January 30, 2018

News for the IET

Banks should look at relaxing their norms for start-ups: Dr. Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar, President, Aeris Indiaedit

News Baron

In order to provide a steady impetus to initiatives such as Make in India and Digital India, our manufacturing sector needs to ramp up. Towards this, we need to work towards providing tax sops and liberalise norms to ensure greater access to working capital. Dr. Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar, President, Aeris India [Mr. Bhatnagar is also the Chairperson of The Institution of Engineering and Technology – IoT panel for India]

Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: Chairman of IET India IoT panel

Industry News: Information and Communications

Artificial Intelligence Predictions for 2018edit

Silicon India

Given the huge leaps forward that AI has made in recent years, it is logical to assume that it will continue to grow and improve into 2018, with new improvements being made every day. AI is set to become more practical for businesses and industries in the immediate future, since we have managed to bring our understanding of machine learning up to a point where we can begin to integrate it into our machines.

Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence will open up new avenues: Expertsedit

ET Telecom

As artificial intelligence or AI systems advance through machine learning these will continue to impact not just business but our lives as well. But, if indeed machines continue to improve their performance beyond human levels, a natural question to ask is whether machines will put humans’ jobs at risk and reduce employment.

Artificial Intelligence
Data at Risk?edit

BusinessWorld

The Internet has blurred the lines between real world and the virtual one. Technology is barreling into our hands through Internet connected devices at an unbelievable pace. Data now lives and moves around a multiplicity of digital touch points, passing between the cloud, the Internet of Things and myriad mobile devices that may or may not be secure.

Data Privacy

Industry News: Future of Mobility

BMTC AC e-buses to airport, ring roads likely by Augustedit

Times of India

The muchawaited electric bus service of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is finally set to become a reality. The corporation has started identifying routes for the battery-operated buses and it is likely that airport and ring roads will be picked first.

e-buses
NTPC to provide e-mobility solutions in Jabalpuredit

India Today

State-run power giant NTPC today said it has inked a pact with Jabalpur City Transport Service for setting up charging infrastructure for all segments of electric vehicles (EVs) across the city.

e-mobility

Industry News: Education

Budget 2018: Govt should support private universities for world-class education systemedit

Business Today

The Budget this year should focus on empowering private deemed to be universities. The higher education landscape in India is undergoing a paradigm shift, with private deemed to be universities beginning to make significant contributions in terms of quality and quantity.

Education
Engineering Grads have Poor Awareness of Researchedit

The Economic Times

By Saumya Bhattacharya

Engineering students in India have poor awareness about research in their field and they don’t get enough guidance to build careers in research, according to a study which has revealed that less than three in 10 top engineering graduates in India are aware of any international research journal or conference in their field of study.

Engineering

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How this Budget 2018 enabling tech innovation can deliver growth for Indiaedit

Financial Express

Budget 2018 ought to bring support for innovation across the spectrum of energy technology. An innovation fund deployed through existing ecosystems such as Start-up India, Invest India, Make-in-India, IITs and RECs would open the door for young and aspiring innovators, accelerating systemic transformation of India’s energy sector.

Energy
UP to set up 10,700MW solar plants in five years: Ministeredit

BusinessWorld

The Uttar Pradesh government will set up around 6,000 solar power plants to meet its clean energy target of 10,700 MW in the next five years, Additional Energy Sources Minister Brijesh Pathak said.

Solar Energy
Case for revisiting subsidies given to the renewable energy sector: Economic Survey 2018 Nishtha Salujaedit

The Economic Times

The government may revisit incentives and subsidies for the renewable energy sector given the tariffs have been falling to almost match the levels of thermal power. “There is a case for revisiting the subsidies and incentives being given to the renewable energy sector,” said the Economic Survey 2018, introduced in Parliament on Monday. “Currently, the levelised tariff is approaching grid parity,” it said.

 

Renewable Energy
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