Incompatibility of Education and Information Technology have been shaking the very foundation of Education of Schools and Universities. Without bothering the compatibility, Information Technology has been put into application in the entire spectrum of Education.for the last 27 years. However, IT could not enter deep in the heart of Teaching, Learning and Research, Smart Class Rooms, Virtual Schools and Universities, have been bombarding the Brains of the Learners with overloaded Data or Information without much Knowledge. Education has been reduced in the art of Searching and Manipulating Data or Information without Knowledge Consumption and Production. Asa solution, Knowledge Industry has been proposed.

2.  Information Technology is a combination of Data
Processing and Data Communication Technologies.
Quite often, Data is called Information and many cases,
Data is even called ‘Knowledge’ out of widely
prevailed misconceptions.
 Data is made of ‘bytes’ , a combination of ‘1’s and ‘0’s.
When Data is processed, we can generate
‘Information’.
 Knowledge gives value, relevance and meaning to
Information. When knowledge is split or put into
application, we can generate Information. But a pile or
heap of Information never makes ‘Knowledge’

3.  Knowing ‘Knowledge’ is a complex task, compared to
that of Data or Information. People rich in Information
may be poor in Knowledge, as data rich need not be
Information rich.
 Most of the dictionaries treat Information as Knowledge
.Missing knowledge for Information is a common
phenomenon, a concern expressed by the poet Eliot in
‘The Waste Land’.
 Knowledge is built upon ‘Concepts’. Concepts have
their own independent existence and meaning. Data or
Information cannot exist independently. Structure of
Knowledge is non-linear and dynamic. Education,
Research, Decision-making and Professional Practices
are ‘Knowledge-Based’.

4.  Can we treat human brain as a Data Processing and
Data Storing mechanism ? Biologists and Brain
Researchers tell us that the major function of the Brain is
collecting, processing, storing and retrieving ‘Data’ or
‘Information’. Can we reduce ‘ dreams’ ‘thoughts’,
ideas, plans, decisions, learning, beliefs or imaginations
into mere Data or Information?
 Can we consider the Bible, the Quran or the Vedas as
the books of Data or as the books of Knowledge?
Though we can find many people who can recite the
entire Bible or Quran or Vedas, we cannot find many
who can recite an entire telephone directory. Why?
Brain is essentially a concept or knowledge processing,
storing, recollecting and communication mechanism. It
facilitates direct access in stead of serial access.

5.  Information Technology is built upon not on
‘Knowledge Structure’ but on ‘Data Structure’. On
the other hand, Education, consisting of Learning,
Teaching, Training and Research, is built upon
Knowledge Structure.
 As and when Education is reduced into Data or
Information manipulation, Information Technology
dictates the terms of Education and of course the
looser is the Humanity, especially the young
generation who misses Knowledge for Data. Data
or Information cannot empower anybody but
Knowledge.

6.  IT cannot enter deep in the heart of
Education- Teaching, Learning and
Research in Schools, Colleges and
Universities.
 Such a realization lead to the birth of
Knowmatics- Mathematics and Engineering
of Knowledge, to study the nature,
structure, production, consumption and
marketing of Knowledge.
 Knowmatics is the basis of Knowledge
Industry- mass or industrial production and
marketing of Knowledge.

7.  For more details about Knowmatics and Mathew’s
Theories of Knowledge and their Educational
applications, please refer 1): Mathew, R. M. and
Mathew, R. R. Knowmatics- A New Revolution in Higher
Education, Journal of the World Universities Forum
4,1,2011:1-11. Its video presentation is posted in
YouTube; 2) www.slideshare.net/drrajumathew
 Knowmatics-based Knowledge Industry offers very
great business and employment opportunities, besides
attractive additional income for the Best Teachers,
Experts and Professionals.
 System, Technology and Business Model for Knowmatics
–based Knowledge Industry have already been
developed for the potential investors and
entrepreneurs.