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N K Sinha takes charge as I&B Secretaryedit
Government of India in the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Sinha is a Post graduate in Electrical Engineering from IISC, Bangalore. He has also done MBA from Southern Cross University, Australia and is a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India).
Institution of Engineers (India)Inauguration of Indian Water Works Assn. on July 2edit
The Indian Water Works Association (IWWA), Mysuru Centre, will be inaugurated at a function to be held at S.P. Bhat Hall, Institution of Engineers (IEI), JLB Road, here on July 2 at 11 am. DC D. Randeep will inaugurate the Centre. Chairman of IWWA, Bengaluru, B. Srinivasa Reddy will preside.
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Manufacturing Industry Surfs Digital Wave At Lastedit
By Brian Pereira
The manufacturing industry in India is finally embracing digital technologies like IoT and machine learning. Yet there are many challenges in the road to digitisation.
IoTManufacturingCloud capitalism, IoT driving digital revolutionedit
One is, of course, the pervasiveness and business-critical nature of the cloud, made possible by reliable and secure networks. Second is the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is empowering businesses to transform how they serve their customers, and the way people interact with the world around them.
Cloud CapitalismIoTBlockchain may drive the next wave of digitization in Indiaedit
More broadly, we see the “digitization of operations,” a key component of Industry 4.0. With sensors declining in cost and the Internet of Things (IoT) coming into play, this digitization of operations is resulting in a wealth of data that is now driving business insights powered by analytics.
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5G in India: Mobile internet will make Digital India vision come trueedit
Going ahead, 5G deployment will be driven by the need for enhanced mobile broadband capabilities as well as industry solutions for efficiency and automation. Also, 5G will support a diversity of use cases. Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report pegs 5G subscriptions in 2022 to be around 500 million, not including IoT connections. By then, 5G is expected to cover around 15 per cent of the world’s population.
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The way forwardedit
Engineering education should be updated consistently with changes taking place in the industry. However, it should be understood that it is the outcome of research carried out in higher education institutions that drives the industrial revolution. The interdependence is being felt now and interactions between institutions and industry are growing.
EngineeringCores, courses and curriculaedit
How do you choose the right discipline in science and engineering? Students seeking higher learning would do well to introspect rather than succumb to peer pressure and societal compulsions.
EngineeringIndia needs to focus on higher order skillsedit
By Sudhir Chowdhury
New technologies, ever-changing skills requirements and outdated curricula are challenging India’s higher education system in its efforts to equip graduates with job-ready skills. “Our workforce needs skills aligned to technology shifts and market needs,” says Vanitha Narayanan, chairman, IBM India. Narayanan has over 29 years of experience working in IBM across several countries. (IOT)
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The gleam of solar power is blinding India to the challenges of switching to renewable energyedit
The narrative of our rapid transformation to a renewable energy-powered planet is suddenly dominating headlines. In India too, news of a shift away from coal power and towards clean energy has been doing the rounds. The Bloomberg New Energy Finance New Energy Outlook 2017 report released last week estimates that renewables will comprise 49% of India’s power generation by 2040.
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But wind and solar generation are susceptible to variability, which affects power system operations. In order to integrate high penetration of renewables several actions must be taken such as flexibility in the conventional generation, Renewable Energy Management Centres (REMCs) and augmentation of transmission systems. But to begin with there is no policy framework for electrical energy storage in India.
Renewable Energy
Over the barrel: An energy warning and lessonedit
Coal production is on track to achieving its target and licensing issues are off the front pages. Renewables have an ambitious target to raise capacity from the current approximately 25GW to 175 GW by 2022 and this is supported by clear, actionable policy initiatives.
Renewable EnergyNew solar-powered smart windows can help save energy costsedit
Scientists have developed solar powered smart windows with tunable glazing that can control the heat and light inside a home, saving up to 40 per cent in an average building’s energy costs. The system developed by researchers at Princeton University in the US features solar cells that selectively absorb near-ultraviolet (UV) light, so the windows are completely self-powered, inexpensive and easy to apply to existing windows.
Solar EnergyGovt push for renewable energy augurs well for India’s green bond marketedit
By Swaraj Singh Dhanjal
There has been an aggressive push for renewable energy by the government which has set very stringent renewable energy targets—175 gigawatts by 2022—an estimated requirement of $200 billion. Hence, in the next five years, we will see a tremendous amount of infrastructure spending on such projects, which means that banks and corporates will have to go out and raise capital to fund such projects.
Renewable EnergyCabinet may consider Rs 16,709 crore hydropower policy this monthedit
The Union Cabinet may take up for approval this month the hydro-power policy which aims to provide Rs 16,709 crore support for stalled 40 hydel projects, entailing 11,639 MW capacity, and to classify all such ventures as renewable energy.
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