November 2, 2017

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Er Ravi Chanyal takes over as new Chairman of Institution of Engineersedit

Daily Excelsior The 50th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Institution of Engineers (India), Jammu Local Centre was held at Institutional Complex, Channi Himmat, Jammu today. It was presided over by Er. Ajay Gupta, FIE, Chairman of Jammu Local Centre. A large number of corporate members from all disciplines of Engineering attended the AGM.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Vodafone India witnessing 180% growth in IoT customersedit

Money Control British telecom giant Vodafone today said it is witnessing up to 180 per cent growth in SIM cards used for internet of things (IoT) devices in the country on a smaller base. Its solutions are being used to serve diverse segments like smart tractors and earthmovers, its country head Sunil Sood told reporters here.

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The rising world of ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Opinionedit

ET CIO In India, AI and data analytics driven marketing can be a useful ally for businesses. Platforms built on voice recognition and natural language understanding (NLU) / chat language understanding (CLU) can be used to identify the subscribers’ preferences by the utilization of big data analytics and artificial intelligence.

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No one is safe: How internet has become a playground for cyber criminalsedit

The Economic Times The ubiquitous digital life The world of cyber is indeed ubiquitous our days begin and end with some brush with cyber. It is not just social media, which entices us to make WhatsApp the new Suprabhatam. New-age technologies including the Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled toys from digital assistants to self-driving cars with artificial intelligence draw us inexorably into their clutches.

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IoTNext 2017 Themed ‘Pilots to Scale’ Will Debate and Discuss the Next Wave of IoT Innovation & Deploymentsedit

PR Newswire India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), along with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE, Bangalore), will host the third edition of premier IoT event, IoTNext in the city. The Global Summit will focus on the opportunities and challenges from practitioners’ viewpoint, learning from the pilots and challenges moving forward.

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India has the worst 4G internet speed in the world: OpenSignal reportedit

Zee Biz With talks of a digital India and Internet of Things (IoT), India has been ranked lowest in terms of 4G speeds globally. However as 4G coverage increases it would still prove to be faster than slower 3G networks. Twitter Facebook GPlus India has the worst 4G internet speed in the world: OpenSignal report Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a video conference call.

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How To Prepare For Internet of Medical Things Threatsedit

CXO Today These devices have not been designed with security as a top-of-mind concern since developers are primarily focused on functionality and ease of use. According to Allied Market Research, the global Internet of Things (IoT) healthcare market is expected to reach US$136.8 billion by 2021, registering a CAGR of 12.5 percent between 2015 and 2021, driven by easy availability of wearable smart devices and decreasing cost of sensor technology.

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Google Cloud Platform goes live in India with Mumbai regionedit

The Indian Express In addition to the mentioned services, Google Cloud Platform will enable Indian businesses to push towards machine learning protocols and Internet of Things. Key services in GCP include data transfer, API platform and ecosystems, developer tools, identity and security.

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FROM MAGAZINE: Rethinking ‘fresh’edit

State Times The use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices like Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), weather monitors and sensors, cargo agents can help transfer large amounts of data to a centralised system and help make the entire supply chain more visible and accessible to all stakeholders.

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China Smart Homes Market to Grow With a CAGR of 44.30 Percent During the Forecast Period 2017-2024edit

PR Newswire Smart homes market in China has great reasons to rise as it has all emergent required factors like growing middle and upper class population, government support policy for IoT, high internet penetration rate, large number of internet users and hefty local manufactures which will help to boost the uses of smart home devices in lower and middle income segments.

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Business redefined: How cloud computing has changed enterprises foreveredit

Live Mint AWS offers more than 90 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, analytics, mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and enterprise applications across 44 Availability Zones within 16 geographic regions around the world, with announced plans for 17 more Availability Zones and six more regions.

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Bharti Airtel to focus on rural AP, Telanganaedit

Telangana Today They will also collaborate on an on-going basis to evolve standards for 5G, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Software-defined Networking (SDN) and Internet of Things (IoT), and jointly work towards building an enabling ecosystem for the introduction of these technologies in the Indian context.

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APAC CIOs Leading Adoption of Disruptive Technologies: Gartneredit

CXO Today Organizations are now shifting towards a digital way of operations and investing a lot in technology. CIOs in Asia Pacific report higher adoption of disruptive technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and conversational interfaces than their global peers, according to an annual survey of CIOs by Gartner, Inc.

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Your telecom service provider of the future could look like thisedit

Zee Biz The industry would need to identify services with significant scale potential to find a material revenue growth driver. Some options include home automation, connected-cars, healthcare, cloud and energy management services and contribution to the Government’s smart cities initiative, which form a part of Internet of Things (IoT),” the report said.

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The art in Artificial Intelligence: A gateway between technology and creativityedit

Your Story The designer duo teamed up with Watson to reimagine fashion – the result was India’s first AI-inspired Western fashion collection. At the same time, couturier Gaurav Gupta worked with Watson’s Personality Insights API and IoT integration to bring to life the first AI-inspired saree gown.

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Samsung plans mass-scale IoT productsedit

DNA South Korean technology major Samsung is drawing up plans to commence mass production of IoT-enabled products in the consumer durable space in the next 2-3 years, a top company official said. This is expected to make this high-end, cloud-based connected technology more affordable for developing markets and emerging economies. IoT stands for Internet of Things.

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IoT devices redefining customer experienceedit

The Hindu Internet of Things (IoT) is no longer an eagerly awaited futuristic trend. It’s here, and already beginning to make a difference in the world of business. IoT can hugely impact two areas — enhancing the customer experience and increasing the productivity of the workforce. In other words, IoT is changing the way consumers interact with products and also transforming the way companies conduct their businesses.

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Fortinet advises healthcare against increasing IoMT cyber-attacksedit

CIO Cyber-attacks in the healthcare industry is on the rise as medical data are far more valuable than credit card fraud or other online scams. Medical information contains everything from a patient’s medical history to medical prescriptions, and hackers are able to access this data via network-connected medical devices as a result of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT).

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Dell Technologies unveils new IoT vision, strategy, division and productsedit

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Dell Technologies unveiled its Internet of Things (IoT) vision and strategy, a new IoT division as well as new IoT specific products, labs, partner program and consumption models. The announcement underscores Dell Technologies commitment to helping customers realize their digital future by safely navigating the complex and often fragmented IoT landscape.

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Cardiotrack Partners With Star Hospitals To Provide Solutions In Cardiac Careedit

Franchise India Cardiotrack will be deployed across all Star Hospitals’ centres. Cardiotrack’s hand-held IoT device that is driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) will capture clinical grade ECG data using cutting-edge technology and ensure data portability through smart android-based devices.

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Artificial Intelligence, not blockchain, tops banking CIOs’ minds: Gartneredit

BGR Banking and investment services CIOs also place a relatively high priority on the globalisation of their businesses (seven percent), a priority which does not make the top 10 at all for the all-industries average. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a top-10 item for all industries (six percent) but is not present for banking and investment services.

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Industry News: Education

Top career opportunities in technologyedit

Deccan Herald Network engineers: Network engineers are responsible for building, securing and maintaining the diverse networks companies use internally. The skills needed are application flows, cyber security, SD-WAN, DNS, Internet of Things and network automation.

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SANKALP, STRIVE all set to boost Skill India Missionedit

The Pioneer Recently approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) and Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement (STRIVE) are all set to boost the Skill India Mission in the country.

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IKEA takes to skill building women for retail through Dishaedit

The Hindu Business Line This is the first of its pilot programmes and will cover other states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and NCR, if successful. The Disha programme aims to skill build 1 million women in more than 10 industries by developing core competencies and helping them get employment

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Cognizant ups 2017 guidance on stronger growth for digital businessedit

Business Standard We have been aggressively building high-end digital skills in data science, design thinking, cybersecurity, IoT, AI and automation. Strong Digital skills alone are not enough, so we combine these skills with our industry expertise to speak the language and understand the core processes and technologies of every industry we specialise,” said D’Souza.

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Big Data in educationedit

Telangana Today Close attention paid to the student by the teacher is priceless. Unfortunately, while there are more students are joining the wave of mainstream education, the growth in teaching talent is not commensurate. This is where affordable technology can help. When used in conjunction with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data offers a wealth of possibilities that can revolutionize schooling.

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Skill India and World Bank organize a ‘Knowledge Sharing Workshop’ for African delegatesedit

Indian Education Diary Taking strong partnership between India and Africa to new heights, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and World Bank are organizing a five day ‘Knowledge Sharing Workshop’ for African delegation from six African countries namely Rwanda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, and Ghana.

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Singapore to open skill development centre in Assamedit

Live Mint Singapore will on Wednesday open its first skill development centre in India’s northeastern state of Assam to impart vocational training to youth in the region. The city-state is the first country to open such a centre in India’s remote northeast, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen to usher in development and attract investments in several areas such as food processing and tourism.

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IT Enabled Employment Generating Skill Development Course successfully finished Date : 7th September 13th October 2017edit

E PAO Knowledge Exchange Network Manipur, Boston, USA had successfully conducted a one month free skill development course based on IT base DTP and other Computer skills which began on 7th of September and concluded on the 13th of October 2017 at Imphal East District. The main curriculum of the course was Desktop Publishing using computer skills and technologies.

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India, Singapore Hold Joint Ministerial Committee Meetedit

The Shillong Times There are five areas of cooperation to enhance bilateral relations: scale up trade and investment; speed up connectivity; smart cities and urban rejuvenation; skill development; and state focus. Singapore was India’s 10th largest bilateral trade partner in 2016-17 and the second largest among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries, with a share of 2.5 per cent and 2.6 per cent respectively of overall trade with India.

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India wins laurels at WorldSkills competitionedit

The Tribune Commenting on the occasion, Manish Kumar, Managing Director and CEO, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) said, “The competition has provided a platform to benchmark our skills against the best in the world. After witnessing the current accolades, we are certain that we will only get better and more efficient with time.”

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India to enhance cooperation in energy, skill development with Africaedit

New Kerala Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday welcomed the African nations at the inaugural ceremony of India Africa Knowledge Exchange Mission and stressed on working towards further enhancing co-operation in fields of energy, skill development with all the African countries.

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Goa to start aviation courses in it isedit

The Hindu Business Line The Goa Government is planning to start skill development and entrepreneurship training courses in the State ITIs. The courses, related to civil aviation and allied sector, will help youth get jobs at the upcoming international airport at Mopa, North Goa.

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Tatas Commission Solar Plant in Stateedit

The Economic Times Tata Power has commissioned a 30 MW solar power plant in Palaswade, Maharashtra developed by its arm Tata Power Renewable Energy. The plant will produce over 62 million KWH annually of solar power, covering the annual energy needs of over 14,000 Indian households, Tata Power said

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Decline In Installation Cost To Drive Growth Of Renewablesedit

The Indian Express Global power generation from renewable sources has almost quadrupled in the last 10 years, while global installed renewable capacity had grown by over six times to 770GW by the end of 2016.There has also been advancement in storage technologies that will support renewables, growth of self-generation and local distribution systems, and the divergence of demand trends between developing and developed markets

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Big potential for small hydropower projectsedit

Business Standard As part of its target of building the capacity for 175 gigawatt of renewable energy by 2022, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) will give a policy push to small hydropower. Comprising power projects of less than 50 megawatt (Mw) and mostly run of the river units, the target of small hydro in the overall mix will be increased to 6,000 Mw.

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