National Knowledge Commission to rejuvenate institutions: PM Jan 12, 2005 04:48:00 PM KOLKATA CAL19 Kolkata, Jan 12 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced setting up of a National Knowledge Commission to rejuvenate the country's 'knowledge institutions' and meet the challenges of the 21st century. "I have decided to create a NKC to strengthen the roots and sinews of our capacity and capability building so that we are better prepared for the challenges of the 21st century," he said while addressing the 11th Partnership Summit, organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The three-day summit is being attended by over 1200 delegates from 27 countries. Emphasising the need for fresh ideas in different fields, Singh said "We cannot afford to just do things better, we must do them differently. The challenge before us - in economic, education, social and education policy - is to think out of the box. We must think anew, afresh and ahead." The NKC, he said, would be shaped by a knowledge pentagon with areas for action to increase access to knowledge for public benefit, develop new concepts of higher education, rejuvenate Science and Technology institutions, enable application of knowledge by industry to enhance manufacturing competitiveness and encourage intensive use of knowledge-based services by government to empower citizens. "It would be a catalyst for setting ambitious knowledge targets and enabling agencies to attain them," the Prime Minister said. PTI http://www.ptinews.com/pti//ptisite.nsf/$All/33EF6B2BD67EF4F965256F87004112D... http://www.kaumudi.com/news/011305/india.stm#7 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com