National Knowledge Network to propel India into a knowledge society
New Delhi: Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology Kapil Sibal launched the logo and website for the National Knowledge Network (NKN). "The NKN is a significant step towards ushering a knowledge revolution in the country and poses a challenge to the ways we think and work. Technology is enabler but efforts beyond that are required to inform, educate and empower people of the country," Sibal, Union Minister for Communication and Information Technology (C&IT) at the launch. He further said that we need to work even harder to reap the benefits of this kind of network and put it to the use of children and people in remote parts of India. The NKN envisages connecting all higher centres of learning and research by bringing together all stakeholders from science, technology, higher education, healthcare, agriculture and governance to a common platform. Initially, the decision to set up NKN was announced in 2008-09 with an allocation of Rs.100 crore to the Dep...