Question : TASK FORCE

(a) Whether the attention of the Government has been drawn to the news-item captioned `11 Member task force set up` appearing in `The Pioneer` dated February 17, 2000;

(b) If so, the facts of the matter reported therein;

(c) The composition of the task force ; and

(d) The time by which the task force is likely to submit its report?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC GRIEVANCES IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PESIONS.

(SHRI ARUN SHOURIE)

(a) & (b) A 13 Member Task Force has been set up for India`s Development as a Knowledge Society.

(c) The Composition of the Task Force is as under:

1.	Shri K.C. Pant	Chairman	Deputy Chairman,	Planning Commission.
2.	Dr. K. Venkatasubramanian,	Member	(Convenor)	Member, Planning Commission.
3.	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam	Member	Principal Scientific Adviser to	The Government of India.

4.	Prof. R.A. Mashelkar	Member	Director General,	Council for Scientific & Industrial Research.

5.	Shri N.R. Narayana Murthy	Member	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,	Infosys Technologies Ltd.,	44, Electronics City, Hosur Road,	Bangalore-561 229.
6.	Professor Ashok Parthasarathi	Member	Centre for Studies in Science Policy,	Jawaharlal Nehru University,	New Delhi.
7.	Dr. Hari Gautam	Member	Chairman,	University Grants Commission.

8.	Shri K.K. Baksi	Member	Principal Adviser (Education),	Planning Commission.
9.	Prof. J.S. Rajput,	Member	Director, NCERT.
10.	Dr. N. Vijayaditya	Member	Dy. Director General (Acting DG),	National Informatics Centre (NIC).
11.	Shri M.K. Kaw,	Member	Secretary,	Department of Education,	Ministry of Human Resource Development.
12.	Dr. (Smt.) Manju Sharma,	Member	Secretary,	Department of Bio-Technology,	Ministry of Science & Technology.
13.	Dr. V.P. Garg	Member-Secretary	Joint Adviser (Education)	Planning Commission.