Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is all set to bring in the globally-reputed Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Awards to India. The award is amongst the reputed accolades for companies across the globe that celebrate the best practices in knowledge management.Announcing this, Ashok Soota, chairman of CII Infovision 2006, said that 10 Indian companies have been short-listed for the awards, and the winners would be announced during the Infovision summit to be held in Bangalore between September 28-29."MAKE Awards have been around for quite sometime and around 150 global firms have won this award. This is the first time that the award will be given in India, and companies including Infosys and Wipro are in the race for this," Soota said.He added that MAKE Awards is debuting in India at a time when Indian firms are investing significant amount of resources to build on their intellectual capital. CII is bringing in luminaries from across the globe for Infovision 2006 to channel the immense flow of knowledge in today's world."We need to build further capability by exploring the role of knowledge, content, community, technology and innovation as part of the journey. Knowledge is an important part of intellectual capital and has become a key asset for individuals, organisations and societies and during the event, a galaxy of experts from various specialisations will outline their viewpoints," he noted.Infovision 2006 will be attended by experts including Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.
