October 6, 2017

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Industry News: Information and Communications

A Robotic Healthcare : The next gen disruptionedit

ET Health World

With data analysis, IoT (Internet of Things) and healthcare diagnosis, etc., moving into digital formats, AI automation has a huge advantage in catapulting the healthcare industry to a different pedestal. Along with those advantages, we may face many practical complications while the full implementation of AI is carried out.

HealthcareIoT
5G Unlikely to be Commercially Available in India Before 2022edit

DQ India

However, IoT, especially Industrial IoT being among the early use cases of 5G technology; the B2B2C services might become available sometime after 2021. But, the direct individual consumer facing 5G services are not in the picture before 2022. So, for next 4 years or so, the subscribers in India would continue to be excited with unleashing the power of 4G and pre 5G services that would give a peep into the future of communications.

IoTTelecom
How firms are embracing artificial intelligence-powered chatbotsedit

Mint

By Leslie D’Monte

The banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector is clearly taking the lead in using artificial intelligence-powered chatbots in India

Artificial Intelligence

Industry News: Education

Our Job is to Provide Momentum to Skillingedit

The Economic Times

Artificial intelligence, 3D printing, and several disruptive technologies have always hit the world, and even in these areas, there are Indians in every area of innovation from high-end to low-end. The Meenakshi temple was built hundreds of years ago and still the pillars stand strong because, obviously, sustainable methods were used.

Skill Development
Centre for making accreditation mandatory for engineering coursesedit

The Hindu

The Centre is contemplating a plan to make accreditation mandatory for programmes offered by engineering colleges, said Surendra Prasad, Chairman, National Board of Accreditation (NBA)

Accreditation

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Creating New Opportunities With Active Energy Managementedit

Business World

This strategy largely means putting in place a well-coordinated energy control system. IoT drives connection of software and devices The convergence of information technology and operational technology are advancing energy efficiency and sustainability. Forward-looking companies are already harvesting the data available at each layer of their organization.

Energy Management
New era in solar energy fuelling growth in renewables: International Energy Agencyedit

First Post

What we are witnessing is the birth of a new era in solar PV (photovoltaic),” IEA executive director, Fatih Birol, said in a new report. “We expect that solar PV capacity growth will be higher than any other renewable technology through 2022.”

Solar Energy
Clean energy think-tank favours more access to debtedit

ET Energy World

India’s industry body Clean Energy Access Network (CLEAN) on Thursday laid emphasis on building a modern energy system through increased public-private partnership and long-term, affordable and accessible debt finance.

Renewable Energy
Wind power auction a dud; tariff hits all-time low of Rs 2.64 per unitedit

Financial Express

By Vikas Shrivastava

Wind energy tariff fell to a new low of Rs 2.64 per mWh in the second round of auctions for 1000 MW capacity conducted by Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) on behalf of the ministry of new & renewable energy (MNRE) on October 4.

Renewable Energy
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