Message The magnitude of India’s role as the emerging economic power of the future recognises that twenty first century is the ‘century of knowledge’. We have to innovate and cleverly deploy our restricted resources to make education more relevant and to achieve excellence in research. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 has been enacted, envisaging significant reforms in the Elementary Education sector especially with reference to admission, attendance and completion of elementary education by all children in schools. The government is carrying out fully the spirit of true and quality education policies especially in the under-developed regions of the country. The rapid acceleration of change, driven largely by technological developments, is giving rise to new ways of value creation in the corporate world. Along with this, corporations are growing rapidly, transcending national borders and making their presence felt in different societies across the world. It has to be ensured that such growth is in consonance with the progress of society as a whole and contributes significantly to social justice equity and human development, both within an organisation and in the larger community. The education system in India should respond to the education needs of the industry bridging the gap between industry and academia while providing for the workforce in India and across globe. I wish to urge all the educational institutions to emerge as Centre of Excellence in all facets of education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values. Let me compliment ‘digitalLEARNING’, a leading magazine on ICT and education, which has played a key role in providing a platform to all the stakeholders to voice their views and opinions. I also take this opportunity to wish the digitalLEARNING magazine for entering into its 7th year of publication. I hope it carries on this role for many more years to come! I am also happy to know that the publishers of digitalLEARNING magazine are organising the first World Education Summit, a Global Platform for knowledge sharing on Innovations in Education, from July 13-15, 2011 at New Delhi, India. I congratulate the organisers on this endeavour. I am pleased to know that my Ministry is actively participating and supporting this path-breaking event. I wish this event a great success.
(Dr. D. PURANDESWARI)