Centre for Knowledge Sovereignty (CKS) is a decade old policy-oriented, independent, nonpartisan, public-policy think tank that works to ensure Knowledge sovereignty, security and sustainability in India, with a focus on the sphere of technology and its associated spaces.
Centre for Knowledge Sovereignty aims to highlight India as a leader in policy making and influence in the upcoming technology space, not only for the Asian region, but for the world.
Centre for Knowledge Sovereignty is an organisation that engages in research and policy consulting in a broad range of fields. The fields that the organisation looks into all root themselves in technology and depend on technology for growth. In the current era, technology has penetrated all fields, and so Centre for Knowledge Sovereignty also stretches its purview across all domains.
The major areas of research that CKS ventures into are:
- Data Sovereignty;
- Data Privacy and Protection;
- Geospatial Technology and Sovereignty;
- Cybersecurity;
- Cyber Warfare;
- Critical Infrastructure Protection;
- Disruptive Technologies – Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, 3D Analytics, Drone Technology, etc;
- Trade Agreements;
- Geo-politics;
- Sustainable Energy and Environment.
The aim of the organisation is to impact these focus areas with:
- Political and Strategic insight into major threats and risks to our society;
- Driving change and policy initiatives;
- Brining together leaders and stakeholders from multiple sectors to common platforms;
- Enable the Indian human capital via encouraging research, innovation and application in
a sovereign manner.
