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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Center for Knowledge Societies<br />
| logo = CKSLogoCorrected.svg<br />
| logo_size = 175px<br />
| type = [[Private company|Private]]<br />
| foundation = 2003<br />
location_city = [[File:Flag of India.svg|20px]] [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]]<br />
| location_country = India<br />
| key_people = Dr. Aditya dev Sood, CEO<br />
| industry = [[Experience design|Experience Design]]<br />
| homepage = [http://www.cks.in/ www.cks.in/]<br />
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The '''Center for Knowledge Societies''' (CKS Consulting Pvt. Ltd.) is a design and innovation consultancy headquartered in [[Delhi]], [[India]] with offices in [[Bangalore]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Patna]]. Founded by Dr. Aditya Dev Sood, the company conceptualizes and develops products and services that harness the new possibilities of media, communications and technology, especially in [[emerging economies]].<br />
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CKS has produced three editions of the [[Doors of Perception]] design conference and regularly hosts [[Pecha Kucha]] in New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/newdelhi Pecha Kucha, New Delhi]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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==Publications and projects==<br />
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===Bihar Innovation Lab===<br />
In 2012, CKS announced the creation of the Bihar Innovation Lab.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-21/news/31379016_1_cks-delivery-kit-design |title=Archived copy |access-date=28 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113202021/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-04-21/news/31379016_1_cks-delivery-kit-design |archive-date=13 November 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Funded by the [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]], the Lab aims to bring innovation approaches to the improvement of public health delivery in the state of [[Bihar]].<br />
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===Design Public Conclave===<br />
Beginning in 2011, CKS planned a series of public conversations on the use of design and innovation in government and for the public interest.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/Industry/0T6edJX62RaisWOSxuYzQN/Using-design-principles-for-good-governance.html | title=Using design principles for good governance | date=24 March 2011 | first=Aparna Piramal | last=Raje | publisher=Live Mint | accessdate=18 July 2018 }}</ref> Several subsequent editions of the conference have been held in [[New Delhi]], [[Bengaluru]] and [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://designpublic.in/blog/design-public-4-conversation-collaboration-partnership/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-12-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205123737/http://designpublic.in/blog/design-public-4-conversation-collaboration-partnership/ |archivedate=2012-12-05 }}</ref><br />
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The Design Public Conclave is a unique Conclave that brings together high-level representatives from all sectors of society to deliberate the best ways in which [[design]] and [[innovation]] can serve the [[public interest]]. The larger goal of the Conclave is to serve as an enabling platform for building the necessary partnerships and consortia that will bring this agenda to practical realization.<br />
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===Emerging Economy Report===<br />
In 2008, CKS released the Emerging Economy Report.<ref>[http://cks.in/?portfolio=emerging-economy-report/ Emerging Economy Report<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The report aims to serve as an innovation guide for organizations that seek to participate in innovation processes for [[Emerging economies|Emerging Economies]].<br />
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===Mobile Development Report===<br />
In 2007 [[Nokia]] commissioned CKS to carry out a study into the effect of mobile phones on economic and social life in rural areas.<ref>[http://www.nokia.com/A4946163 Nokia: Mobile Technology for Development] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605161846/http://www.nokia.com/A4946163 |date=5 June 2008 }}<br />
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