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Focusing on adoption of IoT and Automation- the IET Strategiesedit
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Automation essentially talks about moving to IoT, AI, M2M, augmentative reality, which are all technologies still at a very nascent stage. We know of them, but there is no institution or universities providing courses. We are still learning and even across the world people are still learning.
IET India IoT PanelMr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETIET India Unveils 2nd Edition of IoT India Congress 2017edit
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.
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Dealing With Phishing And Ransomware The Right Wayedit
Both Ransomware and phishing attacks and their various variants – spearphishing/whaling and CEO Fraud/ Business Email Compromise (BEC) – are creating havoc across the globe and are major concerns today. According to an IEEE survey of CIO’s and CTO’s from the U.S., U.K. and India, online security threats will be the biggest challenge for them in 2017.
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The rise of the digital citizenedit
Big data, IoT and social media should be important elements of the digital framework that will provide much needed data standardisation. Every governmental agency that deals with citizens needs the same core set of citizen data. In addition to the more established technologies already in production, early evaluation and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) is imperative.
IoTArtificial Intelligence and Disruptive Technologies Can Provide Much Impetus To India’s Smart City Programsedit
Technologies and Tools, which are artificially intelligent, have the potential to effect an automatic change in an electronic device to maximize performance, which will be like humans, but not by the humans. In the modern world, we cannot cross a street, sit on a metro, train, bus or even eat at our popular eateries or restaurants without seeing hordes of people around whose eyes will be glued to their smart phones and tablets.
Artificial IntelligenceSmart CitiesCyber specialists warn against ‘ransomware’ attacks on connected devicesedit
The massive global cyber-attack that wreaked havoc in computer systems earlier this month caused plenty of visible disruption, not least in Britain’s National Health Service. But in the brave new interconnected world heralded by the internet of things (IoT), so-called “ransomware” attacks could have as their source something quite mundane and yet present in ever more modern households.
Cyber SecurityIoTConvergence of IoT and BPM for Smarter Citiesedit
The Smart City initiative promises citizens a better livelihood and advanced infrastructure through optimized resource utilization, enhanced quality of life and efficient service delivery. With urbanization gaining momentum, it presents a strong case for government agencies to leverage the modern, cutting-edge technologies and realize citizens’ dream of a smart city.
IoTSmart CitiesCentre of Excellence for IoT gives a big push for product startups in Indiaedit
Set up in 2015 as part of the government’s Digital India programme, the CoE-IoT was conceived by the Ministry of Electronics & IT (DeitY) and Education and Research Network (ERNET) in association with Nasscom.
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Modi government is firming up a plan to create India’s own Harvardedit
By Anubhuti Vishnoi
India has taken a firm step towards building 20 world-class educational institutions, which will be termed Institutions of Eminence, with the human resource development ministry moving the proposal to the Union Cabinet for approval. Firmly bearing the stamp of the Prime Minister’s Office, this is a new framework to catapult Indian institutions to global recognition by freeing the best of them from the University Grants Commission’s restrictive regulatory regime and ushering in an unprecedented level of institutional autonomy.
EducationThree years of Modi: Pro-education policies announced, but impact yet to be seenedit
Though these measures have brought some relief in the age of exponential technological change, the quality of graduates has not met current industry demands. “The recent spate of employee retrenchment in technology companies makes it imperative for the entire higher education system to prepare students for “jobs of the future”.
EducationLay-off blues and prospects for Indian ITedit
The company reports that the group of services which it calls Mode 2 and Mode 3 offerings — cloud, products, platforms, Internet of Things and security — grew 30.9 per cent year-on-year and even traditional clients have started consuming these services from the provider.
IT SectorSkill DevelopmentIndia is formulating a policy to share academic science infrastructure with the industryedit
This year we will start a new programme in cyber physical systems which includes deep learning, smart machines, machine intelligence, IoT (Internet of Things), etc. We have to start making preparations for it now in terms of generating capacity, human resources and infrastructure,” he said.
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The Wind Beneath India’s Renewable Energy Wingsedit
The industry lobby group said that although 28 states and union territories have a defined RPO for renewables, the renewable energy certificate framework linked to the RPO, which was introduced for inter-state purchase and sale of renewables-based power, has not been a great success. This is largely due to the non-compliance and weak enforcement of the RPO by the states and market regulators, IWTMA said in its latest outlook.
Renewable EnergyModi government’s solar alliance gets approval from 5 African countriesedit
By Dipanjan Roy Chaudhary
The Modi government’s key renewable energy initiative -International Solar Alliance (ISA) -on Monday received boost when Djibouti, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Somalia and Ghana signed the ISA framework agreement on the sidelines of African Development Bank (AfDB) meeting in Gandhinagar -aimed a boosting Indo-African ties.
Solar EnergySolar power tariff drops to historic low at Rs 2.44/unitedit
In January last year, solar power tariff had dropped to a new low, with Finland-based energy firm Fortum Finnsurya Energy quoting Rs 4.34 a unit to bag the mandate to set up a 70-MW solar plant under NTPC’s Bhadla Solar Park tender. In November 2015, the tariff had touched Rs 4.63 per unit following aggressive bidding by US-based SunEdison, the world’s biggest developer of renewable energy power plants. KKS JM
Solar EnergyGST may push up cost of solar power projectsedit
By Debjoy Sengupta
“It would require project developers to go back to banks for additional funding for projects under construction. It might require a minimum of three months to get additional funding, thus delaying projects.” Power, coal, renewable energy and mines minister Piyush Goyal had said earlier the GST rates would not have much impact on his sectors.
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