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Knowledge Commission to come out with first report by Oct
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(From left) Mr Dayanidhi Maran, Minister for Information Technology; Mr Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission; and Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, at the National Knowledge Commission meeting in the Capital on Thursday. — Kamal Narang
New Delhi
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Aug. 4
THE National Knowledge Commission, set up under the chairmanship of Mr Sam Pitroda, will come out with the first set of recommendations by October 2005.
Speaking to newspersons after a meeting with Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, Mr Pitroda said, "The Commission will look at knowledge from five different perspectives — access to knowledge; knowledge concepts related to education; knowledge creating relating to increase in science and technology labs, patents etc; knowledge application in agriculture, industry and so on; and knowledge services."
He said that the Commission has identified some areas such as the need for liberal art schools or putting in place an e-governance system. The implementation of these ideas would be through government system, non-governmental organisations and civil society.
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