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IET India IoT Panel Joins the Government Ganga Cleaning Missionedit
The members of the IET India IoT Panel, an IoT focussed panel of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India, were invited to consult the Government of India’s National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to discuss the ways to clean Ganga and its tributaries in a comprehensive manner.
Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: ChairmanMr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IETThe IET India IoT PanelThe IET India IoT Panel joins Hands with Governmentedit
The members of the IET India IoT Panel, an IoT focussed panel of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India, were invited to consult the Government of India’s National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) to discuss the ways to clean Ganga and its tributaries in a comprehensive manner.
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Seminar on Energy Efficiency in HVAC & R Industriesedit
An All-India Seminar on “Energy Efficiency in HVAC & R Industries” is being organized by Jharkhand State Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) under the aegis of Mechanical Engineering Division Board during March 25-26 at Engineer Bhawan, Ranchi in association with Indian Society for Heating, Refrigerating & Air ietConditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), Ranchi Chapter, which is an International Associate of American Society for Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
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Innovation through disruptive technologies will boost growth in ITedit
The power packed sessions spearheaded by industry veterans covered current topics in technology like Cloud, IoT, Cyber Security, Data Management and Analytics to Mobility. The sessions engaged in discussions crucial to the advancement of various industries like Automotive and Manufacturing, Banking and Financial Services, and Healthcare.
IoTITHow smart devices are providing proof of crimeedit
He said the “always on” nature of “internet of Things” devices means huge amounts of personal information is circulating among companies, in the internet cloud and elsewhere, with few standards on how the data is protected or used. “The net result of these technologies is that we are forgoing our personal privacy and our personal autonomy and even sovereignty as humans and relinquishing that to a combination of state, harvesters of big data, omnipresent institutions and systems.”
Cyber SecurityIoTHome automation opens doors to disruptive futureedit
By Uma Kannan
A few years ago, home automation was unheard of in India, at a time when smart solutions became the order of the day in many developed countries. But with increasing smartphone penetration and larger broadband connectivity, the home automation industry is now witnessing never-before-seen growth.
IoTKey tech trends that will power businesses in 2017: Hitachi Data Systems’ honcho explains howedit
By Sudhir Chowdhary
According to the recent technology trends 2017 by Hitachi Data Systems, enterprises in Asia Pacific will continue to be ahead in their digital transformation journey compared to their global counterparts.
IoTConnected cars on the horizon: Is India ready? (Tech Trends)edit
With the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AR) and machine learning set to define the way Indian enterprises work, “connected” vehicles — which are to embrace all of these new-age technologies — is the new buzz in town.
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60% of engineering graduates unemployededit
More than 60% of the eight lakh engineers graduating from technical institutions across the country every year remain unemployed, according to the All India Council for Technical Education. This is a potential loss of 20 lakh man days annually. That’s not all. Less than 1% of engineering students participate in summer internships and just 15% of engineering programmes offered by over 3,200 institutions are accredited by the National Board of Accreditation
EngineeringIndian education system over-regulated, under-governed: Tharooredit
Former United Nations diplomat and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has said that the Indian education system was over-regulated and under-governed. Delivering a talk on ‘Educational Policies in Today’s Era’, organized by the National Students’ Union of India at the University of Hyderabad here on Saturday, Tharoor said there were too many regulations and too much control from the top.
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Kerala’s largest wind farm to be ready in ten daysedit
Meanwhile, KSEB officials said that over a dozen companies had shown interest in starting wind farms in the eastern regions of Palakkad district as these areas had a large potential to tap wind energy. Units already functioning in the Walayar-Kanjikode belt and Attappady have proven to be successful. Efforts to tap solar energy in the rainshadow region of Attappady are also fast progressing, they said.
Renewable EnergyIndia’s solar capacity to cross 20GW in next 15 months: Piyush Goyaledit
India’s solar power generation capacity would cross 20,000 MW in the next 15 months from the current level of 10,000 MW, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said. “On 10th of March this year the installed solar power capacity in India has crossed 10,000 MW, four times the installed capacity three years back, which in next 15 months would cross 20,000 MW,” a Power Ministry statement quoted the minister as saying.
Solar EnergyIndia’s largest floating Solar PV Plant installed in Kerala, will generate 100 KWP poweredit
According to power ministry estimates, another 8.8 GW capacity is likely to be added in 2017, including about 1.1 GW of rooftop solar installations. The government is targeting 100 GW of solar and 60 GW of wind energy capacity by 2022. Total renewable energy generation capacity is envisaged at 175 GW by 2022.
Solar EnergySolar power: Regulator rejects KIIDC applicationedit
The commission disposed of the application by citing several discrepancies and unrealistic claims presented by KIIDC before the commission regarding the cost involved in the setting up of the land-neutral (floating) solar power project and its operations. In its petition, KIIDC appealed the commission to determine the project specific preferential tariff for the land-neutral solar project, so that the power from one MW solar project at Chulliyar can be sold to KSEB at the rate fixed by the commission.
Solar EnergyKarnataka mulls competitive bidding for wind poweredit
After the success of the recent central government-sponsored auction of wind power capacity, Karnataka is looking to do the same. Wind power companies have always sold energy at rates fixed by the respective State electricity regulatory commissions, and these feed-in tariffs have ruled around Rs 4.50 a kWhr. Tamil Nadu, the windiest state, pays Rs 4.16 a kWhr.
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