DOMS-IIT Roorkee Organising National Level Paper Presentation Contest 'Jigyasa 2007'

DOMS-IIT Roorkee Organising National Level Paper Presentation Contest 'Jigyasa 2007'
Theme: "Digital Inclusion"
Last Date for Entry Submission: January 31, 2007

"Wonder is the foundation of all philosophy, inquiry the progress, ignorance the end."

- Michel de Montaigne

From fire to electricity or wheels to automobiles, it has been a phenomenal journey. And it is this faculty of wonder and spirit of enquiry that has been incessantly driving mankind on its journey.

The mother of all progress has been man’s ceaseless wonder, and an inherent urge to seek the truth, all of which is subsumed in a characteristically pithy Sanskrit term - Jigyasa.

Jigyasa, a National Level Paper Presentation Contest and the flagship event of the Department of Management Studies at IIT Roorkee, has evolved along with the department since its very inception. In the past, it has turned the spotlights on emerging topics such as Knowledge Management, M-Commerce, Innovation, Emerging technologies and Globalization. Traditionally, Jigyasa has been endorsed by prestigious organizations like TCS, BHEL, DSIR, NPC, etc.

Jigyasa - A Quest for Knowledge - encourages different perspectives and learning among various management institutes all over India, for evolving a broad-based, comprehensive insight. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, and so, a fresh panorama is the intended outcome of a well-directed idea churning exercise that is Jigyasa. It provides students with a framework to converge their power of vision to a single idea and an opportunity to network, compete and grow with the best.

Digital Inclusion

A key driver of current societal change is the information and communication technologies. We need a digitally inclusive society - there are no two options on that, and the question looming large is how to achieve it. What is the degree of ‘information access’ that a common Indian man or woman has today, and what can be done about it? What are the essential skills that are even more important than the hardware or software part of information seeking? How do we engender the confidence and enthusiasm that is so much a pre-requisite to adapt new technologies to work for us, the masses?

Digital Inclusion matters because it is important for the economic well-being of our people and country. It matters for the development of a skilled and knowledgeable workforce. It matters because it is important for the maintenance of successful and vibrant local communities. But most of all, it matters for the individual who can, through technology, learn, work, play, entertain, inform and discover. To be denied access to this resource would impoverish the individual, and ultimately, the nation. Indifference to the growing divide could exacerbate an already precarious position in India. No economy or business can grow or develop unless all stakeholders in the system and society are taken care of.

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