May 18, 2017

News for the IET

When it comes to IoT, India should aspire nothing less than the leadership: IT Secretaryedit

ET Telecom

By Tina Gurnaney

On launching the second edition of ‘IoT India Congress 2017’ organized by IET, IT Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said that India has the potential to emerge as the global leader on the IoT (Internet of Thigs) front.

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India poised to become winner in IoT industry, says IT secretary Aruna Sundararajanedit

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Launching the second edition of the ‘IoT India Congress 2017’, Information Technology Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said with the two largest industries — information technology (IT) and telecom — that power the IoT industry, India is poised to become a winner in this space.

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IET India Launches Second Edition of IoT India Congress 2017 in New Delhiedit

Communications Today  Ten News  Electronics B2B

The IET India IoT Panel announced the second edition of the IoT India Congress 2017 – a two-day mega event on the Internet of Things that will be held on September 14 – 15, 2017 in Bengaluru. Smt. Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India unveiled the event in New Delhi. Mr N.Sivasailam, IAS, Additional Secretary Department of Telecommunication also graced the ceremony.

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News for other PEI

VNIT talk clears patenting confusionsedit

The Times of India

The Center for Innovation, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) organized a seminar on ‘Indian intellectual property rights (IPR) — It’s impact and business growth’ at VNIT campus on Wednesday. Dnyanesh Kamble, a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Mumbai and a consultant to TCS, addressed the gathering comprising a mix of students, academicians, businessmen and start-up founders.

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3D printed four-legged robot can walk on terrains and overcome obstaclesedit

The Indian Express

The challenge here is to find the right design for the board and the right components, such as power sources and batteries, Tolley said. Tolley will be presenting the 3D robot at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation from May 29 to June 3 in Singapore.

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Aadhaar eliminated bogus beneficiariesedit

The Hindu

These were figures disclosed by Chairman of the Unique Identity Development Authority of India (UIDAI), J. Satyanarayana in his presentation at the celebration of the World Telecom & Information Society Day here on Wednesday, organised by the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) and the Centre for Telecom Management & Studies (CTMS).

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Artificial Intelligence vs humans or Artificial Intelligence & humansedit

The New Indian Express

By Ramzauva Chhakchhuak  

A community of techies, entrepreneurs, hackers in the city called Applied Singularity want to promote a more harmonious view of AI, tap into its commercial potential and create awareness on it. They were earlier a community of around 10,000 IoT (internet of things) enthusiasts, one the largest in the world, but but have recently extended their ambit to AI as well.

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Cyber war: After ‘WannaCrypt’, world faces massive cryptocurrency attackedit

Business Standard

“Hence, there is a new wave of cyber attacks where the hacker is least interested in the personal information of the victim and instead his only motivation is to gain access to the CPU of the victim’s computer/mobile/IoT device so that they can use it to mine more currencies (and correspondingly make more money),” Modi told IANS.

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AI, VR, Big Data and Its Impact on Digital Marketingedit

BW Disrupt

The speed at which technological change are taking place is really frightening and is becoming dynamic. Digital Transformation is a buzz across organizations and everyone is talking about it and wants to ride this wave and be ready. AI, VR, AR, IOT all are leading to a change in the way data is being appreciated and hence has its impact on the marketing industry.

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A Tech-World to Bring Smart and Interconnected Technological Revolutionedit

Data Quest

Information and communication technology (ICT), smart grids, wireless sensor systems and Internet of Things (IoT) have enabled smart ecosystem where everything will remain interconnected to each other with minimal human intervention. In the present Machine to Machine (M2M) era, manpower has lesser role to play due to effective implementation of digital systems and technologies.

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Analysis of data must to make it relevantedit

The Times of India

Speaking further, he said, “Currently seven billion people are connected to each other through social media platforms. With Internet of Things (IOT), over 50 billion devices are expected to be connected to each other by 2020.”

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IoT still has vulnerabilities: Akamaiedit

PC Mag

Akamai’s quarterly state of the internet reports provide insight into global cloud security and threat landscape. The data is collected from the company’s Intelligent Platform, which analyses network traffic from around the web.

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The Three Phases of the IoT Revolution and the Resources Developers Need to Get Startededit

Digit

This evolution of IoT is represented by three major phases: connecting the unconnected, creating smart and connected things, and building a software-defined autonomous world.

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Industry News: Education

Listen up Techies, Upskill Before You Become Obsoleteedit

Business World

Automation will phase out some of the existing jobs, but it will also generate new jobs in line with the advancements and needs of the industry. The biggest chunk of jobs will be in the fields of Analytics, Big Data, and Internet of Things. Here is why each of these will become the most sought after jobs in the next 5 years

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Solar energy is the sunshine of energy needsedit

The Economic Times

The writeups have argued that solar prices are going to drop further on account of long-term interest-rate reductions and improvement in module technology, and that the costs of managing intermittency are steep. So, investments in ‘expensive’ solar today are questionable.

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India to set up 6,000 Megawatt indigenous nuclear power plants: Piyush Goyaledit

ET Energy World

By Sarita C Singh

Megawatt (Mw) of indigenous nuclear power plants, power, coal, renewable energy and mines minister Piyush Goyal said today. The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved the scheme that will promote energy self sufficiency, clean, carbon-free sources of power and place India high among nuclear power countries, he said.

Renewable Energy
A tricky path to India’s solar-powered futureedit

Live Mint

Consequently, the total installed capacity in this space has gone up by over three times in the last three years. According to government data, the share of renewable energy in the total installed capacity was 13% at the end of financial year 2016. But it is expected to increase significantly in the coming years, with solar a big driver. Second, private sector participants want to be part of this big opportunity.

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Future of Energy: India in 2050edit

Business World

With the digital disruption underway a few key technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain are increasingly finding an application across key areas both on the grid as well as beyond it.

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Solar Has Won’: Prices Now Lower Than Thermal, Nuclear Poweredit

The Quint

For the first time in India, the price of solar energy is lower than the price of thermal or nuclear energy. Last week, India received a major push for solar energy use when ‘historical bids’ of Rs 2.62/unit and Rs 2.44/unit were made in the latest auctions held in Bhadla Solar Park, Rajasthan, on 9 and 11 May.

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