June 27, 2017

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Industry News: Information and Communications

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

Industry News: 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.

Upskilling

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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
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