October 30, 2017

News for the IET

Dell Technologies Unveils New IoT Strategy, Division and Solutions to Accelerate Customer Adoptionedit

IANS

Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar, Chairman, IoT India Commerce & President-Aeris Communications “India is turning into a sensorised economy. It is a cost sensitive but scalable market. Businesses here are developing an appetite for IoT-driven transformation and we are getting to see some innovative deployments across the country.

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News for other PEI

The Birth of an Indian Profession: Agents of changeedit

The Hindu

Neither could Indian engineers’ knowledge and capabilities be permanently denied; the Institution of Engineers (India) — the IEI — was founded in 1920, and small numbers of Indians started to gain higher-level posts, though their pay and conditions were far inferior to those of the colonial officers (it is worth noting that various British Labour MPs demanded an end to these inequalities).

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Deepak of SMVDU presents paper in IEEEedit

Daily Excelsior

Deepak Sharma, working in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, presented a research paper in 6th IEEE International Conference on Computer Application in Electrical Engineering: Recent Advances, under CERA17, organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee.

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Robust participation by engineering students in job fairedit

The Navhind Times

Graduate engineers from the engineering colleges visited Kala Academy, Campal in large numbers on Saturday for an exclusive job fair geared towards engineering jobs. The event is organised by theInstitution of Engineers (India) (IEI) in association with the office of the Commissioner, labour and employment, regional employment exchange, model career centre (MCC) and the GCCI.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

I firmly disagree that AI needs to be regulatededit

Mint Gelsinger has been visiting India at least once a year for the past 25 years. In an interview on the sidelines of VMware vForum 2017 held in Mumbai on 23 October, he shared, among other things, his views on digital disruption and newer technologies like artificial intelligence (AI). (IOT)

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Blockchain, AI, ML, robotics to drive tech in 2018edit

The Hindu Business Line In 2018, some interesting applications of blockchain and IoT in the area of cyber security will emerge. Signi?cant attacks have recently been launched from low-cost Internet of Things endpoints, and there’s very little incentive for manufacturers of these devices to incur the cost of a security stack, which leaves them extremely vulnerable. Dimension Data, which had a turnover of $7.5 billion in 2016, offers digital infrastructure, hybrid cloud, digital workspaces and cyber security solutions.

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AI to Drive Realty Market Growthedit

DNA In Technology, media and creative industries are likely to become key sources of demand for new space n Boundaries will blur between different segments of the property market and there will be an increasing shift towards mixed-use buildings n Both offices and industrial units are likely to become smaller, with industrial units moving closer to sources of demand n Demand for dynamically managed logistics warehouses will strengthen further n Internet of Things (IoT) will transform buildings and building management(3D printers,)

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SAP announces launch of Leonardo center in Bangaloreedit

Computer World SAP Leonardo Centers are a global network of connected, physical locations that are the go-to places for digital inspiration and co-innovation, while also being the delivery mechanism of SAP Leonardo Services. The state-of-the-art-facility in Bangalore will showcase key elements of digital transformation like IoT, blockchain, analytics, machine learning, big data, data intelligence and SAP cloud platform.

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Prioritise action plan for smart policing, says Baijaledit

The Hindu Artificial Intelligence Scenario 2020 envisages development of smart policing, Integration of Technology (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), 3D printing, crypto currencies like Bitcoins, aggregators, and connectivity and convergence, the official added. Mr. Baijal was also informed about the action plan of the Delhi Police for the next three years, which includes the use of data analytics for predictive policing, connected multi-jurisdictional records, return of human intelligence as the centrepiece, centralised database for remote suspect verification and a single platform for seamless delivery of services.

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New IoT bot ‘Reaper’ more destructive than Mirai: eScanedit

BGR Security firm eScan has discovered a new vulnerability that specifically targets IoT devices. Called ‘Reaper’, the IoT botnet can be considered as a variant of Mirai, but is more lethal in nature when it comes to cyber attack. Reaper shares similar features like Mirai, however, the botnet is capable of exploiting loopholes related to the internet connection.

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India’s pushing big to roll out 5G, but the process is unlikely to go at top speededit

Scroll Yet, the fact that the world’s second-largest smartphone market needs to move to a better internet network is a “no-brainer,” said Satish Meena of US-based Forrester Research. In India, 5G can dramatically improve user experience by supporting high-quality videos and speeding up file transfers. The biggest impact could be on new-age connected technologies, namely the Internet-of-Things.

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HYSEA, IIIT-Hyderabad to hold Tech Series meet-upsedit

The Hindu Business Line The seminars and workshops will be conducted under the title TechSeries @ HYSEA. Some of the emerging technologies proposed to be covered as part of the TechSeries include Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Automation, Internet of Things (IoT), Advanced Analytics and Data Sciences, Ramesh Loganathan, who heads Co-Innovation and Head of Innovation and Research Outreach at IIIT-H said.

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Hitachi Vantara Launches Pentaho 8.0edit

Data Quest According to independent research firm IDC, the global datasphere will grow to 163 zetabytes by 2025 – 10 times faster than the amount of data generated in 2016. The firm also forecasts that more than a quarter of that data will be real-time in nature, with IoT data making up more than 95-percent of it.

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Conference on Disruptive Technologies to be held in Vizagedit

Telangana Today Computer Society of India, Visakhapatnam Chapter, in association with RINL-Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, will organise a National Conference, IMPACT 2018 on IoT (Internet of Things), Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and other Computing Trends on January 5 and 6 next year in the city.

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CIO Venkatesh Natarajan on how Ashok Leyland built its Digital Marketplaceedit

CIO However, it all had started around 2011-12 when the world started to talk about digital technologies and definition of digital was more of SMAC (social, mobile, analytics, cloud) technologies and then people later, even started talking of ISMAC technologies because Internet of Things (IoT) was also been spoken about very widely.

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By 2020, government aims to double telecom footprint in Indiaedit

The Statesman “Whether it is smart cities, 5G, IoT (Internet of Things), we need (optical) fibre. Fibre first programme in this country is a national imperative and we must start working together,” Sundararajan said. The government is working on telecom projects worth of Rs 1 lakh crore, which will be completed in the next two years, including phase 1 of Bharat Net.

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Blockchain, AI, ML, robotics to drive tech in 2018edit

The Hindu Business Line In 2018, some interesting applications of blockchain and IoT in the area of cyber security will emerge. Significant attacks have recently been launched from low-cost Internet of Things endpoints, and there’s very little incentive for manufacturers of these devices to incur the cost of a security stack, which leaves them extremely vulnerable.

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Zicom bets big on Internet of Things & SaaS, eyes revenue of Rs 200 cr by 2020edit

Money Control

 

Leading electronic security systems player Zicom today said it is looking at significant growth in the Internet of Things (IoT) and SaaS marketplace to clock a service revenue of about Rs 200 crore by 2020. “Zicom has moved from being a pure play, physical security company into an IoT and SaaS IT Services business model.

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Technology harmful for human bodyedit

The Pioneer “We are increasingly exposed to an invisible web of radiation all around us through the wireless devices we love so much. With the advent of cloud computing and the Internet of Things set to launch more than a trillion smart devices, the radiation is only going to get worse,” he warned.

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Next stop, 5G!edit

Deccan Chronicle This also means a smaller, low power multiple antenna system built into the device. The stimulus for all this is Internet of Things (IoT) — buzzword for a collection of devices or `things’ connecting to your smart phone wirelessly. From your air purifier to your home lighting to your car music, everything is ‘connected’ these days, and can be centrally controlled by your smart phone.

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Internet of Things will create jobs for youthedit

The Hindu

With a view to creating a vibrant Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem in Andhra Pradesh, ‘iBootup IoT Series’, a joint initiative of iB Hubs, a PAN-India startup hub, and A.P. Innovation Society conducted the workshop. During the elaborate workshop, IoT enthusiasts gained insights into the fundamentals of IoT and its applications in various sectors.

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How to Make IT Re-Happenedit

The Economic Times

To move up the value chain, top companies like TCS, Infosys and Wipro have been looking at building new capabilities in Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud and digital media. But such a dramatic shift in business models is likely to be hard when the changes are triggered by a burning platform.

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For IoT, we’ll Focus on Education, Energy, Healthcare & Automotiveedit

The Economic Times

In India, enterprise is one of the top four priorities. If you look at things like Cloud, Smart City, Digital India, or Start-up India, it’s a great time to be in the country. We have just done three things. We’ve done some startup pacts that will allow small companies and start-ups to leverage Vodafone’s reach either for free or to have that in a very competitive way to start with.

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Enterprise is One of the Top Four Priorities for Vodafone in Indiaedit

The Economic Times

In India, enterprise is one of the top four priorities. If you look at things like Cloud, Smart City, Digital India, or Start-up India, it’s a great time to be in the country. We have just done three things. We’ve done some startup pacts that will allow small companies and start-ups to leverage Vodafone’s reach either for free or to have that in a very competitive way to start with.

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Data usage has increased manifoldedit

The Hindu

Telephone Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) member Anil Kaushal said on Thursday that the Internet of Things (IoT) was poised to revolutionise person-to-person and machine-to-machine communication system, improving the quality of living manifold. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu here, Mr. Kaushal said the awareness level in the country was on par with the U.S. and other advanced nations.

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Cybersecurity Still Not a Board-level Focusedit

Business World

Attack Surface. The adoption of the cloud, emergence of IoT, and growth in big data expands both the circumference of the attack surface as well as its complexity. 88 per cent of survey respondents indicate cloud security is a growing priority for their organizations.

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Big Data uses in retail industryedit

Telangana Today

Analytics in retailer store operations: Retailers can use sensors to determine inventory levels or automatically restock shelves once the stocks go lower than a predetermined number. When coupled with Internet of things (IoT), the advantages of big data in store operations multiply.

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A five point guide for Indian IT companiesedit

The Economic Times

To move up the value chain, top companies like TCSBSE 0.17 %, Infosys BSE -0.41 % and Wipro have been looking at building new capabilities in Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud and digital media. But such a dramatic shift in business models is likely to be hard when the changes are triggered by a burning platform.

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5 digital business trends for 2018edit

The Financial Express

Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and virtual and augmented reality, have the potential to deliver disruptive outcomes and reshape digital business in 2018. Dimension Data predicts the widespread emergence of these trends that will create new opportunities for innovative businesses around the world. (IoT)

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Industry News: Education

Skill Development Courses For Kins Of Crpf Martyrs Soonedit

The Pioneer Various kinds of training courses will be conducted under Prime Minister Skill Development Scheme for the family members of martyr personnel of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the State, officials informed. Notably, Chhattisgarh received Rs 352.82 crore for Vocationalisation of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (VS&HSE) during the current financial year, the Central Government has informed.

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Research as a career: Better prospects for science, enggedit

Hindustan Times “They are aimed at science and engineering students as it is hard to get students from these branches to pick research as a career,” a source said. “Most are drawn to post-graduate placements which pay handsomely and those who are left behind try for higher studies to boost their chances, but do not go in for PhDs. This is not true of the humanities, where more students are drawn to research.

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Realty’s tech evolutionedit

The Hindu Virtual reality or VR technology — a mix of architecture design and gaming software — will soon enable consumers in India to get a real-time experience of living in their yet to be constructed homes. Through the use of special glasses, customers can view 3D videos of the properties they are interested in. This can help them shortlist properties before making the final choice. (IoT)

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Officials asked to organise skill development drivesedit

The Hans India Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister Jupalli Krishna Rao directed the officials to take steps to provide skill development programmes to the youth across the State. The Minister reviewed the skill development programmes being organised under the Employment Generation and Marketing Mission (EGMM) here on Friday. He asked the officials to establish more training centres at Kollapur assembly constituency.

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Nasscom arm ties up with corporates for skill development programmeedit

The Hindu Business Line The Nasscom Foundation, an arm of the National Association of Software and Services Companies, is planning to talk to more corporates to expand and sustain its skill development programme. At present, 15 firms have joined hands with the foundation to offer skill development courses to over one-lakh students across the country.

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JNU to start tech coursesedit

The Telegraph The University Grants Commission (UGC) has approved a JNU proposal to start engineering and management courses, drawing criticism from several faculty members who feared such “industry and job-oriented” programmes would dilute the varsity’s mandate to promote critical thinking.

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Engineering students to study big data, bullet trains from next academic sessionedit

Hindustan Times The AICTE has prepared the model engineering curriculum as per the recommendations of 11 subject committees it had set up for engineering and technical institutes, excluding the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs). The human resource development ministry has already approved the curriculum, ministry sources said.

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SkillEE aims to bridge technical skills and knowledge gap for aspiring engineersedit

Your Story Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream project of ‘Make in India’ aims to increase manufacturing capacity in India and generate 100 million jobs by 2022. However, the ambitious project currently faces the dearth of employable graduates, especially the kind of engineers our colleges churn out in smaller cities. And Nagpur-based skill development platform SkillEE is on a mission to transform the scenario.

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NASSCOM To Kick Off Product Conclave 2017 In Bengaluruedit

Inc 42 With India propelled towards the 4th industrial revolution, it has now become imperative to invest in the next-generation of technologies, systems and products whether in the realm of Big Data & Analytics, Cloud/SaaS, AI, VR, AR, Robotics or IoT.

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Do you have any scheme to check unemployment among enggedit

Business Standard Justice N Kirubakaran was hearing a petition by S K Natarajan seeking a direction to the state government to implement the Tamil Nadu State Level Placement Programme in top IT firms in a fair and effective manner for holding a common campus recruitment programme for students of all engineering colleges, including his daughter.

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Any scheme to deal with engineers lacking jobs: HCedit

The Times of India Is there any scheme available with the ministry to deal with unemployment problem of engineering graduates in our country, the Madras high court has asked the Union ministry of human resources development. A fortnight after asking six top IT majors to explain the yardstick they adopt to select colleges for conducting campus recruitments, in view of allegation of scam in the area, Justice N Kirubakaran has suo motu impleaded the ministry and directed its secretary to reply to is query.

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AICTE Eyes Skill Upgrade Centres In NEedit

The Shillong Times The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) plans to augment resources for the Northeast to set up skill development centres and sponsor students to participate in programmes at national and international levels. “AICTE and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) are working hand in hand across the country to improve infrastructure and teaching methods in institutions imparting technical and engineering courses.

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Adopt cycle of learning, unlearning to keep pace with techedit

The New Indian Express “Students in the schools are going to be the future researchers. They need to know what kind of research JNU is doing,” Kumar said. Stalls and galleries were put up to explain various aspects of biotechnology, ecology, pollution, remote sensing through compelling experiments and the School of Social Sciences (SSS) also displayed mind maps to portray the position of minorities in the country.

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4th Edition Of TECH Rocketship Awards Are Here: Indian Startups, Gear Up To Take Your Rocketships To The UKedit

Inc 42 The six award categories of 2017-18 TECH Rocketship Awards include fintech, medtech, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and data analytics, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. As stated by Sir Dominic Asquith, these domains are some of the areas with the greatest potential in terms of opportunity and demand in the UK and India.

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Key to building future workforceedit

The Financial Express

By 2020, India will become the youngest nation in the world with 64% of the population employable. Today’s universities are simply not equipped to address the learning needs of this huge young workforce. The courses being taught are not in sync with modern job requirements and outdated curricula prevents Indian colleges from imparting quality education.

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India cannot lag behind in digital currency era: Modiedit

Press Trust of India

It is regarded as a prime sector.” Pointing out that India took pride for its demographic dividend of having 800 million people, or 65 per cent of its population, below the age of 35, he said skill development should not only be used for meeting basic needs such as food but also for ensuring that the dreams of the country were fulfilled.

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Engineering students must learn to be innovative: Pandiarajanedit

Deccan Chronicle

“SMACI Social media, analytics, cloud and internet of things, is changing the world, students need to hone their skills in SMACI.. everyone says IT provides employment, I say creative and cultural industries too provides more opportunities,” he said and added that he started manpower recruitment firm Ma Foi through cloud funding from his friends.

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Engg students must prepare for innovation-driven growthedit

Deccan Herald

One of the critical skills will be the ability to connect the unconnected, with the Internet of Things (IoT) because that’s how enterprises will grow, adding billions and trillions of nodes, devices and units to the internet. That’s also how the increased telemetry, along with data analysis tools, will drive absolute efficiency improvements in enterprise processes like production, distribution, and service.

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Renewables to the foreedit

Business India India’s energy sector is dominated by traditional energy sources, comprising primarily of oil, gas and coal. These constitute about 85 per cent of India’s total energy consumption, followed by renewable energy, which takes care of about 13 per cent of the pie. This trend is fast changing, as government is shifting its focus from traditional sources to cleaner and renewable sources of energy.

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Policy tweaks, key to achieving 100% solar power: UB groupedit

The Hindu Business Line Fifteen per cent cheaper than grid power is a strong argument for going solar. The country’s largest liquor manufacturer, United Breweries, has vowed to meet more of its power demand through solar energy — from 15 per cent now to 50 per cent in next three years. But while ‘100 per cent renewable’ is a vision, achieving that would depend upon the State governments coming up with favourable policies, says Shekar Ramamurthy, Managing Director, United Breweries Ltd.

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State power dept asked to formulate solar policyedit

The Assam Tribune In a move to tap solar power and reduce the demand-supply mismatch of electricity, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal asked the State power department to formulate an exhaustive solar power policy for Assam.Chairing a review meeting of the power department here today, Chief Minister Sonowal said, “A solar policy is the need of the hour. It will boost industrialisation besides ensuring uninterrupted power supply to the consumers.”

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Euro power utilities turn to solar projectsedit

Business Standard Loss-making European power utilities are turning to India for investment opportunities in renewable energy (RE), drawn by the country’s impressive drive in the latter. Engie of France, one of the biggest European power companies, which lost about $40 billion over 2010-16 on its fossil fuel and nuclear holdings, intends to invest $1 billion in Indian solar energy over the next five years, says a report from the US-based Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

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Solar Thermal Power Prices have Dropped an Astonishing 50% in Six Monthsedit

Solar Paces CSP is a form of thermal solar energy that can power day or night, because its intrinsic ability to store its energy thermally enables it to dispatch power at any time.(How CSP Thermal Energy Storage Works). The price drop of CSP with storage to the world’s cheapest night-time solar power had been following a trajectory like that of the other clean energy resources.

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PM Narendra Modi says more green energy should power Indiaedit

The Financial Express Modi said over Rs 11,000 crore were spent by the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the renewable energy sector in the past three years, against a mere Rs 4,000 crore by the Congress-led UPA. India is capable of generating a total 750 GW of energy if it puts all of its resources to work, Modi said, adding: “We need to work towards that.”

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Need to focus more on renewable energyedit

The Hindu The event drew thousands of women from across the State, who recited the stotras at Bengaluru Palace grounds. Future is not with petrol or diesel, he said, but with renewable energy. “By 2030, 40 % of the country’s energy needs will be met through renewable energy. By 2022, the government target to produce 175 GW of renewable energy,” he said.

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Robust participation by engineering students in job fairedit

The Navhind Times

Graduate engineers from the engineering colleges visited Kala Academy, Campal in large numbers on Saturday for an exclusive job fair geared towards engineering jobs. The event is organised by theInstitution of Engineers (India) (IEI) in association with the office of the Commissioner, labour and employment, regional employment exchange, model career centre (MCC) and the GCCI.

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