The flow of knowledge, expertise and ideas between India and overseas Indians is an example of a symbiotic two way relationship that extends in both directions.
To formalize this exchange, the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, Government of India announced the Global India Network for Knowledge, Global INK, at the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas last year.
A session on Leveraging Knowledge Networks – Global INK was organized at the PBD 2010, to look at the future direction of Global INK.
successful Indians can be knowledge givers not just in academic terms but also in bridging the knowledge gaps in various projects.
Platform will link the knowledge provider with the recipients who need it. He added that to start with the primary areas of focus would be in line with the priorities of the XIth five year plan. However this would not be a limiting factor for the future.
Network will provide an institutional mechanism to channel the knowledge and expertise of the Diaspora on specific focus areas. These include issues central to India’s economic growth, bridging the knowledge gap in execution of development projects, serve as a platform to connect knowledge groups and cultivate & facilitate participation in relevant knowledge transfer programs. Network will also allow to tap into the phenomenal work done by some of the informal global knowledge networks of Indians across the globe, powerful in their reach and scope, the likes of Pan IIT Alumni Association.
such networks would be successful only if the financial and competiveness impact is felt by the participants. He also advocated that the tacit knowledge’, ideas and information that are not documented and hard to communicate, should also be part of exchange.
live contact amongst the participants to build a sense of commonality and trust.
Four pillars of Global Knowledge economies, namely consolidating economic & institutional frameworks, increasing the number of skilled workers, producing an efficient innovation system and more dynamic information infrastructure.
India was in a state of readiness to be a knowledge economy and that the Diaspora could take the lead in providing ‘social capital’ on the Global INK network.
Knowledge networks could be used in the area of higher education. Access and excellence were the two most important areas that need attention. Making the higher education system flexible – anyone, anytime, anywhere and in any field – will not only increase the much needed access to higher education system in India but will also enable greater participation of the Diaspora.
Hemant Patel, President Indian American Committee, USA shared a model of healthcare delivery being currently implemented by the Diaspora in select villages of Gujarat. The model addresses the issue of access to basic healthcare in Indian villages and is based on a model adopted by the US Navy
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