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Dear Amal,
I thought the KCommunity meeting was more for personal networking and fun. But we did hear two serious and useful talks on the morphological framework for KM and the Router model of KM implementation in CTS. I have taken notes, I will try to collate it. There is a website for the morphological framework. Brief details are in the invitation mail which we received. I am trying to paste it here.
Thanks
Mike
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Dear Friends,

The Knowledge Management Community of Chennai would meet on Wednesday, 28th
January, 2009.

The agenda for our gathering is as follows:

5:00 p.m. - 5:10 p.m.: Welcome Address by Host: Dr. L S Ganesh, Professor,
Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras.

5:10 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.: Talk: "Knowledge Management: A Morphological
Perspective" by the KM Group, IIT Madras.

5:40 p.m. - 6:10 p.m.: Popular Crossword Puzzle and Quiz on Knowledge
Management - Open participation.

6:10 p.m. - 6:40 p.m.: Talk: "KM Implementation Experiences" by Mr. Sukumar
Rajagopal, Senior Vice President and Chief Knowledge Officer, Cognizant
Technology Solutions, Chennai.

6:40 p.m - 7.00 p.m.: Networking and Tea.

7.00 p.m. 7.20 p.m.: Closing Discussions and Preview.

ALL ARE WELCOME.

Talk Description - 1 ("Knowledge Management: A Morphological
Perspective" ): Knowledge Management, as a body of knowledge, is evolving
robustly both in the business/industrial context and the academic context.
The morphological perspective that will be described during the talk is
aimed providing a common framework for effective communication among
practitioners, teachers and researchers. It will also help in evaluating
the state-of-the- art in the above diverse contexts. It could thus serve as
a bridge to connect the world of practice with the world of theory, and
enable the K-community to develop stronger internal knowledge bonds.

Background of the Presenters: The KM Group, IIT Madras, is a set of
Faculty, Research Scholars and Students of the Institute who have shared
interests in the subject of Knowledge Management. The group has has made
several invited presentations to popularize the subject, and audiences have
always appreciated the increased clarity they gained from the
presentations. Members of the group share among them several publications
in reputed international and national journals.

Talk Description - 2 ("KM Implementation Experiences" ):
The talk would focus on sharing the KM Implementation experiences within
Cognizant. This would include sharing of Best Practices, Lessons Learnt and
Distilled Wisdom gained through years of KM Journey.

Background of the Speaker: Mr. Sukumar Rajagopal, the CKO, Cognizant
Technology Solutions, Chennai, is a founding member of Chennai's K-
Community.

Mr. Sukumar Rajagopal has over 20 years experience in the IT industry. He
has been highly successful in project delivery, P&L management, executive
relationship building, operations management and knowledge management in
consulting companies. Mr. Rajagopal has extensive experience in managing
Fortune 500 clients, and has consistently achieved top ranked business
performance.

A strategic thinker with an entrepreneurial knack for spotting
opportunities, Mr. Rajagopal was one of the prime movers of the ebusiness
practice in Cognizant. He has managed delivery teams of 10 to 700
consultants and has had overall responsibility for over 2500 people in an
onsite-offshore model. As the CKO since Jan 2006, he created the Router
Model of KM which has been presented at numerous KM conferences and has
received critical acclaim from experts. Cognizant Technology Solutions' KM
strategy has appeared in the Economic Times, The Hindu newspapers and the
Business Week magazine's blog. Prior to this, he was the Chief Executive
for Wipro's Manufacturing & Health Care Solutions worldwide. He has an
Engineering Degree and a Post Graduation in Management. He has been in the
Industry for the last 25 years. He has experience in software delivery,
service, system Integration and sales.

Mr. Sukumar Rajagopal has wide-ranging interests and continuously generates
a lot of ideas in many fields. He has written numerous articles in company
journals and has been running a blog for the past 4.5 years, whose posts
have appeared on leading blogs on the internet. He takes keen interest in
the community and has run fund raising drives for local charities and worked
on the board of local charities.


Contact Person:

Prof. L S Ganesh
Phone: +91 94440 19435
Landline: 044-2257 4550 (Office)
Email ID: lsg@iitm.ac. in

Also, don't forget to register online in our new website
(www.kcommunity. org) and circulate this message among your KM colleagues.. .
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Sincere Regards,

Knowledge Management Community of Chennai
URL: www.kcommunity. org
Chennai, India