[LIS-Forum] Colloquium Invitation on National Knowledge Commission

[nitu at drtc.isibang.ac.in]

                     INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
                DOCUMENTATION RESEARCH AND TRAINING CENTRE
                  8th MILE MYSORE ROAD, BANGLORE-56005
                    DRTC COLLOQUIUM-5 (2007-2009)
                                ON
           National Knowledge commission and its Recommendations

                             ABSTRACT
The ability of a nation to create, use and apply information and
information technology in all development-related processes directly
influences and impacts socio-economic development. Recognizing this many
governments and policy- making bodies have initiated processes to
formulate and implement effective national information policies and
strategies. This is seen as necessary to respond to global challenges.
India, as a rapidly growing economy, needs a knowledge-oriented paradigm
of development to give its people advantages in all fields of knowledge.
Recognizing this the Government of India constituted the ‘National
Knowledge Commission’ (NKC) in 2005. The NKC is expected to make
recommendations that help transform India into a knowledge-based society.
Its prime focus is on five key areas of the knowledge paradigm: Access to
knowledge, Knowledge concepts, Knowledge-creation, Knowledge application
and development of better Knowledge services. One of the central
objectives of NKC is to examine the present standards and services of
libraries, other information centers and resources and suggest measures
for their development so that they could play a central role in this
transformation.

The NKC has come out with a document constituting its Report to the Nation
for 2005. This Colloquium will examine the recommendations and
implications with particular reference to libraries.

    	      FACETS                                   SPEAKERS
   1.Overview                                          Nihal Alam
   2.Recommendations: Education & literacy             Jamil Ahmad
   3.Recommendations: Knowledge network &	       Kaushal Giri
                          E-governance
   4.Recommendations- Libraries                        Nitu kumari
   5.Conclusion                                        Ajazur Rahman

Venue:  DRTC classroom
Date:   10th January, 2008
Time:   2:00pm
                    All are cordially invited

                                       K.S.Raghavan
				  (Colloquium Coordinator)



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