News for the IET
Government Tries to Engineer Quality, but its Colleges aren’t Readyedit
By Bharath Joshi
A key positive with accreditation is that courses are recognised in countries that have signed the Washington Accord, which helps movement of engineers,” said Shekhar Sanyal, country head, Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETNews for other PEI
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Industry News: Information and Communications
Smart Homes Make Way for Comfort, Security & Technologyedit
Home automation is “The Internet of Things” at homes. The way that all of our devices and appliances will be networked together to provide us with a seamless control over all aspects of our home and more. Intelligence, connectivity, sensing, expression, energy and safety – that’s Internet of Things (IoT’s) collective vision for the future.
IoTSmart LivingSmart city programme to transform urban landscape: Govtedit
Over 400 global exhibitors from around 40 countries are participating in this exhibition. “Smart cities doesn’t essentially mean new cities, or added infrastructure, but incorporating smart technologies for the current cities. State governments and cities have now realised that they need to be more liberal,” Gauba said.
IoTSmart CityNavigating Big Data Influences in 2017edit
Thus far, processing Internet of Things (IoT) data has enabled users to derive at more data-driven and sophisticated insights in real-time. In 2017, big data will continue to play a big role in developing algorithms that will be the driving force for autonomous capabilities.
Big DataIoT
Industrial revolution 4: The rise of the machinesedit
The transition to 5G is being heralded as a game changer. While the 4G transformed the consumer space for communication devices, 5G could revolutionize both the consumer and the industrial markets. The transition is pertinent to development of the Internet of Things (IOT) market, which will comprise millions of connected devices for the benefit of billions of people.
Industry 4.0IoTCyber criminals like to keep it simpleedit
By Sudhir Chowdhary
“Indians faced a total of 1,148 ransomware attacks per day the highest in the region”, says Tarun Kaura, director, product management, Asia Pacific Japan, Symantec. In an interaction with Sudhir Chowdhary, he shares insights on the changing threat landscape
Cyber SecurityIoTIndustry News: Education
AICTE should not waste time on arbitrary rulesedit
AICTE should focus on finding out why someone who has never written a single line of code is not just passing a course on programming, but passing it with distinction. A majority of our engineering graduates do not deserve their degrees. For computer science, that number could be as high as 95%. (Engineering)
Engineering7 special academies for engineering facultyedit
By Prakash Kumar
The Union government has set up special academies at seven centrally-funded technical institutes to improve the quality of engineering faculty. The eventual objective of the move is to increase the employability of engineering graduates in the electronics and information technology sector.
EngineeringHere’s how we can fix our educationedit
By Renuka Raju
The quality of professional courses and general degree programs have deteriorated significantly over the years. The over-supply of poor quality institutions has brought down the entry criteria and worsened the status of graduate employability. Revising the entry criteria for higher education is imperative to improve the quality of school education.
Higher EducationUncategorized
Solar power tariffs drops to historic low of Rs. 2.62/kwHedit
By Kaavya Chandrasekaran
Solar power tariffs in India reached another historic low of Rs. 2.62 per kwH, becoming cheaper than those at many coal-fired plants, at the latest auction at the Adani Renewable Energy Park in Rajasthan.
Solar EnergySubsidised power is here to stay: Goyaledit
By Richa Mishra and Twesh Mishra
Aderegulated electricity market in India is a distant dream. “We won’t see a completely deregulated power market in the near future, unless some States go in for a Direct Benefit Transfer of subsidy,” said Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy, and Mines.
PowerRenewable EnergyIndia unlikely to achieve 40 GW rooftop solar power target: CARE Ratings reportedit
By Mayank Aggarwal
Implementation of rooftop solar is taking place at a much slower pace and it seems unlikely that the government would achieve its 40GW target by 2022. Specific policy initiatives to support rooftop solar especially effective net-metering implementation and offering incentives in order to attract financial investors needs to be introduced,” the report stressed.
Solar Energy