June 2017
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Industry News: Information and Communications104
Industry News: Education61
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IoT India Congress invites entries for Start-up & Thought Leadership awardsedit

Education World

The second edition of IoT India Congress announces call for entries for its two prestigious awards – IoT Start-up Award and Thought Leadership Award – which aim to recognise excellence in the IoT ecosystem. Submissions for nominations for both the awards close on July 30, 2017.

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IoT India Congress 2017 opens entries for IoT Start-up and Thought Leadership awards.edit

Energetica

Call for entries for the two prestigious awards at the second edition of the IoT India Congress, 2017 opens today. The two signature awards, IoT Start-up Award and Thought Leadership Award aims to recognize excellence in the IoT ecosystem.

IoT India Congress 2017Start-up and Thought leadership award
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2nd Edition of IoT India Congress 2017 Opens Entries for IoT Start-up Awards & IoT Thought Leadership Awardsedit

Digital Terminal   M2M Cafe

The IoT India Congress 2017, a platform-of-platforms for empowering business outcomes using the Internet of Things in India, will be a two-day mega event to be held on 14-15 September 2017 at Park Plaza, Bangalore. The IoT India Congress is conceptualized and designed by the members of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (The IET) IoT Panel – an independent and neutral visionary think-tank led by select industry leaders.

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2nd edition of the IoT India Congress 2017 opens entries for IoT Start-up awards and the IoT Thought Leadership Awardsedit

APN News

Call for entries for the two prestigious awards at the second edition of the IoT India Congress, 2017 opens today. The two signature awards, IoT Start-up Award and Thought Leadership Award aim to recognize excellence in the IoT ecosystem.

IoT India Congress 2017Start-up and Thought leadership award
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Telcos Push for Better Standards, Policy for IoT Playedit

The Times of India The Economic Times(Kolkata and Pune)

By Tina Gurnaney

“Network providers have to see how they will ensure different kinds of rating plans and accessibility so that the transfer of data happens seamlessly between machines and for this new kinds of rating plans will be required,“ said Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar, president of Aeris India and chairman IET IoT Panel, in an interaction with ET.

Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: Chairman of IET India IoT panel
For sustainability?edit

The Financial Express

One is that the GST on telecom services will be 18% a big hike of 3% from the current level of 15%. The other justification is that the USO levy of 5% included in the licence fee could be drastically reduced to say, 1%, since, as part of the settlement, the government could take undertaking from the TSPs for rural rollout.

T V Ramachandran: Hon. fellow of the IET (London)
Course Cruisingedit

The Tribune

Accredited by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the programme is an expansion of their BEng Aerospace Electronic Engineering programme. It will not only provide rigorous guidance on electronic engineering, but also educate its learners on the fundamentals of aerospace engineering.

The IET
Telecom companies push for better standards, policy for IoT playedit

ET Telecom

By Tina Gurnaney

With India starting to emerge as a major player for many of the technologies around Internet of Things (IoT), the industry is pushing for orchestration of standards, infrastructure and policy framework in order to generate new business models.

Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: Chairman of IET India IoT panelThe IET IoT Panel
Unlocking the future of IoT: Connected Carsedit

PC Quest

By Ashok Pandey

According to a recent report, the global connected car market is expected to grow from 5.1 Million units in 2015 to 37.7 Million units by 2022, at a CAGR of 35.54% during the forecast period. Adoption of telematics units and advances in tech with emphasis on driver and passenger experience along with safety and cyber security are ushering in a new era of growth for connected cars globally.

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IoT in India: Here’s what the industry thinksedit

ET Telecom

By Tina Gurnaney

As India has slowly started to emerge as a global destination for many of the IoT technologies, the industry is looking forward to orchestration of standards, infrastructure and policy framework in order to generate new business models and accelerate the adoption of technology.

Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: Chairman of IET India IoT panelThe IET IoT Panel
How technology and auto companies are coming together for a self-driven, connected futureedit

Digit

By Souvik Das

Technology companies are working extensively on automotive projects driven by powerful processor boards, artificially intelligent and increasingly complex algorithms, imaging components and elaborate services, to bring forth vehicles that will redefine in-car luxuries, alter the way we drive and give automobile giants a new industry altogether.

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The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Dainik Kausar  (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Pradesh Times (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

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The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Navbharath (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

People Samachar (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Yug Pradesh (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
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The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Dainik Jagran (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Raj Express (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Fine Times (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
Automated vehicles leading to sustainable development through IoTedit

Business Standard

Connected vehicles as the name implies work on technology that enables them to interact with each other and data management platforms on everything right from information about road closures, barriers, weather conditions or other hazards. Through connected vehicles, drivers can become more aware of their ambient environment while passengers get access to better infotainment options.

Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: Chairman of IET India IoT panel
The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Naidunia(Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Haribhoomi (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Agniban Bhopal (Scanned Clip attached in mail)

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit

Education Technology

The Government of Madhya Pradesh today, organized the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summit 2017 (GSEP), a flagship event on skill development and employment opportunities in the State of Madhya Pradesh at Amer Greens, Bhopal.  Mr. Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head of the Institution of Engineering and Technology was the guest of honour at the event.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IET
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Skills that can save your jobedit

DNA

By Katya B Naidu

As technology is slowly innovating jobs out of existence, the fear of large-scale unemployment is gripping people and economies alike. Tesla founder Elon Musk like many other thinkers is supporting the theory of ‘universal basic fixed income’ where a country compensates humans for lack of jobs.

Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IET

News for other PEI

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State Editionedit

The Pioneer

Institution of Engineers (India) has organised a two-day seminar on Road Safety-Challenges and Solutions on June 24-25. Inaugurated by Governor Droupadi Murmu on Saturday, the seminar will see 20 research papers being presented on Sunday by engineers of international repute from across the country.

Institution of Engineers (India)
Remembering the architect of modern Kolkata, RN Mookherjeeedit

Millennium Post

“Only a road in the city has been renamed after him but no step has ever been taken to make the younger generation aware of his monumental work,” he said. The Institution of Engineers will organise a programme in the afternoon where Jahar Sarkar will give the RN Mookherjee oration on Science and Technology in Ancient India.

Institution of Engineers (India)
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VIT gets new Vice-Chancelloredit

The Hans India

He is a Life Member of Institution of Engineers, India and the recipient of “Achievement Award” for the successful implementation of the Fully Flexible Credit System (FFCS® ) in VIT, Vellore. He also played an important role in implementing the new academic system, Curriculum for Applied Learning (CAL) at VIT, Vellore. He has published 40 research papers in the journals of national and international repute to his credit.

Institution of Engineers (India)
Higher studies in the UK (2017)edit

The Times of India

Dignitaries at the inaugural function of ‘Edu Fest’, a two-day career and counselling exhibition organised by Maharashtra Times at The Institution of Engineers, Abhiyanta Bhavan, JM Road, Pune, on June 17 and 18. The expo received an overwhelming response from the city students

The Institution of Engineers (India)
Managing, recycling of solid waste discussededit

Nyoooz

“Solid waste to the tune of 20 lakh tons was being produced in Ludhiana city daily. Experts discussed about the ways and means of managing and recycling of waste. Segregation of waste was of prime importance,” Harbir Singh, Superintendent Engineer, PPCB, said in a lecture held at The Institution of Engineers said.

The Institution of Engineers (India)
Institution of Engineers to set up database of jobless gradsedit

The Hindu Business Line

The Kerala State Centre of Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) will create a database of unemployed engineers and of those who have completed the course but with a backlog of uncleared papers. The IEI will seek to make an overall assessment of what it described as ‘a worrisome situation’ on hand and make suitable recommendations to the state government on how to deal with it.

Institution of Engineers (India)
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Talk Wateredit

The New Indian Express

The Institution of Engineers India is organising a talk on ‘domestic waste water treatment’ at 6 pm. The speaker for the event is A Abdul Rahman.

Institution of Engineers (India)
Self-Driving Cars Platform And Their Trendsedit

Electronics For You

In the first part of this article we covered SENSORIS innovation platform, and the steps needed to make a self-driving car possible. In this part we shall cover lidar and the rest. Lidar, which stands for light detection and ranging, consists of a coneor puck-shaped device that projects lasers that bounce off objects to create a high-resolution map of the environment in real time.

IEEE
Artificial intelligence Getting Real, Localedit

Electronics For You

Nvidia is one of the most well-known GPU makers, who has been powering many data centres for years. Last year, it launched Tesla P100—a GPU with an architecture focused on accelerating AI and deep learning. Apparently, Nvidia spent more than $2 billion on R&D to produce the new chip, which has a total of 15 billion transistors—around thrice as many as the company’s previous chips.

IEEE
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This wireless, battery-free pacemaker can be directly implanted into the heartedit

ET Health World

In the prototype presented at the IEEE’s International Microwave Symposium (IMS), being held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from June 4 to 9, the wireless power transmitter can be up to few centimetres away. The pacemaker was introduced by researchers at Rice University in the US and their colleagues at the Texas Heart Institute (THI).

IEEE
Battery-less pacemaker that harvests energy wirelesslyedit

Deccan Chronicle

A wireless, battery-less pacemaker that can be implanted directly into a patient’s heart is being introduced by researchers from Rice University and their colleagues at the Texas Heart Institute (THI) at the IEEE’s International Microwave Symposium (IMS) in Honolulu June 4-9.

IEEE
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Seminar on conservation of natural resources to be held in Vadodaraedit

The Times of India

The Department of Environmental Science of M S University along with the Institution of Engineers (India) and Society for Clean Environment (SOCLEEN) will organise a seminar to mark world environment day at Vasvik auditorium in the city.

Institution of Engineers (India)
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Industry News: Information and Communications

9% pay raise new high in IT sectoredit

Business Standard

By Ayan Pramanik

Increased automation, pricing pressures from clients, and a shift to digital and cloud have adversely affected the revenues of the information technology (IT) companies over the past year.

IT Sector
Digital and Process Automation have Changed The Way Businesses Operateedit

PC Quest

By Ashok Pandey

India is becoming digital; every business is focusing on adopting the new technology that help them to grow. Be it enterprise or small, every business is looking for the easy and effective solution to cater their needs. In conversation with PCQuest, Sai Pratyush, Additional Vice-President, Product Management – Managed Services, Enterprise Business, Tata Teleservices, spoke the new TDBS which is helping business to move ahead in this digital world.

Automation
Leveraging IoT to travel on the GST highwayedit

Business Standard

The next wave of business improvement in warehouse operation is going to come from IoT (Internet of Things) – specifically with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). This would range from the use of robot carts to sensor enabled items. It will help to track the items both within the warehouse facility and as it moves through the supply chain and into customer’s hand.

IoTLogistics
Artificial intelligence: The new imperative for businessedit

Mint

Much more than just another technology tool to help increase efficiency or generate value, artificial intelligence is no longer about how companies do things, it’s about who they are

Artificial Intelligence
The Big Question For Indian GICs – To Automate Or Not?edit

CXO Today

Global In-house Centers or GICs in India are 3-4 times more cost effective than their western counterparts, but when it comes to automating processes, there’s still a long way to go. The very nature of GICs implies that they provide support to the core business of the parent organization, hence they cannot afford to overlook investments towards technology and automation to improve productivity. This automation is usually triggered by a few necessities and they are also applicable in order for automation tools and processes to be feasible and successful.

Automation
Internet of Things + Security = Everything connected everywhere with Safetyedit

Tech Announcer

Internet of Things (IoT) security increases efficiency and enables new services by connecting devices such as industrial equipment and consumer objects onto a network. It also facilitates the gathering of information and management of these devices through software. IoT integrates hardware, communication services, embedded software, and IT services.

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Technologies that will aid 5G, IoT and build future networksedit

ET Telecom

While telcos, telecom gear makers and network providers have started working towards deployment of 5G technology, there are technologies that are being explored globally which will aid 5G, IoT and will be a significant part of the future networks.

IoTTelecom
Cybersecurity firm Trend Micro to set up $100 mn startup fundedit

Money Control

Cyber security solutions firm, Trend Micro Inc., announced the launch a corporate venture fund on Tuesday. The USD 100 million fund is set up to build a portfolio of technology startups working in hyper growth markets such as the Internet of Things (IoT).

Cyber SecurityIoT
Big Data for Engineers and Scientistsedit

Data Quest

When you look at the process of scientific discovery and engineering today, working with big data is a critical step. With the help of smart sensors and technologies like Internet of Things, vast amount of data can be collected using scientific instruments, manufacturing systems, connected cars and aircrafts etc.

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AI will design tomorrow’s networksedit

The Economic Times

We are already seeing networks becoming increasingly complex due to their global and multi-layered nature, with wireless networks such as superfast 4G or Low Power Internet of Things (IoT) networks built on top of the global fibre IP backbone.

Artificial Intelligence
The Insecurity of the Internet of Things (IoT)edit

PC Quest

By Ashok Pandey

IoT streets are buzzing with the new breed of innovations that’ll take it to the much-awaited glory. Many people picture smart thermostats and virtual assistants that will respond to voice commands, but the IoT is primarily composed of commonly used devices such as Home routers, DVRs, and internet-connected cameras.

Internet of Things
India May See More Job Losses Over Next Decade, Say Industry Expertsedit

Bloomberg Quint

India will continue to see job losses for at least the next decade before skill development programmes can ensure that the unskilled labour can contribute to the modern-day manufacturing processes, industry participants said at a conference organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry in New Delhi.

Automation
How Tech Is Shaping The Future Of Travel Industryedit

CXO Today

Technology has been in a constant state of evolution and ever since it has stepped upon the path of digitalization, it has terraformed into a phenomenon with far reaching effects. Affecting almost every industry, the influence of technology was seen upon the travel sector too.

IoTTravel Industry
Robots are coming: What jobs will still be around in 20 years?edit

Hindustan Times

A study by Oxford University examined 702 common occupations and found that some jobs – telemarketers, tax preparers and sports referees – are at more risk than others including recreational psychologists, dentists and physicians.

Automation
Why building automation technology is here to stay [Infographic]edit

ET Tech

Intelligent building automation systems (IBAS) provides a smart way to save energy with IoT and automation at the core of it. This technology is currently being adapted across sectors like healthcare, commercial businesses and is said to reduce energy consumption by 40%.

Automation
Economic inequality: The real threat of Artificial Intelligenceedit

Financial Express

AI is presenting us with an opportunity to rethink economic inequality. These challenges are too far-ranging in their effects for any nation to isolate itself.

Artificial Intelligence
If your job is 90% coding, then you have something to worry aboutedit

The Economic Times

India’s information technology industry grew at a breakneck speed during the past two decades thanks to the trend commonly called offshoring. The industry and related businesses generate more than $150 billion in annual revenue and employ about 4 million people to build and test software, to enter and analyze data, and to provide customer support for American and European companies looking for relatively inexpensive labor.

Automation
Is India Ready To Tackle Growing Demand For IoT Devices?edit

Business World

Internet of Things (IoT), a concept of connecting one device to another through the internet, is witnessing skyrocketing global demand. According to a recent report by Boston Consulting Group, the IoT sensors market is expected to grow to $267 billion by 2020.

Internet of Things
Internet of Things the next big thingedit

The Hans India

IoT revolves around increased machine to-machine communication. It’s built on cloud computing and networks of data gathering sensors. It’s mobile, virtual, and instantaneous connection, helps everything in our lives from streetlights to sea ports becoming “smart”. IoT will boost economy while improving citizens lives. IoT is not just machine to machine communication (M2M).

Internet of Things
The Rise Of Machines And Automationedit

Business World

In IT software that would heal defects in software, servers and infrastructure is emerging. In telecommunication, networks that would self heal and self optimize would become the norm. Advances in Internet of Things (IoT) would connect increasing number of devices to networks and spread the benefits of Artificial Intelligence. Gartner predicts that 20.4 billion devices would be connected by 2020.

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Big Data Trends to Watch in 2017edit

Data Quest

Data is playing an increasingly prominent role in all areas of life, with many experts now referring to it as having replaced oil as the world’s most valuable commodity. Certainly, over the last few years we have seen stark reminders of both how prevalent, important, and at times vulnerable data can be. This has been demonstrated in a number of hacks of prominent companies resulting in widespread breaches of private data.

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Automation will create new needs, new jobs, says Luciano Floridiedit

Mint

By Pooja Singh

What will the world of technology look like 30 years from now? Megatech: Technology In 2050 tries to tackle this question. Edited by The Economist’s executive editor Daniel Franklin, the book is a collection of essays by eminent personalities like Frank Wilczek, Alastair Reynolds, Nancy Kress and Melinda Gates—each one of whom tells their version of the future.

Automation
Mirai IoT Worm Can be Adapted to Surviveedit

Business World

Following the recent news that the Mirai IoT worm could be adapted to survive device robots , enabling hackers to build bigger and more disruptive botnets, Cesare Garlati, chief security strategist at prpl Foundation believes building a root of trust within the hardware is the only defence.

Cyber SecurityIoT
Artificial Intelligence-proof your careeredit

Mint

Sonya Dutta Chaudhury

Intelligent machines are taking over thousands of jobs, and being qualified is no longer enough to keep your job. Earlier this year, consulting firm McKinsey and Co. released a study that said 51% of all jobs could be automated in the next 20 years.

Artificial Intelligence
The Industrious Revolutionedit

The Economic Times

Emerging technologies like the Internet of Things, virtual reality, big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), robotic process automation, 3D printing and cloud computing have brought disruption to many industries. The IT industry is also going through similar disruptions where digital technologies are helping to create newer roles where automation becomes the norm for lowend, repetitive jobs. On the flip side, this leads to better-paid jobs.

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Malware attack doubles on smart devices in 2017edit

Deccan Chronicle

Smart devices – such as smartwatches, smart TVs, routers, and cameras – are connecting to each other and building the growing Internet of Things (IoT) phenomenon, a network of devices equipped with embedded technology that allows them to interact with each other or the external environment. Because of the large number and variety of devices, the IoT has become an attractive target for cybercriminals.

Cyber SecurityIoT
IT sector: How the mighty have fallenedit

Live Mint

One of the key reasons for the growth slowdown is the shift in technology spending patterns away from traditional IT services such as application maintenance. Customers are embracing new digital technology solutions such as social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC), intelligent automation and the Internet of Things (IoT).

IT Sector
Government wants healthy telcos: DoT secretary Aruna Sundararajanedit

The Economic Times

By Surabhi Agarwal

She said that the government will have a lot of engagement with the telecom sector to understand what is the magnitude of the problem, and how to address that problem. On the agenda are new polices around new areas such as Internet of Things, Machine-to-Machine Communication, etc. The government will also try to push for manufacturing of telecom equipment, security of networks among other things.

IoTTelecom
IT industry to witness 7-8% growth in exports in FY18edit

The Indian Express

The growth during the year would be driven by the modernisation of operations for client firms and the adoption of new technologies such as cloud platforms, cognitive and embedded analytics, big data analytics, internet-of-things, as enterprise customers scale digital projects, it said.

IT Industry
Automation a necessity and may be a blessing in disguiseedit

Economic Times

Of late, the media have been highlighting job losses in the IT industry and painting a gloomy picture ahead. Given the technology-driven nature of this sector, job roles constantly evolve. This means the workforce is on a perennial learning curve. Maintaining reasonable performance standards, along with upskilling and reskilling, is essential to sustain and survive in such a business environment.

Automation
Digital Commerce, IoT To Drive SCM Market, Says Gartneredit

CXO Today

The supply chain management (SCM) market will exceed $13 billion in total software revenue by the end of 2017, up 11 percent from 2016, said research firm Gartner. It is on pace to exceed $19 billion by 2021, as software as a service (SaaS) enables new revenue opportunities.

Internet of Things
How AI is Shaping Organizations?edit

Data Quest

According to Kartik Iyengar, SVP-IoT, Cognitive, Robotics, VirusaPolaris, the potential of AI extends far beyond helping a given business run faster or more efficiently. Along they will bring disruptive changes and give rise to new problems that can challenge the economical, legal and ethical fabric of our societies.

Artificial Intelligence
India’s power, industrial facilities warm up to cyber security systemsedit

Business Standard

Awareness about cyber security has increased in industries and power utilities in recent years. This has been driven by the increasing integration of information technology and the Internet of Things in an age of connected devices and the energy revolution. While it is still too early to speak about volumes of such opportunities, the way the industry and utilities are moving forward, the range of play will only increase,” said Akilur Rahman, chief technology officer at ABB India.

Cyber SecurityIoT
Automated Architecture: IoT as a Technology Works to Service both the Employees and Employersedit

PC Quest

By Ashok Pandey

According to Gartner, there will be 20.8 billion connected devices by 2020. Given the momentum and acceptance, the trend will drastically change the way we do everyday tasks. The challenge lies in assimilating the change in technology’s treatment. Where at a point of time, technology implied people – device engagement, it now includes device – device communication.

ArchitectureIoT
‘Internet of insecure things’: Webcam bugs allow hackers to peep into our livesedit

Money Control

In this young century, webcams have transitioned from a futuristic novelty to being, well, everywhere. The ability to capture images and video of anything anywhere played a key role in the explosion of social media, but our camera-drenched society also can make us feel uniquely vulnerable.

CyberSecurityIoT
The future is in IoT, but why are Indian CIOs still waiting in the wings?edit

YourStory

By Vishal Krishna

The CIOs and CTOs from consumer industries were in a dilemma, whether to overhaul their IT infrastructure and invest in sensors that would redefine their approach towards business. They want to invest slowly on the real-time platforms that IOT can offer and very few are taking the early punch.

Internet of Things
Store 4.0 reshaping the store for the digital customeredit

ET Retail

What is helping the segment integrate and evolve and adapt to the omni-channel way of retail is the amalgamation of Internet of Things (IoT) and relevant physical and digital technologies. These include analytics, robotics, artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to integrate digital information from various sources across different locations to further drive the physical act of manufacturing.

IoTRetail
If security is your concern, trust in the cloud!edit

The Economic Times

Applications using relatively newer technologies like IoT and Blockchain are vulnerable to unforeseen attacks and must have predictive, future-proof security protocols that are not dependent on human learning. For example, the recent Mirai botnet, an IoT based botnet malware that turned networked devices like routers and cameras into DDoS attack bots, affected home users and even ISPs across countries.

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Five IT challenges affecting the healthcare industryedit

ET Healthworld

The healthcare industry has been faced with a flood of challenges over the past several years. These challenges run the gambit of cost reduction, regulatory and legislative mandates, security attacks, and process changes resulting from new technology. Several of these challenges have fallen upon IT to resolve.

HealthcareIoT
Tech grads have choice of 50 new job roles in ITedit

Deccan Chronicle

By Mahesh Avadhuta

Look beyond the current spell of lay-offs, and the talk of obsolescence. Technologies emerging over the last few years in the IT sector have created more than 50 types of jobs for engineering graduates. Virtual reality, Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics, artificial intelligence, robotic process automation are some of the in-demand technologies.

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How the Internet of Things is helping the Earth: Infographicedit

ET Telecom

Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure and services will see spending of $ 1.7 trillion in 2020 which was $656 billion in 2014, according to a report by Wind, an Intel company. By 2020, there will be 50 to 200 billion connected IoT devices deployed worldwide as compared to 15 billion in 2016, the report predicted.

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Digital economy can reach $4 trillion in 4 years: Tech sector to governmentedit

ET CIO

Surpassing the government’s expectations to make India USD 1-trillion digital economy by 2022, technology companies today said it has potential to grow up to USD 4 trillion during the period.

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Will robotic process automation create or eliminate jobs?edit

Financial Express

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has been touted as one of the potent technologies when deployed smartly, could lead to significant productivity enhancement and resultant reduction in costs. While RPA is yet another IT software, unlike the traditional tools which are deployed first and all exceptions are handled with human interventions, RPA has in-built Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning capabilities.

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Disruptive technology ups cybersecurity threats: Studyedit

Factor Daily

IoT devices come with a low memory and processing footprint and have little security capabilities, including patching. Once “online” with an IP address, the devices are easy prey for hacking syndicates, who develop custom malware to take their control en masse and use them as a launchpad for cyberattacks.

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Government plans new electronics manufacturing policy, eyes $1-trillion digital economy in 4 yearsedit

ET Telecom

The government will come out with a new electronics manufacturing policy better aligned to the present times and an overarching data protection and security policy, electronics and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday.

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IoT Cybersecurity: The World of Unknown for Organizations and Nationsedit

Data Quest

Internet power to connect, communicate and remotely manage millions of networked devices is becoming pervasive. The market and nations are gung-ho about IoT phenomena globally and so does India. As per pundits, the IoT devices count would reach to 20 to 30 billion by 2020. McKinsey global institute research estimated the probable impact of the IoT on the global economy might reach $6.2tn by 2025.

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Digitisation, smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and 3D printing are among the new disruptive forces in the manufacturing worldedit

Autocar Professional

The rules of the manufacturing game are fast changing. Connecting real machines with information technologies and IoT increases productivity substantially. Companies that employ new technologies for Industry 4.0 are a lot more competitive because they produce at lower costs and meet customer needs with a lot more flexibility. Organisations that are prepared to implement industry 4.0 now will actively shape and lead the change in manufacturing.

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Reasons why organizations fall prey to pervasive ‘Cybercrime-as-a-Service’ attacksedit

CIOL

Hyperconvergence and IoT Are Accelerating the Spread of Malware As networks and users increasingly share information and resources, attacks are spreading rapidly across distributed geographic areas and a wide variety of industries. Protecting against mobile malware is particularly challenging because devices are not shielded on the internal network, are frequently joining public networks, and often are not under corporate ownership or control.

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Disruptive Technology Ups Cyber Security Threats: Studyedit

News 18

“Cyber security is becoming a priority for businesses. It has become critical to identify risks near real-time and empower stakeholders to take actions and decisions based on priority,” said the IT major in a statement citing the study report. The Internet of Things (IoT) devices come with a low memory and processing footprint and have little security capabilities, including patching.

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Make in India: Smarter Manufacturing with the Internet of Things (IoT)edit

Business World

IoT-backed smart manufacturing processes aid enterprises predict and fix potentially disruptive snags and problems, thus eventually helping the end user avoid glitches.

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Global IoT spending to reach $1.4 trillion by 2021: reportedit

Mint

By Nandita Mathur

Worldwide spending on the internet of things (IoT) is set to grow 16.7% year-on-year, reaching over $800 billion in 2017 and nearly $1.4 trillion by 2021, as organisations continue to invest in the hardware, software, services and connectivity that enable IoT, according to a forecast by market intelligence firm International Data Corporation (IDC).

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Future connected: Will Internet of Things make India smarter?edit

Your Story

By Vishal Krishna

This explosion of data, thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT), is giving rise to a whole host of cutting-edge analytics. Companies like Bezirk, i2e1 use data of corporations to understand how their consumers are using connectivity to interact with physical retail ecosystems. These companies then push customised advertising to users and induce the customer to spend more in the retail set-up.

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Telcos Leveraging IoT To Gain An Edgeedit

CXO Today

Telecom companies are gearing up for a huge data traffic across networks, not just data consumed or generated by people but by the data which will be brought in by the devices interacting with each other connected through Internet of Things (IoT) technology.

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Cyber security and challengesedit

The Hans India

Alarmingly, the attack also hit the National Health Service of the United Kingdom, stalling surgeries and other critical patient care activity across the British Isles, and making confidential patient information and documents inaccessible.

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Analytics Is The Primary Enabler To Business Growth: Studyedit

CXO Today

The impact of digitization on the enterprise has only just begun: Disruptive initiatives such as IoT, digital transformation, and the consumerization of B2B generate enormous amounts of data. And unfortunately, while enterprises have spent billions to address infrastructure, workflow, and transactional frameworks, many have not scaled their analytics solutions to derive insights and actionable intelligence from the growing onslaught of data.

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80% Smart City funds for just 2.7% of city areaedit

The Indian Express

The residual Rs 670 crore for the pan-city component will be spent entirely on ICT and Internet of Things (IOT) projects. It would include a Rs 150-crore IT connectivity project for a Command and Control Centre, 200 WiFi hotspots, sensors for monitoring environment and visibility, and public announcement systems.

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IT layoffs: Karnataka IT minister to hear out industryedit

The Asian Age

The Karnataka government is keen on coming out with a policy addressing various issues in the Information Technology sector including “forced resignation” adopted by the firms, but not before listening to the problems faced by IT industry leaders and employees, state IT Minister Priyank Kharge said today.

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Robots At Work: Are We Ready For A Robot To Take Our Jobs?edit

Inc 42

By Shweta Modgil

The debate of the AI and automation invasion on lower and mid-level IT jobs is never-ending. The latest report being that of Wipro achieving productivity worth 12,000 people over 140 customer engagements in 1,800 HOLMES bots in IT services. It can’t be denied that the world is changing fast in adapting to machines.

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Collaboration to Further Accelerate IoT Development Has Begunedit

BW CIO World

The latest real-world implementations advancing the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the role of standardisation in the projects were showcased by stakeholders from across the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and IoT industries as oneM2M, the global IoT standards initiative, held its inaugural Industry Day.

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Internet Users In India To Double By 2021: Ciscoedit

CXO Today

According to the report, advancements in IoT applications such as smart meters, package tracking, digital health monitors and a host of other next-generation M2M services is driving this incremental growth—nearly 21 percent increase in the next five years.

 

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Repeated cyber attacks ominous for a post-demonetisation Indiaedit

Hindustan Times

Our digital terrain is increasingly under attack. First came ‘WannaCry’, a ransomware that locked up lakhs of computers spread over 150 countries demanding that the victims pay $ 300 or more to get their data back. Within days, this incursion was followed by ‘Fireball’, a malware that could turn web browsers into zombies, and cause victims additional damages ranging from the theft, spying and manipulation of their data, to download of dangerous files onto their computers.

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How IoT is playing a key role in protecting the Environmentedit

ET Telecom

Internet of Things (IoT) has a large role to play in future of smart cities which in turn are supposed to be environment friendly. IoT can be used in practically all scenarios for public services by governments to make cities environment friendly. 1TSensor-enabled devices can help monitor the environmental impact on cities, collect details about sewers, air quality, and garbage. Such devices can also help monitor woods, rivers, lakes, and oceans.

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Despite Security Threats, IoT Is Here To Stay: Studyedit

CXO Today

The Internet of Things [IoT] will continue to gain traction – leading to immense benefits in the personal and professional lives of people , yet, also raising the question of large scale cyber attacks, disrupting the privacy and security of global citizens, according to a new study.

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IoT cyber security…. The world of unknown for organizations and nations!edit

PC Quest

Internet power to connect, communicate and remotely manage millions of networked devices is becoming pervasive. The market and nations are gung-ho about IoT phenomena globally and so does India. As per pundits, the IoT devices count would reach to 20 to 30 billion by 2020.

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Indian IT needs to reinvent itself for the age of automation and AIedit

The Times of India

With computing advances and dramatic price drops of hardware components, robots have acquired the dexterity to assemble circuit boards and build cars. They now cost less to operate than the wages of workers in China. And connected devices and sensors in the Industrial Internet of Things enable monitoring of every aspect of a manufacturing plant’s operations.

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How To Make Your Network IoT Readyedit

PC Quest

It is only recently that it became a mainstream term in the enterprise IT world. The early adopters of IoT have already witnessed its economic value while generating new sources of revenue and its ability to deliver more efficient and accurate results, IoT is changing company processes and consumer interactions.

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Deconstructing digital disruptionedit

The Financial Express

The IoT, analytics and cyber security will play a major role for organisations in growing their businesses and building sustainable competitive advantages in years ahead. A combination of these technologies can help optimise the blend of human-machine participation and interaction within business processes for the digital future.

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The Impact Of IoT On The Retail Industryedit

PC Quest

The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) or connected devices has had an impact on every business. The retail industry has seen the rules of customer engagement and back-end management undergo big changes. These changes have helped increase speed and efficiency in the retail business, with a positive effect on profits.

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Cyber security is not luxury anymore; here’s whyedit

The Financial Express

Also known as ‘WannaCry’, it’s one of the most potent ransomware attacks that has reached some high-profile targets. Like all forms of ransomware, it enters a vulnerable machine and then locks it and demands payment of money to ensure access to files.

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IoT: Bringing Convenience To Homeedit

PC Quest

It sure sounds like an idyllic dream. Interestingly, this dreamlike situation, with the technology called Internet of Things (IoT) has been converted into reality. The description of ‘smart’ has changed ever since smartphones infiltrated our lives. And with further innovations on the front of smart home appliances and gadgets, it is believed that this magic word will continue to amaze us with its development.

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One in 5 network connections in India projected to be of devices by 2021edit

Forbes India

By Harichandan Arakali

Advances in the development and use of technologies for the Internet of Things (IoT) will boost data traffic between networked devices of many kinds, worldwide, and by 2021, such connections will account for more than one in five in India, Cisco Systems said in a report on Friday.

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Time for India to adopt smart manufacturing, say industry expertsedit

Autocar Professional

It was all about the connected shopfloor of the future, of Industry 4.0 or the fourth industrial revolution, the Internet of Things (IoT) and new-generation technologies like 3D printing. Industry 4.0 dynamically changes the rules of the game for manufacturing. Connecting real machines with information technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT) increases productivity substantially

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Why we need to empower the tech ecosystem in Indiaedit

The Hindu

Why is this happening, and why now? At the very heart of digital transformation, is data. With the swift and rampant adoption of automation and technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), the world is producing more data than ever before in history. To deal with the data deluge in a way that it can be harnessed to a business outcome is the need of the hour.

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IT majors face multiple margin issuesedit

Business Standard

The sector has been grappling with structural and cyclical growth issues in recent times. These include the disruption caused by strong rises in client spending on digital technologies such as automation, the internet of things (IOT), cloud and data analytics.

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How innovations in AI, virtual reality are advancing healthcare in India to new frontiersedit

ET Small Biz

By J Vignesh

For Manish Singhal, founding partner of AI and IoT-focussed fund pi Ventures, the emergence of such technologies is a “leapfrog moment in healthcare.” “If (the startups) get it right, and market adoption happens, these companies will become valuable. (This is) definitely early, but we are seeing some really good work. As compared to the Valley, it is definitely early, but the growth rate is rapid,” he said.

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Six things every consumer should know about the ‘Internet of Things’edit

Business Standard

While the Internet of Things (IoT) may lead to more efficiency in our daily lives, my research shows that consumers are exposed to many risks by the use of IoT devices, ranging from disclosure of private information, to physical injury and problems with the devices themselves.

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Digitization can pave the way for Internet of Things in Indiaedit

Mint

India is set for a “digitization revolution” which, in turn, would fuel the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is bridging the physical, digital, cyber and virtual worlds and this requires extensive information processing capabilities.

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View: Focus on protecting our digital futureedit

The Economic Times

2016 was an incredible year in the world of cyber security . A year marked by extraordinary attacks, including multi-milliondollar virtual bank heists, overt attempts to disrupt the US electoral process by state-sponsored groups and some of the biggest distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on record powered by a botnet of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

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Building big data capabilitiesedit

Business Standard

By Alok Kumar

With the series of advancement in the technological landscape of our country, such as penetration of Internet, budding acceptance towards IoT (Internet of Things) devices, smartphones and broadband, Nasscom recently estimated that the valuation of data will witness an eight-fold increase, from $2 billion to $16 billion, by 2025.

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36% Indian youth see potential in Artificial Intelligence: Telenoredit

The Economic Times

By Muntazir Abbas

Artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and virtual reality rank consistently among the top three that according to the telco suggests the vast potential seen in these future technologies by the Internet generation.

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How 5G Can Power The Internet Of Thingsedit

CXO Today

2020 is the year, according to some, when the first 5G commercial networks could go live. For many telecoms operators 2020 can’t come soon enough. That’s because there are billions of devices coming online thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT). Gartner predicts that by 2020 there will be over 6.4 billion “connected things” worldwide.

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Healthcare spending to grow at 16 per cent a year, touch Rs 19 trillion by 2020edit

The Economic Times

Innovation Encouraging innovation in business models, processes and products can help improve quality and bring cost efficiencies. Internet of Things (IoT) facilitates realtime analytics and insights through nanotechnology, wearables and other devices Cognitive provides an environment that can grant individual physicians easy, usable access to global medical journals and research conclusions.

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Businesses not devoting enough resources to prevent cyber attacks: Reportedit

Channel World

The report shows that the growth in both the volume and complexity of cyber attacks is presenting unprecedented challenges for organizations, which are struggling to devote the necessary resources to keeping pace with the threat landscape.

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5 Tech Trends That Will Change Banking Experience In Indiaedit

CXO Today

Cloud computing is the one technology that supports many other disruptive technologies such as Big Data, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, IoT. The more progressive banks around the world have already made significant headway with the adoption of cloud computing, and Indian banks are fast warming up to its many benefits.

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Smart Cities: Viable and Sustainable Solution to India’s Energy Challengeedit

ET Energy World

To address this dilemma, IoT-enabled competencies would be prevalent in Smart Cities. Be it Smart Homes, Smart Offices, Smart Grids, Smart Water Networks and suchlike, the IoT would drive higher process efficiencies in residential buildings, commercial structures and industrial applications across the globe.

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Why the Indian IT services industry has no option but to reinvent itselfedit

Your Story

By Vishal Krishna

Legacy companies such as General Motors are now building connected car platforms; GE Predix as an industrial IOT platform is already a huge success. “These companies have been operating in an asset heavy environment and are thriving by creating an enabling ecosystem around their products,” says Praveen

IT Sector
Largest IT Companies Planning to Layoff More Than 57,000 Engineers This Yearedit

Business World

While increasing automation may kill many jobs, new aged functional areas like cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning are creating new job opportunities. It is the time to reskill to be relevant and employable in the industry.

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Haven’t heard, seen massive layoffs in IT sector: Kris Gopalakrishnanedit

The Economic Times

Regarding job opportunities in the IT sector, he said, “There is still requirement for people with major sciences, (skills in) artificial intelligence, new paradigms on the mobile platform, on IoT: this is an industry that’s always looking for talent with right technical capability.”

IT Sector
5 startling facts about global data use by 2025edit

Digit

Right now, the IoT is still a pretty nascent technology. Currently, we could have maybe one connected device on us. By 2025, though, we may have as many as four devices on us. It is predicted that we would interact with a connected device almost 4800 times a day on average. That’s once every 18 seconds.

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Harness IoT And Smart Appliances To Conserve Energyedit

CXO Today

With India’s fossils fuels depleting, the country has to find ways of energy conservation, particularly in the context of initiatives like Digital India and Smart City. IoT could be key to India’s efforts at power conservation, cutting down carbon emissions and footprint, and environmental degradation and health hazards.

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IT-enabled services exports from State grow 13.85%edit

The Hindu

The State Government, which had unveiled sectoral policies for several sunrise sectors in IT such as Cyber Security and Data Analytics, is planning to launch policies on IoT and Cyber and E-waste.

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Disruptive competition emerges as the biggest challenge in telecom sector: EY reportedit

ET Telecom

By Tina Gurnaney

“Disruption remains a white-hot theme in the telecoms industry, as newcomers eat into legacy revenue streams and operators seek new growth opportunities in the Internet of Things and beyond. If operators are to make the most of the 5G era from 2020 onwards, they must take bolder steps to overhaul legacy business models and form more dynamic customer relationships,” said Prashant Singhal, EY Global Telecommunications Leader.

IoTTelecom
Chatter over layoffs in IT industry highly exaggerated: TCS Presidentedit

The Hindu Business Line

Emerging technologies Sectors such as Internet of Things, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and analytics are huge opportunities for the IT industry. “It is crowded in the technology space, and so much needs to be done. There is a lot of disruptions and innovations are happening,” he said.

IT Sector
The dynamic wave of automation in auto manufacturingedit

The Financial Express

Connectivity and automation have changed our world in the last decade. It’s not just humans who talk to machines and vice-versa, machines are talking to machines as well. Already, 20 billion devices are connected via the Internet of Things, thereof 8 billion in production.

 

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5 tips to calculate the value of network risk reductionedit

BW CIO World

It’s become well understood that with the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) and shift to the cloud comes increasing complexity within enterprise networks. Visibility is compromised and proper management becomes nearly impossible. In fact, a recent survey found that enterprises experience a “loss of control over network data” instigated by a lack of full visibility.

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Threat of automation taking away your job is realedit

The Economic Times

The threat of automation taking away jobs is real. It can entirely finish certain jobs or force companies to rationalise workforce. The Jobs Disruption Survey of nearly 11,000 employees by ET Online has found that a large number of employees see automation taking away their jobs even though the trend is more visible in the information technology sector (IT) at this stage.

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Artificial Intelligence ‘emerging piece by piece’ to build high-impact solutionsedit

The Hindu Business Line

Artificial Intelligence and machine learning appear to be playing out across the country, with brands relying on enormous amounts of data to provide solutions to some of the trickiest problems. What was once the domain of a few, is now available across industries, with several e-commerce giants and even start-ups using the latest technologies to build high-impact solutions.

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Despite layoffs and automation, IT and blue collar jobs will get a boost in next 6 monthsedit

The Economic Times

By Shreeradha Basu and Rica Bhattacharyya

Even as stories of layoffs in large numbers in the IT sector grab headlines and automation continues its rapid inroads, search consultants and experts said the Indian job market in the next two quarters will look better despite pockets of negativity in certain sectors such as IT, startups, telecom and BPO.

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M2M and GSM are indispensable for IoT-enabled rural developmentedit

ET Telecom

The Internet of Things (IoT), a leap from the prevalent technology allowing devices to communicate with each other, can deliver a wealth of benefits that can potentially change the way electricity is used by communities. IoT is already touted as the fourth industrial revolution.

 

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The Evolution of Design: Making the Impossible a Realityedit

Business World

As the integration of equipment on the factory floor grows, more and more manufacturing companies are starting to think about Industry 4.0 – the new industrial revolution. Change is being driven across a range of industries thanks to automation, robotics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) – and manufacturing is no exception.

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Home Automation: The Rising Star Of Tech Worldedit

CXO Today

It has transformed every facet of our lives. Today, with introduction of Internet of Things (IoT), consumers have the power to control the lighting and temperature of their house while driving to home from work. It has given consumers the ability to talk to their devices like coffee brewing machine and refrigerators with an extremely simple way, a voice command.

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Intelligence and Automation – The Rise of Another Disruptive Eraedit

PC Quest

By Raj Kumar Maurya

Technological advancements and digital transformations are drastically changing the way we do business today. Technologies like Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning (AI/ ML) are the new buzzwords of today, transforming user experience, engaging the consumer, analyzing patterns and enabling proactive and real-time response.

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The Future Of Cloud Computing In Healthcareedit

CXO Today

Adoption of cloud computing in the healthcare industry will continue to evolve and accelerate in the coming years. The increasing penetration of IoT (Internet of Things) in the healthcare segment is predicted to be one of the biggest drivers for Cloud adoption in the coming days.

HealthcareIoT
Smart Home will take sometime to make gains in India, say LG’s Amit Gujraledit

Indian Express

By Shruti Dhapola

Smart home, the internet of things, connected devices: Buzzwords which we’ve been hearing for sometime now. But how viable is a concept like smart home, especially in a market like India where internet connectivity is still a challenge?

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Industry News: Education

Accreditation to universities could soon be given by private playersedit

Hindustan Times

By Neelam Pandey Private sector players may soon get powers to grant accreditation to universities, colleges and other institutions of higher learning in the country. At present, this function is vested solely with the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous institution under the UGC’s jurisdiction.

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Re-skilling: Education-technology platforms vying to cash in on opportunities in Indiaedit

The Economic Times

By Taslima Khan

As the need for re-skilling gains momentum across industries, domestic and foreign ed-tech platforms are vying to cash in on India’s renewed fondness for learning. Taslima Khan explores which side holds the advantage.

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Cost of higher education to rise as services at colleges to attract levyedit

Times of India

By Swathi Shinde

The cost of education is set for an increase after the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) from July 1.

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Artificial Intelligence: Study Options In India And Abroadedit

NDTV

Artificial Intelligence is basically a computer based system which can perform tasks which normally require human assistance. This can include speech recognition, visual perception, language identification, decision making etc.

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Liberate educationedit

Mint

The issue is not just about whether education should be provided by government or private institutions. There are no such binaries. India is a complex country that should allow different types of schools, colleges and universities to flourish.

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A new chapteredit

The Week

The UGC has been around for 61 years and AICTE for 72 years, yet there has not been any improvement in the quality of higher education. And, it shows in the poor international rankings of Indian universities, substandard quality of research and low employment numbers. “We need to simplify our higher education setup and not complicate it as is the case now with multiple regulators,” says Furqan Qamar, secretary general of Association of Indian Universities.

Higher Education
Sorry state of technical education todayedit

Deccan Chronicle

Here is a wake-up call for engineering education in India. The time has come for it to re-invent itself, if only to survive in the extremely dynamic ecosystem, which is increasingly becoming nimble, agile and to some extent mercurial in character.

Technical Education
Panel formed to make new education policyedit

Deccan Chronicle

The Union human resource development ministry has finally take a step towards the much-awaited National Education Policy (NEP) by appointing a nine-member panel.

Education
IBM to engage with developers on AI, machine learning, IoTedit

Mint

Tech giant IBM is looking at engaging with developers in India in areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning and Internet of Things (IoT) to help them hone their skills for new technology trends.

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How can HEERA revamp higher educationedit

Financial Express

It should not be assumed that a mere single-handed support of HEERA will transform higher education. There are different problems at different levels, whose solutions require a methodical understanding and professional resolution.

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Education equality a must for standard academicsedit

Times of India

Quality of education in the state came in for some criticism as experts from various fields brainstormed on means to improve the academic standards.

 

Education
Online learning: Why is it so hard to find expertise in IoT & AI?edit

Financial Express

Traditional learning avenues like schools and colleges haven’t kept pace. While many engineering colleges offer electives in IoT or AI as part of the curriculum, the course content is very basic.

Upskilling
5 popular tech skills you can learn this summeredit

The Indian Express

Python is what brings together IoT, analytics, and high-end games. You can create your own magical world, Super Mario, helper robots, and remote controlled cars. Using a peripheral device such as Raspberry Pi can help you realise how something as boring as programming can be turned into an exciting and fun activity.

Upskilling
Only higher education can bridge India’s skill gap, says IBM studyedit

Business Standard

IBM has announced a study conducted by the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) in cooperation with the Economist Intelligence Unit, to evaluate India’s growing skills challenge and proposed recommendations to bridge the gap.

Higher Education
Advancing cooperation in higher educationedit

Mint

It makes sense for India and the US to strengthen ties in four critical areas of higher education: financing, teaching quality, research and governance

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As automation threatens job market, employees opt for e-learning courses to upskilledit

Money Control

As automation is threatening the job market and many people are getting pink slips, the key to save your employment is to upskill and the best way to do that is by opting for e-learning courses.

Upskilling
Demand for IoT talent up 300% in last 3 years: Surveyedit

The Economic Times

With exponential uptick in adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning related activities in the country, the demand for IoT talent has surged by 300 per cent since 2014, showed a recent report.

Upskilling
Engineering admissions: NET may be introduced in 2019-2020edit

Hindustan Times

Stating that some governments were apprehensive about the outcome of the entrance test, he said that there would not be any problem for the students, as feared by many with regard to NEET for admission to MBBS and BDS courses.

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Worried by IT layoffs? Open online courses can future-proof your careeredit

Business Standard

By Vinay Umarji

After being laid-off by an information technology (IT) major in Chennai, Ashir Sharma (name changed) recently bagged a job at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), in Pune, after training himself in data analytics using the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL).

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Upskilling is the only way to survive layoffs and a shrinking job marketedit

Yourstory

By Aparajita Choudhary

Growing job insecurity among professionals on account of layoffs and a shrinking job market has put the spotlight on skills upgradation this year. This insecurity is nowhere more evident than in the IT/ITes industry where automation and changing business models have left most professionals worrying about redundancy and survival.

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Unemployment in India: Why government may need to adopt new approachesedit

Financial Express

Many are convinced that providing enough employment opportunities in India is not easy, especially when half the population is below the age of 25 and will soon enter the job market. This is a huge challenge for the government. In response, the government has taken some important initiatives including Make-in-India, Skill India and Start-up India.

Skill Development
Transforming higher education to create job ready professionals; look to improve these skillsedit

Sify News

Tertiary Education or Higher Education plays a critical role in transforming a student into a productive resource for the development of society. Students and their parents have a fair understanding of this need, as evinced by the large number of enrolments in higher education. 

Higher Education
Education 4.0 is hereedit

The Hindu

Madhuvanti S Krishnan

We are now in the era of smartphone classrooms, online exams, robotic house help and workplace companions; what is the common thread running through them all? A rapid advancement in technology, courtesy highly innovative minds; a time in which technology and creativity have become sine qua non in everyday life — Industrial revolution 4.0 or, IR 4.0 has arrived and how.

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Higher education in India: Does the quality match rising expectations?edit

Business Standard

There are over 700 universities and more than 37,000 affiliated colleges imparting knowledge to more than 20 million students; while this may seem sufficient, when you filter out geographical areas, courses offered and the quality & ranking of the institute – the competition to get into the right course and the right college is quite cutthroat. In this scenario, an average student is faced with two choices – enroll in a substandard course or pay up to access private institutes.

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HEERA: Proposed higher education regulation needs top overcome many shortcomingsedit

Financial Express

By Sarthak Ray

The government is proposing to create a new higher education watchdog, which has been tentatively named Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA). The contours of the body as well as the draft law to back it are currently being worked out by the government, in consultation with the NITI Aayog. The current regulators, University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), will cease functioning to make way for HEERA.

 

Higher Education
Are universities in India making their students job ready?edit

Business Economics

India has 785 universities but most lack in skill education and instead, give more emphasis to rote-learning methods. Indus-try insiders feel that there is a dearth of job-ready people at the entry level.

Education
Only 17% of Engineering Students Are Employableedit

Business World

Sandeep Tyagi of Samsung Electronics said, “HR people are no more just managers but leaders, a lot of collaboration with other functional role is going on. We try to give experiences which are as personal as possible as technology is not personal but HR has to be close to people.” Adding to that, Arijit Sengupta, HR Director of Adidas India said that, “We will not be working in physical spaces near future but virtual.

 

Engineering
AICTE mentoring to improve Higher Educationedit

Digital Learning

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has taken various steps to improve technical and higher education in the country. The council’s initiatives are in line with the Central Government’s initiative like Digital India and Skill India, says Prof Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE, in an interview with Gopi Arora of Elets News Network (ENN).

Higher Education
Skill India right it’s the key to our futureedit

The Asian Age

India is one of the youngest nations. Its median age is 27.3. Skill development holds the key to India’s future as a globally competitive economy and the demographic dividend it hopes to reap. But here is a chilling statistic. Out of India’s estimated 480 million employed, less than five per cent have formally recognised skills. The figure shocks and awes but it is not so surprising when you consider that nearly 90 per cent of the country’s workforce is part of the unorganised or informal sector — India leads the world with the sheer size of its informal sector.

Skill Development
Educational Institutes Don’t Impart Skills To Studentsedit

Business World

Speaking at the 6th AITMC Annual Global Summit 2017, partnered by BW Education, NHRD Government of India and Ministry of Labour and Empowerment, Government of India, Lt. Gen Dr. S.P. Kochhar, CEOTSSC pointed out how education institutions these days do not impart relevant skills to students.

Skill Development
AI, data analytics: IT cos look for new skill sets in prospective employeesedit

Business Standard

By Ayan Pramanik and Kiran Rathee

Nasscom says the industry is witnessing an increasing demand for services using new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things, machine learning and big data analytics.

Skill Development
Future economy demands realignment of IT courses: AISECT Directoredit

Data Quest

By Tanya Jain

In an exclusive interview with Dataquest, Mr. Siddharth Chaturvedi, Director, AISECT talks about their endeavors to entourage a plethora of opportunities for professionals and how education can overcome the mist of unemployment doing the rounds in the industry. He also discussed about where the Indian engineers lack and what is backing the unemployment quotient for them.

Engineering
IIT hosts international conclave on higher educationedit

DNA

The objective of this international conclave was to usher in an atmosphere of excellence and quality in our top 10 percent institutes of higher learning so that they start attracting the best students from all over the world and thus India becomes once again a global destination for higher learning.

Higher Education
All boards to move towards common curriculum, papersedit

Times of India

The Union ministry of human resource development (HRD) will curb the “malpractice of spiking of marks” and implement a more scientific moderation policy from 2018. The Delhi high court had restrained the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) -primarily because of the timing of the board’s decision -from doing away with its moderation policy this year.

Education
IT layoffs spur demand for big data coursesedit

The Times of India

Calling it a `scale to skill’ shift, Nair said the past few months had shown the sector was re-inventing itself. “While there are layoffs, it is also important to note that the same companies are also hiring in big numbers for big data, analytics, AI, IOT, etc.,” he said.

Skill Development
Siemens to establish four Centres of Excellence in Karnatakaedit

Business Standard

With Indian industry adopting automation and digitalisation, it also requires a highly skilled workforce trained in future-ready technologies and processes. Siemens is committed to supporting the Indian economy (in this regard),” said Sunil Mathur, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Limited

Skill Development
We will seriously consider making higher education free for all girls: Siddaramaiahedit

 The Hindu

Stating that the Congress government has planned to increase enrolment in higher education from 27 % to 40 % in the next 10 years, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has asserted he would seriously contemplate making higher education free for all girls in the State.

Higher Education
Need for affordable higher education by pvt sectors: JGU VCedit

Business Standard

The aim of private higher education institutions should be to provide affordable and quality education for public good and not only to earn profit, Vice Chancellor of O P Jindal Global University C Raj Kumar has said.

Higher Education
Machine learning: A chance for engineering students to look beyond software servicesedit

The Economic Times

By Suman Layak

India produces a good number of engineers. However, engineering talent is largely focused on IT, not on research and innovation. For AI employability, companies need professionals with a strong research mindset.

Engineering
President Pranab Mukherjee concerned about quality of education in Indian universitiesedit

The Economic Times

President Pranab Mukherjee expressed concern over the quality of education in institutes of higher learning even as he expressed happiness over better global rankings achieved by few such Indian institutions.

Higher Education
Indian higher education is deficient in pushing the boundaries and ingenuity forwardedit

The Economic Times

It’s heartening that three Indian universities feature among the top 200 in the latest QS world ranking of universities. However, there is no gainsaying that Indian higher education is deficient, when it comes to pushing the boundaries of human insight and ingenuity forward. India needs to cover a huge ground, starting from primary education, to become a knowledge society by global standards.

Higher Education
4,000 Indians seek US visa for higher educationedit

The Economic Times

Around 4,000 Indian students appeared for interviews on Thursday to secure the American visa to pursue higher education in the US, brushing aside fears of hate crimes in that country.

Higher Education
Centre changes skill development policy, training to be given on industry ‘demand model’edit

The Indian Express

The Centre has made a major policy shift under its Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) programmes that aimed to train 50 crore people by 2022 to provide skilled labour in the job sector. The government has now decided to change its model from the current supply driven to demand driven.

Skill Development
69% of Indian IT professionals believe online learning is more effective than offline learning: Surveyedit

The Economic Times

By Brinda Dasgupta

Technology learning platform Pluralsight today announced the findings of two new studies that provide insights into learning styles of the Indian IT professional and how gamifying learning is making it more interesting.

Skill Development
Internships bridge gaps in learningedit

Times of India

By Ardha Nair

Most experts in the engineering field said the placement scenario is rapidly changing and recruiters are putting greater emphasis on evidence-based recruitment.

Bridging Skill Gap
Engineering education looks beyond four wallsedit

Times of India

By Ardha Nair

A foothold in mainstream technical education is the biggest aim for enrolling oneself in an engineering college, but more and more colleges are inspiring students to go beyond the four walls of a classroom.

Engineering
UGC, AICTE to be history soon; govt to bring new higher education regulatoredit

Hindustan Times

The University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) are soon going to be a thing of the past with the government planning to replace them with a single higher education regulator.

Higher Education
Govt abandons goal of training 500 million people in new skills by 2022edit

Live Mint

By Prashant K Nanda

The government has abandoned its goal of training 500 million people in new skills by 2022, in a clear shift in strategy. Skill development ministry officials, at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, also refused to spell out a new number that the Union government and its 22 departments and ministries will chase.

Skill Development
In the world of digitalisation, these 10 new skills will help you to stay aheadedit

The Economic Times

By Richa Bhattacharyya

Research improvements to machine learning algorithms will be one of the hot skills of the future. The rapid spread of digitalisation and artificial intelligence, along with advances in mobile Internet and cloud technology are impacting the way work is done. Rica Bhattacharyya looks at 10 new skills to stay ahead of the curve.

Skill Development
Government Needs to Relook at GST on Educationedit

The Economic Times

IIMs are also proposed to be exempt but not for all courses that they run. For example, executive development programmes and distance learning courses would attract 18% GST, whereas two-year residential MBA courses and the five-year integrated programme in management would be exempt.

Education
“Willingness to learn” – A must for today’s IT professionalsedit

Business Insider

Today, millions of IT professionals face a threat to their cushy jobs. The IT industry, as we all know, had the biggest success story of modern Indian economic history. This industry impacted millions of professionals and contributed toward their social mobility. However, today, the IT industry is going through rough patches in the wake of rapid technological advancements.

IT Industry
Modi government to replace UGC, AICTE with one higher education regulatoredit

The Economic Times

By Anubhuti Vishnoi Big-bang education reform is on its way – the Modi government is all set to scrap the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and replace them with one higher education regulator, tentatively christened Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA).

Higher Education
India’s knowledge superpower dream is dying; bureaucrats are dismantling our higher education systemedit

First Post

India’s higher education system is undergoing a slow, yet steady dismantling process. Seasoned bureaucrats are removing a host of key subjects from their core bodies to ensure greater acceptability among students.

Higher Education
Impact of GST on higher educational institutes decodededit

Times of India

The importance of education cannot be undermined in a country like India, where nearly half of its billion plus population is below the age of 25. In the years to come, the country will need to cater to a huge demand for jobs, a challenging prospect in an environment which could be dominated by robotics and artificial intelligence.

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Engineering education hits a new lowedit

Telangana Today

Engineering education has hit a new low in the State. The apex technical body, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), has slashed over 13,000 seats in private engineering colleges across the State. This means that these seats will not be available for admissions for the academic year 2017-18.

Engineering
NIIT launches products to meet digital skill demandedit

The Hindu Business Line

“We plan to launch morecourses on augmented reality and virtual reality, machine learning, robotics, IoT and cyber security, under digiNXT and expect to train 10,000 freshers under these programmes in FY 2018,” Patwardhan said. To help companies retrain their existing professionals in digital technology and those keen to equip themselves with digital skills, NIIT has launched new products such as StackRoute Online and DdigiNXT NIC.

Skill Development
NIIT calls for reskilling staff to check IT job cutsedit

The New Indian Express

Amid fears of massive layoffs in the IT sectors, reskilling the existing employees is set to gain prominence, providing an opportunity of Rs 20,000 crore for the training and skilling industry, said Rahul Patwardhan, CEO of NIIT, a leading IT skilling and training company, speaking to Express here on Thursday.

Reskilling
Hit by IT job crisis, engineering colleges look at startups, non-IT cos for campus placementsedit

Money Control

The ongoing crisis in the information technology industry is forcing smaller engineering colleges and institutes relying on the sector for campus placements to look elsewhere. While some colleges are eyeing small or mid-sized tech companies, others are offering alternative skill development programmes to consider jobs outside the IT sector.

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IT layoffs: Mid-rung engineering colleges explore ways to skill talentedit

Business Standard

By Vinay Umarji

Amidst layoffs marking the IT industry, while top institutes are relatively immune, mid-rung engineering institutes are exploring ways to impart latest skills to students ahead of placements this year.

Skill Development
Engineering colleges eye small IT firms for campus placements amid hiring slowdownedit

Mint

By Bidya Sapam

Engineering colleges are also diversifying courses on offer and skill development programmes to help students look beyond IT jobs at campus placements. Smaller engineering colleges in India are looking at mid-size and small technology firms to do the bulk of hiring in the coming campus placement season after a slowdown in hiring by the information technology (IT) industry.

Engineering
Can India build 20 Harvards in 20 years?edit

Mint

Higher education in India is in deep crisis. Most Indian graduates are unemployable. Research in both the sciences and the humanities is generally below par. And even elite Indian universities do not make it to the very top of global listings.

Higher Education

Uncategorized

Rework power supply deals to boost renewables: Reportedit

The Economic Times

By Sarita Singh and Kaavya Chandrsekaran

Existing power supply contracts between power generation and distribution companies should be renegotiated to ensure flexibility in the supply of coalbased electricity in order to make way for renewables, suggested a report developed under a US-India bilateral programme.

Renewable Energy
As India increasingly eyes renewable, Piyush Goyal says balancing policy against coal trickyedit

Financial Express

As the country is taking measures to change its energy mix to increase renewable energy contribution, power minister Piyush Goyal acknowledged the contradiction faced by policymakers in the evolving scenario.

Renewable Energy
Coal India betting big on renewables: Piyush Goyaledit

The New Indian Express

The renewable energy industry is already booming in India. Solar power generation capacity has more than tripled in three years to over 12 GW, as Modi targets raising energy generation from all renewable sources to 175 GW by 2022.

Renewable Energy
India’s solar power capacity to be 22 GW by March: Piyush Goyaledit

Money Control

India’s solar power generation capacity would nearly double to 22 GW by the end of current fiscal and more wind power auctions would be conducted in the coming months, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said today.

Solar Energy
All but gone with the wind: The unfolding sad story of India’s wind sectoredit

Money Control

Wind power, which along with solar power was expected to make India a renewable energy powerhouse, is struggling for survival. There are states that do not want to purchase wind power, some do not want to pay for the power purchased while some others want all old contracts to be renegotiated at the lowest tariff rate.

Renewable Energy
Sri Lanka, India to set up solar unit soonedit

The Hindu

Sri Lanka will soon kick-start the process of setting up a solar power plant in eastern port town Trincomalee after discussions with India, which is partnering the Government in the initiative. “The next step would be to undertake a feasibility study and do the groundwork,” spokesman of the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy Sulakshana Jayawardena told The Hindu on Wednesday.

Solar Energy
Making a smart energy grid work for Indiaedit

Mint

With smart grids (and smart cities) just around the corner, we should address the next challenge of electricity evolution

Smart Grid
The rise of the renewable energy is unstoppable: Aditya Gandhi, Director, Sapient Global Marketsedit

ET Energy World

By Sudheer Singh

The recent reduction in solar power prices is well supported by policy interventions and the global rise of the renewable energy is unstoppable, Aditya Gandhi, Director at Sapient Global Markets tells ET Energy World in an interview.

Renewable Energy
Energy majors go for a major rethinkedit

Business Standard

It was not always this way. Energy majors built their historic wealth in assets such as coal mines, oil wells and gas fields. The value came from discovering and developing these assets across the globe and putting them to market. They obsessed more with adding reserves and worried about hitting the “peak” that is, when they will start to deplete reserves more than add.

Renewable Energy
The uneasy rise of renewablesedit

Mint

R Sree Ram

The sustained increase in renewable capacity additions may be unsettling conventional energy businesses. But the ambitious capacity addition targets may bring along execution challenges, cautions Moody’s Investors Service.

Renewable Energy
Solar power helps pump up petrol sales amid power shortageedit

The Economic Times

“Solar is not just about being environment-friendly. It is paying off financially as it helps raise sales as well as bring down the operating cost for petrol pumps,” said AK Sharma, director (finance) at Indian Oil Corp, the nation’s largest fossil fuel retailer, which has about a quarter of its 26,500 pumps using solar energy.

Solar Energy
Indian renewable energy market to witness strong growth: Moody’sedit

Mint

As India is moving towards meeting its commitments under the Paris agreement on climate change, its renewable energy market is likely to witness a strong growth over many years, says Moody’s Investors Service.

Renewable Energy
India’s thermal plants may become economically unviableedit

The Economic Times

India’s ultra thermal plants, designed to run on foreign coal, may no longer afford to do so economically in the future, says a top financial analyst with a leading US-based institute.

Renewable Energy
Use of coal on the rise in China, US and India after major 2016 dropedit

Hindustan Times

India has long argued it has both a right and an obligation to expand power generation as it extends electricity access to hundreds of millions of people who still have none.

Renewable Energy
Towards a clean energy workforceedit

Business Standard

Renewable energy is on a rapid growth trajectory in India. Solar capacity increased from less than 20 megawatts (Mw) in 2010 to above 12,000 Mw (March 2017). During this period, annual deployment increased exponentially from 8 Mw in 2010 to 5,500 Mw in 2016.

Renewable Energy
Solar power: US gives India time till year-end to scrap local sourcing rulesedit

The Hindu Business Line

By Amiti Sen

The United States has agreed to give India time till December 14 this year to remove the requirement for mandatory domestic sourcing of solar panels and modules under its national solar power generation programme.

Solar Energy
India can earn Rs 600 cr more from existing hydropoweredit

The Hindu Business Line

The report, titled ‘Operational Analysis for Optimisation of Hydro Resources & Facilitating Renewable Integration in India’, was released by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy, and Mines, Piyush Goyal, at a meeting with the Forum of Regulators on Friday.

Renewable Energy
Not Greener Future, Experts Say What Really Could Push Renewable Energyedit

NDTV

The two big gainers from the Paris Accord, at least from President Trump’s perspective, China and India are already on track to rapidly expand their renewable energy capacities.

Renewable Energy
Piyush Goyal launches weather portal for power sectoredit

India Infoline

Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal launched at weather portal for power sector in association with Power System Operation Corporation Ltd (POSOCO) and India Meteorological Department (IMD) at an event on Friday.

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Clean energy to generator 300K new jobs by 2022: Studyedit

Business Standard

More than 300,000 new workers can be employed in wind and solar jobs and more than 1 million total employment opportunities can be created in achieving India’s ambitious clean energy goals to install 160 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power by 2022, according to a study of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

Renewable Energy
India may struggle to achieve 2022 target of 175 GW renewable energy: Expertsedit

Money Control

Experts list the lack of long term financing, inadequate budget allocation, and insufficient transmission and distribution, as the reasons behind the government falling short of its renewable targets.

Renewable Energy
What ails India’s solar energy drive?edit

Millennium Post

India is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. As a signatory to the Paris Agreement, India is committed to investing in climate change mitigation, while addressing poverty, food security and access to healthcare and education.

Solar Energy
Energise This Relationshipedit

The Economic Times

It would lead to synergy in the energy domain, and better integration with renewables like solar power for increased overall economic efficiency. This would, of course, also reduce carbon emissions.

Renewable Energy
India Considering Renewable Energy Applications Beyond Electricityedit

Business World

India’s leadership in creation of International Solar Alliance (ISA) is commendable, and now the country is considering renewable energy applications beyond electricity, said Jamshyd Godrej, Chairperson, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) and Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation. ISA aims to work for efficient exploitation of solar energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

Renewable Energy
Finance Ministry Rejects Rs 20,000-crore plan for local solar equipment firmsedit

The Economic Times

By Kaavya Chandrasekaran

The finance ministry has rejected an ambitious Rs 20,000-crore plan to prop up local solar equipment manufacturers with incentives and subsidies to help them withstand the flood of Chinese imports, said a source close to the development.

Solar Energy
Solar power: Hry govt to waive intra-state wheeling chargesedit

India Today

To promote power generation from new and renewable energy sources, the Haryana government has decided to waive the intra-state “wheeling charges” on transmission of electricity generated from solar power plants in the state.

Solar Energy
Record level of wind power producededit

The Times of India

Wind power production has picked up at a time when the state-run power utility has been getting less power from private sector power producers for quite a while. “The increase in wind and solar power has helped GUVNL ease the shortage caused by less supply from private companies,” said industry players.

Renewable Energy
What is Hindering Solar Roof Top Sector In India?edit

Business World

The renewable energy target of 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022 is making progressive headways. Solar power plays a central part in achieving this goal and installation of utility scale power has seen a dramatic increase in the past 12 months. Rooftop Solar, however, is still lagging and a lot more needs to be done to achieve its 40 GW capacity target by 2022 within, the bigger target.

Solar Energy
India’s increasing green growthedit

Live Mint

India is the fastest growing economy in the world. But how has it performed on green growth and energy efficiency? Electricity usage is an important indicator of energy efficiency, and, all else being equal; using less electricity to achieve a given level of output is more efficient.

Renewable Energy
India’s clean energy sector could create 300,000 new jobs by 2020: Studyedit

Live Mint

By Mayank Aggarwal

More than 300,000 new workers can be employed in wind and solar jobs and more than one million total employment opportunities can be created in achieving India’s ambitious clean energy goals to install 175 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power by 2022, said a study released on Wednesday.

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845MW worth solar power plants installed across India: NTPCedit

Outlook India

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of India has recently revealed that India now hosts solar power capacity worth 845 MW, after the recent addition of the 225 MW Mandsaur Solar Power Project- a 250 MW solar farm located in Madhya Pradesh

Solar Energy
Making it easy to go solaredit

The Hindu Business Line

How it does it: It creates a convenient and guided buying environment for consumers by providing competitive pricing, rated vendors, quality standards, advanced engineering tools and financing options, all under one roof and connects them to highly-rated pre-screened solar installers to deliver a high quality and best-priced solar system.

Solar Energy
Renewable Energy: Here comes the sunedit

The Indian Express

By Anil Sasi

There is fresh traction for the Centre’s solar push, with new flag bearers beginning to eclipse the more established ones. Andhra Pradesh has emerged on top in terms of cumulative solar project capacity, surpassing the traditional solar leaders — Rajasthan and Gujarat — to report the highest installed solar generation capacity till March 2017.

Renewable Energy
Clean energy can cement Indo-US tiesedit

Live Mint

Some observers think Modi should or will follow Trump’s lead and exit the agreement as well. Not only has the Indian leadership refuted this possibility, that view is misguided because nearly all the basic actions that India pledged—primarily boosting electricity efficiency in both consumption and generation and shifting to renewable energy (RE)—are already under way.

Renewable Energy
Over the next decade solar cost will come down by 60 per centedit

The Hindu Business Line

By M Ramesh

Well, the cost equation has changed so much. Why is India so gung-ho on solar? Because solar PV costs have come down by about 80 per cent in the last six years. We just released, earlier this year, a very in-depth analysis of the costs of renewable energy technology going down and we see over the next decade that solar PV will come down by another 60 per cent, minimum.

Solar Energy
An insight into India’s Energy Transformationedit

The Hans India

India added more renewable energy (RE) capacity than conventional generation capacity in 2016-17. RE tariff in the country dropped to a level that is cost competitive with coal-fired generation.

Renewable Energy
Tamil Nadu to increase installed capacity of solar energyedit

The Financial Express

Tamil Nadu Government has floated tenders for generating solar energy to the tune of 1,500 MW as part of its proposal to increase the installed power capacity in solar energy to 5,000 MW in coming years. According to the policy note tabled in the state assembly by Electricity Minister P Thangamani today, Tamil Nadu had a total solar installed capacity of 1,702.40 MW as of May 31, 2017.

Solar Energy
OPINION: Renewable energy -beyond mere capacityedit

The Economic Times

The target of 175 GW of new renewable energy capacity by 2022 still seems ambitious. But the direction of travel has been clearly set. India is focused on increasing the share of renewables in the energy basket. Record low tariffs, declining capital costs, swift and transparent auctions and allotment have made this possible. But challenges still persist.

Renewable Energy
Let’s get real about renewablesedit

The Hindu Business Line

The recent frenzy in renewable energy, particularly in the solar space, has raised expectations of coal-free, sunshine driven power for India at the lowest cost in about a decade’s time. The impetus for renewables is certainly the right step for coping with climate change challenges.

Renewable Energy
How new funding avenues, M&As are powering India’s renewable energy sectoredit

Vc Circle

Over the last few years, India has significantly transformed its energy policy, with renewable energy emerging as the dominant source of capacity addition. This is triggered by two key factors. First, the government’s strong thrust on the area—it aims to build 175 gigawatt of generation capacity by 2022, and achieve 40% cumulative power capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030.

Renewable Energy
Here comes the sun: Why switching to solar energy is an excellent ideaedit

The Hindu

Why switching to solar energy to power your life is an excellent idea while holidaying in Switzerland, Fawaz Hussain stumbled upon a chalet that would change his life forever. The house, powered entirely by solar energy, offered a business model that he could take back home.

Solar Energy
Government must take 3 steps towards sustainable, 24×7 poweredit

The Hindu Business Line

In renewable energy, vigorous capacity addition is apace and tariffs have come down significantly. In solar power, tariffs are down almost 50 per cent compared with three years ago, and the industry could surpass the UPA government’s target of 20 GW solar capacity by 2022 four years in advance.

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Why India’s smart grid infrastructure is integral for power sectoredit

Financial Express

Globally, the digital revolution has increased need for electricity with greater reliability and better quality than is typically delivered through conventional power distribution systems. As more manufacturing processes and service industries become dependent on digital services, the requirement for high security, quality, reliability, and availability of an electric power supply will only go up. India’s existing infrastructure has been designed for large conventional sources of energy that involves manual intervention and oversight.

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Renewable Energy: Beyond mere capacityedit

Times of India

India’s renewable energy generation capacity is now at a little over 57 GW. In nearly doubling the renewable energy portfolio in three years, the government has shown its commitment to low-carbon development. But much more needs to be done.

Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy will reach 49 percent in India by 2040: Reportedit

ET Energy World

As batteries and new sources of flexibility bolster the reach of renewables, the renewable energy will be reaching 49 percent in India, 55 percent in China, 74 percent penetration in Germany and 38 percent in the U.S. by 2040

Renewable Energy
Solar is India’s future: BNEF Reportedit

India Infoline

China and India are staring at a USD 4 trillion opportunity to cater the energy market,  accounting for 28% and 15% of the total investment in power generation by 2040, said a Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) report.

Solar Energy
Solar, not coal, is India’s future by 2030: Reportedit

Business Standard

Sethia, however, said India’s peak demand was expected to shift from late evening to mid-day because the adoption of air-conditioners continued to grow rapidly. “This shifting of peak load coincides with the solar power production curve and increases the installation of solar technologies,” he said.

Solar Energy
Bihar to invest Rs 20,000 cr in 5 years to generate 3,000 Mw clean energyedit

Business Standard

Bihar is eyeing an investment of Rs 20,000 crore in the renewable energy sector in the next five years to generate over 3,000 megawatts (Mw) of clean energy, officials on Thursday said in Patna. The plan is part of the new renewable energy policy that aims to tap the potential of new and renewable sources of energy in the state.

Renewable Energy
Rajasthan invites Japanese firms in solar energy sectoredit

ET Energy World

In her meeting with a delegation of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) here, she said solar energy is the power of the future and Rajasthan is the ideal destination for investment in Solar Energy.

 

Solar Energy
India ranks 75th in environmental impact survey; only 15% of energy used in country is renewableedit

First Post

India, on the other hand, was placed 75th, with renewable energy making up only 15.2 percent of all energy used; only 2.2 percent of waste water being recycled, and municipal waste of 0.34 kg per person being generated daily.

Renewable Energy
India’s renewable energy capacity crosses 57 GWedit

ET Energy World

India is staying true to its ambitious renewable energy targets by showing a steady growth in renewable energy installations in India, which as of April 2017 account for 17.5 percent of the total energy source. The latest data, which is provided by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has been analyzed by Mercom Capital Group. India’s overall installed capacity has reached 329.4 GW, with renewables accounting for 57.472 GW.

Renewable Energy
India’s Power Struggle & the Emergence of Renewable Energyedit

BW Disrupt

Renewable energy technology is considered unstoppable globally. No longer now solar power is dependent on government subsidies for its survival, solar tariff’s are reducing day by day it’s increasingly beating fossil fuels on pure raw economics.

Renewable Energy
China, India are driving energy demand growthedit

Mint

By Utpal Bhaskar

The US’s support for coal may have come a tad late in the day, with the review’s 66th annual edition stating that the world has changed for the fuel. Coal’s share of primary energy production was down to its lowest since 2004 due to a fall in consumption by the US and China. Green energy stepped in to offset the fall in coal usage, ensuring carbon emissions stayed flat for the third year.

Renewable Energy
100 mw solar power project commissioned in Kurnooledit

The Hans India

According to the statement, the solar plant has been set up at Kurnool Ultra Mega Solar Park with a total capacity of 1,000 mw. The solar park is being developed by Solar Park Implementation Agency (SPIA) and AP Solar Power Corporation Limited (APSPCL). Azure Power will supply power to NTPC for 25 years at a tariff of Rs 5.12 per kwh.

Solar Energy
India’s pursuit of energy transformationedit

Mint

India has gained global attention for its ambitious clean energy targets. In 2014, it revised the domestic RE target to 175 GW of installed capacity by 2022. In 2015, in its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC), India made a global pledge to achieve 40% cumulative installed capacity from fossil-fuel-free resources by 2030.

Renewable Energy
India’s renewable energy exceeds conventional energyedit

India Live Today

India is staying true to its ambitious renewable energy targets by showing a steady growth in renewable energy installations in the country, which, as of April 2017, account for 17.5 percent of the total energy source

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GST is likely to increase solar power project costs by at least 10%edit

Business Standard

The GST regime will cause a tectonic shift in India’s taxation history. I foresee transparency in the business chain which will enable significant value creation for the Indian economy. While this might require a shift in mind-sets of companies – from the way they do business, to the fact that all channels will have to be digitalised at every stage – the goal is perfection in execution to achieve transformation.

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Karnataka not supporting ‘right of way’ for transmission projects: Goyaledit

The Indian Express

The minister also expressed his disappointment stating that despite being rich in coal reserves, the country has to import the fossil fuel for power plants with an installed capacity of 83,100 MW which are designed to feed on imported coal. “As far as India is concerned, ideally we do not wish to import any coal from anywhere in the world.

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Karnataka discoms barred from buying more wind poweredit

ET Energy World

In an April 25 letter to Rajneesh Goel, additional chief secretary with the energy department of Karnataka, the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), noted that the state has already signed enough PPAs with renewable energy developers to ensure it fulfils its renewable purchase obligation (RPO), not only for 2017-18, but also for the next two years.

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Government moves ahead to resurrect stalled power projectsedit

Times of India

Signalling the intent of the government, Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said the ministry is doing its job to revive stalled and stressed thermal and hydro power projects. According to sources, the ministry has firmed up a policy for stalled hydro projects to revive 11,639 megawatts by dispensing Rs 16,709 crore till 2024-25.

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Should India worry about rising solar trade deficits?edit

ET Energy World

India’s solar power programs started long back in the 1980s but the growth remained slow for a substantial part of the last three decades. As a result, India remained one of the laggards in terms of solar capacity addition and solar energy production. More importantly, domestic solar component manufacturing could not metamorphose due to inadequacy of proactive policy forming and implementation.

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Think renewable energyedit

The Hindu

There is absolutely no doubt that there is an urgent need to follow the path of sustainable development, especially in the context of climate change. But the approval of 10 nuclear power plants by the government raises many concerns and questions, a major one being the risk factor.

 

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Coal India will set up 1,000 Megawatt solar power generation capacity: Piyush Goyaledit

ET Energy World

By Anisha Dutta

Power, coal, mines and renewable energy minister Piyush Goyal has announced that state-owned miner Coal India Ltd (CIL) will set up 1,000 Megawatt (Mw) solar power generation capacity in a bid to reduce its carbon footprint.

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Solar power price slump casts shadow on India’s green futureedit

Times Now

After the United States withdrew from the Paris climate deal last week, India said it would stick to its huge renewable energy programme. India is the headquarters of an international solar energy alliance and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen to reinforce the notoriously polluted country’s green credentials.

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Power Storageedit

The Economic Times

Further, given regulatory changes to pare back incentives for solar in many markets, the idea of combining solar with storage to enable households to make and consume their own power on demand, instead of exporting power to the grid, is beginning to be an attractive opportunity for customers (sometimes referred to as partial grid defection). We believe these markets will continue to expand, creating a significant challenge for utilities faced with flat or declining customer demand.

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Govt firms up plan to revive 40 hydel projectsedit

Orissa post

Out of the 329.20 GW installed power generation capacity, 44.59 GW comes from large hydro projects (above 25 MW) and 57.26 GW from other renewable power generation capacities. India has set an ambitious target of adding 175 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022 which includes 100 GW of solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from bio-power and 5 GW from small hydro-power (up to 25 MW capacity each).

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20 GW to be added under solar park model by 2022edit

The Indian Express

The solar park has emerged as the preferred model for independent power producers (IPPs) in India, according to CARE Ratings.

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Piyush Goyal: India is a power surplus country, have sufficient coal to ensure we never have a shortageedit

Financial Express

Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal on Friday said India is a power surplus country and has sufficient coal in country to ensure ‘we never have a shortage’, ANI reported. He said, “Today India is a power surplus country.

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Solar power: Foreign investors show keen interest in Indiaedit

Financial Express

The year 2016, was a landmark year for India in its stride towards clean energy; the country became the world’s fourth largest solar market, beating Germany, United Kingdom (UK), and France in a close contest.

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Why India can be a world leader in clean energyedit

Hindustan Times

India is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world. Indian cities dominate the list of the most polluted on the planet. Renewable energy can not only transform thousands of villages and towns across this vast country, it can put also India on an accelerator into the future.

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Winds of Changeedit

Forbes

For the last 12-18 months, global capital has been keenly looking to invest in the Indian renewable energy space, given the growing demand and a governmental push for clean energy in India. One of the significant transactions to take place in this calendar year was in January when International Finance Corp (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, invested $125 million for an undisclosed stake in HFE.

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India’s Bold Vision In Scaling Up Solaredit

Forbes

In addition, the government proactively leveraged IFC’s expertise as a transaction advisor in simulating a typical ‘private sector decision-making framework’ to assess the project for achieving optimum bid outcomes. This enabled the government to systematically identify risks that impact private sector returns and discover the appropriate energy tariff. Engaging IFC translated into extensive negotiations of power purchase agreements and other project agreements with stakeholders prior to bidding.

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GST To Have Marginally Negative Impact On New Solar Projects: ICRAedit

Energy Sector

The GST rate of five per cent on solar PV cells and modules is likely to have a marginally negative impact on new solar power projects, says ICRA. The GST rate of five per cent is finalised on solar PV cells and modules as per the notification dated June 3, 2017 which thus clears the ambiguity surrounding the applicable rate, the rating agency said in a statement issued here today.

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Govt showers Rs 16,000-crore bailout on hydro power sectoredit

Business Standard

By Shreya Jai

The Centre has decided to provide a Rs 16,000-crore bailout package to the hydro power sector, drowning under a spate of stalled and stressed projects. This is the first package for the power sector provided by the current government.

 

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IREDA listing gets cabinet approval in fresh push for renewable energyedit

Mint

By Komal Gupta and Utpal Bhaskar

India has an ambitious clean energy target of 175 gigawatt (GW) by 2022—and it needs money, about $200 billion, to achieve this. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday approved the listing of state run Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA), reiterating its emphasis on green energy.

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GST to have marginally negative impact on new solar projects: ICRAedit

Money Control

The GST rate of five per cent on solar PV cells and modules is likely to have a marginally negative impact on new solar power projects, says ICRA. The GST rate of five per cent is finalised on solar PV cells and modules as per the notification dated June 3, 2017 which thus clears the ambiguity surrounding the applicable rate, the rating agency said in a statement issued here today.

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Major ports slipping up on renewable energy targetsedit

The Financial Express

India’s overall goal for green energy in the country is an ambitious 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. Each of the ministries has been allocated its target for commissioning solar, wind and other renewable forms of energy.

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India’s Major Drive Towards Clean Energy: Opinionedit

ET Auto

Ramping up its renewable and nuclear energy programmes tremendously over the past three years reflects the government’s commitment to prioritise the use of clean power in India’s energy mix. India has already made significant strides in the renewable energy sector especially on the solar power front, a move that has put it on the world’s energy map.

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GST to have marginally negative impact on new solar projects: ICRAedit

The Economic Times

The GST rate of five per cent on solar PV cells and modules is likely to have a marginally negative impact on new solar power projects, says ICRA. The GST rate of five per cent is finalised on solar PV cells and modules as per the notification dated June 3, 2017 which thus clears the ambiguity surrounding the applicable rate, the rating agency said in a statement issued here today.

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Clean Power: The Technologies Shaping 2017edit

BW Disrupt

India has witnessed a tremendous growth of solar energy generation and wind power production in recent years. At the RE-Invest Summit in Feb 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an overall target of 175GW of renewable energy capacity by 2022 which includes 60GW from wind power and 100GW from solar power.

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‘Circular economy’ fits into India’s renewable energy plans: Finland Ministeredit

The Economic Times

By Rajat Arora

India has the potential to lead emerging economies when it comes to renewable energy and sustainable development, Finland’s environment minister Kimmo Tiilikainen told ET. The minister said the way India was moving towards the generation of solar and wind energy could be an example for the developing world and the concept of “circular economy” that promotes reusing and recycling resources was fit for India.

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Solar energy boom brings Indian manufacturers to financial collapseedit

Mint

By Krishn N Das and  Sudarshan Varadhan

Some of India’s biggest solar manufacturers are facing financial collapse, priced out by Chinese competitors as the government prioritises cheap power over local manufacturing

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India’s Place Under the Sunedit

The Economic Times

By Urmi A Goswami

To this end, India must take greater action at home. Its effort at energy transformation is impressive and ambitious. India’s solar energy capacity increased from 3 GW to 14 GW, and total renewable energy capacity from 33 GW to 57 GW. In May, nearly 21GW of coal power projects were cancelled. A record low solar tariff of Rs 2.44 per unit ($0.038 per kWh) indicates growing market confidence.

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View: Coal power faces an uncertain future in Indiaedit

The Economic Times

Second, in the past year, the cost of solar generation in India has fallen by more than half. The country’s competitive auctions for solar power have pushed prices below 2.5 rupees ($0.04) per kilowatt-hour. While much experience with energy auctions has taught Bloomberg New Energy Finance to be skeptical of ultra-low bids, the trend is important.

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Trump is wrong: India is building more renewable energy than ever beforeedit

Scroll

But as with everything Trump said, this came only with a grain of truth. In the last few years, India has consistently been working to increase its share of renewable energy, even to the extent of announcing the cancellation of new coal mines with the expectation that they would not be needed to sustain India’s energy interests.

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Adoption of energy efficient practices is key for sustainabilityedit

Business Standard

Research data shows that over 60 percent of the diseases related with respiratory infections are due to exposure to air pollution. The outdoor pollutants like sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide comes mainly from power plant emissions, vehicle exhaust and construction.

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High pollution levels may hit India’s solar plansedit

Mint

By Mayank Aggarwal & Utpal Bhaskar

High pollution levels could play spoilsport in India’s solar power generation plans, say experts. For instance, in the National Capital Region (NCR) centred on Delhi, high pollution levels have hit the efficiency of solar rooftop projects to the extent of 10%, the experts said. Delhi is among the most polluted cities in the world.

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Energy efficiency and the path to 2 degreeedit

Business Standard

By Anirban Ghosh

This is just one part of the energy story. There is also a very strong renewable energy story. Solar is literally hitting the roof with solar energy prices hitting rock bottom! The latest auction led to suppliers in India quoting around 5 cents per unit of solar power. Very soon case studies will be written about how solar energy stopped coal in its tracks.

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State to scale up solar power capacity to 50K KW this yearedit

The Times of India

The state has an ambitious objective cut out for itself. It is working on a plan to install rooftop solar power plants of 50,000 kilowatt capacity this year. With this, it aims at reducing 86,500 tons of carbon emissions in the environment. Official sources say with solar power plants of 10,000 KW capacity have been installed on buildings across the state and another 10,000 KW are near completion.

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Renewables — potent tool to fight global warmingedit

The Hindu Business Line

By M Ramesh  

Last month, the Government of India announced the cancellation of 13.7 GW worth of coal red power plants in the country, saying they are no longer needed. Earlier, the Central Electricity Authority had said the country would not need any new coal plant till 2027.

Renewable Energy
With solar modules tax rates ratified to 5%, here lies the road aheadedit

Money Control

By Siddhesh Raut

While India’s power production capacity stands at 275 GW, the consumption capacity stands at 140 GW. The Niti Aayog report attributes the losses to factors such as coal supply shortage, high level of transmission and distribution losses, and poor financial health of utilities. This forces some utilities to avoid high costs by “simply not buying power, causing cost local shortages, rolling blackouts, and increase in fixed costs” according to the report.

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Tamil Nadu wafts to new wind power highedit

The Times of India

Along with solar power, the state on Tuesday consumed 105 million units of renewable power of a total of 313 million units. Since the commissioning of dedicated transmission lines as part of a green corridor project -from Kayathar in Tuticorin district to Kancheepuram and the western districts -wind power evacuation has increased. Wind power is available mostly in the evening and early morning.

Renewable Energy
About 17.5% power capacity in India is renewablesedit

DNA

By Ateeq Shaikh

With an increase in thrust towards renewable energy, about 17.5% of total power capacity in India is through green energy sources. In the years to come, the ratio is only going to rise, but investment remains among the top concerns for the increasing electricity generation from cleaner sources.

Renewable Energy
Democratising power for all: The decentralised renewable energy wayedit

Business Standard

A dramatic change in India’s power situation with a massive renewable energy capacity addition of almost 140 percent in a span of last five years has been making headlines in recent times. However, limited access to the power generated and lack of efficiency in delivering to the last mile make this achievement only half the battle won. Misleading definitions of electrification continue to cover up the grassroots situation of lack of enough power reaching households.

Renewable Energy
Cheaper Solar in India Prompts Rethink for Coal Projectsedit

Bloomberg Quint

India’s coal-power plant developers are growing more pessimistic about their projects after a plunge in the cost of electricity from solar panels improved the economics of renewable energy.

Renewable Energy
REC says over 10% lending this financial year will be in renewablesedit

Business Standard

By Amritha Pillai

As the country ‘s energy sector increases focus on renewable options, one of the main power finance companies, Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), expects its lending to the industry to grow significantly in the current financial year.

Renewable Energy
India and Spain sign seven MoUs: Cyber security and renewable energy prime areas of cooperationedit

First Post

India and Spain on Wednesday signed seven agreements, including on cooperation in cyber security and renewable energy, following talks in Madrid between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy.

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State urges industrialists to switch to solar energyedit

Times of India

In a bid to promote solar power generation in Goa and bring down costs for industrialists, the state government has urged industrial estates to adopt solar power technology. State secretary for power Sanjay Goyal presented the salient features of the Goa state solar policy, at the Verna industrial estate, on Wednesday.

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Rural India needs solar power for more than just lighting, study findsedit

Reuters

In the next five years, India plans to install 10,000 small-scale solar-power grids across the country to bring basic electrical power to communities without it.But providing access to a minimal supply of clean energy – enough to power two LED lights for a few hours and charge a mobile phone – is probably not enough to significantly improve people’s lives, new research suggests.

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