“A Nation/Organisation‘s inclusive growth and sustainable development is based on the world-class Continuing Education, Life-Long Learning, Research, Innovation, Competitive Intelligence & Core-Competency of its People”.

The empires of the future are the empires of the mind. Our goal and prime task is to organize and disseminate the world’s best information and knowledge and to make it universally accessible in a seamless manner and useful for inclusive growth and sustainable development of all the stakeholders.

This Case Study discusses the Innovative & Benchmarked KOSM (Information & Knowledge Organisation, Sharing and Management) Practices designed and being implemented in L&T- the Indian MNC, for Competitive Advantage, thereby Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development in the New Millennium. This paper also deals in general perspective highlighting about the Top 12 Technological Revolutions that changed the World in the recent past and about 16 Innovative and Benchmarked KOSM Best Practices introduced and sustained in the Global Organization for achieving sustainable competitive advantage, thereby world-class leadership and Growth.

The Digital Library (DL) & KOSM innovative and benchmarked best practices thrive on EIP – the frame work for integrating Information & Knowledge, People, Processes, Technology across organizational boundaries. It provides a secure unified seamless access point in the form of a web-based user interface. The organisational knowledge sharing / learning initiatives harness the collective genius / wisdom of the people, building the knowledge-based society thereby the Competitive Advantage – Core Competencies, Competitive Intelligence and Maximization of Resources, to sustain and grow in this dynamic environment.

S. Vaithiyanathan
S. Vaithiyanathan Library & Documentation Centre (LDC), Larsen & Toubro Limited, ECC Division

Shri. S. Vaithiyanathan is currently Head & DGM – Library & Documentation Centre of Larsen & Toubro – Construction, the Indian MNC based at Its Headquarters in Chennai, India. He is a highly qualified person in the fields of Information Science, Polymer Science, Law, Management, Journalism & Mass Communication, etc., He has designed and implemented several Innovative & Benchmarked KOSM practices most suitable and useful / applicable to the Corporate and Academic User Communities, His work focuses on and Contributes for Building the Knowledge-based Society (KBS), Learning Organisation and Living Company. Before joining L&T, he worked in two renowned Universities of India in Tamil Nadu – Anna University of Technology, Guindy, Chennai – 600 025 and University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai – 600 005. He is a member of many National and International Organisations. Presented papers in many National and International Conferences.