(Knowledge Forum)

Registered office: C/O INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, New Delhi (India)

President: Dr N. S. Siddharthan, Hon. Professor of Economics, Madras School of Economics, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kottur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Hon. Secretary: Dr K. Narayanan, Professor and Head, Department of Economics, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Address for correspondence: Department of Economics, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076

E mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Mobile: 9820757381

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 a 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 in our website does not prevent the authors from publishing it in any journal. These are not considered as publications.  We have now about 300 Working Papers in 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 short list 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 Economics, IIT Bombay

Members

• 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
• Dr. 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 P.V. Indiresan expressed his desire to be relieved from the post of the President. Consequently, the Governing Council elected Professor S R Hashim 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 N. S. Siddharthan as the President of the forum.

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 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, 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/SEMINARS HELD

We have been regularly holding our annual conferences. The participation rates in the conferences have been high.

17th Annual Conference of Knowledge Forum

December 5-7, 2024

Hosted by: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

Conference Theme: “Technology and Green Economy”

 Themes for discussion:  

Under the overall theme of “Technology, Economy and Sustainability” papers are invited relating to the following topics. Technology dimension will be common to all the topics and therefore is not mentioned separately.

• Circular Economy
• Climate Change
• Grand Challenges
• Green Trade
• Energy Poverty
• Energy Transition
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Industry 5.0
• Rural Development
• Social Economy

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.

 N.S. Siddharthan and K. Narayanan

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