April 7, 2017

News for the IET

15th edition of IET Karmaveer Expo – India’s largest working model competition for engineers concludes in Nashikedit

Punya Nagri

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The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK’s largest professional engineering body in association with the Department of Electrical Engineering at K. K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research, Nashik, today organised the 15th edition of the IET-Karmaveer Expo. The working model contest and project exhibition expo witnessed participation from students of various engineering colleges across India. The expo encouraged students to implement basic engineering concepts to help solve complex, real-world problems in order to benefit the society.

The IET Karmaveer Expo 2017

News for other PEI

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Why Is Ransomware The Deadliest Of All Online Threats?edit

CXO Today

It’s very likely that India tops the list soon, considering the rapid growth of ransomware. To compound it, the growth in “Internet of Things” (IoT) industry and the vulnerability towards cyber infections will further fuel new types of malware threats.

Cyber SecurityIoT
IoT-based Cardiotrack redefines dynamics of telemedicineedit

Voice and Data

For many years now, the incorporation of information technology and telecommunication in the field of medicine has broken grounds and is doing wonders. But! Deploying those technologies do have limitations in a country like India where the medical infrastructure and facilities are categorized into many types. Currently, med-tech entrepreneurs are interested in developing cost-effective devices for Primary Health Centers, where majority of the Indian population seek medical assistance.

HealthcareIoT
How India Can Build Smart Cities For A Better Tomorrowedit

CXO Today

The Internet of things (IoT), that facilitates the connectivity across smart devices, is used as a means to link the different elements of a city together. “Through innovation and technological development, the clear focus is to bring its inhabitants together, improve their quality of life in both tangible and intangible ways,” he stated.

IoTSmart Cities

Industry News: Education

Over 20 engineering colleges apply for closureedit

The Hindu

According to data accessed from the Directorate of Technical Education, last year, only 52% of B.E./B. Tech seats were filled in self-financing engineering colleges. Even government, aided and Anna University’s constituent colleges managed to fill only around 82% seats. “Only 1,34,994 candidates applied for admission through single-window counselling for the 2,77,061 seats in 2016-17,” an official said.

Engineering
AICTE: Engineering colleges to be penalised for violating pay scalesedit

The Indian Express

The government has decided to penalise those engineering colleges that do not adher to pay scales for teachers and maintain student-faculty ratio. As per All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)’s new norms, if the colleges do not follow the rules, it may lead to suspension of admission process or reduction in intake in tech institutions.

Engineering
Test your mettleedit

The Hindu

By Sarthak Saraswat

To help you enhance your knowledge and hone your skills, several interesting workshops are being organised, such as 3D Printing, Big Data Hadoop, cloud computing, digital marketing, ethical hacking, Internet of things (IOT), Quadcopter, Raspberry Pi, robotics and augmented reality.

Skill Development

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With More Bang for the Buck, Renewables Providing Most New Poweredit

Bloomberg Quint

Clean energy provided 55 percent of all new capacity added worldwide, the most ever, and total investment was about double the amount for generators driven by fossil fuels, according to a report published Thursday by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Renewable Energy
India expresses willingness to support Bangladesh in renewable energy sectoredit

DNA

Talking about the future prospects of engagements between the nations, Goyal said the scale at which the renewable energy sector has expanded, it would surely help Bangladesh learn from India’s experiences and help the nation in transition towards clean energy in the future.

Renewable Energy
India marks dramatic change, renewable energy capacity addition beats conventional in FY17edit

The Financial Express

By Anupam Chatterjee and Vikas Srivastava

In a dramatic change, India added 15.3 giga watt (GW) in the burgeoning renewable energy segment in FY17, while the country’s conventional power capacity rose just 6.2 GW in the first 11 months of the year. Though analysts say conventional capacity for the full year could be around 11 GW, renewables’ unprecedented lead would still be intact.

Renewable Energy
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