Knowledge commission asks Punjab govt to implement its
recommendations

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Punjab Newsline Network
Monday, 27 August 2007
CHANDIGARH: A 3-member National Knowledge Commission (NKC) led by its
Advisor S.Regunathan Monday called on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash
Singh Badal to apprise him with the recommendations of the commission
and their implementation to create a knowledge base in the state.

Regunathan informed adal that NKC was set up in 2005 as a highl-level
advisory body to the Prime Minister of India headed by Dr. Sam
Pitroda with the objective of transforming India into a knowledge
society. It covers sectors ranging from education to e-governance in
five focus areas of knowledge paradigm; Access – easy access to
knowledge, Concepts - all levels and forms on, Creation – effective
creation of, Applications – of knowledge and Services – like e-
governance.

Interacting with the Commission, Badal appreciated the
recommendations of the NKC and said that the state government would
implement them to strengthen the educational system, promote research
and innovation and knowledge applications in sectors like health,
agriculture and industry. He also evinced keen interest to work in
tandem with commission in focus areas of literacy, education, higher
education, technical education, medial education, vocational
education, libraries, science & technology, innovations, intellectual
property rights and language & portals. Mr.Badal assured the
visiting team that the state government would extend fulsome support
and cooperation to the Commission for translating its recommendations
into reality.

Later, the team headed by Mr.Reghunathan alongwith two research
associates Aditi Saraf and Kanan Dhru had a detailed meeting with a
group of officers headed by Chief Secretary to share their vision and
perspective on an action plan for Punjab on select areas such as e-
governance, translation, libraries, higher education and vocational
education.

Prominent amongst others who were present on the occasion included
Chief Secretary RI Singh, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister DS
Guru, Secretary Coordination Tejveer Singh and Additional Principal
Secretary to Chief Minister Gagandeep Singh Brar.