INTRODUCTION
Forum for Global Knowledge Sharing (Knowledge Forum) is a specialised, interdisciplinary global forum. It deals with science, technology and economy interface. It aims at providing a platform for scholars belonging to different institutions, universities, countries and disciplines to interact, exchange their research findings and undertake joint research studies. It is designed for persons who have been contributing to R&D and publishing their research findings in professional journals. Its registered office is housed at the Institute for Human Development (IHD), New Delhi. However, its members and office bearers are from various institutions and countries (see the list of Governing Council Members) and function from their respective institution. Knowledge Forum was registered on August 25, 2005. We regularly hold annual conferences where the members present their research papers, share research findings with other members and interact. Knowledge Forum annual international conferences have been well attended and the papers have been of high quality.
At present, there is no inter-disciplinary forum for persons belonging to different disciplines like business schools, economics, basic sciences and technology to interact, collaborate and share their knowledge on the problems involved in technology creation and transfer, and other issues relating to global business. It was felt that in the current era of globalisation and fast technological change the creation of such a forum is vital.
Economists have been working on themes relating to technology creation and transfer without having an in-depth knowledge of science and technology. Likewise, technologists have also been working on these themes without much or any knowledge of their economic viability. Therefore, some of us felt the vital need for a forum where technologists and social scientists could meet and interact. The membership to the Forum is open to all scholars who have been publishing in refereed professional journals.
Corporate Members: Global Development Network; The Hindu, The Kasturi & Sons Limited; Sir Dorabji Tata Trust; and EID Parry India Ltd, Murugappa Group.
RESEARCH PAPERS
An important part of our website is the folder on “Working Papers” All the registered members are allowed to submit their research papers. The submitted papers are refereed (peer-reviewed) and the accepted papers are uploaded on the website. Placing the paper on our website does not prevent the authors from publishing it in any journal. These are not considered publications. We have now about 300 Working Papers on the website. eSocialSciences has also been giving wide publicity to our papers and programmes. In addition to Working Papers, we also have folders on conference papers where presentations by non-members are also placed and one on communications which provides a shortlist of conference papers that are published in journals. Conference papers published in conference volumes are listed under books. In this folder members also share important developments in science, technology, economy and research methodology. We also have a folder on Books where our publications are listed with abstracts.
GOVERNING COUNCIL
President
- Professor N. S. Siddharthan, Hon. Professor, Madras School of Economics, Chennai
Vice Presidents
- Professor Stanley Nollen, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, Washington DC
- Professor Y. S. Rajan, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor, ISRO
Treasurer
- Professor Bino Paul, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Hon. Secretary
- Professor K. Narayanan, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Bombay
Members
- Professor Y.K. Alagh, Chancellor, Central University of Gujarat.
- Professor S. R. Hashim, former Chairman, Union Public Service Commission and former Member Secretary, Planning Commission
- Professor Filip De Beule, KU Leuven University, Belgium
- Professor Bishwanath Goldar, Institute of Economic Growth and JNU, Delhi
- Professor Ashok Jain, Former Director NISTAD
- Professor K. L. Krishna, former Director, Delhi School of Economics
- Kaushalesh Lal, Society for Development Studies, Delhi and MERIT, The Netherlands
- Professor B. L. Pandit, Delhi School of Economics
- Padma Prakash, eSocialSciences
- Professor Alakh N. Sharma, Director, Institute for Human Development, New Delhi
- Professor Malathy Duraisamy, IIT Madras.
Note: Professor P. V. Indiresan was the founder President and remained President till October 2008. During the General Body Meeting (October 17, 2008), Professor Indiresan expressed his desire to be relieved from the post of the President. Consequently, the Governing Council elected Professor S R Hashim as President. During the Governing Council Meeting of 15 November 2018, Professor Hashim expressed his desire to be relieved from the Post of the President and the Governing Council elected Professor Siddharthan President.
MEMBERSHIP
Membership of KNOWLEDGE FORUM is open to any individual with a research publication record in professional forums or holder of patents and who is in agreement with the objectives of KNOWLEDGE FORUM and who is prepared to work for their furtherance.
In addition, there is also a provision for Corporate Membership and corporate institutions (including registered bodies and trusts) can become members and nominate their executives to take part in the activities of the Knowledge Forum.
Membership Fee:
- Individual Members, lifetime fee of rupees one thousand (INR1000)
- International Members, lifetime fee of US dollars one hundred ($100)
- Indian Corporate Members, onetime fee of rupees hundred thousand (INR100, 000.00). International Corporate Members, onetime fee of US dollars ten thousand ($10,000.00)
- To become a member visit our website, < http://fgks.in> login and register
- Contact Address: Professor N. S. Siddharthan, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
CONFERENCES
We have been regularly holding our annual conferences. The participation rates in the conferences have been high. The 2006 conference papers were published by Routledge and the volume was released during the 2007 conference at IIT Bombay. The 2007 conference papers have also been published by Routledge and the volume was released during the 2009 conference held at the Tata Institute for Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. The Journal Science, Technology and Society brought out a special issue of the journal on the theme Innovations and Enterprise Development containing select papers presented at our conference held at the Madras School of Economics, March 19-21, 2010. The special issue was released during the 2011 Annual Conference at Goa. One set of select papers from the 2010 Annual Conference was published by Springer and another set in a special issue of Contributions to Indian Social Science. These two publications were released during the 2012 Annual Conference. Select papers from the 2011 Annual Conference were published by Science, Technology and Society and released during the 2012 Annual Conference. Select papers from the 2012 conference have been published in a special issue of the journal Innovation and Development published by Routledge. Springer published select papers from the 2013 Annual Conference held at IIT Bombay. Some papers from the 2014 conference held at NIAS Bangalore have appeared in the Journal of Industrial Statistics. In addition, certain other papers presented at the 2014 conference and 2015 Workshop held at TISS Mumbai is published by Springer.
15th Annual Conference of Knowledge Forum
December 4-6, 2020
Hosted by: International Management Institute (IMI), Kolkata
Conference Theme: “Technology and Economy”
Call for Papers
Themes for discussion: Under the overall theme of “Technology and Economy” papers are invited relating to the following topics. Technology dimension will be common to all the topics and therefore is not mentioned separately.
- Big Data
- Creative Industries
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Environment and Sustainable Development
- Financial Sectors
- Global Value Chain
- Innovation and Development
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Water Resource Management
Conference Format
The conference will have an introductory session followed by Competitive Sessions. In the competitive sessions, all the papers will be refereed before accepted for presentations. Case Studies from Technologists on any of the sub-themes of the Conference would also be considered for presentation.
- Last date for submission of the title of papers and abstracts: May 31, 2020
- Last date for full paper submission: July 31, 2020
- Send the abstracts and paper to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
N. S. Siddharthan and K. Narayanan
CONFERENCES/SEMINARS HELD
We have been regularly holding our annual conferences. The participation rates in the conferences have been high.
|
Dates |
Hosts |
Themes |
Outcome/Publications |
|
October 11-13, 2019 |
IIT Madras, Chennai |
Technology and Economy |
|
|
November 16-18, 2018 |
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai |
Technology and Employment |
Book by Springer Nature India Ltd. Forthcoming |
|
August 11, 2018 |
MSE Chennai |
Technology and Development |
Select papers in Innovation and Development, Routledge |
|
February 24, 2018 |
Centre for Policy Studies, IIT Bombay |
FDI: Issues and Policy |
Policy Brief |
|
November 10-12, 2017 |
NCDS Bhubaneswar |
Changing Paradigms in Technology, Trade and Development |
Book by Springer Nature India Ltd. Forthcoming |
|
December 3-5, 2016 |
IIT Madras |
Globalisation of Technology and Development |
Book by Springer |
|
March 18, 2016 |
IIT Bombay |
Creation and Diffusion of Technology |
Book by Springer |
|
November27-28, 2015 |
NIAS Bangalore |
Technology, Growth and Sustainability |
Different Professional Journals |
|
March 7, 2015 |
TISS Mumbai |
Harnessing Technology for Challenging Inequality |
Book by Springer |
|
October,27-29, 2014 |
NIAS Bangalore |
Technology: Corporate and Social Dimensions |
Book by Springer and some papers in Journal of Industrial Statistics |
|
October 25-27, 2013 |
IIT Bombay |
Emerging Technologies and Development |
Book by Springer |
|
November 30 - 2, December 2012 |
Symbiosis, Pune |
Technology Intensity and Global Competitiveness |
Special issue of Innovation and Development, Routledge |
|
November 18-20, 2011 |
Goa University |
Agglomeration, Technology Clusters and Networks |
Special issue of Science, Technology and Society, Sage |
|
July 15-16, 2011 |
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai |
Academic Ethics |
Report in Current Science
|
|
November 11-12, 2010 |
IIT Bombay |
Human Capital and Development |
Book by Springer and some papers in Contributions to Indian Social Science |
|
March 19 -21, 2010 |
MSE, Chennai |
Frontier Issues in Technology, Development and Environment |
Special issue of Science, Technology and Society, Sage |
|
October 9-10, 2009 |
TISS Mumbai |
Science, Technology and Economy: Emerging and Developed Countries |
Different Professional Journals |
|
October 17-18, 2008 |
ISID, Delhi |
Globalisation of Knowledge Development and Delivery |
Different Professional Journals |
|
November 2-3, 2007 |
IIT Bombay |
Globalisation of Chinese and Indian Enterprises |
Book by Routledge |
|
October 6-7, 2006 |
IHD and IIC, Delhi |
Knowledge Based Industries, Employment and Global Competitiveness |
Book by Routledge |
Download Knowledge Forum Profile
