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Privacy and data security in the IoT ecosystemedit
Here’s an insight into the impact that IoT may have on laws relating to privacy and data security and the possible solutions in law and industry which will help enable the development of IoT.
The author is part of various regulatory panels, including the legal and regulatory working group of the IET IOT India Panel.
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Industry News: Information and Communications
How to strike a balance between security and business productivityedit
IoT is an application of chips and sensors embedded in everyday objects that enable them to exchange data. The advantages are far reaching, ranging from home security to medicinal services, and employees improving time management and productivity. Security risk: The key issue with IoT is that it increases the number of devices to be managed from a security perspective.
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Innovative trends in academia to stay in line with industryedit
In the world of rapid changing technology and business, demand of industries for skilled employees is always growing. Students are expected to graduate with the necessary skillset for pursuing their careers in industry.
Skill Development
Indians lead Asia in Overseas Education, studyedit
More and more parents are sending their children overseas for higher education with around 62 percent of the parents in a poll saying they sent their kids to foreign universities in 2017 as against 47 percent in 2016, claims a study.
Higher Education5 trends in education to watch out for in 2018edit
Change is the only constant — even in Education. Education is benefiting from trends across sectors from the integration of technology to making hard sciences a more creative process to encourage innovation.
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Govt forms new policy for standardisation of renewable energy productsedit
By Mayank Aggarwal
Aiming to address the quality issues in India’s rapidly growing renewable energy sector, the Union ministry of new and renewable energy has come out with a new policy for “testing, standardization and certification” of products in the renewable energy sector. The policy also aims to develop standards for all renewable energy equipment in line with the international practices.
Renewable EnergyNew hydro power policy may ease repayment norms, ask states to buy 2.25% of demandedit
The government is now looking to bring in more changes in the proposed hydro power policy to weed out the hurdles in subsidising these projects and also make them more attractive for developers and investors
Renewable EnergyCan renewables make India energy-secure?edit
Recently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has acknowledged India would be the fastest growing energy consumer – and market – till 2040. This applies not only to the hydrocarbon sector, but also to renewable energy (RE), as fast-declining costs turn solar and wind energy into the main drivers of growth in the power sector.
Renewable Energy