News for the IET
The Best Opportunities Are At The Intersection Of Industriesedit
EFY Times (Scanned Clip attached in mail)
Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are evolving day-by-day and opening up new gateways for progress and innovation. In a conversation with Paromik Chakraborty of Electronics For You, Shekhar Sanyal, director and country Head, IET India, talks about the business opportunities for startups in IoT space, impact of IoT on industries and endeavours of the IoT Congress.
Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETThe IETNews for other PEI
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Industry News: Information and Communications
Automation, Artificial Intelligence to make many IT jobs obsolete over next 5 years, says surveyedit
The Information Technology has never had it so bad as it has since a year ago when job cuts and summary dismissals have been the order of the day. No matter which blue chip IT firm an individual works for, the jobs they are hold at risk, irrespective of seniority.
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationWorried about being laid off? Try these IT jobsedit
By Ranjani Ayyar
Worried about being laid off? If you are in IT sector, these are the roles you need to move towards – cloud engineer, DevOps engineer, information security manager amongst others.
IT Sector‘IoT Professionals in India Receive Over 76% Higher Salaries Than IT Professionals’edit
A recent study titled ‘IoT India Salary Study 2017’ carried out by IoT India Magazine, a part of Analytics India Magazine Pvt Ltd, in association with Jigsaw Academy suggests that the salaries of IoT professionals in India is around 76 per cent higher than that of IT professionals. The median salary of IoT professionals is RS 15.2 lakh compared to RS 8.65 lakh per annum in IT sector.
IoTITSupport of Things: Rethinking Customer Support in the Era of IoTedit
We are always looking for new ways to make our lives better, easier, and more efficient. The Internet of Things (IoT), for example, continues to gain momentum for this very reason. According to Nasscom, the IoT market in India is expected to grow up to $15 billion by 2020 from $5.6 billion this year, with the total number of connected units growing from 200 million in 2016 to 2.7 billion units by 2020.
Internet of ThingsIndustry News: Education
Is Re-skilling Solution to Current IT Situation?edit
IT layoffs are about a shift from volume to value skills. Their focus has shift from vanilla skills to emerging skills like, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Fintech, Internet-of-Things (IoT). Such disruptive technologies are taking over the vanilla skills jobs. Hence, resources should be re-aligned as per today’s needs of IT organisations and we already are witnessing the workforce re-alignment occurring with global giants.
ReskillingRevamp higher education: HEERAedit
Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA). For long, different committees and commissions constituted for the improvement of higher education in India along with the educationists of repute recommended the closing down of the multiple regulatory authority system (UGC, AICTE, NCTE, MCI etc.) and its replacement with one single authority.
Higher EducationUncategorized
Draft Energy Policy: Several unanswered questionsedit
The 2017 National Energy Policy (NEP), drafted by the NITI Aayog, takes the baton forward from the 2006 Integrated Energy Policy (IEP) in setting the trajectory of growth for the energy sector.
Renewable Energy