Convention to be held at IGNOU
The fourth convention of the National Alliance for Mission 2007 : every village a knowledge centre and the fifth convocation of Jam-setji Tata National Virtual Academy (NVA) fellows shall be held at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) from 1st – 3rd August 2007. The programme objectives are to review the current status of Mission 2007, to prepare a road map for Mission 2007 for the next five years and to redesign Mission 2007 as a Rural Knowledge Movement. The various organisations involved in the venture include IGNOU, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Microsoft, Space Development Cor-poration (SDC), International Development Research Centre(IDRC), Telecentre.org, Tata Education Trust Mumbai. Qualcomm, Media Lab Asia.