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IET South Asia Present Around the World Competitionedit
Dina Bhoomi (Scanned Clip attached in the mail) The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) announced Shubham Saraff, 3rd year student of Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai as the winner of the IET South Asia ‘Present round the World (PATW) 2017 finals in a ceremony that took place at My Fortune Hotel, Bangalore.
Mr Shekhar Sanyal: Director and Country Head of the IETPresent Around the World CompetitionAdmission OPENedit
The University of Sheffield, UK, is inviting applications for BEng in Systems and Control Engineering (Engineering Management) starting in September 2017. This three year course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institute of Measurement and Control. Course: It will prepare students for a career on the business side of control and systems engineering including project management and human resources management for engineers.
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IEEE Annals of the History of Computing Examines How to Undo the Whiteness of Tech’s Racial Historyedit
Nelsen is blazing a trail among historians by using unconventional sources—oral histories, company rosters, school yearbooks, biographical dictionaries, and publications such as Ebony magazine—to reconstruct the history of blacks and other minorities in tech. Conventional sources used by historians are largely a void on the subject. Nelsen is a librarian, researcher, and member of the IEEE-CS.
IEEEBuild entrepreneurial skills, graduates toldedit
Manakula Vinayagar Institute of Technology in association with the Institution of Engineers (India), Puducherry State Centre organised a drawing competition for school students on the theme ‘Connecting People to Nature,’ to create awareness among students on the occasion of World Environment Day.
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Nilekani voices concern over ‘data colonisation’ by global tech giantsedit
Former Aadhaar Chairman Nandan Nilekani has asked regulatory bodies such as RBI, SEBI, and TRAI to collaborate through technology and address the country’s economic issues arising out of information asymmetry.
Data ColonisationArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A collaboration we were long waiting foredit
India’s healthcare system is largely fragmented and episodic in nature. 70% of our current healthcare infrastructure is concentrated in the fewer cities that cater to only 28-30 % of the population in India. Add to that, the doctor to patient ratio in India is 1:1700, i.e. much below the standard WHO norm of 1:1000.
Artificial IntelligenceHealthcareFailures would bring AI-powered chatbots closer to humansedit
By Nishant Arora
“AI-powered chatbots are essentially meant to reduce manual labour and cut down tedious tasks that humans performed hitherto. With AI, automation, IoT and experimentation riding high, one can argue these are probably the best times in technology as the innovation is expected to touch every industry vertical,” noted Suman Reddy, MD, Pegasystems, India.
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What Does it Mean to Prepare Students for a Future with Artificial Intelligence?edit
Proliferation of big data has actually made it imperative to use AI to analyse data, figure out patterns and make predictions, so that there are positive outcomes in all aspects of life. However, in the process, AI is feared to work better, faster and be more accurate than human beings. This breeds the uncanny fear that it might take over human beings’ jobs; replace them.
Skill DevelopmentIBM and TSSC to work together to train students in Big data, IoT, Cloud and mobile app developmentedit
TSSC is a not-for-profit public-private partnership between National Skill Development Corporation and the telecom industry. Under the collaboration, the organisations will provide students and young professionals with a programme designed to train them in technologies including Big Data, Cloud, Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile application development.
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The Need for Practical Solutions to India’s Coal Energy Paradoxedit
The Indian economy is heavily dependent on coal. Infamous as the world’s fourth largest polluter, close to 60 percent of India’s power supply is derived from coal fuelled power plants. Consequently, in 2016, half of the country’s emissions – 805.4 million tonnes – came from the power sector.
Renewable EnergyAfter Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand manages to renegotiate solar tariffsedit
By Kaavya Chandrasekaran
Solar power developers who won the mega auction of 1,200 MW of projects in Jharkhand 16 months ago have agreed to reduce tariffs, which will help them sign power purchase agreements.
Solar EnergyKarnataka at 3rd spot in renewable energy productionedit
Karnataka has overtaken Gujarat to become the third highest producer of renewable energy after Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. The state, which occupied the fourth position last year, has outranked Gujarat in the recently released progress report of the Union ministry of new and renewable energy.
Renewable EnergyHaryana waives wheeling charges on power generated from solar plantsedit
The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy had raised the solar renewable purchase obligation targets for the obligated entities including distribution companies to 8 per cent from the current level of 3 per cent of power consumption, it further said.
Solar EnergyGST may Hit Solar Capacity Addition in 2018: Reportedit
India has already installed more solar capacity in the first six months of 2017 than in the entire 2016, according to a report by Mercom Capital Group, which tracks the Indian solar sector. Around 4,800 MW has already been commissioned in calendar year 2017, against 4,038 MW in 2016.
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