December 28, 2017

News for the IET

No specific news for the IET todayedit

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News for other PEI

NLC chief stresses need for fossil power generation at affordable pricesedit

Trinity Mirror

Earlier Dr.Acharya was welcomed by Shri. Navinchandra B Vasoys, President of IE(I) and was introduced to the gathering by Major General Bhattacharya, Secretary & Director General IE(I). NLC India Ltd also bagged the coveted Industry Excellence Award, instituted by the Institution of Engineers (India) which was presented on the first day of the function.

Institution of Engineers (India)
2nd International Conference ‘ICEECCOT-2017’ held at GSSSIETWedit

City Today

B V Srinivasa Gupta, Vice President GSSS, Vanaja B Pandit, Hon. Secretary, GSSS, O Pratap Kumar, Joint Secretary, GSSS, Ashok Shenoi, Management committee member, GSSS, Dr Shivakumar M, General Chair, Head, Dept. of EIE and Dean (Academics), GSSSIETW, Dr Parameshachari B D, Organizing Chair, Professor and Head, Dept. of TCE , GSSSIETW and others were present. -(KK)

IEEE

Industry News: Information and Communications

Next Big Stepedit

The Economic Times

An Intel India commissioned report, undertaken by the IDC, has shown an increased appetite towards the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), which in turn is expected to spike organisation spends on this tech, over the next 18 months.

Artificial Intelligence
Security landscape has become even more challenging for enterprises, as there are various new end-points from where attacks can originateedit

BusinessWorld

By Nivedhana Prabhu

With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), the security landscape has become even more challenging for enterprises, as there are various new end-points from where the attacks can originate. IoT devices are a security challenge, and they need comprehensive management from the security perspective.

Cyber SecurityIoT
New challenges for a connected worldedit

Mint

Industry 4.0 also creates new risks and requires companies to integrate security safeguards not only into their businesses but also throughout their ecosystem.

Cyber Security
Emerging tech to get a boost in 2018edit

Mint

Artificial intelligence, blockchain and internet of things hit an inflection point in 2017; innovations based on them are expected to scale next year

AIBlockchainIoT

Industry News: Education

AICTE relaxes student-teacher ratio, brings relief to engineering collegesedit

Times of India

By Yogita Rao

Bringing a major relief to engineering colleges, the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to relax the student-faculty ratio from 1:15 to 1:20—a long pending demand of technical institutes.

Engineering
AICTE’s merger boost for ailing engineering collegesedit

Times of India

By Yogita Rao

Engineering colleges ailing due to poor enrolment are likely to get a new lease of life with the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) deciding to allow merger of such institutes.

Engineering

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Renewables faced impediments in 2017, set for more energetic 2018edit

The Financial Express

By Vikas Srivastava

The Renewable Energy push from the Narendra Modi government met with potent obstacles in 2017, as capacity additions failed to keep pace with the set targets. Introduction of the auction-based competitive bidding for projects impacted additions in wind capacity, while increase in solar panel prices posed a hurdle to financial closure of solar projects.

Renewable Energy
Government is on its way to achieving 175 GW target for installed Renewable Energy capacity by 2022edit

Business Standard

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has taken several steps to fructify Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s dream of a clean energy future for the ‘New India’. The largest renewable capacity expansion programme in the world is being taken up by India. The government is aiming to increase share of clean energy through massive thrust in renewables.

Renewable Energy
Challenges galore for India’s clean energy industryedit

Mint

By Utpal Bhaskar

Low tariffs, rising module costs, GST rollout were among the challenges that India’s clean energy industry faced in 2017

Renewable Energy
Renewable energy future hinges on policy executionedit

Mint

R Sree Ram

The government has shown its intent in ensuring the renewable energy sector continues to grow, but it needs to show more action in 2018 for investor confidence to recover

Renewable Energy
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