September 26, 2017

News for the IET

Connected Cars, Beyond The Paradigmedit

CXO Today

Overall, we have found that customers are willing to be engaged by automakers if the services fall under one of these buckets; safety, time savings, convenience, or cost reduction. Surveys conducted in different parts of the world validate this willingness to engage/pay. Customers can be engaged in surveys and/or other voluntary data sharing schemes in exchange for saving on highway tolls or taxes.

Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: Chairman of IET India IoT panelIET India IoT Panel
A bold stroke in favour of reforms & consumer benefitedit

The Financial Express

To get a fair picture of the turbulent situation, one needs to step back and first understand a little about our telecom liberalisation history and a bit about the complex econometrics of interconnection.

T V Ramachandran: Hon. fellow of the IET (London)The IET
5 ways India Inc. can tackle the IoT skill gapedit

CIO   Computer World

CIO India’s conversation with industry leaders and the Dept. of Telecom at the IoT India Congress brought to light the deficit in IoT workforce, and what the country needs to do to bridge it.

IoT India Congress 2017The IET
There’s an Internet of Things Blueprint for a Clean Gangaedit

The Economic Times

By Aritra Sarkhel

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a non-profit engineering organisation, has created a blueprint through their IoT India panel to implement internet of things devices and related technology for curbing pollution and improving water flow for the 2,525-km long river Ganga.

Ganga RejuvenationIET India IoT PanelThe IET

Industry News: Information and Communications

Researchers develop artificial intelligence system that can detect electricity theft and meter misreadingsedit

First Post

Scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that can detect electricity theft and meter misreadings – a common problem in developing countries. Electricity theft is a huge problem, some countries see as much as 40 per cent of their supply siphoned off largely by users who have tampered with meters, researchers said.

Artificial Intelligence
Healthcare industry empowered by Internet of Things to spur connected care: Ravi Ramaswamyedit

Pharmabiz

The Indian healthcare industry has already been empowered by Internet of Things (IoT), however, there is still a long way to go. Today, attempts are being made to push basic healthcare to rural India through connected care, said Ravi Ramaswamy, Sr. Director Philips Health Systems.

HealthcareIoT
The Futuristic Vision Is Now Becoming A Realityedit

Business World

Technology will converge with humans: IoT enabled applications such as Amazon Echo and Google Home have shown us how the much-hyped connected home could look like thanks to advances in IoT-enabled sensor technologies and natural language processing.

Internet of Things
Nasscom Believes IT industry Will Perform Better Next Fiscaledit

CXO Today

“These CoEs are a platform to connect companies in these emerging areas, especially in terms of finding mentors. They are also zones of collaboration where teams can work together,” he said. CoE Bengaluru was set-up in July last year focusing on IoT and the government has now approved an extension for setting up centers in cities including Ahmedabad, Gurgaon and Vishakapatnam, he said.

IT Industry

Industry News: Education

Engineering students need more than two hours internshipedit

Navhind Times

The programme concluded that, local engineering students need more internship hours to be job ready. Speaking on the importance of internship, the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, said that, practical experience through internship and apprenticeship was a must for engineering students.

Engineering

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Wind turbine manufacturers to face headwinds in near term:ICRAedit

The Economic Times Following the transition from feed-in tariff to bid tariff route, wind turbine manufacturers are likely to face headwinds in near term, says ICRA

Renewable Energy
The radical power-for-all solution that the government should adoptedit

Money Control

Decentralised solar power generation and methanation for village clusters could transform India faster than any doles from the government can.

 

PowerSolar Energy
Power to the Poor, to Renew Poweredit

The Economic Times

Power flows from the barrel of the gun, said Mao Zedong. Prime Minister Narendra Modi would appear to believe that political power for a second term of his government would flow from the power grid. At the extended meeting of the BJP National Executive, Modi outlined a vision building a power sector that would light every lamp in every home in every hamlet, and fire up every hearth as well, and the country would turn power surplus, preferably from renewable sources, the sun in particular.

Renewable Energy
Draft norms for wind block surveys issuededit

Live Mint

By Mayank Aggarwal

India currently has total installed renewable capacity of 58.3 gigawatt (GW), of which nearly 55% or 32.5GW is wind power alone. As per India’s commitment at the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, installed wind power capacity is targeted at 60GW by 2022. Most of India’s wind power potential is concentrated in eight windy states and the total countrywide potential of onshore wind potential is estimated to be around 302.25GW.

Renewable Energy
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