Tuesday 31 July 2007

Knowledge Management idea awaits Kalam


Former President of India, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who has shown an exemplary model of returning to his passionate academic profession on the very day of retiring from the nation's highest post, will soon receive a note on a thoroughly innovative scientific concept. Dr. Kalam's glorious image also owes to his persistent desire to use the science and technology for the benefit of the deprived lots of villages, chiefly the peasants.
The outcome of a dialogue held at the Environmental Sciences Department (ESD) of University of Kerala on Knowledge Management, a groundbreaking idea towards natural resources management, will be forwarded to Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. The meeting held on 23rd July on the adoptability of the new idea, 'Knowledge Management' (KM) for natural resources management was well attended by eminent academicians, researchers and students of the ESD. The idea envisages finding, selecting, sorting and using of information for solving problems pertaining to natural resources management of different localities.
KM is supposed to usher in a new era of using IT, the so called elite's privilege, for the benefit of the natural resources management through the rural stretches. To Dr. Kalam, who has etched a glorious episode of being the people's President, the idea of KM has every reason to be a matter of delight.
Once launched, KM will be of great use in enhancing the effectiveness of ongoing popular projects including Rural Watershed Management, Integrated Rural Development, and Eco-friendly agricultural system.
Chief architects of this groundbreaking model are Head, ESD, Dr. V. Sobha, Professor of the Indian Institute of Information Technology Kerala (IIITK), Dr. C.S.P. Iyer and Assistant Professor of IIITK, Dr. R. Jaysankar. During the classroom meeting, Director of IIITK, Dr. K.R. Srivatsan gave an overview on the new Knowledge Management.

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