November 20, 2017

News for the IET

BIT-Sindri, Danish varsity on one pageedit

The Telegraph

Prasad, fellow of a host of institutions including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, the US, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, India, Institution of Engineering and Technology, the UK, Netherlands Electronics and Radio Society and Danish Engineering Society, said they would help Sindri teachers to complete their PhDs on a part-time basis.

Institution of Engineering and Technology

News for other PEI

Meeting at SRMedit

The New Indian Express

SRM University, Kattankulathur, organised the 30th GISFI Standardisation Series Meeting and IEEE 5G Summit which was headed by Prof Ramjee Prasad, GISFI president, Aarhus University, Denmark recently. T Rama Rao, HOD/ ECE, MS Vasanthi / Dept of TCE and P Sandeep Kumar / Dept of ECE also attended the event.

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Blueprint to thrive in India’s rapidly digitizing economy Sharad Sharma, iSPIRITedit

CIO

Sharma was the chair of NASSCOM’s product forum and worked as the organization’s executive council member for four years. He was also the Chairperson of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student chapter while at the Delhi College of Engineering, which started its Minicomputer Club in 1984. He was honored with the R&D visionary award by Zinnov in 2008.

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Two day All India Seminar on ‘Natural Gas in Coastal and Inland Shipping’edit

Orissa Diary

The All India Seminar on ‘Natural Gas in Coastal and Inland Shipping’ organised by the Forum for River and Ocean Scientists and Technologists (FROST) and Institute of engineers (India), Odisha State Centre and supported by DRDO and OCEAN SPARKLE having the largest fleet of coastal ships, was inaugurated today at the Institution of Engineers (India) building.

Institution of Engineers (India)
Degrees of Doomedit

Deccan Herald

AICTE on 3 August 2017 recognised distance engineering degree of students who enrolled upto 30-5-2013 with Institution of engineers, Institution of civil engineers, iete. But deemed university students were left out. Institution of engineers, etc., are distance education societies recognised by MHRD.

Institution of Engineers

Industry News: Information and Communications

Karnataka is betting big on AI, ML, other new technologies this yearedit

Your Story

“We have set up excellence centres in IoT (Internet of Things) and aerospace. Now, we are investing in partnerships in AI and Machine Learning (ML), Cybersecurity, animation & gaming through centres of excellence,” said Priyank Kharge, Minister for IT.

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AI opportunity beckons Indiaedit

DNA

AI in healthcare dominates all other industrial applications of AI. Start-ups are using Machine Learning to reduce drug discovery time, improve diagnosis, and provide virtual assistance to patients. No wonder then AI in healthcare attracted $1.8B in funding since 2012 globally. Similarly, IoT is transforming traditional sectors such as logistics and manufacturing.

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‘Artificial intelligence will complement human effort, not replace it,’ say top CEOsedit

Your Story

By Vishal Krishna

The CEO Roundtable at the Bengaluru Tech Summit on Thursday was a lesson to young individuals that they need not worry about Artificial Intelligence (AI) because it would only add to their skills. It highlighted how the industry presented itself with opportunities and is also prepared for issues facing the industry. The discussion had its broad theme as ‘How diverse technologies are converging to shape our world, impacting the society. (Internet Of Things)’

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IoT to play a major role in ushering in economic transformationedit

The Hindu Business Line

KPMG, along with the CII, (Confederation of Indian Industry) launched a report on ‘The Intelligent Economy: Leveraging technology for the new era’. The report says that the new phenomenon of ‘internet economy’ is dominated by intelligent and interconnected machines, and self-learning algorithms.

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Artificial Intelligence is now the hottest tech spot and startups in India are working on its cutting edgeedit

Financial Express

By PP Thimmayya

Artificial intelligence has emerged as the hottest technology area and the number of start-ups in India from this segment is only increasing every year.

Artificial Intelligence
India to have 200 crore IoT devices in 4 years: Ravi Shankar Prasadedit

The Economic Times Internet of things (IoT) devices in India are expected to increase 10 times to 200 crore in the next 3-4 years, owing to passion for technology among the people, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.

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Troubleshooting for IoT in 2020edit

BW Disrupt

This is life for you in 2020, where the Internet of Things would have revolutionised the way we live, making it commonplace in almost every home. According to Gartner, IOT is bound to grow to a phenomenal 26 billion units by the year 2020

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Industry News: Education

Acing Engineeringedit

The Times of India

By Piyasi Mitra

The domains of education have evolved significantly in the last few decades, which has led students, teachers and parents to refresh their perspectives on career choices. However, thanks to lucrative package and opportunities to access the global market, engineering continues to be one of the most sought after courses after plus II.

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New technology spawning reskilling industryedit

Financial Express

There has been a significant rise in the number of companies that provide professionally-certified training courses in newer technologies. As per a report by Tracxn, in 2016 alone, about 43 new edutech companies were formed in the country in the professional training segment.

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No aptitude for engineering, medicine? Vocational education could be your answeredit

Hindustan Times

The overwhelming focus on engineering and medicine in India as career options has contributed to reliance on rote learning and led to increasing competition for limited seats. While it is a given fact that all students cannot opt for engineering or medicine, the system of rote learning has a negative impact on the quality of education in the country.

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Why enrolments in US institutions by Indian students are flattening outedit

The Economic Times

By Ishani Dattuagupta

The growth in numbers of Indian students is mainly from an extended optional practical training (OPT) period of 36 months which has been granted to students studying STEM subjects (science, tech, engineering, math).

Higher Education

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Rent-a-roof policy can give residential solar energy the push it requiresedit

The Hindustan Times

The success of the rooftop solar is critical for India because it has to decarbonise its electricity sector and tackle air pollution, a significant portion of which is caused by coal-fired power plants generating electricity. Air pollution accounts for 1.2 million deaths every year, according to Global Burden of Diseases and costs India 3% of its GDP.

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India committed to 175 GW renewable energy target, says environment ministry officialedit

The Indian Express

India is committed to its renewable energy target of having 175 GW capacity by 2022 to provide equitable sustainable development, a senior official has said.  India’s renewable energy journey has come a long way since it set its ambitious target of 175 GW by 2022.

Renewable Energy
A sunshine sectoredit

The Hindu

Renewable energy has three forms primarily — tidal, solar and hydroelectric power, which are completely environment-friendly. Amongst these, solar power is no doubt the best-known renewable energy source. In January 2015, the Indian government expanded its solar plans, targeting US$100 billion in investment and 100 GW of solar capacity by 2022, envisaging 6.7 lakh jobs in India in 10 years.

Solar Energy
India must focus on renewable energyedit

The Statesman

By Vijay Thakur

India is very rich in renewable energy, whether it is solar energy, wind energy, bio energy or hydro energy. Our past two years’ experience shows that renewable energy has emerged as the cheapest option available. Therefore it makes business sense for India to go in for 100 per cent renewable energy.

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