Knowledge loss at Institute of Higher Learnings in Technologies in India

Institute of Higher Learning in Technologies (IHLTs) in India suffers from inadequacy of quality technical institutes and staff, which is tough to remove. Across the globe, knowledge retention is a challenge in technical institutes and knowledge is the main asset of organizations. Moreover, prevention of “knowledge loss” enables a technical institute in better knowledge transfer thereby providing quality education to its students. The research questions in this study are how IHLTs can minimize the knowledge loss in an environment experiencing high levels of retiree? The result reveals that special care be taken to a) retain best practices b) handle unexpected situations c) knowledge sharing and d) educating the Top management of a technical institute about the importance of KM practice and thereby reducing knowledge loss.