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IEI Industry Excellence Award 2017 conferred to MECONedit
MECON LIMITED received Institution of Engineers (India) Industry Excellence Award 2017 for demonstrating highest order of business excellence in providing Engineering services and consultancy during 32nd Indian Engineering Congress, held at Chennai. The award was conferred by The Institution of Engineers (India), established in 1920 by The Royal Charter.
The Institution of Engineers (India)National Energy Conservation Day celebrated at IEIedit
He was speaking at the National Energy Conservation Day organised by Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) at the Mysuru Local Centre of the Institution of Engineers (India) here recently and said government is promoting greater use of Renewable Energy and at the same time shifting towards supercritical technologies for coal-based power Plants.
Institution of Engineers (India)Industry News: Information and Communications
Time for India to make the ‘Digital Leap’edit
In healthcare, real-time life tracking coupled with IoT and AI will improve speed and efficacy of treatments. In manufacturing, where we already see robotics and IoT catching on mainstream, operations will get further boost from improved network infrastructure and automation. Enterprises, at large, will find themselves better equipped to connect their assets, people and processes in order to deliver value through digital.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTTech is a must for business success; blockchain will start maturing in 2018, to see widespread implementationedit
In the VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world we inhabit today—where technology is changing at the speed of light—enterprises are collaborating and also competing to be at the forefront of development. In 2018, blockchain technology will start maturing and see implementation across many enterprise applications.
BlockchainArtificial Intelligence & automation will result in reduction of IT services staff by 7-10% in India, US by 2022edit
By Ayan Pramanik
As the Indian IT services industry enters 2018, it will see more artificial intelligence (AI)-driven business than ever before, said analysts. While leaders of the $154-billion software services industry foresee fewer human involvement across projects; industry body Nasscom claims a lot of technology firms have started seeing AIbased decision-making.
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationAutomation may wipe out 25% jobs in BFSI by 2022: Reportedit
Around 25 per cent of existing jobs in BFSI space are expected to face existential threat by 2022, as the sector is witnessing rising adoption of automation to increase efficiency, says a report.
AutomationBFSIIt’s going to be a Happy New Year for Artificial intelligence and robotics experts in 2018edit
By Rica Bhattacharya and Varuni Khosla
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the buzz in the jobs bazaar as machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT) increasingly influence business strategies and analytics. Human resource and search experts estimate a 50-60% higher demand for AI and robotics professionals in 2018 even as machines take over repetitive manual work.
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The need for re-skilling and up-skilling is becoming urgentedit
The cyber-physical opportunities in Industry 4.0 manufacturing and logistics, new financial and insurance services models, healthcare, agriculture and energy, mobility and transportation systems in urban areas and e-governance and education will all scale in India. Today, because of suboptimal procurement and payment processes, only the large multinationals and major Indian IT services companies are playing in this area but a $700 billion opportunity is too substantial to ignore and 2018 should see many firms putting a stake in the ground.
ReskillingIndia ties up with USA, UK among others to boost higher educationedit
With the aim of improving the quality of higher education, India has established joint research programmes with countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, Norway and New Zealand under the Special Scheme for Faculty Development to provide an opportunity to teachers to pursue academic/research activities and to help in establishment of Inter University Centers (IUCs) that provide state-of-the art equipment and facilities.
Higher EducationDemand for artificial intelligence skills high among senior IT staff, says reportedit
By KV Kurmanath
That artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation is irreversibly changing the workplace is no news. Coupled with that reports of retrenchments and caps on hirings are now sending shivers down the spines of IT employees. The report — Demand for Expertise in Disruptive Technologies among Technology Professionals — reveals that about 73 per cent of the applicants work for IT services companies.
UpskillingEdTech trends expected to empower education sector in 2018edit
The advent of technology has triggered a wave of transformation in the Indian education sector. Technology is being adopted quickly and content is being rewritten and redesigned to adapt to the emerging media. The advent of digitally enabled classrooms, cloud-based content, e-books and online assessments among others has enabled our education system to reach an inflection point.
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MP push towards solar energy: Addition of 2000 MW in next 3 yearsedit
In a major push towards renewable energy, Madhya Pradesh is all set to develop more solar power parks in the next three years adding a total of 2000 MW to its capacity. This will be in addition to the recently inaugurated 750 MW power plant in the state and the already existing solar power stations.
Solar EnergyClean energy developers look to diversify in bid to boost profitsedit
By Utpal Bhaskar
India’s clean energy firms such as ReNew Power Ventures Pvt. Ltd and Greenko Group are looking at diversifying across the electricity value chain in segments such as transmission and distribution to derive better value.
Renewable EnergySolar power: Some bright spots, many cloudsedit
By Shreya Jai
For the solar power sector, 2017 was a year of sunshine and shadows – from new lows in tariffs to a novel set of market challenges. In May 2017, solar tariff breached Rs 2.5 per unit and stooped to Rs 2.44 in the bidding for a 500 Mw solar park in Rajasthan. With that, solar tariffs felt 80 per cent in six years. At the same time, capacity grew to 14,750 Mw from a negligible 2 Mw during the same period.
Solar EnergyAn energy agenda for 2018edit
The energy conundrum is how to square the circle between the government’s commitment to provide universal access to affordable and reliable energy on one hand, and the imperative to weaken the linkage economic growth, energy demand and environmental degradation on the other.
Renewable Energy130-MW solar power plant commissioned at Nevyeliedit
The total cost of the project is Rs 752.62 crore including Viability Gap Funding of Rs 97.50 crore under the Central Public Sector Undertakings scheme of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy with capacity utilisation factor of 19%. This initiative by NLCIL is expected to reduce the loading of about 2.16 lakh tonnes of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere compared to fossil fuel.
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