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The IET Signs an MOU with Saraswati Seva Foundationedit
The Institution of Engineering and Technology Services India (IET), one of the largest multi-disciplinary professional societies of engineers and technicians, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Saraswati Seva Foundation, a non- profit organisation committed to serve the under-privileged communities using knowledge tools and networks to support a sustainable foundation of the society.
Faraday ProgrammeThe IETIET Partners Saraswati Seva Foundation To Improve Education Among Underprivilegededit
The Institution of Engineering and Technology Services India (IET), one of the world’s largest multi-disciplinary professional societies of engineers and technicians, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Saraswati Seva Foundation, a non- profit organisation committed to serve the under-privileged communities using knowledge tools and networks to support a sustainable foundation of the society.
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Surveys show high hopes, deep concerns about IoTedit
The annual developer survey co-sponsored by the open-source Eclipse IoT Working Group, IEEE IoT, Agile IoT and the IoT Council, also found growing adoption along with continuing concerns. The 2017 results showed more developers working on IoT for industrial automation, connected cities and energy management compared with last year.
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Effective blood bank management with IoTedit
Healthcare as a sector is a definite beneficiary of the increasing adoption of technologies related to the Internet of Things. One of the areas where IoT has entered recently is blood bank management. It may come as a surprise to many that due to less than adequate management practices, thousands of liters of this precious resource get wasted every day across the country
HealthcareIoTMaking predictions with Big Dataedit
By Leslie D Monte
Big Data and the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) are intimately connected: billions of Internet-connected “things” will, by definition, generate massive amounts of data. By 2020, the world would have generated around 40 zettabytes of data, or 5,127 gigabytes per individual, according to an estimate by research firm International Data Corp.
Big DataIoTAI, IoT help to deliver million midday meals in Indiaedit
Disruptive technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) will enable organisations to deliver a million midday meals to schoolchildren in India, said a top official of software major Accenture on Thursday.
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Govt to focus on self-disclosure for accreditation of institutesedit
By Prashant K Nanda
NAAC has embarked in revising its Assessment and Accreditation Framework. The revised framework would be more ICT enabled and is expected to come into effect from July 2017,” NAAC director D.P. Singh said in a circular posted on the official website. The expert field visits which are now a key criterion for grading and accrediting institutions is expected to get only 20% weightage.
Accreditation95% of engineers in India unfit for software development jobsedit
Talent Shortage IS acute in the IT and data science ecosystem in India with a survey claiming that 95% of engineers in the country are not fit to take up soft-ware development jobs. According to a study by employability assessment company Aspiring Minds, only 4.77% candidates can write the correct logic for a programme — a minimum requirement for any programming job.
EngineringEducational institutes must work with industry to ensure employabilityedit
Indian higher education leaves much to be desired, especially in the technical and technological sectors. There are engineering colleges in practically every street corner; and yet the widespread opinion in the industry is that most recent graduates are unemployable without a lot of training.
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Solar power may become cheaper than coal in Indiaedit
By Utpal Bhaskar
India’s solar power prices may be set to fall below those of thermal (coal) energy. This is based on an expected cost of around Rs2.90 per unit for the solar power projects at Bhadla in Rajasthan that have received 51 bids.
Solar EnergySolar, wind energy pick upedit
The State has been able to gain from sources of renewable energy such as solar and wind energy this year. As much as 472 MW of solar power has been added to the grid this year out of the installed capacity of 1,059 MW. Generation from wind too has picked up, officials said, adding that 1,980 MW (peak availability) of the 3,798 MW of installed capacity was being added to generation of electricity.
Renewable EnergyRural Electrification eyes Rs10,000 crore renewables lending pushedit
By Anindya Upadhyay
The non-banking financial company is aiming to triple its clean-energy lending and is expecting to set aside nearly Rs10,000 crore ($1.5 billion) for renewable energy in the financial year ending 31 March, chairman P.V. Ramesh said in an interview.
Renewable EnergyMaking solar power beneficial for alledit
For instance, the clause will allow adjusting to the changes made in Goods and Services Tax (GST) law. The rates of GST are not known, so depending upon their risk perception, developers at the time of bidding like to keep a buffer between 60 paise per unit to 75 paise per unit in their quoted tariff.
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