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Industry News: Information and Communications
India ranks No.2 on list of Web Application Attacks Source Countriesedit
The impact of cybersecurity attacks on businesses is significant and unleashes the potential to cause theft or destruction of business critical data, loss of revenue and irreparable damage to reputation. It would be of interest to note that Akamai’s State of the Internet — Security report for Q4 2016, revealed that India is 2nd in the list of countries in Asia Pacific that sourced the most web application attack traffic with nearly 86,38,666 attacks attributed as originating from the country, after China. While this is a significant number, India also ranks 4th in the list of target countries for Web Application Attacks, globally.
Cyber SecurityIoTEvolution of IoT playing a crucial role in the healthcare sectoredit
Healthcare is one of the world’s biggest economic challenges. The growing population is placing further strain on healthcare systems. In 2010, there were 207 million people over 75 years of age worldwide. This figure will rise to 265 million by 2020. With a growing aging population and the prevalence of chronic diseases across the world, there is an urgent need to find new ways to improve patient outcomes, increase access to care, and reduce the cost so that all segment of the society can afford a medical care.
HealthcareIoTCase Analysis: Digital Trendsedit
The real question in today’s digital age is “How do we make ourselves less vulnerable?” A few pointers listed here could help you
Cyber SecurityIoTArtificial Intelligence in the Next-Gen Automobileedit
By Adeesh Sharma
Most global automobile companies are working on driver-less cars that are based on continuous advances in computer vision and deep learning technologies. The Japanese automobile giant Honda showcased a tiny optical sensor that can fit in the rear view mirror of a car and measure throat movement of the passengers in the car. This helps to improve the clarity of conversations amongst passengers in noisy environments.
AutomobileIoTIndian IoT market value to touch $9bn by 2020edit
A rapidly growing hub for IoT solutions, the country’s IoT market size in this area is expected to increase about seven times — from $1.3 billion last year to $9 billion by 2020, said consultancy firm Deloitte in its TMT Predictions 2017. By 2020, we believe industries such as utilities, manufacturing, automotive, transportation and logistics are expected to see highest adoption levels of IoT in India. The government’s planned investment of about $1 billion for 100 smart cities, over the next five years, is expected to be a key enabler for IoT adoption across these industries. In addition, industries such as healthcare, retail, and agriculture are also expected to make significant progress in IoT adoption, it said.
IoTIndustry News: Education
Over 40 per cent engineers trained by APSSDC landed jobs since 2015edit
The Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) is offering training to engineering students in various courses, to improve their skills. In an interview with Express, APSSDC Director T Lakshmi shed light on the training modules and the objectives behind the initiative.
Skill DevelopmentProviding job skills is the focus of the Modi government: Rajiv Pratap Rudyedit
“Engineering colleges are closing down because the children coming out of these colleges cannot be employed because they do not know about technical part (do not possess job skills) of it. The industry wants those with skills,” said Rudy
Skill DevelopmentCareer choice: here’s why you should opt for automobile engineeringedit
India has great scope in automobile engineering. By 2020, India’s share in the global passenger vehicle market is likely to touch 8% from 2.40% in 2015. That’s why there’s increasing scope for qualified automotive engineers and designers in India. The automobile engineering qualifies you to work in a branch of engineering which deals with the study of how to design, manufacture and operate all kinds of moving vehicles such as buses, trucks, cars, two-wheelers, three wheelers, earth-movers and tractors and also their respective engineering subsystems.
EngineeringEducation is not just about mathedit
The success of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan in enrolling almost 98 per cent of all children of school going age has shifted the focus of education to the question of quality. The need for emphasis on quality has been recognised by both educationists and the government. Last year’s Draft National Education Policy has a strong emphasis on pedagogy, learning outcomes and teacher training.
Higher EducationEducation key for Indian economyedit
Mei Kwei, Director of British Council (South India), has appealed to India to accord priority to increasing educational opportunities with qualitative changes, as it is expected to become the second largest world economy by year 2050.
Higher EducationEducation tech to now get personalisededit
By M Somasekhar
A new initiative that promises to harness education technology to improve personalised learning and instruction, especially in engineering subjects has been launched by the University of Southern California (USC). The focus of the project in which two prominent Indian origin technical professionals feature will be to bring education and engineering together.
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Gujarat’s solar panels over canals project is a great idea for sustainable energy productionedit
Renewable sources of energy have always been undermined by lobbying groups and other forces but the climate change is a constant reminder for mankind to move towards cleaner sources of energy. And now, solar energy has reached a critical limit where the cost of production has gone down and the platform has been created to more adoption which will only lead to a cleaner future.
Solar EnergySolar tariff crashes below grid power costedit
Solar power tariff is likely to come down closer to the cost of conventional power sources due to technological advancement and increase efficiency. Recently, Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Ltd (RUMSL) has bid a record low tariff of Rs 3.3/kwh — levelised over power purchase agreement PPA period of 25 years — for a 750 MW plant through a reverse-auction.
Solar EnergyNo such thing as a perfect renewable energy contractedit
Mint India’s 175 GW renewable energy (RE) targets by 2022 are ambitious, to say the least. Compared to RE targets in Europe, China, or California that require 4-5% growth in RE capacity annually, Indian targets require 25% growth. This translates to enormous capital investment (well over $100 billion), including from global investors
Renewable EnergySolar could be cheapest source of energy: Here is how Modi could unleash exponential growth & make clean energy affordableedit
Record low Indian solar tariffs tendered at a groundbreaking auction may catalyze green investments and help tip the balance of new power to renewables and away from fossil fuels. Solar power in India fell to a record 3.30 rupees (5 U.S. cents) a kilowatt-hour on Feb. 10 after a World Bank-backed auction helped the central Madhya Pradesh state tender 750 megawatts of power. The auction format, which included payment guarantees and was run by the state and central governments, could become a template fueling growth in other regions and bringing energy security to the world’s second-most-populous country.
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