Knowledge Economy: The Indian Challenge - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Ashoka Chandra is a Scientist, Technologist, Educationist, Human Resource Planner and Administrator. Ashoka Chandra is Chair Professor, Ministry of IT Chair in Knowledge Economy; Chairman, Government of India Initiative on ‘Competitiveness in Knowledge Economy’; and Chairman, National Institute of Technology, Patna. He was also the Special Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development between June 1999 and June 2002.

Professor Ashoka Chandra headed the entire technical education system in the country, including IITs, IIMs, technological universities, all engineering colleges and polytechnics, institutions of management education, pharmacy, planning and architecture and applied arts for over a decade. He was also responsible for setting up the statutory All India Council for Technical Education.

M.K. Khanijo, Senior Advisor and Research Consultant

With about 50 years experience of teaching, research, consultancy, training, seminars, etc., in industry, educational institutions and research organizations, M.K. Khanijo developed, organized and taught in numerous training programmes, including international programmes and PG Diploma/Master’s Degree Programmes on Human Resource Planning and Development for international participants. The Master’s Programme was run with the affiliation of GGSIP University. He also has experience in developing and supervising research/consultancy/training activities, institutional networking and institutional development.

He is also in the process of setting up a Centre for Social Sector Governance for developing research and training programmes on issues relating to education, health, training and employment and participation in governance; and a A Centre for Management of Innovation and Technology for developing research and training on issues relating to development, application and assimilation of technology, working of R&D institutions, and analysis of science and technology policies.