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Today's Important News: 14 October 2011
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(Sample Essay) India towards a knowledge society by Vivek Kumar Singh
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Today's Important News: 14 October 2011

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:21 PM PDT

Today's Important News (14-10-2011)

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Posted: 13 Oct 2011 06:27 AM PDT

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India towards a knowledge society

By: Vivek Kumar Singh
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let knowledge come from all sides.(RIG VEDA):

Knowledge has always been an essential and distinguishing characteristic of human society, for human beings are unique among all species in their extended capacity to formulate, systematize, preserve and consciously transmit organized bodies of knowledge from one individual, community, generation and location to another. That is the essence of all that is known as education.

Historically, Indian society is a hierarchical society and its knowledge base has always been elitist. Whether it is the caste based system or the colonial education system, access to knowledge has primarily been the privilege of the few. But such a system can never lay the foundation for a holistic development strategy. Therefore, all socio-economic and political
ideas have to be focused on inclusive growth and socio-economic equality in the real sense.

There is almost universal recognition that knowledge as a product and as an instrument will be the basic foundation for competitiveness of individual business and of nations in the 21st century. Robust research findings suggest that knowledge as a factor of production explains a substantial proportion of economic growth internationally.

The recent focus of good governance is to enable inclusive growth and development. India has come a long way from the hierarchical society and its exclusive educational system which we imbibed from our cultural and social heritage, as well as our colonial past. The thrust of the envisaged changes in the society calls for knowledge for all and a shift towards an inclusive
knowledge based society.

"If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us" said Adlai E. Stevenson . This is the idea behind the concept of an inclusive society based on free and easy access to knowledge for all.

Letters and the Numbers are the two eyes of man.Education is an engine of offence ,defence and ambition.Education and economic reforms are the keys to unlock the doors of development.The traditional notion- knowledge for its own sake, has today given place to the modern idea -knowledge is for development. We live in an increasingly global world where national borders are becoming meaningless.In the context we need to compete with the best from across the world .This necessitates that we benchmark ourselves with global best practices.

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(Jobs) Recruitment of Lecturers at Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission: 2011

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 04:52 AM PDT

Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission

Applications on prescribed form are invited from permanent residents of J&K State only for the posts of Lecturer Anesthesiology in Health Medical Education Department as per Category wise:

Vacancy Details:

1. Post Name: Lecturer Pharmacology (1st Special Drive)
No. of Posts: 1
Pay scale: BP – (9300-34800 + GP 5400)

Prescribed Qualification:

For Medical Persons: Post Graduate Degree in Pharmacology i.e. M.D, Ph.D, D.Sc.
For Non-Medical Persons: Ph.D. Pharmacology

Experience:

As registrar/Tutor, Demonstrator/Tutor or a Senior Resident for a period of two years in a recognized Teaching Medical Institution recognized by the Medical Council of India or the University of Jammu/Kashmir. The teaching experience, if any, gained before or during Post Graduation studentship shall not be considered while determining the eligibility for the posts of Lecturers.

Age as on 1st January 2011

Minimum: 18 years
Maximum: 37 years

Fee: A Fee of Rs. 400/ in respect of general category candidates and Rs. 200/ in respect of reserved category candidates has to be paid in the form of cash through the counters of J&K Bank set up in the offices of J & K PSC at Jammu/Srinagar.