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IET goes on web TV to promote engineeringedit
Called ‘Engineering the Next Generation, the aim, says the IET, will be to “showcase the work being done to attract our future generations to engineering and the diverse range of jobs available in this sector, many which are unknown to career seekers”
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Engineering a new futureedit
The other defining moment for me as I look back on my career is my involvement with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). I was one of the founding members of the IEEE student branch at REC Tiruchi in 1978 and continued my involvement when I came to the US.
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IT heads find these job roles toughest to fill, claims surveyedit
Digitalization and technological innovation are changing the nature of the job of the CIO. Leaders are rapidly scaling their digital businesses, making the remainder of this year and 2018 a defining moment for CIOs who don’t want to be left behind, so calims Gartner Inc’s annual global survey of CIOs.
IT Industry5G India roadmap: Readiness is on the rise, says Ericssonedit
The top three industry sectors that were highlighted by the respondents were media and entertainment, automotive and public transport; but many also ranked healthcare as well as energy and utilities among the most attractive sectors for 5G applications. A clear majority of the respondents believe that Internet of Things (IoT) will play an important role and that third-party collaboration will be essential in this context.
IoTTelecomHurdles in adoption of IoT in Indiaedit
India has missed the manufacturing bus in the 20th century. Today, it is on the brink of an IT revolution. Companies of all sizes can utilize the IoT networks to deliver new and useful services, improve customer engagement and create new streams of revenue for themselves.
Internet of Things5 best practices in cybersecurity for businessesedit
It is little surprise that this coincided with the country becoming the second largest smartphone market. The lure of India for cybercriminals has never been as high and with the government embarking on their massive digital transformation project, it will become even more of a low hanging fruit for malicious actors in the days to come.
Cyber SecurityIoT60-65% startups in India working on Internet on Things: Aeris’ Presidentedit
By Tina Gurnaney
IoT (Internet of Things) is expected to generate huge amount of jobs in India and 60-65% startups in India are working on IoT, according to Dr. Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar, President, Aeris Communications. Bhatnagar in an interaction with ET Telecom said, “There’s a different kind of skill-set required which will generate huge amount of jobs. On one side IoT will reduce certain jobs but it will increase so many other jobs which are required for future.”
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Govt to implement ‘technical education quality improvement’ projectedit
The technical education minister Ashutosh Tandon said in a press conference here on Friday that under the technical education quality improvement programme the infrastructure facilities , laboratories will be strengthened and state of the art equipments for different trades of engineering will be provided to the 15 engineering colleges and the engineering university.
EngineeringWith the downfall in IT sector, is engineering the right career choice to opt for?edit
The best way to acquire these skills is to fall back on that oldest trait of engineers: tinkering. The main areas of expertise and growth in the coming decade are: Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Internet-of-Things, Information Security and Cloud Computing. Here are some suggestions on how students can learn some of these and make their CVs stand out.
EngineeringWhy Chase Just IITs?edit
There are plenty of people worth mentioning, who are not IITians but who have still made it big. One such example is Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, better known as the Missile Man of India, who was not from any IIT, but did his engineering from Madras Institute of Technology (MIT). Nonetheless, he became one of the finest engineers in the world, inspiring many aspiring IITians.
EngineeringMore universities should offer degree and diploma courses in skill developmentedit
Most Universities are not prepared to offer a separate degree and diploma course in skill development and that’s why job oriented degree courses, like Bachelor of Vocation (B Voc), are not offered in engineering colleges, said Anil Sahastrabuddhe, chairman of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), during an event organised by the Pune International Centre (PIC) at the College of Engineering, Pune.
EngineeringBuilding better institutionsedit
AICTE in collaboration with FICCI recently organised a one-day conference on the theme “Roadmap to move towards Autonomous Higher Education Institutions” for universities and higher education institutions at CV Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
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Energy efficiency gains at risk of slowing down without renewed government focus-IEAedit
Energy Efficiency 2017 details why more efficiency action is needed, highlighting the significant benefits to the global economy, energy system and environment. Improvements in energy intensity have been the most significant factor in keeping global greenhouse gas emissions flat over the last three years.
Energy efficiencyGovernment work is poor for solar energy awarenessedit
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will be on the field in this month to increase awareness of solar energy in Delhi. The Ministry is not happy with the Delhi Government regarding this scheme. That’s why the Ministry itself will be participating in the event and will run awareness program in Delhi in collaboration with the energy department. elhi government had said that people will be able to install solar power plants on subsidy from March 2017.
Solar EnergyWind power capacity addition put on fast track, 4,500MW up for auctionedit
By Nishta Saluja
The government is expecting tariffs for both wind and solar power to go down with more new technology coming in, ETreported on October 12. Power from renewable energy contributes about 17.5% to the country’s energy mix. The government has set a target of 175 GW renewable energy capacity addition by 2022, of which 100 GW is to come from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from biomass and 5 GW from hydro projects.
Renewable EnergyFalling tariffs may dent wind power industry profitsedit
With wind power tariffs hitting a new low of Rs 2.64 per unit in the second competitive auction for wind by the Centre, the profitability of wind turbine manufacturers are at risk, experts say. The tariff is almost 24% lower than the Rs 3.46 per unit discovered at the first-ever competitive wind power auction held by the Centre in February this year.
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