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Industry News: Information and Communications
What India’s Data Protection Committee Can Learn from Cambridge Analytica Caseedit
The expert committee will also have to consider entirely new types of data sets, which are being generated by machines on behalf of individuals. With Facebook’s foray into hardware devices and the rise of the Internet of Things, data ownership and privacy issues involving wearable devices, remote sensors and smart homes will need to be addressed.
CyberSecurityInterent of ThingsSummer vacation? It’s time to code apps and design robotsedit
By KC Arun
This summer, there are new trends. As you enter a training centre here, a robot welcomes you with folded hands, saying ‘Welcome to Smart Robotics’. And when you come to know they were made by Class IX students Ebel M Roy and Adhil S, you just realise how much the children as well as parents are hooked to the new technology in the state. Robotics, artificial intelligence and internet of things (IoT) are in demand now.
AIIoTRoboticsSAP, Vodafone to boost industrial IoT adoption in Indiaedit
To further accelerate the adoption of industrial Internet of Things (IoT) in India, Vodafone and enterprise solutions provider SAP on Thursday announced a strategic partnership to develop comprehensive communications solutions for enterprises in India. The enterprises will now leverage both SAP “Leonardo” and Vodafone’s “IoT-Managed Connectivity Platform”.
Industrial Internet of ThingsIoTNokia CEO Rajeev Suri Aims to Enable 5G in India by 2020edit
We do all major things here. We do the Cloud, the Core Networks, we do Internet of Things, 5G, we are doing R&D for 5G here. We have some hugely disruptive digital cloud solutions that we are doing from here that serves the enterprise as well. It is a microcosm of what we do globally. So, great work and we will continue to scale in terms of whatever the needs are. We do manufacturing here in Chennai as well. It is a world class facility.
5G TechnologyCloud TechnologyIoT Security: Hardware vs Softwareedit
But, regardless of which side of the pond you belong to, you cannot deny one thing: that the Internet of Things (IoT) is going to be a big thing in the coming decades. It will be a technology that will dictate the way we look at the word. In short, it will be the last word in disruptive technologies.
CyberSecurityIoTIndian Startup Ecosystem Opportunities and Challengesedit
Most of the ideas are in the region of return potential where there is very little funding available, while the region with higher availability of funding has much fewer ideas. The consequence is investors either lowering their standards to fund weak ideas often or chasing dubious ideas in whatever the current hot areas are – Blockchain, AI, FinTech, IoT, etc.
AIBlockchainFintechIoTStart-upDigital Transformation To Contribute USD154 Billion To India GDP By 2021edit
Business World The study predicts a dramatic acceleration in the pace of digital transformation across India and Asia Pacific’s economies. In 2017, about 4% of India’s GDP was derived from digital products and services created directly through the use of digital technologies, such as mobility, cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI).
AICloud TechnologyIoTBalancing digital investment is the key imperative for Indian manufacturing sector: Researchedit
Innovate business models: Create new business models to drive differentiated customer value propositions well beyond the point-of-sale interaction. Use the internet of things (IoT) and Industrial IoT to develop connected and intelligent products that can be monetized via software-based-services and pay-per-use revenue models.
IIoTIoTIndustry News: Future of Mobility
“INFLECTION POINT IN ELECTRIC MOBILITY STILL SOME WAY OFF”edit
A few weeks ago, the unveiling of a long-range electric concept sedan at the Geneva Motor Show by India’s largest automaker sent all social media channels aflutter. Built on a modified Optimal Modular Efficient Global Advanced (OMEGA) electric vehicle architecture, the ‘E-Vision Sedan Concept’ is capable of attaining a top speed of 200 kilometre per hour, according to the company. It can also reach 0-100 kilometre per hour in less than seven seconds.
Electric Vehicles“LONG TERM POLICY IS NEED OF THE HOUR”edit
The Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles whose members comprise of electric four-wheeler, three-wheeler, buses, two-wheeler and auto component manufacturers has been instrumental in the formulation of the FAME scheme which is the real turbocharger to the electromobility trend in India. Speaking to APF, Sohinder Gill, CEO, Hero Eco and Director of Corporate Affairs, SMEV, talks about what kind of policies and business models are needed to incentivise and provide a good growth platform for EVs.
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India and the EV dream edit
By Arnika Thakur & Prerna Lidhoo
In 2016, India joined most countries in the world to sign the Paris Agreement and work to slow the process of global warming by dealing with greenhouse gas emissions from 2020. In the run-up to that, there are a bunch of commitments that the country has to meet in order to decrease its carbon footprint.
Electric VehiclesIndustry News: Education
US lawmakers eye Nasscom’s new reskilling platformedit
By Varun Aggarwal & Thomas K Thomas
Nasscom has developed the new reskilling platform, which it plans to use to train over two million techies. The platform has identified 40 new job skills that will be required with eight new-age technologies such as AI, robotic process automation, 3D printing, VR, cloud computing, social and mobile, IoT, and Big Data analytics.
Big Data analyticsCloud ComputingIoTReskillingThe other side of the jobs challengeedit
By Dipti Jain
“Education is not synonymous with skills,” wrote economist Ashish Mehta in a 2015 IdeasforIndia article. “However, high quality education delivers foundational skills (literacy, numeracy, comprehension and reasoning) that are necessary for the successful acquisition of vocational and professional skills. More skill-intensive industries therefore require more educated workers.”.
Bridging Skill GapEducationPact with NBCC for skill development instituteedit
The MoU has been signed between Executive Director (Engg) Yogesh JP Sharma on behalf of NBCC and CEO of SDI Bhubaneswar NN Rao in presence of Director (HR) of IOCL and Chairman of SDI Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra. Hailing the agreement as another step towards fulfilment of ‘Skill India’ mission, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of NBCC (India) Ltd Anoop Kumar Mittal said the CPSE wants to have skilled and future-ready workforce to be a part of the highly-efficient team.
Skill DevelopmentSkill indiaHow to build long-term HR capabilityedit
Industry 4.0 is bringing with it the digital tsunami – Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, robotics, augmented reality and machine learning – impacting the work environment. Large-scale disruption on an everyday basis is transforming the physical world into a digital realm. The inescapable truth of change It is my earnest belief that the function which is going to take the maximum hit is HR.
AIIndustry 4.0IoTMachine LearningRoboticsSkill and talent developmentGlobal benchmarking of Indian learningedit
The competitive landscape of advanced manufacturing and services places India in direct competition with advanced countries of the world such as the US, Germany, China, and Japan. To successfully compete, India needs to benchmark its education and skills systems with the best in the world. This is even more significant for our country as it has envisioned being the ‘Skill Capital’ of the world driven by its favourable demographics.
EducationSkill DevelopmentCL Educate empaneled in TEQIP-III as a national service provider for employability-skills enhancement of Engineering studentsedit
The project also emphasizes strengthening engineering education in India’s low-income states. It is estimated that, by project closing, roughly 3 million undergraduate and postgraduate students (of which 30% will likely be female, and 20% from scheduled castes and tribes) and over 100,000 faculty and staff members would be benefitted. CL Educate Ltd has been empaneled to impart pre-test, module-wise test, and post-test course work.
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V-P pitches for renewable energyedit
Citing the huge demand for oil and gas in the country, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu today stressed on the need to tap renewable energy. Renewable energy was a major solution in fighting climate change and meet the increasing energy demand in the country, he said in an interaction with the students of Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) here.
Renewable EnergyIndia moves to auction its first offshore wind power projectedit
By Utpal Bhaskar
In a move that would help boost its clean energy commitments, India has called for expression of interest (EoI) for the first offshore wind energy project in the country being set up in the Gulf of Khambat, off the coast of Gujarat, according to a government statement.
Renewable EnergyEnough solar and storage systems can get buildings off gridedit
By Vinson Kurian
Introduction of micro-inverters marks one of the biggest technology shifts in the solar PV industry where central inverters have ruled the roost. One central inverter would normally cover an entire residential solar system. Micro-inverters, on the other hand, sit on the back of each and every solar panel. Manufacturers claim 5-25 per cent increase in power output, which in the long run can bring in a lot in savings for homeowners.
Power StorageSolar EnergyCredible pricingedit
Energy basket diversion, harnessing new and non-conventional energy products coupled with technology evolution would definitely have a long-lasting impact on fossil fuels. Also, given that the International Solar Alliance was led by India, the oil companies in the Persian Gulf region, Russia, Vietnam and other countries will have to take Modi seriously.
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