August 10, 2017

News for the IET

IET South Asia Present Around the World Winners Announcededit

Maalai 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 Competition

News for other PEI

Citizens’ forum threatens to go to court against premium FAR proposed by govtedit

Deccan Herald

Addressing a group of people at the Institution of Engineers (India) on Wednesday, Mukunda said, “Already, the TDR market is underdeveloped in Bengaluru unlike Mumbai. On top of it, TDR is costlier than FAR. There is every likelihood of the TDR market never coming up.”

Institution of Engineers (India)

Industry News: Information and Communications

The new industrial revolution: Robots are an opportunity, not a threatedit

Business Standard

For example, AI is helping communities in developing nations implement local renewable energy systems by providing intelligent automation and monitoring – almost like an online “doctor”, making sure the system is “healthy” and working properly. This means communities not only gain access to affordable and sustainable energy but can also engage in trading of any surplus energy to other consumers or utility companies.

Artificial Intelligence
How to make world class in Indiaedit

The Financial Express

With the transition towards Industry 4.0, also known as IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), there is an opportunity for man and machine to constantly communicate and complement each other’s performance. A connected shop-floor based on a sturdy Industry 4.0 framework is enabled with transparent and real-time data analysis and so is a lot more competitive, efficient and flexible.

Industrial IoT
How IoT is set to Transform Vehicle Management Spaceedit

Data Quest

Fleet managers who deploy Internet of Things through a vehicle tracking solution to improve fleet processes stand to benefit from better bottom line revenues and better customer relationships. An IoT-based fleet management effort works at two levels. One involves better vehicle management and the second involves delivering a better customer experience.

IoTVehicle Management
Gartner claims that several organisations across the world are ready to embrace 5Gedit

First Post

Majority respondents (57 percent) believe that their organisation’s main intention to use 5G is to drive Internet of Things (IoT) communication, making the technology the most popular use-case. “This finding is surprising, as the number of deployed ‘things’ that need cellular connectivity won’t exceed the capacity of existing cellular IoT technologies before 2023 in most regions,” noted Fabre.

IoTTelecom

Industry News: Education

Govt plans board for ITIs with focus on tech trainingedit

The Times of India

The skill development ministry has proposed a new central board of certification for those undergoing training at Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) that will grant certificates like matriculation and Class XII, skill development and entrepreneurship minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Wednesday.

Skill Development
Skills to Surviveedit

Business Today

Unlike in the past, survival self-employment will not provide a way out. Traditionally, nearly 80 per cent of working Indians have been self-employed not because they are supremely entrepreneurial, but because they cannot find jobs. Now, India needs genuine entrepreneurs who can create jobs for themselves and many others. In any case, survival self-employment will get tougher in a highly regulated, high-tech economy.

Skill Development

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India’s wild energy trends raise doubts over coal’s futureedit

Mint

In the last two years, coal consumption has slowed to its lowest level in two decades, even with the economy growing at a steamy 7% annual pace

Renewable Energy
India added 4,765MW solar capacity in first half of 2017: reportedit

Live Mint

The most recent update is that the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) is pushing for a 5% rate, though nothing is official yet,” Prabhu added. The second quarter also saw the lowest ever tariff of Rs2.44 per unit in the recently conducted 500MW Bhadla Phase-III Solar Park auction.

Solar Energy
Clean Energy Hasn’t Risen In 25 Yearsedit

The Times of India

Many back clean energy to entirely replace fossil fuels in the not-too-distant future. But is that transition a certainty? A report says clean energy hasn’t risen in 25 years.

Renewable Energy
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