is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2016 knowledge and news network knn founded 25 july 2013 headquarters new delhi india number of locations 3 website www.knnindia.co.in knowledge & news network knn is a community owned not for profit alternative media 1 platform established to address the problems of indian msmes arising from gaps in information and knowledge flows . it is promoted by giz 2 german agency for international cooperation and the federation of indian micro and small & medium enterprises fisme 3 under the aegis of an umbrella bilateral development programme jointly supported by government of federal republic of germany and government of india . 4 knn provides news and information to the mainstream media both print and electronic fed through a national network of over 156 knn member industry associations . 5 and 110 institutions . 6 the micro small and medium enterprises . 7 msme are considered the back bone of the indian economy . 8 over 40 million in number cumulatively they are the second largest employer after agriculture and contribute over 35 % to exports and almost 40 % to industrial production . however the msme sector is largely unorganized and operates in informal setting . due to their unorganized nature their views and news seldom reach to policy makers . this results in a structural gap in information feedback loop critical for formulation of demand driven policies and schemes . while msmes rightly complain about bad policies the policy makers do not have sufficient information to frame right response . knn aims to enable two way flow of information from msmes to both policy makers and institutions and vice versa . knowledge and news network knn nodes map contents 1 operating architecture 2 history 3 references 4 additional sources 5 external links operating architecture edit knn s back end is based on a unique architecture with its central hub knn bureau and its studio located in new delhi and its regional hubs at bangalore and hyderabad connected through video conferencing facilities . run by a team of journalists with well equipped news bureau and studio its 260 nodes comprising msme associations both geographic and sectoral and institutions msme and research and development institutions engineering colleges management institutes feed text reports and video from the ground which is uploaded after validation . history edit knowledge & news network knn 9 was conceived and implemented through 2012 13 by fisme with support of giz . knn became operational on 25 july 2013 . it was flagged off by union minister of micro small and medium enterprises mr. k.h. muniyappa in new delhi in presence of senior officials of the ministry mr. madhav lal and additional secretary and development commissioner mr. amarendra sinha . also present during the occasion of were ceo of prasar bharati mr. jawhar sircar mr. manfred haebig director private sector development giz india and president fisme mr. d. gandhikumar . knowledge & news network knn launched by msme minister references edit 27 july 2013 . media service for msme knowledge & news network launched indian muslim observer . 26 july 2013 . msme ministry in favour of raising investment cap for smes knn . the economic times . 25 july 2013 . knowledge & news network knn launched by msme minister fisme . 10 august 2013 . knowledge and news network celebrates the msme sector ndtv profit . 156 knn member industry associations knn india industry associations . 110 institutions knn india institutions . 8 july 2013 . knn fisme initiative to highlight sme challenges support biz . 25 july 2013 . knn fisme initiative to highlight sme challenges elcina . knowledge & news network knn additional sources edit knowledge & news network knn launched by msme minister 25 july 2013 fisme . msme ministry in favour of raising investment cap for smes 26 july 2013 the economic times . media service for msme knowledge & news network launch 27 july 2013 indian muslim observer . knowledge and news network celebrates the msme sector 10 august 2013 ndtv profit . knn fisme initiative to highlight sme challenges 8 july 2013 support biz . policy scan govt . policy business procedures & regulations 25 july 2013 elcina . external links edit official website official website official website official website official website official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title knowledge and news network & oldid 714694077 categories indian news websitesnews agencies based in indiajournalism organizationshidden categories orphaned articles from april 2016all orphaned articlesuse indian english from february 2014all wikipedia articles written in indian englishuse dmy dates from february 2014official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces 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