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Plans afoot to provide Wi-fi in villagesedit
The programme is sponsored by Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) and Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Hyderabad. It is supported by the Centre for the Transformation of Waste Technology, Chicago, USA. Venkateshwar Rao informed that nearly 1.2 million downloads are obtained for PPT apps all over India. Similarly, about one billion transactions are processed through e-wallet.
IETEIndustry News: Information and Communications
How seamless mobility will fuel growth of IoTedit
Tata Communications deploys a countrywide LoRa network and builds a complete end-to-end technology infrastructure to deliver a smooth and seamless IoT management service capability The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to grow exponentially, taking the total number of devices installed to 30 billion by 2020. This excludes the regular devices such as smart phones, PCs and tablets.
Internet of ThingsArtificial Intelligence to empower almost every app and program by 2020: Gartneredit
Owing to its market hype, almost all established software vendors are working to introduce AI into their product strategies which is creating considerable confusion in the process.
Artificial IntelligenceLeveraging IoT to enhance retail customer experienceedit
With the advent of digitization and technology, customer demands are going through a radical change. Enterprises are thus taking a leap, in order to adapt to the newer technologies which are not only faster and flexible in nature, but also helpful in creating a truly delightful customer experience. Similarly, with Internet of Things or IoT marking an epoch, retail environment has been truly revolutionised with positive disruptions, leading towards a monumental shift in the way retailers address their customers today.
IoTRetailIndustry News: Education
Lack of skills is a greater concernedit
Indian corporates should come up with CSR initiatives that enhance the quality of the skill development programmes for youth initiated by the Government
Skill DevelopmentWhy Indian higher education needs greater representation of ‘Right’ thinkersedit
By Makarand Paranjape
Recently, a petition addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been making the rounds. It urges greater representation to the Arts and Classical Indic Heritage in the National Educational Policy (NEP). The prime mover of the petition is Bharat Gupt, former Associate Professor in English, Delhi University, and, at present, Trustee of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).
Higher EducationEducation is key – but long-term: Can we survive?edit
Two years ago all world leaders, including Prime Minister Modi, agreed two major accords. They took the details back to their countries for their legislature to read and to agree implementation. Most leaders reconvened, signed the accords, and thus ratified their acceptance of the targets.
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The road ahead for the solar power story gripping Indiaedit
With tremendous potential to achieve its goals, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has attracted global attention with its intention to scale up clean power generation capacity to 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022. Of this, solar energy alone will be 100 GW.
Solar EnergyNTPC a key enabler of India’s electricity transformationedit
India’s draft National Electricity Plan forecasts that 57 per cent of the country’s energy capacity will be from renewables and other zero emissions technologies by 2027. This is well ahead of the Paris target of 40 per cent by 2030.
PowerRenewable EnergyCrashing solar tariffs crush storage plansedit
By Kaavya Chandrasekaran
The steep fall in solar tariffs may have delighted discoms and other power consumers, but it is also having unintended consequences. Last week, it forced the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) to cancel two tenders it had announced last year which were to include storage capacity for the first time in India.
Solar EnergyRealise full potential of wind power: Kalaedit
‘Target is to generate 4,000 MW in next five years’ Energy Minister K. Kala Venkata Rao has called for concerted effort to achieve the targeted generation of 4,000 MW wind energy in the next five years and stressed the need to realise the full potential of wind power on a sustainable basis.
Renewable EnergyCan the world thrive on 100% renewable energy?edit
Ambitions are rising. The Senate in California, a state that is close to hitting its goal of generating one-third of its power from renewables by 2020, has proposed raising the target to 60% by 2030; Germany’s goal is to become 80% renewable by 2050. But whether it is possible to produce all of a country’s electricity with just wind, water and hydro is a subject of bitter debate.
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