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Industry News: Information and Communications
Need 1 lakh mobile towers a year: Telcosedit
Arguing against any further reduction in electro-magnetic radiation levels mandated for mobile towers, the telecom industry has said 1 lakh new towers are required annually to expand and provide seamless services across the country , including newer and advanced technologies such as 4G and proposed 5G, and internet of things (IoT).
IoTTelecomAI Solutions Need Initial Big Investments and Innovation to be Successfuledit
BW Disrupt Globally, there is rapid expansion in Artificial Intelligence tools. For example, IBM has unveiled a supercomputer Watson that can crunch data at the speed of 67 million pages per second, transforming them into actionable insights. The data tsunami is coming from millions of interconnected devices as part of the Industrial Internet of Things. The innovation is aimed at establishing a question and answer dialogue between it and humans—Watson will analyze huge amount of data and respond verbally and in real time.
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Industry News: Education
Knowledge versus skillsedit
The need of the hour is to ensure that the stakeholders from different levels of education work in consonance with each other and with experts from industry in enhancing the skilled manpower. Developing specialised courses at school level which can also be further pursued at undergraduate and postgraduate level, summer schools offered by higher education institution and industry experts, skill oriented shortterm and long term workshops/ courses offered by professional bodies could be some effective measures.
Skill DevelopmentNAAC wants regular academic audits in higher education institutionsedit
By K Sandeep Kumar
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) wants all institutions of higher education to formally prepare guidelines, statues and ordinances for academic and administrative audit (AAA) so that it becomes an institutionalised practice on all campuses.
Higher EducationEducation: Lessons To Learnedit
By Sreerupa Sil
India’s education industry consists of four sectors: schools, higher education, vocation and education support services. Roughly there are over 227 million students enrolled in 1.4 million schools, and several others in 36,000 higher education institutions and 18,000 vocational training centres. To ensure quality, the Indian education space is opening up to FDI and more partnerships in this area.
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ReNew Power commissions 143 MW solar farm in Telangana, plans moreedit
After the commissioning of its 143MW solar farm at Dichpally in Nizamabad district of Telangana, ReNew Power Ventures plans to increase its renewable energy capacity in the State to 510 MW.
Renewable EnergyInvesting in solar and wind in a coal and oil momentedit
Alternative energy investments like wind and solar power have not performed well in recent years. To make matters worse, the Trump administration has opted for a resurgence of coal and other carbon fuels, not an emphasis on alternative energy.
Renewable EnergyIndian Solar Companies Rule Global Funding Scenario In Q1 2017edit
The total global corporate funding, including venture capital funding, public market and debt financing into the solar sector in Q1 2017 doubled to $3.2 billion compared to $1.6 billion in Q4 2016. It is noteworthy to mention that the transactions in Indian solar and renewable energy companies held a significant share in the total global funding scenario, in the first three months of 2017 and ruled the global solar funding landscape.
Solar EnergyIndia has achieved 12,200 MW of solar capacity, says Goyaledit
Stating that India has already achieved 12,200 MW of solar capacity so far, Union power minister Piyush Goyal today reiterated that the country is well poised to reach its target of 100 GW capacity by 2022
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