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Strong IP base is critical to staying competitive in the global telecoms equipment market: William Zhao, CEO, Huawei India R&D Centeredit
The India center actively participates in the telecom standardization efforts working along organizations such as IEEE, 3GPP, NGSON, ETSI and has contributed in the areas of network security, IP protocols, PCE application, etc. It is enabled by its employee base of over 4,000 Indian engineers, out of which 3,000 are engaged in R&D and about 1,000 are part of the company’s Global Service Center.
IEEEISRO scientists felicitated for success of PSLV-C37 launchedit
The ISRO team was felicitated for the successful launch of PSLV-C37 on this Feb 15, by the office bearers of Institution of Engineers-Kerala, Computer Society of India, Aeronautical Society of India, Systems Society of India, IEEE Kerala, Society of Aerospace Manufacturing Engineers and Indian National Society for Aerospace and Related Mechanisms.
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How IoT Can Make India’s Manufacturing Sector Smarteredit
Doesn’t it sound incredible? Well, this is where modern technologies such as the internet of things (IoT) is moving towards. Establishing an IoT system of connected machines will lay the foundation for achieving greater efficiency and information sharing.
IoTManufacturingCIOs can now compare their state of digital transformation to peers and competitorsedit
The dawn of the Internet of Everything has marked the beginning of next industrial revolution. This is a revolution that is fundamentally changing the way we live, work and relate to one another, and will transform the way every business in every industry operates. This monumental transformation is rich with opportunity.
Internet of EverythingAI Can Help Indian Tech Startups and Industry Streamline Processesedit
Advanced neural networks and industrial internet of things (IoT) can detect discrepancies and notify users through the real-time alerts. Prescriptive Analytics can eventually help businesses assess impact of future decisions. As data becomes increasingly accessible, businesses can leverage AI and explorative data analytics tools.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTThis is an era of Internet of Things: Top quotes from PM Modi’s address at Hackathonedit
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed over 10,000 aspiring innovators who will be aiming to solve 598 problems at ‘Smart India Hackathon’. During the address, PM Modi said that there is a need to use technology more and “innovate more”.
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Modi bats for IT to solve daily problemsedit
Noting that this is an era of ‘Internet of Things’, the PM told the youths that when they are innovating they may face setbacks but they should not allow these things to lower their morale or dampen their spirits. “People say to day’s youngsters ask so many questions, and I see that as a very good thing.”
IoTITSmart manufacturing: With Factory of the Future Lab, Tech Mahindra places a futuristic betedit
By Darlington Hector
The cost of robotic operations is down to about $6 per hour these days. A scaled down model of a manufacturing system includes integration of sensors and a vision based robotic system that demonstrates the concept of the Industrial Internet of Things. Tech Mahindra is currently executing automation integration on the shop floors of multiple brownfield projects to upgrade the plants for digitisation.
IoTSmart ManufacturingBuilding India’s smart citiesedit
After a short question and answer session, the Smart Energy panel, represented by Dr U V Varadaraju, Professor, IITMadras, Prakash Nayak, Director, PEnA, and Dr Ajit Kulkarni, Professor, IIT-Bombay elaborated on the need for mobile power sources such as batteries and battery-enabled supercapacitors as enablers of these realisations of seamless connectivity, as well as smart ways to power the entire city in the context of smart grids.
IoTSmart CitiesCloud emerges as key strategy of Indian executivesedit
Among Indian respondents, artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) are viewed as important and emerging technologies relevant to digital transformation strategies to businesses. 88 percent Indian respondents believed cloud computing and decreasing cost of devices make it more affordable for companies of all sizes to access modern technology to gain competitive advantage – ahead of the 81 percent across Asia.
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Skill development only way to create jobs: President Pranab Mukherjeeedit
Financial Express President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday stressed the importance of developing skills of youths to deal with unemployment and said training the young workforce was the only way to ensure their employability. Inaugurating an exhibition on skill development, Mukherjee said unemployment was the basic problem for the country despite having a huge workforce — more than two-thirds of the population falls in the working age group.
Skill DevelopmentEnd to lure of engineering coursesedit
Human Resources Minister Prakash Javadekar has laid a new philosophy of higher education. Until now the government provided the funds to engineering colleges and they churned out graduates while charging nominal fees. The Minister has challenged this proposition and has brought in the new factor of competition.
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PowerGrid boosts inter-regional transmission capabilityedit
By V Rishi Kumar
With the commissioning of the above two links, an inter-regional power transfer capacity of 9,000 MW is made available to the entire Southern Region. Apart from the above transmission links, a 400/220 kV Substation to evacuate power from Solar Park at NP Kuntawas commissioned in a record period of seven months from handing over of land during 2016-17. This has greatly boosted the renewable energy integration into the grid.
PowerRenewable EnergySolar energy generation for brighter India-Saudi Arabia business: SIBNedit
Saudi Indian Business Network (SIBN), a body to promote bilateral trade between the two countries, held a two-day scholarly and business seminar in Jeddah to explore the field of renewable energy.
Solar EnergyMaharashtra developing scheme for cheap solar power supply to textile unitsedit
The state plans to design a scheme to develop solar projects to supply electricity to the textile sector at the lowest possible cost. Subhash Deshmukh, minister of textiles, made the announcement at Ichalkaranji. Deshmukh was attending a live broadcast programme of the launch of the Centre’s Power Tex India scheme.
Solar EnergyRenewable power: Time running out on meeting the 175 GW targetedit
Wind energy producers have been participating in a reverse auction which doesn’t guarantee them fixed power tariffs. Behind this industry-killing move are state governments which have been pushing for cheaper solar and wind power. Consequently, solar, along with wind tariffs have been declining over the years with new players hopping over each other to bid for the projects.
Renewable EnergyIndia to maintain fiscal prudenceedit
India is going ahead with its commitments on sustainable development goals and climate mitigation agenda. He said the government has already announced generating 175 gigawatt of non-renewable energy by 2022 and 40 per cent of the country’s total electricity generation will be from non-conventional energy sources by year 2030.
Renewable EnergyIndia added 5,400 MW of wind power in FY17edit
By M Ramesh
India added a record 5,400 MW of wind power capacity in 2016-17, a government statement said on Sunday. The previous high was the 3,472-MW added in 2015-16. Notably, 2,026 MW was added in March, beating the March 2016 record of 1,700 MW.
Renewable EnergyRenewable India – Green Revolution 2.0edit
Energy efficiency and renewable energy generation are effective solutions to tackle climate change – an issue which affects all of us significantly. There are different types of renewable energy generation possible, of which, the most popular resources in India are wind, solar, hydro and biomass. Wind power is generated by converting air flow into electricity through turbines.
Renewable EnergyModi’s aim to spread solar to poorer nations wins support from IEAedit
The International Energy Agency will help support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal to spread solar power to more developing nations, especially those clustered around the Equator. The nation is at the heart of global discussions about energy because of the scale of its needs and the outlook for rising greenhouse gas emissions, Birol said.
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