Dr. N.S.Rajendran from Malaysia highlighted the importance of networks and mentioned that he could count at least 50 major networks of significance. Networks needed sustained efforts to be successful. Administration of the networks was crucial. Therefore, there was a need to recognise an indigenous knowledge creation process. Their role could not be discounted. They needed to be documented. Researchers among the diaspora could network and mutually benefit. The networking could go beyond web-based platforms, he said.

Paper presented at SEAMEO Regional Centre for Education's International Conference on Science and Mathematics in Penang, Malaysia on 6-8 December, 2005.

Paper presented at SEAMEO Regional Centre for Education's International Conference on Science and Mathematics in Penang, Malaysia on 6-8 December, 2005.

Paper presented as a Keynote paper at the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Language Centre’s 35th International Seminar (Theme: Language Curriculum & Instruction in Multicultural Societies) from the 17-19 April 2000 in Singapore.