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[[E100 Alert] R.A. Mashelkar - 2009 Ken Practitioner of the Year |
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For decades of knowledge leadership in creating
collaborative advantage.
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The definition of ken...
ken v. 1. To know (a person or thing). 2. To recognize. 3. To descry (i.e.
discern something difficult to catch sight of; discover through careful
observation or investigation); to have an understanding of something.
n. 1. Perception; understanding. 2.a. Range of vision. b. View;
sight; to make known |
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Dear
E100: |
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We
first discovered Dr. R.A. Mashelkar (INDIA) with his seminal
article on the “Economics
of Knowledge.” At the time, we were editing our trilogy on Knowledge
Economics which has now been picked up by BusinessWeek and others
as Innovation Economics. Dr. Mashelkar was presented with the Ken
Practitioner Award at the KAUST Inauguration Ceremony, Saudi Arabia (22 September 2009). |
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"Tomorrow’s
societies will be knowledge societies.
Tomorrow’s markets will be
knowledge markets.
Tomorrow’s wars will be fought not by the
conventional weapons,
guns, missiles and so on, but they will be fought in
the knowledge markets.”
To create the
best practice in economics of knowledge then it will have to carefully
consider not just the two options of ‘making’ or ‘buying’, but also
‘buying to make better’, ‘making to buy better’ and ‘making it together’. |
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Dr. R.A. Mashelkar, CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow, is
presently also the President of Global Research Alliance, a network of
publicly funded R&D institutes from Asia-Pacific, Europe and USA with over 60,000 scientists. Dr. Mashelkar served as the Director General of Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), with thirty-eight laboratories
and about 20,000 employees for over eleven years. He was also the
President of Indian National Science Academy and President of Institution
of Chemical Engineers (UK). |
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Deeply
connected with the innovation movement in India, Dr. Mashelkar is
currently the Chairman of National Innovation Foundation, Reliance
Innovation Council, Thermax Innovation Council and Marico Innovation
Foundation. Dr. Mashelkar
serves on several Board of Directors (e.g., Reliance Industries Ltd.,
Tata Motors Ltd., ICICI Knowledge Park, and Hindustan Unilever Ltd.),
Scientific Advisory Boards, such as Microsoft (USA), VTT (Finland), et
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He’s
received 27 honorary doctorates, over 50 awards and medals. He has been
elected Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), London, Foreign Associate of
National Academy of Science (USA), Foreign Fellow of Australian
Technological Science and Engineering Academy, Foreign Fellow of US
National Academy of Engineering, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering,
U.K., and Fellow of World Academy of Art & Science, USA. |
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In
the post-liberalized India, Dr. Mashelkar has played a critical role in
shaping India's S&T policies. His visionary work on Intellectual
Property Rights (IPR) led to India's first Traditional Knowledge Digital
Library and subsequently as chairman of the Standing Committee on
Information Technology of World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO). The President of India honored Dr. Mashelkar with Padmashri and
with Padmabhushan, which are two of the highest civilian honors in
recognition of his contribution to nation building. |
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more by clicking here. |
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Previous Ken Award Recipients: |
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| Tayeb Kamali |
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Dr.
Tayeb A. Kamali (UAE) is the Vice Chancellor of the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), and Vice Chairman of the Centre of Excellence for Applied
Research and Training (CERT), the first Technology Park in the UAE. He is architect of the Festival of Thinkers and Chairman of the Board,
‘Education Without Borders’. A founding member of the World Federation
of Associations of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFACP), he serves on the Executive Board Leadership Chair Academy – Maricopa Community Colleges, Arizona, USA , Institutional Member of the International Association of Science
Parks, Member of the British Business Group and Member of the Gulf
Cooperative Council, Dean’s Council. |
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more by clicking here. |
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| Edward DeBono |
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Dr.
Edward de Bono (Ireland) is the world’s leading authority on conceptual
thinking as the driver of organizational innovation, strategic
leadership, individual creativity, and problem-solving (e.g., His Six
Thinking Hats®, and Lateral Thinking™). Edward de Bono has been called
‘the father of thinking about thinking’. Authoring over 69 books, work
translated into over 42 languages, he is ranked amongst the world’s
leading management gurus and thought leaders. Edward de Bono has been
called ‘the father of thinking about thinking’. He is ranked amongst
the world’s leading management gurus and thought leaders. Dr. de Bono
has dedicated his career to linking minds across borders and
generations. |
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more by clicking here. |
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| 2004 |
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| Leif
Edvinsson |
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Professor
Leif Edvinsson (Sweden) is best known as the first Chief
Knowledge Officer in the world as he served as Corporate Director for
Intellectual Capital, Skandia AFS and creator of the Skandia Future
Centre. He currently serves as Professor of Intellectual Capital, University of Lund, and the founder and CEO of UNIC - Universal Networking Intellectual
Capital AB. A member of the Board of knowledge intensive companies, he
serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees for Brain Trust, which in
1998 awarded him the 'Brain of the Year.' He’s the architect of the New
Club of Paris and is listed among the top 20 list of Most Admired
Knowledge Leaders In The World. |
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| 2003 |
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| Dr. Thomas F Malone |
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Dr. Tom Malone is University Distinguished
Scholar Emeritus at North Carolina State. A member of the National
Academy of Sciences, he was elected Foreign Secretary in 1978. He also
chaired the Academy's Geophysics Research Board and its Board on
Atmospheric Physics and Climate. He left a tenured faculty appointment
at MIT in 1955 to join The Travelers Insurance Companies where he went
on to become Senior Vice President and Director of Research. While on
leave from MIT between 1949 and 1951, Dr. Tom Malone is University
Distinguished Scholar Emeritus at North Carolina State. A member of the
National Academy of Sciences, he was elected Foreign Secretary in 1978.
He also chaired the Academy's Geophysics Research Board and its Board
on Atmospheric Physics and Climate. |
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| 2002 |
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| Admiral Bobby Inman |
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Admiral Inman graduated from the University of
Texas at Austin in 1950 with a degree in History, and from the National
War College in 1972 and then served as assistant and chief aid to the
to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He became an adjunct professor
at the University of Texas at Austin in 1987. He was appointed as a
tenured professor holding the Lyndon B. Johnson Centennial Chair in
National Policy in August 2001. |
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Indebted
for their knowledge leadership, |
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Debra |
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