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India’s Jagadish Chandra Bose Is The Reason Why The World Will Enjoy Super Fast 5G Internetedit
I take a lot of inspiration from Bengal and Kolkata because it is here that radio communication was born,” said Ramjee Prasad, professor of Future Technologies for Business Ecosystem Innovation, Aarhus University, Denmark, on the sidelines of the IEEE International 5G Summit in Kolkata last week.
IEEEHMWSSB to hold seminar on wastewater management in cityedit
In connection with World Water Day celebrations on March 22, the Institution of Engineers (India) in association with Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) and Indian Water Works Association will organise an one-day seminar on ‘’Innovative technologies for water and wastewater management’’ at Visvesvaraya Bhavan in Khairatabad on March 21.
Institution of Engineers (India)Industry News: Information and Communications
How Technology Will Evolve Transportation In Indian Citiesedit
Niti Aayog Niti Ayog or the National Institution for Transforming India—the Government of India’s policy think-tank—predicted last year that the urbanization rate in the country would increase to over 60 per cent in the next 30 years, assuming 7-9 per cent rate of economic growth. As more automobiles connect, software competency will provide an edge and open further opportunities for the service providers.
IoTSmart CitiesAutomation likely to drive out more employees from IT firms in Bengaluruedit
By Nandini Chandrashekar
For better or worse, automation is the new buzzword in the IT industry. More and more companies are quietly reducing their workforce – especially the lower rung – as many of the processes are getting automated.
AutomationITIndia second highest in IoT enabled customer maturityedit
The study, commissioned by Genesys in partnership with Frost & Sullivan, offers insights into how companies in APAC perceive Internet of Things (IoT) and to what extent companies are adopting it to enhance customer experience.
IoTIoT And Security: A Match Made In IT Heaven?edit
Any connected device, regardless of whether it’s IoT-enabled, is a potential target for a cyber-attack. Thousands of IoT devices are being introduced in the market even prior to the development of effective legislature. As the legal framework tries to catch-up with the ever evolving IoT landscape, enterprises should adopt the following measures in order to safeguard themselves against IoT cyber-attacks
Cyber SecurityIoTOpen Source at the Heart of IoT Revolutionedit
IoT has currently not achieved its full potential. Enterprises are grappling with multiple issues. Nevertheless, IoT enthusiasts believe that open source plays a key role in ensuring that the technology moves past the hype cycle to become a disruptive trend for enterprises
IoTIndustry News: Education
Not just Cognizant: Other IT firms may hire 40% fewer engineers this yearedit
By Ayan Pramanik
Fresh graduates out of engineering colleges may find getting a job tougher at large IT services firms this year as India’s IT industry struggles with new business models. Indian information technology (IT) services firms are likely to hire 40 per cent fewer engineering graduates this year.
EngineeringStudents, beware: 23 universities, 279 technical institutes in India fakeedit
By Neelam Pandey
Delhi is the fake Capital with 66 colleges — the highest for any state in India – offering engineering and other technical courses without the regulator’s permission. There are 279 such technical institutes in the country. Simply put, these schools don’t have the authority to grant degrees. Education certificates issued by such colleges are nothing but a piece of paper.
Education205 teachers’ posts vacant in higher educational institutions: Javadekaredit
Vacancies of teachers in higher educational institutions have become a “serious problem” and around 205 posts in central universities are yet to be filled, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday. Javadekar said in Lok Sabha that students were not keen to take up teaching jobs, resulting in shortage of faculty members in higher education institutions.
Higher EducationUncategorized
Why India must set its thermal power capacity utilization back on trackedit
The proposal to optimize the idle capacity of thermal plants is not in conflict with India’s commitment at the COP 21, Paris. While creating new generation capacity, renewable energy needs to be pursued to achieve the committed share of 40%. The 175-GW solar programme and other ensuing programmes are expected to help attain this goal comfortably ahead of time.
Renewable Energy
Wind energy firm trying again for regulatory approval of cross-country lineedit
A renewable energy company again faced opposition from landowners Monday as it tried for the second time to win one of the final pieces of regulatory approval needed to carry wind power east from the nation’s heartland over one of the country’s longest transmission lines.
Renewable EnergySolar power bids unsustainable: Bridge to Indiaedit
By Mayank Aggarwal and Utpal Bhaskar
Consulting firm Bridge to India has termed the recent low winning bids for solar power projects in India “unsustainable” and warned that “inadequate risk pricing poses a severe viability challenge for the sector”.
Solar Energy