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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

India's NKC calls, again, for OA to publicly-funded research

NKC for online educational resources to promote higher education, India EduNews, November 27, 2007.  Excerpt:

In a recent letter to the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, the National Knowledge Commission [NKC] Chairman Mr. Sam Pitroda has suggested that India should use the broadband internet connectivity to spread high quality educational resources throughout the globe.

The NKC chairman states that, "One of the most effective ways of creating knowledge economy in the country is to stimulate the development and dissemination of quality open access materials and open educational resources through broadband internet connectivity." ...

Among other recommendations, the NKC suggests that all research articles published by Indian authors who receive financial assistance from the government should be available under the open access format. The government should also invest in the digitization of books and journals, which are outside copyright protection....

The suggestions made by Mr Pitroda have been welcomed by several intellectuals and academicians of the country....