December 5, 2017

News for the IET

SRM Institute of Science and Technology Attains Benchmark of International Quality via The IET International Accreditationedit

PTI IANS Business Today The Hans India VC Circle India Today

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur campus secured the IET’s international accreditation for all of its four engineering courses. The IET accreditation is an internationally recognised benchmark, awarded to high-quality programmes that provide an ideal preparation for aspiring professional engineers.

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News for other PEI

Hot, sunny days could slow 5G networks, but research offers solutionsedit

Domain-B India

Sulyman’s journal article in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, “Effectives of Solar Radio Emissions on Outdoor Propagation Path Loss Models at 60 GHz bands for Access/backhaul links and D2D communications,” was co-authored by Hussein Seleem, Abdulmalik Alwarafy, Khaled Humadi and Abdulhameed Alsanie of King Saud University.

IEEE

Industry News: Information and Communications

9% of work activity to be lost to automation by 2030 in Indiaedit

Zee Business

Automation and robotics which were designed to make mundane processes easier are now causing loss of productive work hours and even job losses. A recent report by McKinsey Global Institute pointed out that India would lose ‘9% of work hours’.

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Digital economy: Ravi Shankar Prasad to meet IT chiefs on Dec 14edit

Business Standard

By Kiran Rathee

Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet top IT players on December 14 to take stock of the development regarding creation of $1 trillion digital economy by 2022.

Digital EconomyIT Industry
Why IoT security is the need of the houredit

Tech Shout

A number of countries are in the process of drafting proper regulations to prepare for the IoT boom. These will include everything from network security and authentication to encryption and more. But as we prepare for the future, there is one way in which you can easily secure your current IoT gadgets.

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10 trends that would shape the future of data analyticsedit

Your Story

Internet of Things (IoT): This is nothing but evolved wireless networks. It’s common to have censors taking into account multiple fit–into gadgets like fitbit bands to jumbo jet engines. The Internet of Things market is expected to grow from $170.57 billion in 2017 to $561.04 billion by 2022, owing to the advent of advanced analytics and data processing techniques, which have been useful to derive results from high volumes of data collected from the machine-to-machine communication devices.

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Industry News: Education

HRD ministry sets up committee to suggest ways to regulate deemed universitiesedit

The Hindustan Times

By Neelam Pandey

The panel will suggest a regulatory road map for deemed universities and is expected to submit its report to the government within four months.

Engineering
Education, job quota a big problem; will address post 2019: PMEAC’s Surjit Bhallaedit

The Financial Express

Describing the problem in the “messed up” public education sector, he said teachers are paid more than what they can command in the market and do not show up in schools as well.

Education

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Government mulls longer fixed cost recovery period for hydro poweredit

The Economic Times

The government is looking at extending fixed cost recovery period of hydro projects to 30- 35 years, from 12 years at present, to bring the tariff down to as low as Rs 2 per unit, Power Minister R K Singh has said.

Renewable Energy
Solar grid diplomacyedit

DNA

What’s more, this is the first Indian initiative with an international footprint, which will be based in the country. Already the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been charting new paths in solar energy capacity creation. In 2015, the government revised its solar energy target from 20 GW to 100 GW by the year 2022. Obviously, the Narendra Modi government has pressed the pedal to the floor when it comes to renewable, especially, solar energy.

Solar Energy
AP to set up solar-wind hybrid project with battery back-upedit

The Hindu Business Line

By V Rishi Kumar

Andhra Pradesh is planning to develop a 160 MW solar-wind hybrid project with battery back-up facility. Significantly, this is the first such project to be developed in the country.

Renewable Energy
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