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Tata Power-DDL Bags Safety Innovation Awardedit
Tata Power Delhi Distribution (Tata Power-DDL) has won the safety innovation award instituted by ‘The Institution of Engineers (India)‘ under the aegis of safety and quality forum. The power discom was awarded for exemplary commitment and innovation in safety management systems in organisations.
The Institution of Engineers (India)MIT, Manipal to host IEEE International Conferenceedit
The sixth edition of IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI) 2017 will be hosted by Manipal Institute of Technology as part of its Diamond Jubilee celebrations from September 13 to September 16, 2017, according to Hareesha KS, Organizing Chair, IEEE ICACCI-2017. Last year it was held in LNMIIT, Jaipur.
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Unlocking The Business Value Of Internet of Thingsedit
Rapid growth in data volumes, cloud technology and increasing number of connected devices, has brought the Internet of Things [IoT] face to face with new set of challenges. At the same time, through continuous innovation, IoT has also presented a host of new opportunities to businesses of all sizes and industries.
Internet of ThingsRobotics in the Years Aheadedit
Robotics is going through an exciting phase in India. Due to the increased connectivity and availability of rapid prototyping methods, India will catch-up with the global trends in this area in near future. Due to the advancement of IoT and improvement in internet connectivity, the awareness of the public will soon be on par with the developed countries.
RoboticsIoT platform market to grow to $1.6 billion by 2020: Verizon reportedit
The Internet of Things (IOT) platform market is expected to grow 35% per year to $1.16 billion by 2020, according to Verizon’s State of the Market: Internet of Things 2017 report. The report finds that the biggest growth will be in business-to-business applications which can generate nearly 70% of potential value enabled by IoT.
Internet of ThingsBlockchain: The Next Revolution is Unleashed!edit
Some use cases which are being tested on a national level are: management of land & health records, smart cities implementation in which IoT devices are to be connected leveraging blockchain network, making better use of agriculture supply chain and bringing national credit rating system on it etc.
Block ChainBig data: The key to revolutionizing healthcareedit
Driven by the internet of things (IoT), smartphone technology has made a serious impact in the healthcare industry. With many other industries embracing this change, healthcare was more reluctant. However, IoT adoption is becoming a must-have competitive factor and this competition is all set to become more relentless and persistent with time.
Big DataHealthcareIndustry News: Education
Investing in quality education is imperative if India wants to reap demographic dividendsedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a patriotic speech on Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort, New Delhi, saying, “…the 1st of January 2018 will be no ordinary year. Those born in the 21st century will turn 18 in January. I welcome you all to your adulthood. You will play a crucial role in shaping a grand India.”
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Price of electricity from renewables will be same as from coal by 2025 … unfortunate that coal cess went to GSTedit
Chief economic adviser (CEA) Arvind Subramanian recently argued that since renewable sources of energy come with hidden costs, coal – which is cheaper – should remain India’s primary source of energy and we should not allow the narrative of ‘carbon imperialism’ to come in the way of realistic energy policy planning.
Renewable EnergyIndia to conduct wind power auction next Tuesdayedit
By Utpal Bhaskar
India will conduct the much-awaited auction to award 1 gigawatt (GW) of wind power contracts next Tuesday. The auction to be conducted by state-run Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) comes in the backdrop of India’s wind sector transitioning from a feed-in tariff regime to tariff-based competitive auctions.
Renewable EnergyNTPC commissions 40MW of Rojmal Wind Energy Projectedit
NTPC announced that 40 MW out of 50 MW of Rojmal Wind Energy Project of NTPC in Gujarat has been commissioned. With this, the total installed capacity of NTPC on standalone basis has become 44482 MW and that of NTPC group has become 51698 MW, said the company in BSE filing on Monday post market hours.
Renewable EnergyIndia’s 175 GW target for green power under threat: Sumant Sinhaedit
By Jyothi Mukul
The government’s target of achieving 175 GW of renewable energy capacity would be difficult to achieve because of the current state of confusion in the solar and wind power businesses, said Sumant Sinha, chairman and chief executive officer, ReNew Power Ventures on Tuesday.
Renewable Energy