During the recent CII Partnership Summit 2005, the Prime Minister recently announced a plan to set up a National Knowledge Commission to "strengthen national capacities and capabilities" in the face of globalisation challenges. Five areas of knowledge (a so called knowledge pentagon) have been identified for attention according to the Times of India Mumbai (Jan 13) These include:
1. developing new concepts of higher education to make Indian universities world class centres of innovation 2. rejuvenation of science and technology labs to create knowledge for developing new products and services 3. application of knowledge by industry to enhance productivity and worker safety while gaining competitive advantage in the global market place 4. application of information technology by government and 5. increasing access to knowledge for public benefit. The ultimate grand aim is to make India not only a knowledge producing but a knowledge consuming and knowledge sharing society.
