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 Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 06:24:11 -0000
 From: "Dr D.C.Misra"
Subject: Re: Project DESTROY (Was: RE: India's National Knowledge Commission)

Bala,

Wonderful. Kindly go ahead!

A word of counsel, though. Whatever you suggest (strategy) should be capable of operationalisation (implementation) and yield demonstratable results (impact).

Dr D.C.Misra

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From: Bala Pillai [mailto:bala@apic.net]
Sent: Sunday, 1 May 2005 1:58 AM
To: 'Dr D.C.Misra'; 'kmsi@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: Project DESTROY (Was: RE: India's National Knowledge Commission)

Dr Misra,

If there are no vehement objections, I'll take charge of corralling acumen for a sixth item, called "Project DESTROY", short for "Levered Destruction of Resistance-to-Learning Architectures".

Think of it as like a KM crack team parallel to what you have in the army.

We will:-

1) Identify vulnerable spots (parallel to pulse points in the body) in the prevailing Resistance-To-Learning Architecture.

2) Rank them in approximate order of vulnerability

3) Identify minimum-effort-maximum-results levers [1] that we use as weapons to destroy them

[1] See http://www.tamil.net/node/133

cheers../bala
Bala Pillai  bala@apic.net
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 1. INDIA'S NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE COMMISSION: CAN THIS GROUP CONTRIBUTE TO IT?
 From: "Dr D.C.Misra"

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Message: 1
 Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 10:29:10 -0000
 From: "Dr D.C.Misra"
Subject: INDIA'S NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE COMMISSION: CAN THIS GROUP CONTRIBUTE TO IT?

INDIA'S NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE COMMISSION TO DEVELOP PLAN OF ACTION BY OCTOBER 2, 2005: CAN THIS GROUP CONTRIBUTE TO IT?
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India's National Knowledge Commission (NKC) with Mr Sam Pitroda as Chairman and Dr P.M.Bhargawa, a molecular biologist, as Vice Chairman has to develop a concrete plan of action by October 2 this year, and it has to be implemented in the next 36 months by October 2, 2008, when the Commission will wind up, submitting a report on tasks done, according to a news report.*

The main terms of reference of the Commission, referred to as the Knowledge Pentagon, include:

(i) Building excellence in the educational system to meet the knowledge challenges of the 21st Century,

(ii) Promote research in Science and Technology,

(iii)Improve the management of institutions engaged in Intellectual Property Rights,

(iv) Promote knowledge applications in agriculture and industry, and

(v) Promote the use of knowledge capabilities to make the government effective, transparent, accountable and public-oriented. Check the details of this news item, reproduced below for convenience.*

It may be recalled that Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh announced on January 12, 2005 in Kolkata that the Government will create a "Knowledge Commission," to strengthen the roots and sinews of India's capacity and capability-building, so that India is better prepared for the challenges of the 21st Century. Check this news item in The Hindu Busiess Line, January 13, 2005, Thursday at http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/01/13/stories/200501130357030
0.htm.

THE QUESTIONS:

1. CAN THIS GROUP, CONCERNED AS IT IS WITH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, CONTIBUTE TO THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE COMMISSION, SAY, BY SUBMITTING A MEMORANDUM ON EACH OF THE TERM OF REFERENCE CITED ABOVE? [WE CAN OF COURSE ALWAYS REQUEST THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER ADDING A TERM OF REFERENCE].

2. CAN WE FORM COMMITTEES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP ON EACH TERM OF REFERENCE CITED ABOVE? (ANY VOLUNTEERS FOR CONVENERSHIP FOR EACH TERM OF REFERENCE? [I, FOR ONE, CAN TAKE UP ITEM NO.(v) CITED ABOVE].A MEMORANDUM THEN CAN BE PREPARED BY CONSOLIDATING THE DELIBERATIONS [FOR WHICH AGAIN VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED].

Notes:

1.The proposed memorandum must be finalised by the Group and presented to the Commission, say, latest by Monday, May 9, 2005.

2.All the deliberations should be online.

3.If sufficient response is not received from the Group, the proposal will be dropped.

Last Words: All knowledge is useless if it does not serve any social good.

Dr D.C.MISRA
April 30, 2005
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*APPENDIX

Education to get a Pitroda dose
 
Sam back as chairman of national commission with aim to make India `knowledge power'
 
BHAVNA VIJ-AURORA
 
Posted online: Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 0144 hours IST
 
NEW DELHI, APRIL 29: Having headed the Technology Mission during the tenure of late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the Gandhi family's favourite technocrat Sam Pitroda is back as Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission set up by the UPA Government.

And once again Pitroda will be rendering his services free of cost, not drawing any salary like other members of the Commission.
Comprising experts in various fields, the Commission will advise Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on policy-related matters regarding the management of knowledge areas. It will primarily focus on refurbishing, reviving and redeploying the entire education system so that it can build new knowledge resources.
 
Believed to be the brainchild of Pitroda himself, the Commission will have molecular biologist Dr P.M. Bhargava as the Vice-Chairman. The other members would be chosen by Pitroda. The aim of the NKC, according to the PMO, is to establish India as a ``knowledge power''
in the world.

``The Commission has to develop a concrete plan of action by October
2 this year, and it has to be implemented in the next 36 months by October 2, 2008, when the Commission will wind up, submitting a report on tasks done,'' disclosed an official.

The main terms of reference of the Commission, as approved by the Cabinet — and referred to as the Knowledge Pentagon — include building excellence in the educational system to meet the knowledge challenges of the 21st Century; promote research in Science and Technology; improve the management of institutions engaged in Intellectual Property Rights; promote knowledge applications in agriculture and industry; and to promote the use of knowledge capabilities to make the government effective, transparent, accountable and public-oriented.

Working groups from various related ministries — HRD, Science and Technology, Commerce and Industry, Agriculture, and Information Technology — will be associated with the functioning of the Commission. Moreover, ministers in charge of the various ministries will be part of a National Steering Group, headed by the PM, to oversee the Commission's work.

Sources said technical support would be provided to the Commission by a group of 10 young recruits, hired from premier educational institutions like the IIMs and IITs. The Planning Commission would act as the nodal agency for the NKC as regards to administrative work, handling logistics, planning and for budgeting purposes.

(Source: Vij-Aurora, Bhavna (2005): Education to get a Pitroda dose, The Indian Express, New Delhi, April 30, 2005, Saturday, p-5,
available: http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?
content_id=69486).

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