importance of institutes like the IITs, he said such
institutes were key to creating of tomorrow's leaders.
The Commission chairman pointed to what he called a dire need to
standardise and streamline the 20 most important processes currently
in use, including those for land records, birth certificates and
ration cards. Citing the process of filing applications in
triplicate, Pitroda asked: ``Why do we need three applications
that need to be attested by gazetted officers?'' The application
processes, he said, some of which were designed during the British
Raj, need to be redesigned. Instead, he suggested a standard format
for such processes and e-governance as the effecting tool.
The Knowledge Commission, scheduled to submit the first set of its
recommendations to the PM by October, will also look at wider issues
such as ensuring e-mail security, building additional medical
institutions, protection of traditional knowledge, and even putting
in place a system encouraging innovation by the scientific
community.
Raising productivity and efficiency while cutting costs were the
motives behind their recommendations, Pitroda explained. It was too
early to estimate the cost of implementing their recommendations, he
said, adding that it would take 20 years for their plans to bear
fruit.
(Source: The Indian Express, New Delhi, August 5, 2005, Friday,
National Network, p-6, http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?
content_id=75700 (accessed: August 5, 2005)
Thursday, August 04, 2005
NKC-12: Create a Department of Knowledge at the Centre.
NKC-12: India's National Knowledge Commission – 12: Create a Department of Knowledge at the Centre and place it under the Prime Minister
Should there be a Ministry of Knowledge (MOK) or Department of Knowledge (DOK) or Department of Knowledge Management (DKM) at the Centre? The question assumes importance in the wake of Indian Prime Minister launching the time-bound national knowledge commission (NKC) on August 2, 2005 in New Delhi. It is a common practice in government to create a ministry or department acknowledging the importance of a subject or when the government wishes to take a major initiative.
The business of government in India is conducted through its ministries/departments. Currently the Indian government conducts its business through some 50 ministries and/or departments (55 ministries/52 departments, to be precise). Note that there are many ministries, which do not have any departments. Similarly there are departments, which are not part of any ministry.
Recent years have seen creation of many new ministries in India like Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and departments like Department of Information Technology, Department of Bio-Technology and Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. To add yet another ministry or department to the business of government, therefore, requires careful consideration.
Knowledge is widely recognized today as the prime mover of accelerated socio-economic development worldwide. It is the only way in which a developing country like India can competently face challenges on the path of its accelerated development. Also, states in India look toward the centre for leadership and guidance in new and emerging areas, in this case knowledge.
Time is, therefore, ripe for creating an appropriate mechanism at the centre for promoting and making best use of knowledge. Such a mechanism has become all the more necessary for providing ministerial oversight over the national knowledge commission (NKC) on day-to-day basis, more so as the national knowledge commission (NKC) has been given a long tenure of three years.
Creating a full-fledged ministry of knowledge may, however, be a costly proposition. On the other hand, creating an office for knowledge or creating knowledge as an item of government business and then assigning it to a ministry or department may also diminish the importance of knowledge. The solution, therefore, lies in between. Create a department of knowledge and place it under the prime minister. A minister of state can no doubt assist the prime minister as, for example, is currently the case with the Department of Personnel and Training.
Dr D.C.Misra
August 4, 2005
Should there be a Ministry of Knowledge (MOK) or Department of Knowledge (DOK) or Department of Knowledge Management (DKM) at the Centre? The question assumes importance in the wake of Indian Prime Minister launching the time-bound national knowledge commission (NKC) on August 2, 2005 in New Delhi. It is a common practice in government to create a ministry or department acknowledging the importance of a subject or when the government wishes to take a major initiative.
The business of government in India is conducted through its ministries/departments. Currently the Indian government conducts its business through some 50 ministries and/or departments (55 ministries/52 departments, to be precise). Note that there are many ministries, which do not have any departments. Similarly there are departments, which are not part of any ministry.
Recent years have seen creation of many new ministries in India like Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region and departments like Department of Information Technology, Department of Bio-Technology and Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. To add yet another ministry or department to the business of government, therefore, requires careful consideration.
Knowledge is widely recognized today as the prime mover of accelerated socio-economic development worldwide. It is the only way in which a developing country like India can competently face challenges on the path of its accelerated development. Also, states in India look toward the centre for leadership and guidance in new and emerging areas, in this case knowledge.
Time is, therefore, ripe for creating an appropriate mechanism at the centre for promoting and making best use of knowledge. Such a mechanism has become all the more necessary for providing ministerial oversight over the national knowledge commission (NKC) on day-to-day basis, more so as the national knowledge commission (NKC) has been given a long tenure of three years.
Creating a full-fledged ministry of knowledge may, however, be a costly proposition. On the other hand, creating an office for knowledge or creating knowledge as an item of government business and then assigning it to a ministry or department may also diminish the importance of knowledge. The solution, therefore, lies in between. Create a department of knowledge and place it under the prime minister. A minister of state can no doubt assist the prime minister as, for example, is currently the case with the Department of Personnel and Training.
Dr D.C.Misra
August 4, 2005
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
NKC-11: Indian Prime Minister launches knowledge commission
India's National Knowledge Commission-11: Indan Prime Minister launches knowledge commission, says India had the potential to become "the knowledge engine of the world."
The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said that India had the potential to become "the knowledge engine of the world" if it exploited its vast youth power and drew foreign investment to broaden its knowledge base while launching India's recently setup national knowledge commission in its first meeting on August 2, 2005 in New Delhi according to a press report. Check the full press report, reproduced below* for convenience, at
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=85129
Dr D.C.Misra
August 3, 2005
_____________________________________________________________________________________*PM launches knowledge commission
Statesman News Service
NEW DELHI, Aug. 2. – The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said today that India had the potential to become "the knowledgeengine of the world" if it exploited its vast youth power and drewforeign investment to broaden its knowledge base.
"In the next few decades, India will have the world's largestset of young people. Even as other countries age, India will remain a country of young people," he said at the first meeting of the Knowledge Commission constituted recently. While sounding sanguine throughout his speech, the Prime Minister, however, pondered and cautioned: "But these youth can be an asset only if we invest in their capabilities. A knowledge-driven generation will be an asset. Denied this investment, it will be a social and economic liability. Hence, we must invest in building the knowledge base of the coming generations."
India has more than 250 universities, many more research and development institutions and the world's largest chain ofpublicly funded laboratories. In addition, 350,000 engineers and 5,000 Ph.D graduates each year, he noted. "With such a vast poolof qualified, English-speaking scientific and technological manpower, India must have the ambition to become a large base of research and development activity. We should be able to attract global investment into research and development activity at home. I think we should put in place the required legal and physical infrastructure that can attract more foreign investment in research activity." "Our universities and centres of excellence arefalling behind the best in the world, both in terms of human capital and physical infrastructure. The time has come to create a second wave of institution building and of excellence in the field of education, research and capacity building in India so that we are better prepared for the 21st century," he said.
____________________________________________________________________________________(Source: Statesman News Service (2005): PM launches knowledge commission, The Statesman, New Delhi, August 3, Wednesday, p-5, India, http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=85129 (accessed: August 3, 2005)
The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said that India had the potential to become "the knowledge engine of the world" if it exploited its vast youth power and drew foreign investment to broaden its knowledge base while launching India's recently setup national knowledge commission in its first meeting on August 2, 2005 in New Delhi according to a press report. Check the full press report, reproduced below* for convenience, at
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=85129
Dr D.C.Misra
August 3, 2005
_____________________________________________________________________________________*PM launches knowledge commission
Statesman News Service
NEW DELHI, Aug. 2. – The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said today that India had the potential to become "the knowledgeengine of the world" if it exploited its vast youth power and drewforeign investment to broaden its knowledge base.
"In the next few decades, India will have the world's largestset of young people. Even as other countries age, India will remain a country of young people," he said at the first meeting of the Knowledge Commission constituted recently. While sounding sanguine throughout his speech, the Prime Minister, however, pondered and cautioned: "But these youth can be an asset only if we invest in their capabilities. A knowledge-driven generation will be an asset. Denied this investment, it will be a social and economic liability. Hence, we must invest in building the knowledge base of the coming generations."
India has more than 250 universities, many more research and development institutions and the world's largest chain ofpublicly funded laboratories. In addition, 350,000 engineers and 5,000 Ph.D graduates each year, he noted. "With such a vast poolof qualified, English-speaking scientific and technological manpower, India must have the ambition to become a large base of research and development activity. We should be able to attract global investment into research and development activity at home. I think we should put in place the required legal and physical infrastructure that can attract more foreign investment in research activity." "Our universities and centres of excellence arefalling behind the best in the world, both in terms of human capital and physical infrastructure. The time has come to create a second wave of institution building and of excellence in the field of education, research and capacity building in India so that we are better prepared for the 21st century," he said.
____________________________________________________________________________________(Source: Statesman News Service (2005): PM launches knowledge commission, The Statesman, New Delhi, August 3, Wednesday, p-5, India, http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=2&theme=&usrsess=1&id=85129 (accessed: August 3, 2005)
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
NKC-10: Knowledge commission to meet in first week of August in Delhi
NKC-10: India's National Knowledge Commission –10: Knowledge commission to meet in first week of August in New Delhi, To launch an allout attack on multiple fronts.
India's National Knowledge Commission is going to meet in the
first week of August in New Delhi to discuss issues related to
knowledge production, use and dissemination. The commission,
according to its chairperson plans "to launch an allout attack on
multiple fronts." Read an account of Amit Chanda's talk with the
chairperson, reproduced below* for convenience, at:
Chanda, Amit (2005): Talking about a knowledge revolution, The Times
of India, New Delhi, July 25, Monday, Education Times, pp 1&7,
http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?
Daily=TOIM#TOP(accessed: July 25, 2005).
Dr D.C.Misra
July 25, 2005
______________________________________________________________________
*Q & A
Talking about a knowledge revolution
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tech Czar Sam Pitroda is back as the chairman of the National
Knowledge Commission to prepare India to meet knowledge challenges in
the 21st century. Pitroda talks to Amit Chanda about his new role
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The architect of India's telecommunication revolution Sam Pitroda is
back in business. This time, Pitroda, however, will be spearheading
the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) as chairperson, constituted
by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in April this year to prepare the
country to meet knowledge challenges in the 21st century. The
commission is going to meet in the first week of August in the
Capital to discuss issues related to knowledge production, use and
dissemination.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
What is the mandate of the National Knowledge Commission?
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The commission — comprising P M Bhargava as vice-chairperson and
members Nandan Nilekani of Infosys, educationists Deepak Nayyar,
Ashok Ganguly, Andre Beteille, Jayati Ghosh and Pratap Bhanu Mehta
—
will be looking at building excellence in the educational system to
meet the knowledge challenges and increase India's competitive
advantage in fields of knowledge.We seek to promote creation of
knowledge in science and technology laboratories, improve the
management of institutions engaged in Intellectual Property Rights or
IPR and promote knowledge applications in agriculture and industry.
The committee will also promote the use of knowledge capabilities in
making the government an effective, transparent and accountable
service provider to the citizen.
The committee members have shared documents on different issues. The
three-day meeting which is going to take place in the Capital in the
first week of August will witness our future course of action and how
we are going to achieve our objectives. We will be coordinating with
concerned ministries like Ministry of HRD, Ministry of Science &
Technology, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of
Agriculture and Ministry of IT to achieve our goals. This will help
us to form an overview and then report to the Prime Minister. We plan
to develop a set of deliverables by October 2 and make public a 36-
month plan from October 2, 2005 to October 2, 2008.
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The commission will focus on matters related to management of
knowledge areas. How are you going to define the parameters?
-------------------------------------------------------------------
The focus is on creation of knowledge, its dissemination and its
utilisation in health, education and many areas. The focus will also
be on life cycle of knowledge, and how it's used when you are a
child, a youth, and old age.
We will talk about quality education which could be at primary,
secondary or higher level and how it can be linked with research and
devel opment, linkages with industry, integration and its application
in university system.
If we want to emerge as a knowledge society we also have to think
about institutions, which need to be created to accelerate the spread
of knowledge in our country. There will be focus on e-governance and
e-learning at tehsil, district and state levels. We will talk about e-
files, multiple accesses and interlinking of all departments through
single system.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
You once said that accessibility rather than density should be the
focus of telecom reforms in the country. Will you follow a similar
out-of-box thinking to bring reforms in education as well?
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The focus is on how knowledge can be used to improve lives and
provide jobs to a large number of people. For example, how knowledge
can be used to provide additional training and tools to upgrade an
electrician's skills and productivity. Twenty years ago when we
embarked on the telecom dream, everyone felt that it was like a pipe
dream. There were 20 questions asked on why telecom and not health,
education, water and many more. Our idea was to provide accessibility
to people in the form of PCO. If you plant the right seed now, the
results will only show after 20 to 30 years.
The climate is right now to bring a revolution in the management of
knowledge as well. We have to start discussing issues at local level
too. We are a country of one billion people but we do not have enough
think-tanks which can discuss issues like water, health and
education. All these issues will be discussed in detail.
The idea this time would be to pick an issue and push it forward. It
could be literacy, higher education, S&T, rural education. We plan to
launch an allout attack on multiple fronts.
______________________________________________________________________
(Source: Chanda, Amit (2005): Talking about a knowledge revolution,
The Times of India, New Delhi, July 25, Monday, Education Times, pp
1&7,
http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?
Daily=TOIM#TOP (accessed: July 25, 2005)
India's National Knowledge Commission is going to meet in the
first week of August in New Delhi to discuss issues related to
knowledge production, use and dissemination. The commission,
according to its chairperson plans "to launch an allout attack on
multiple fronts." Read an account of Amit Chanda's talk with the
chairperson, reproduced below* for convenience, at:
Chanda, Amit (2005): Talking about a knowledge revolution, The Times
of India, New Delhi, July 25, Monday, Education Times, pp 1&7,
http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?
Daily=TOIM#TOP(accessed: July 25, 2005).
Dr D.C.Misra
July 25, 2005
______________________________________________________________________
*Q & A
Talking about a knowledge revolution
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tech Czar Sam Pitroda is back as the chairman of the National
Knowledge Commission to prepare India to meet knowledge challenges in
the 21st century. Pitroda talks to Amit Chanda about his new role
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The architect of India's telecommunication revolution Sam Pitroda is
back in business. This time, Pitroda, however, will be spearheading
the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) as chairperson, constituted
by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in April this year to prepare the
country to meet knowledge challenges in the 21st century. The
commission is going to meet in the first week of August in the
Capital to discuss issues related to knowledge production, use and
dissemination.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
What is the mandate of the National Knowledge Commission?
---------------------------------------------------------------------
The commission — comprising P M Bhargava as vice-chairperson and
members Nandan Nilekani of Infosys, educationists Deepak Nayyar,
Ashok Ganguly, Andre Beteille, Jayati Ghosh and Pratap Bhanu Mehta
—
will be looking at building excellence in the educational system to
meet the knowledge challenges and increase India's competitive
advantage in fields of knowledge.We seek to promote creation of
knowledge in science and technology laboratories, improve the
management of institutions engaged in Intellectual Property Rights or
IPR and promote knowledge applications in agriculture and industry.
The committee will also promote the use of knowledge capabilities in
making the government an effective, transparent and accountable
service provider to the citizen.
The committee members have shared documents on different issues. The
three-day meeting which is going to take place in the Capital in the
first week of August will witness our future course of action and how
we are going to achieve our objectives. We will be coordinating with
concerned ministries like Ministry of HRD, Ministry of Science &
Technology, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of
Agriculture and Ministry of IT to achieve our goals. This will help
us to form an overview and then report to the Prime Minister. We plan
to develop a set of deliverables by October 2 and make public a 36-
month plan from October 2, 2005 to October 2, 2008.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
The commission will focus on matters related to management of
knowledge areas. How are you going to define the parameters?
-------------------------------------------------------------------
The focus is on creation of knowledge, its dissemination and its
utilisation in health, education and many areas. The focus will also
be on life cycle of knowledge, and how it's used when you are a
child, a youth, and old age.
We will talk about quality education which could be at primary,
secondary or higher level and how it can be linked with research and
devel opment, linkages with industry, integration and its application
in university system.
If we want to emerge as a knowledge society we also have to think
about institutions, which need to be created to accelerate the spread
of knowledge in our country. There will be focus on e-governance and
e-learning at tehsil, district and state levels. We will talk about e-
files, multiple accesses and interlinking of all departments through
single system.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
You once said that accessibility rather than density should be the
focus of telecom reforms in the country. Will you follow a similar
out-of-box thinking to bring reforms in education as well?
--------------------------------------------------------------------
The focus is on how knowledge can be used to improve lives and
provide jobs to a large number of people. For example, how knowledge
can be used to provide additional training and tools to upgrade an
electrician's skills and productivity. Twenty years ago when we
embarked on the telecom dream, everyone felt that it was like a pipe
dream. There were 20 questions asked on why telecom and not health,
education, water and many more. Our idea was to provide accessibility
to people in the form of PCO. If you plant the right seed now, the
results will only show after 20 to 30 years.
The climate is right now to bring a revolution in the management of
knowledge as well. We have to start discussing issues at local level
too. We are a country of one billion people but we do not have enough
think-tanks which can discuss issues like water, health and
education. All these issues will be discussed in detail.
The idea this time would be to pick an issue and push it forward. It
could be literacy, higher education, S&T, rural education. We plan to
launch an allout attack on multiple fronts.
______________________________________________________________________
(Source: Chanda, Amit (2005): Talking about a knowledge revolution,
The Times of India, New Delhi, July 25, Monday, Education Times, pp
1&7,
http://epaperdaily.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?
Daily=TOIM#TOP (accessed: July 25, 2005)
Saturday, July 23, 2005
NKC-9: Review of Mehta (2005a): Regulating Higher Education, etc., The Indian Express, New Delhi, July 14-16.
NKC-9: India's National Knowledge Commission-9: Review of Mehta
(2005a, 2005b and 2005c): Regulating Higher Education, Critiquing the
Regulatory Regime and How to build Quality Institutions, The Indian
Express, New Delhi, July 14-16.
This is a series of three articles by Dr Pratap Bhanu Mehta,
President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi on the state of
higher education in India. In the first part,* the author points out
to the mismatch of supply and demand with the thrust of regulatory
regime to diminish rather than increase supply, in the second part,**
to the regulatory regime, which concentrates on motives and
intentions rather than the likely outcomes and in the third part***
the author suggests a number of measures for improving quality of
higher education in India. This series assumes importance as the
author – Dr Mehta- is Member-Convener of recently constituted India's
National Knowledge Commission (NKC) and building excellence is one of
its terms of reference and his views may have a bearing upon the
deliberations of the commission.
Dr D.C.Misra
July 23, 2005
___________________________________________________________________
*Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (2005a): Regulating Higher Education, The Indian
Express, New Delhi, July 14, Thursday, p-9, Part-I),
http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_frame.php
**Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (2005b): Critiquing the Regulatory Regime, The
Indian Express, New Delhi, July 15, Friday, p-9, Part-II),
http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_frame.php
***Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (2005c): How to build Quality Institutions,
The Indian Express, July 16, Saturday, p-9, Part-III)
http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_frame.php
(2005a, 2005b and 2005c): Regulating Higher Education, Critiquing the
Regulatory Regime and How to build Quality Institutions, The Indian
Express, New Delhi, July 14-16.
This is a series of three articles by Dr Pratap Bhanu Mehta,
President, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi on the state of
higher education in India. In the first part,* the author points out
to the mismatch of supply and demand with the thrust of regulatory
regime to diminish rather than increase supply, in the second part,**
to the regulatory regime, which concentrates on motives and
intentions rather than the likely outcomes and in the third part***
the author suggests a number of measures for improving quality of
higher education in India. This series assumes importance as the
author – Dr Mehta- is Member-Convener of recently constituted India's
National Knowledge Commission (NKC) and building excellence is one of
its terms of reference and his views may have a bearing upon the
deliberations of the commission.
Dr D.C.Misra
July 23, 2005
___________________________________________________________________
*Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (2005a): Regulating Higher Education, The Indian
Express, New Delhi, July 14, Thursday, p-9, Part-I),
http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_frame.php
**Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (2005b): Critiquing the Regulatory Regime, The
Indian Express, New Delhi, July 15, Friday, p-9, Part-II),
http://www.indianexpress.com/archive_frame.php
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Sunday, July 17, 2005
NKC-8: Ministerial working groups to assist the knowledge commission in India
NKC-8: India's National Knowledge Commission-8: Six ministerial working groups to assist the knowledge commission
India’s knowledge commission will address its terms of reference through working groups (WGs) to be constituted by the Ministry connected with each term of reference vide Planning Commission,
Government of India, New Delhi, notification of July 13, 2005.As many as six ministerial working groups will assist the knowledge commission. Such working groups will be set up by
(i)Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on building excellence in the educational system to meet the knowledge challenges of the 21st Century,
(ii)Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) on promoting research in science and technology,
(iii)Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Improving the management of institutions engaged in intellectual property rights (IPRs),
(iv)Ministry of Agriculture on promoting knowledge applications in agriculture,
(v)Ministry of Commerce and Industry on promoting knowledge applications in industry, and
(vi)Department of Information Technology (DIT) on promoting the use of knowledge capabilities to make the government effective, transparent, accountable and public-oriented.
It appears that the knowledge commission may not undertake any original work but may deliberate on the reports of the ministerial working groups (WGs) and make its recommendations to the Prime
Minister. It is noteworthy that all the members of the knowledge commission are part-time. Policy formulation / intervention is thus likely to depend to a large extent upon the deliberations of these
working groups (WGs) rather than the individual expertise of the members.. It is also, however, not known if any Ministry or Department has onstituted the concerned working group (WG) so far or not.
Dr D.C.Misra
July 17, 2005
India’s knowledge commission will address its terms of reference through working groups (WGs) to be constituted by the Ministry connected with each term of reference vide Planning Commission,
Government of India, New Delhi, notification of July 13, 2005.As many as six ministerial working groups will assist the knowledge commission. Such working groups will be set up by
(i)Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on building excellence in the educational system to meet the knowledge challenges of the 21st Century,
(ii)Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) on promoting research in science and technology,
(iii)Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Improving the management of institutions engaged in intellectual property rights (IPRs),
(iv)Ministry of Agriculture on promoting knowledge applications in agriculture,
(v)Ministry of Commerce and Industry on promoting knowledge applications in industry, and
(vi)Department of Information Technology (DIT) on promoting the use of knowledge capabilities to make the government effective, transparent, accountable and public-oriented.
It appears that the knowledge commission may not undertake any original work but may deliberate on the reports of the ministerial working groups (WGs) and make its recommendations to the Prime
Minister. It is noteworthy that all the members of the knowledge commission are part-time. Policy formulation / intervention is thus likely to depend to a large extent upon the deliberations of these
working groups (WGs) rather than the individual expertise of the members.. It is also, however, not known if any Ministry or Department has onstituted the concerned working group (WG) so far or not.
Dr D.C.Misra
July 17, 2005
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