"The Emerging Organisation of Knowledge And The Future of Universities"
19-20, December 2008
32nd Indian Social Sciences Congress, Jamia Milia Islamia University
New Delhi

Conference Organising Committee:
Avinash Jha, CSDS, Delhi
D.G.Kanhere, Pune University, Pune.
C N Krishnan, Anna University, Chennai
Andrew Lynn, JNU, Delhi
Gora Mohanthy, Sarai Project, CSDS, Delhi
Sunil Sahasrabudhey, Vidya Ashram, Benares
Rajeev Sangal, IIIT Hyderabad
Raghubir Sharan, LNMIIT, Jaipur

Exceprt from the Call for Papers: The conference on “The Emerging Organization of Knowledge and the Future of Universities” is being organised in Delhi during 19-20 Dec.2008 as a part of the 32nd Indian Social Sciences Congress (ISSC-08). Its goal is to develop an understanding of the new dynamics of knowledge and the future of universities in the context of the emerging technological and geo-political landscape. The complex set of issues here would be captured in papers and
talks covering two broad themes – (i) New Dynamics in the World of Knowledge, (ii) The University in Transition.

Papers presented by Vidya Ashram Members:

1. Internet and the Shifting Grounds of Knowledge by Avinash Jha

2. Knowledge, Work and Education by Amit Basole


3. Re-inventing the Indian University: Arguing from a Lokavidya Standpoint by Sunil Sahasrabudhey

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