April 30, 2018

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The study, published in the scientific journal Plos One, was carried out by re-searchers from UC3M in collaboration with the National Scientific Agency of Australia CSIRO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), University of California in San Diego (USA), Monash University (Australia) and Stanford University (USA)

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5GAA, Audi, Ford and Qualcomm demonstrates C-V2X for improving road safetyedit

Auto Car Professional 

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) organizations. Designed with a focus on security, C-V2X has advanced security transport layers and application protocols defined by the automotive standards communities, including SAE, ETSI, International Standards Organization (ISO), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1609, and Qualcomm’s decades of investment in cellular technologies.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Internet of homesedit

Hindustan Times 

Imagine zeroing in on a neighbourhood to buy a home and being able to look at price trends and your payment plans for them on your phone. As realestate starts to incorporate Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), chatbots and blockchain, the buying, selling and actually living in homes promises to be more efficient, safer and better controlled. New tech start-ups are aiming to reduce tedious and timeconsuming tasks that buyers and brokers did.

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India set for AI-led economic transformation: Reportedit

The Economic Times 

“AI, in combination with other emerging technologies like 3D printing and IoT, has great potential to fuel widespread availability, affordability and feasibility of innovations in smart prosthetics,” said the report. “Forming cooperative relationships with some of the front-runners in AI -such as Japan, the UK, Germany Singapore, Israel and China -to develop solutions that tackle social and economic challenges can aid and accelerate strategy formulation,” it added.

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How technology is shaping smart citiesedit

Money Control 

Internet of Things Devices collect and generate a wealth of data, some of which loses significance in the time it takes to filter and communicate it. The solution? The Internet of Things (IoT), through which connected technologies communicate with each other without any human intervention.

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Emerging technologies to get fillipedit

The Hindu Business Line 

The manifesto said that the party would make Karnataka a test hub for all emerging technologies by creating technology centres of excellence in high-intensive areas such as Robotics, Automation and Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics, Secure systems, including cyber security and Blockchain; and Internet of Things (IoT).

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Coming soon, the elevator that knows who you areedit

Mint 

Till few years back people were adopting technologies the way they were. But now the demand pattern is changing. With the vertical space rising, the need for high-speed elevators and escalators that reduce travel time is what people are looking at. Similarly, at public infrastructure areas like airports, railway stations, metros, people are again looking for convenience. The escalator and elevator luxury is now becoming a necessity. Similarly, luxury is now translating into sophistication and IoT.

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About 36% of financial firms adopt AI, 70% plan to: Reportedit

Business Standard 

“AI, in combination with other emerging technologies like 3D printing and IoT, has great potential to fuel widespread availability, affordability and feasibility of innovations in smart prosthetics,” it explained. PwC in its report also highlighted that in the area of environmental sciences, AI technologies have not picked up.

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Jio starts IoT trials in Indiaedit

E Gov 

Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Jio has started the Internet of Things (IoT) trials in India along with fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) services. “The company continues to make progress for delivering Enterprise solutions, FTTH and IoT with beta trials initiated in a few locations. These services are being offered using the same integrated network and platforms,” the company said in a statement.

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Women must take charge of money mattersedit

Mydigital FC 

This binary to the dominant narrative on the imperative of closing gender gap is based on hard facts than normative judgments. From managing households to corporations, to mastering internet of things (IoT) to machine learning (ML) to running multi-billion dollar private equity (PE) funds to high-risk hedge funds, there are hardly any domain where women failed to make a mark.

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IOT and Impact on Smart Citiesedit

Indian Web 2 

A smart city is the outcome of the knowledge-based economy and accelerated development of the new age information technology. It is based on the combination of the Internet, broadcast network, a telecommunications network, wireless broadband, and other smart sensors with Internet of Things (IoT) at its heart.

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Interview: Big question is how fast businesses can move to cloud, says Amazon Internet Services India headedit

The Financial Express  

By Sudhir Chowdhary 

AWS has grown significantly since its launch in 2006, and we expect that it will continue to grow both in size and significance to our customers. We now offer over 100 services on the AWS platform. The market we address comprises hardware, software, solutions, IoT, mobility, artificial intelligence, machine learning, networking, security, and content distribution network.

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How Artificial Intelligence is bringing a new dimension of knowledge to businessesedit

The Financial Express  

The potential advantages arising out of data is driving the investment decision towards IoT, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and embedded systems which are throwing up a variety of data leading to exhaustive analytics. The knowledge base that the organisation is able to create through the insights drawn from predictive and prescriptive analytics is exciting.

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Crying need to secure uncharted cyber frontiersedit

The Hindu 

As my mind churned ideas on what needed to be done for them, it also shifted gears to emerging threats of ‘cyberterrorism’ that are poised to make critical infrastructure and networks vulnerable — through data theft, source code manipulation and undetected access. With the Internet of Things enabling cross-networking of personal data and devices, it adds frightening dimensions to the security landscape.

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BSNL in Talks with SoftBank to Make Satellite-Based Internet Possible in Indiaedit

Telecom Talk 

By Rudradeep Biswas 

To lift the project up from ground BSNL has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SoftBank for cooperation in the areas of fifth-generation (5G) technology, smart cities, Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics. If these plans really come to fruition, it will be a remedy for Modi government’s Digital India initiative which is right now lacking in competency owing to unavailability of connectivity. For this technology

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

‘Electric vehicle policy in offing’edit

The Times of India

As the government looks to propel the Information and Technology (IT) industry in the state, the department of information and technology is working on policies that could soon make Goa a niche destination for electric vehicles and electronic system design and manufacturing (ESDM) technology. Minister for IT, Rohan Khaunte, on Saturday said that the ministry planned to formulate dedicated policies for ESDM and electric vehicles which could see the light of day in the coming year.

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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Market to be worth 30.41 Billion USD by 2023edit

Electrical India

According to the new market research report by MarketsandMarkets, the electric vehicle charging stations market is expected to grow from USD 5.30 Billion in 2018 to reach USD 30.41 Billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 41.8% between 2018 and 2023. Key factors such as government funding, subsidies, and incentives, growing demand for electric vehicles, growing concern toward environmental pollution, and heavy investment from automakers of EVs are driving the electric vehicle charging stations market.

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Groupe PSA and Huawei Unveil First Connected Vehicleedit

Business World 

Huawei’s Ocean Connect IoT platform underpins Huawei’s Connected Car Solution. This solution help to develop connected cars, smart homes and smart cities, giving users access to an array of services designed to facilitate daily life.

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Industry News: Education

Use AI For Innovations In Healthcare, Education, Says IT Ministeredit

Analytics India Mag 

Speaking at an event organised by Meity ASSOCHAM Ericsson, Prasad said, “How can you leverage artificial intelligence, machine to machine communication and internet of things for healthcare, agriculture and education in rural areas? That is the challenge for you. He also added that India was on its way to become $1 trillion digital economy, generating 50-75 lakh jobs.

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India Needs Skill-oriented Education to Boost Employabilityedit

Digital Learning 

Trade and industry sectors want their potential employees assessed in various ways. It is done to evaluate the candidates’ abilities matching the desired work profile. However, most often the grudge is skill deficit or skills mismatch. Dipen Pradhan of Elets News Network (ENN) presents a report based on an interaction with industry-academia experts on how government, industry and academia can play helpful role in skill development.

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State Ministers’ meet on skills agendaedit

The New Indian Express 

Emphasising on the need for strengthening institutional mechanisms for skill development at the state level and bringing in a more robust framework, Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Anand Kumar Hegde, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, launched an array of initiatives at a day-long state ministers’ conference held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday.

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IIT Kharagpur to launch courses to bridge Engineering, Medicineedit

Business Standard 

The School of Medical Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur on Saturday said it will launch new academic programmes from the upcoming academic session, spanning the realms of biology, medicine and engineering. The new courses would include a 2-year M.Tech in Biomedical Engineering, primarily with a vision of giving a medically-oriented outlook to the students of other disciplines. Admission will be through GATE.

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Time to rethink academic and skilling modelsedit

The Hans India 

The skills of the future are going to be different than what we have today and it is the responsibility of the individual to learn and be compatible with what the market demands. It has been strongly believed that, at best, organisations can enable people but the culture of learning needs to change if the individual is to stay current. Technology is an enabler for learning and virtual technology will add to the way people learn and develop skills.

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State bags third place in rural skill developmentedit

The Hindu 

Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Corporation (APSDC) has been ranked third in the country and won the Rural Skill Development Award under the Government of India’s Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. The ranking was announced on Thursday after the State’s Skill Development Corporation made a presentation on its achievements so far, according to K. Sambasiva Rao, Managing Director and CEO of APSDC.

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Re-imagining re-skillingedit

The Financial Express 

The digital future lies in cloud native, intelligent, mobile-first, and cyber-secure applications. Global organisations have recognised this need—79% of 3,160 CIOs across 98 countries surveyed in Gartner’s 2018 CIO Agenda Report consider it the top priority of their digital business to make their IT organisations more change-ready. A traditional skill-set, however, falls short when it comes to initiating change.

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Open-book exam likely for engineeringedit

The Times of India 

An All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) instituted committee on examination reforms has recommended “open book examination” for engineering programmes. The report is being examined by the AICTE and the HRD ministry. If accepted, open book exams will allow students to take notes, textbooks and resource material into an exam hall.

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Global education in Indian contextedit

The Pioneer Indian systems are working on all of these aspects, though the progress may warrant not only additional resources but also a change of work culture. It is the pace with which initiatives are launched and implemented that would count. The climate of confidence and self-assurance that was created in 2014 needs not only to be sustained, but also inspired, motivated and wherever necessary, reignited.

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5 MoUs inked during ‘Odisha Skills 2018’edit

The Pioneer 

The second MoU is was signed between the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Enterpreneurship (CIE) and Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) in the field of Internet of Things (IoT) and Robotics. Odisha Skil Development Authority and Eye Mitra 2.5 New Vision Generation, a division of Essilor India, inked the second agreement for specific skill development for self employment in vision care.

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Draft mission to kick-start renewable energy storageedit

The Hindu  

By Priscilla Jebaraj

However, industry players complain that the SECI as well as the NTPC and the NLC cancelled at least nine earlier tenders for grid storage in 2017. “This sends a negative signal both to global manufacturers and Indian companies who are looking to diversify into lithium ion battery manufacturing,” said Mr. Dash. He added that the Central Electricity Authority is considering regulation to make storage mandatory for large scale solar projects ranging between 100 MW and 200 MW.

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Renewable power developers headed for transmission woesedit

The Economic Times 

By Kavya Chandrasekaran 

Renewable energy developers are worried that transmission facilities are not keeping pace with power generation even as 12,000 MW of solar projects under construction and another 7,000 MW of wind projects have been bid out since wind auctions began in February 2017.

Renewable Energy
ISA to create ecosystems for startups in solar innovationsedit

Business Standard  

International Solar Alliance (ISA) will create ecosystems for startups in solar innovations by enabling incubation, partnerships, access to finance and standards. The task force, set up in March this year by ISA, is being chaired by SoftBank Group Corp Chairman & CEO Masayoshi Son. The task force in its meeting held on Saturday also decided to identify six star centres of global excellence, said a statement issued by Softbank.

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Govt hopes solar energy will power India’s growth storyedit

The Times of India  

By Siddharth 

When asked about the Centre’s latest move, SoftBank founder and chairman Masayoshi Son said, “In the long-term, ‘Make in India’ is supposed to be good. In the short term, it becomes a burden because the Chinese panels are cheaper due to their scale and the manufacturing ecosystem… You need the entire ecosystem, which goes beyond assembly. It has to be much deeper than panel assembly to include R&D, technology, new IP, materials, deep engineering, even glass, which is not normal glass.

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Corporate funding in global solar sector dives 65%: Reportedit

The Hindu Business Line 

The global solar sector witnessed total corporate funding of $2 billion in the first three months of 2018, a decline of 65 per cent over the previous quarter, as per a report by clean energy consulting firm Mercom Capital Group. Total corporate funding, including venture capital funding, public market and debt financing, into the solar sector stood at $5.7 billion during the fourth quarter of 2017.

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