?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=National+Knowledge+Commission+of+India+%3A+an+overview&rft.creator=Pitroda%2C+Sam&rft.creator=Bhargava%2C+P.M.&rft.creator=Mehta%2C+Pratap+Bhanu&rft.creator=B%C3%83%C2%A9teille%2C+Andr%C3%83%C2%A9&rft.creator=Ganguly%2C+Ashok&rft.creator=Ghosh%2C+Jayati&rft.creator=Nayyar%2C+Deepak&rft.creator=Nilekani%2C+Nandan&rft.subject=B.+Information+use+and+sociology+of+information.&rft.subject=C.+Users%2C+literacy+and+reading.&rft.description=The+21st+Century+has+been+acknowledged+worldwide+as+the+'Knowledge+Century'.+Every+nation+now+finds+itself+operating+in+an+increasingly+competitive+and+globalised+international+environment+where+the+information+infrastructure%2C+research+and+innovation+systems%2C+education+and+lifelong+learning%2C+and+regulatory+frameworks+are+crucial+variables.+%0AIn+the+next+few+decades+India+will+probably+have+the+largest+set+of+young+people+in+the+world.+Given+this+demographic+advantage+over+the+countries+of+the+West+and+even+China%2C+we+are+optimally+positioned%2C+in+the+words+of+our+Prime+Minister%2C+to+%22leapfrog+in+the+race+for+social+and+economic+development%22+by+establishing+a+knowledge-oriented+paradigm+of+development.%0AIt+is+with+this+broad+task+in+mind+that+the+National+Knowledge+Commission+(NKC)+was+established+on+13th+June+2005+and+given+a+timeframe+of+three+years+from+2nd+October+2005+to+2nd+October+2008+to+achieve+its+objectives.%0AThe+overall+task+before+the+National+Knowledge+Commission+is+to+take+steps+that+will+give+India+the+%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%98knowledge+edge%C3%A2%C2%80%C2%99+in+the+coming+decades%2C+i.e.+to+ensure+that+our+country+becomes+a+leader+in+the+creation%2C+application+and+dissemination+of+knowledge.+%0ACreation+of+new+knowledge+principally+depends+on+strengthening+the+education+system%2C+promoting+domestic+research+and+innovation+in+laboratories+as+well+as+at+the+grassroots+level%2C+and+tapping+foreign+sources+of+knowledge+through+more+open+trading+regimes%2C+foreign+investment+and+technology+licensing.+%0AApplication+of+knowledge+will+primarily+target+the+sectors+of+health%2C+agriculture%2C+government+and+industry.+This+involves+diverse+priorities+like+using+traditional+knowledge+in+agriculture%2C+encouraging+innovation+in+industry+and+agriculture%2C+and+building+a+strong+e-governance+framework+for+public+services.+%0ADissemination+of+knowledge+focuses+on+ensuring+universal+elementary+education%2C+especially+for+girls+and+other+traditionally+disadvantaged+groups%3B+creating+a+culture+of+lifelong+learning%2C+especially+for+skilled+workers%3B+taking+steps+to+boost+literacy+levels%3B+and+using+Information+and+Communication+Technology+(ICT)+to+enhance+standards+in+education+and+widely+disseminate+easily+accessible+knowledge+that+is+useful+to+the+public.+&rft.publisher=National+Knowledge+Commission&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F6090%2F1%2FNational_Knowledge_Commission_Overview.pdf&rft.relation=ARRAY(0xad1f1b4)&rft.identifier=Pitroda%2C+Sam+and+Bhargava%2C+P.M.+and+Mehta%2C+Pratap+Bhanu+and+B%C3%83%C2%A9teille%2C+Andr%C3%83%C2%A9+and+Ganguly%2C+Ashok+and+Ghosh%2C+Jayati+and+Nayyar%2C+Deepak+and+Nilekani%2C+Nandan+National+Knowledge+Commission+of+India+%3A+an+overview.%2C+2006+.+In+Launching+of+the+National+Knowledge+Commission%2C+New+Delhi+(India)%2C+2nd+August+2005.+[cited+var+currentTime+%3D+new+Date()%3Bvar+month+%3D+currentTime.getMonth()+%2B+1%3Bvar+day+%3D+currentTime.getDate()%3Bvar+year+%3D+currentTime.getFullYear()%3Bdocument.write(month+%2B+%22%2F%22+%2B+day+%2B+%22%2F%22+%2B+year)].+Available+from+WWW%3A+http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F6090%2F.+[Conference+Paper]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F6090%2F