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The IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit
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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 IETThe IET participates in the Global Skill and Employment Partnership Summitedit
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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 IETThe 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.
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Industry News: Information and Communications
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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.
EnergyIoTWhy the Indian IT services industry has no option but to reinvent itselfedit
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 SectorLargest IT Companies Planning to Layoff More Than 57,000 Engineers This Yearedit
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.
IT SectorHaven’t heard, seen massive layoffs in IT sector: Kris Gopalakrishnanedit
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 Sector5 startling facts about global data use by 2025edit
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.
Internet of ThingsHarness IoT And Smart Appliances To Conserve Energyedit
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.
Energy ConservationIoTIndustry News: Education
In the world of digitalisation, these 10 new skills will help you to stay aheadedit
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 DevelopmentGovernment Needs to Relook at GST on Educationedit
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
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 IndustryModi government to replace UGC, AICTE with one higher education regulatoredit
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 EducationUncategorized
Solar energy boom brings Indian manufacturers to financial collapseedit
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
Solar EnergyIndia’s Place Under the Sunedit
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.
Solar Energy