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Industry News: Information and Communications
Blockchain, IoT will impact on the way “we live and work”: PM Modiedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said disruptive technologies such as blockchain and Internet of Things will have a deep impact on the way “we live and work”, and “rapid adaptation” at our work places will be needed to keep up with them.
BlockchainIoTInfosys and PTC launch Industrial IoT Center of Excellenceedit
Infosys announced the launch of a joint Center of Excellence (CoE) with PTC, a global provider of technology platforms and solutions, at the Infosys campus in Bengaluru. This CoE will focus on solutions for brownfield as well as greenfield industrial setups.
Centre of ExcellenceIoTFrom farm to finance: How artificial intelligence can lead the change in rural Indiaedit
There is no doubt today that artificial intelligence (AI) will, in the long run, be one of the most powerful technologies humans would have ever invented. The potential of AI extends beyond Wall Street and Silicon Valley, and now has become even more relevant for areas that have not been under the spotlight of development.
Artificial Intelligence“I am very positive about Indian developers adopting AI and ML”, Bob Lord, CDO, IBM Globaledit
Machine learning algorithms are becoming so sophisticated that it’s providing human beings with insights around data like never before and that’s enabling all professionals to think about problems differently than they had done in the past.
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningIndustry News: Future of Mobility
Opinion: Switch to cloud to drive your automotive biz into the futureedit
Do you agree that buying a car is still one of the biggest and most emotional purchases we make? So it is hard to believe that soon the data generated from the car will be worth more than the value of the vehicle itself. According to McKinsey & Company, shared mobility (ride sharing and e-hailing) and data-driven services (smart sensors, telematics in car entertainment and personal assistants) could expand automotive revenue pools by 30 per cent, adding up to $1.5 trillion by 2030.
AutomotiveTelematicsVolte-face on Electric Vehicle Policy: Carmakers force the government’s handedit
By Anil Sasi
Among the factors that seem to have played a part in forcing the government to uncharacteristically backtrack on its plan to bring in an Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy, two seem apparent. One, a perceptibly tepid response by big auto firms at this year’s expo, where barring two homegrown firms, Tata Motors and Mahindra and Mahindra, virtually all of the big global firms restricted their EV displays to concepts and rendered the showpiece biennial event — billed as South Asia’s biggest auto show — pretty much a non-event this time round.
Electric VehiclesGetting the electric vehicle policy rightedit
By Vandana Gombar
After announcing an audacious plan to have an all-electric vehicle mobility market by 2030, India is having second thoughts. There are four reasons it should press ahead. Electric vehicle-renewable energy link: India is committed to 175 gigawatts of clean energy—including 100 gigawatts of solar energy—by 2022.
Electric VehiclesPolicyIndustry News: Education
PM calls for re-skilling existing workforceedit
By N Ravi Kumar
Skilling citizens for the workplace of the future is important. We also need to ensure that our existing workforce is able to re-skill as new technologies emerge,” he said, inaugurating the event held in Hyderabad
ReskillingAU to revamp its engg curriculum next yearedit
By Umamaheshwara Rao
Andhra University will introduce an upgraded curriculum for its engineering students, both on and off campus, from the next academic year (2018-19).
EngineeringUncategorized
New energy choices -The growing need of the houredit
SDG 7 says Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 7.1 By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services 7.2 By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix 7.3 By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency
Renewable EnergyThe renewable purchase obligation is hurtingedit
By Ajit Ranade
It introduced the radical idea of open access, and a choice for consumers. It was also the first time that the use of renewable energy (RE) was advocated as part of the national energy policy. Five years later, India announced the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), which was to be implemented through eight missions. One of these was the national solar mission, whose aim was to promote the development and use of solar power.
Renewable Energy