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This made-in-IIT solar plant is illuminating thousands of rural homes in Indiaedit
On Thursday, the solar power system was recognised by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York, as ‘Technology of the year 2017 in the service of humanity’.
IEEEJIT to soon run on solar energy, says technical directoredit
“We are switching to solar energy and walking towards sustainable development,” said director (technical) of Jhulelal Institute of Technology (JIT) Pramod Pampatwar. He was speaking during an international conference jointly organized by JIT and Institution of Engineers (IE) at JIT campus, Koradi Road on Saturday.
Institution of Engineers India(IEI)IEI holds 32nd National Conventionedit
The Institution of Engineers (India), Jharkhand State Centre, Ranchi in association with Centre for Engineering & Technology (CET), Ranchi, SAIL, has organized the 32nd National Convention of Production Engineers (NCPE-2017) & a National Seminar on “Improving Competitiveness in Manufacturing Make in India to Made in India” on 27th28th May, 2017 at Engineer Bhawan, Ranchi.
The Institution of Engineers (India)Shaping Up Global Engineers And Managers Of Tomorrowedit
The international conference ICONECT has been connected with reputed International journals like IJCA, IJERT and professional bodies like IEEE and ISTE. Paper presentation among students is highly promoted. We take initiative in sending the students for outhouse projects demonstration and internship in IIT E-Yantra, Microsoft, BHEL, BSNL, BARC, NPCIL, BEST, Reliance Communication and many more.
IEEEIndustry News: Information and Communications
Lack of Sufficient security controls of IoT devices doubled DoS and DDoS Cyberattacksedit
The number of denial-of-service (DoS) or distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attacks doubled from 3% to 6% in 2016, due to the lack of sufficient security controls of Internet-connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices. And of all IoT attacks, 60% originated from Asia, 21% from EMEA and another 19% from the Americas.
Cyber SecurityIoTWhy it is the right time for enterprises to embrace smart IT technologiesedit
Better decision making and response system: The accuracy of data again empowers enterprise executives to take quick, accurate and data driven decisions. This leads to increased productivity and efficiency. With the introduction and growth in IoT and the massive deployment of sensors, the availability and accessibility of valuable data and information have become easy.
IoTITMore jobs could vanish from the Indian IT sectoredit
By R Sukumar
The boom in IT services was fed by, and in turn, reinforced, a boom in engineering education. Many of the colleges were churning out unemployable engineers but this wasn’t a problem either for the colleges (the students would get snapped up, usually in their third year, by one of the IT companies) or the companies (most had parallel engineering schools running on their sprawling campuses to which these graduates would then head – a sort of finishing school for engineers).
IT SectorDigital Organisationedit
Among Indian respondents, artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) are viewed as important and emerging technologies relevant to digital transformation strategies to businesses. Around 88% Indian respondents believed cloud computing and decreasing cost of devices make it more affordable for companies of all sizes to access modern technology to gain competitive advantage — ahead of the 81% average across Asia.
Artificial IntelligenceIoT‘A Long Way To Go’edit
Industry 4.0 is the intersection and application of the Internet of Things (IoT) to the secondary sector, i.e., manufacturing. Given a strong IT sector and a growing manufacturing sector with initiatives like Make in India, it becomes critical to look into this area from a skill development perspective.
IoTIndustry News: Education
This year, four rounds for engineering admissionsedit
Engineering aspirants will this year go through four rounds of admission for entry to the first year. Last year, the students faced five rounds, but that has now been reduced to just four. Meanwhile, the fourth round would be only for admission to government-run and government-affiliated unaided engineering colleges. The Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) decided to reduce the number of rounds to avoid chaos and confusion.
EngineeringSkill training programme for engineering studentsedit
Special skill training programme will be conducted at VR Siddhartha Engineering College, Kanuru and VVIT Engineering College, Namburu, for unemployed engineering and diploma graduates for 10 days, said Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) Manager (Projects) Srinivasa Rao on Friday in a press release.
EngineeringSkill DevelopmentMajority of Staff Keen to Upskill to Keep Pace with Automationedit
70% of India Inc employees think automation will take away their jobs and 55% are willing to upskill if the impact can be averted and their jobs be saved, shows a survey of over 1,400 working professionals by JobBuzz, a company rating platform powered by TimesJobs.
Skill DevelopmentIdea Is To Create ‘All Time Learning’ For Educationedit
Quality education for all’, as promised by the Modi government, seems to be on track with Prakash Javadekar appointed as Minister for HRD, in July 2016. While other ministers in Modi’s regime have completed three years, Javadekar has spent only about 10 months as the minister.
EducationIndia, the global destination for higher education: IIT Kharagpur alumni to organise conclave on June 10edit
There’s an urgent need to reinvent India as a study destination for international students as it has the potential to bring in an estimated $20 billion to the country’s cash-strapped universities and colleges.
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World’s largest and most powerful wind turbines switched onedit
Power generated by each turbine. The entire wind farm, including old turbines, makes 258MW, enough to power 2.3 lakh UK homes.
Renewable EnergyIndia to witness 90 per cent growth in solar capacity in 2017: CIIedit
By Anish Dutta
Lauding the efforts of the Modi government in setting up renewable energy capacity, industry body Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has said the country is likely to witness 90 per cent jump in green energy generation capacity by the end of the current calendar year.
Solar EnergyStates may auction under-construction wind power projects, further lowering tariffsedit
By Mayank Aggarwal and Utpal Bhaskar
PLF is a measure of actual power generated by a plant. Wind power is the major component of India’s renewable sector. Of India’s 57.26 gigawatt (GW) of installed renewable energy capacity, wind power accounts for over 56% or 32.27GW.
Renewable EnergyThunderstorms help meet state’s power shortfalledit
Thunderstorms that swept across the state on Saturday threw normal life out of gear at several places. Though a problem for many, it brought smiles on the faces of officials as power generated by wind was significantly high. It was one of the few occasions in state when wind energy surpassed traditional thermal power in meeting power demands of the state.
PowerRenewable EnergyGST Council may clarify on tax rate for solar modules at 3 June meetingedit
By Shailaja Sharma
The ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) has informally communicated to the sector that this might be an anomaly and that a clarification is likely to be issued when the GST Council meets on 3 June, according to companies.
Solar EnergyGovt wants to give big boost to solar power generationedit
The government will promote development of rooftop solar power plants implemented by any persons for meeting his electricity requirements and injecting surplus electricity into the distribution system. There would be related incentives like zero electricity duty and zero cess to individuals, who generate solar power for their own consumption and injecting solar power to the state power grid.
Solar EnergyCharged accountedit
Renewables account for 6 per cent of the electricity generation mix and about 13 per cent of India’s installed generation capacity of about 290 GW. Transmission companies need to work on their grids, and Discoms need to alter their ‘renewable purchase obligations’, now based on a cost-plus, feed-in tariff system.
Renewable Energy200 MW solar projects to come up at major portsedit
By Rahul Wadke
The Union Shipping Ministry, in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of 13 major public ports, is planning to set up solar power projects with up to 200 MW capacity. The Indian Ports Association (IPA) will do the project planning while the ports will finance the plants through internal accruals and debt that could include dollar-denominated loans.
Solar Energy