May 2018
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News for the IET25
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Campus placement 2018edit

The Week

In a major boost to the brand value of KIIT globally. B.Tech programmes have got the coveted Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK accreditation. KIIT is also the first self-financing deemed to be university in Odisha and eastern India to enter into the prestigious QS BRIGS World University Rankings for 2018.

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Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Signs MoU With UK Collegesedit

Blasting News

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), an IET accredited institute, signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with three leading UK universities – University of Kingston, Lancaster and Sheffield Hallam, in ceremonies that took place in respective campuses in the UK, in May 2018. The series of collaborations were facilitated by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, as part of its remit of improving the quality of engineering education in India.

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How Important Is Accreditation?edit

The New Indian Express 

Raghavan S of The Institution of Engineering and Technology explains why it is necessary for our schools to have an accreditation system and how it helps students come out with relevant skill sets that can build their career. The Outcome-based education (OBE) accreditation process for school education is a quality benchmarking system to ensure that students who pass out of accredited programmes/classes come out with relevant skill sets.

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The IET India Future of Mobility and Transport (FOMT) panel ropes in experts from Coventry University, UKedit

Curriculum 

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) ventures into first ever association with Coventry University, one of UK’s most reputed and leading Universities to onboard experts for its newly launched Future of Mobility and Transport (FOMT) panel, which aims to help transform the future of transport and mobility in India. Professor John Jostins, who set up hydrogen-fuelled car spinout company Microcab and Professor Andrew Parkes, academic director of the university’s Institute for Future Transport and Cities (FTC) will be joining the panel as experts in electromobility and future of cities respectively.

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4 Essential Steps to Ensure IoT Securityedit

InfoRisk Today  (Podcast)

By Suparna Goswami

Devising an effective national IoT security strategy requires four essential steps, says Rishi Bhatnagar, chairman of the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s IoT panel India. “The first step … is making people aware that there is a threat to security,” Bhatnagar says in an interview with Information Security Media Group. “The second part is how can you devise a technical solution so that technically you are making things secure and you are not allowing any kind of vulnerability or penetration of security threats to happen?”

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VIT gets affiliation from IETedit

Trinity Mirror The Hindu India News Today 

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has been made the IET Academic Affiliate of the United Kingdom based Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Through this Affiliate Partnership, it will be possible for VIT to increase their collaborations with international universities and make their faculty members enhance their skill sets

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PSB Academy aims to be hotbed for STEM talent with new multi-million-dollar campusedit

Menafn Asia One  Biz Wire Express

PSB’s STEM Campus was officially launched by Assistant Secretary-General for the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Patrick Tay, with long-time institutional partners from the Labour Movement and universities from the UK and Australia in attendance, together with industry representatives like VX Sports, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Pearson Education and more.

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IET India IoT Panel joins hands with Exhibitions India Group for the 3rd edition of IoT India Congressedit

New Delhi Times 

IoT India Congress is India’s Platform of Platforms for the Internet of Things conceptualized by IET India IoT Panel, a think tank constituted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India. The 3rd edition of IoT India Congress will be hosted in collaboration with India’s leading trade promotion organization Exhibitions India Group during October 9-10, 2018 in Bengaluru.

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Hack-proofing devices: Security in the age of Internet of Thingsedit

WN The Financial Express Indian Finance News

In this way, a single hacked unit is prevented from infecting an entire ecosystem. Knowledge and preparedness are key determinants for how successful any IoT security implementation will be, even when facing the unknown. The writer is president, Aeris India. He is also chairperson of The Institution of Engineering and Technology – IoT panel for India

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IET India IoT Panel joins hands with Exhibitions India Group for the 3rd edition of IoT India Congressedit

Wire 19

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Indian Television

By Priya 

IoT India Congress is India’s Platform of Platforms for the Internet of Things conceptualized by IET India IoT Panel, a think tank constituted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India. The 3rd edition of IoT India Congress will be hosted in collaboration with India’s leading trade promotion organisation Exhibitions India Group during October 9-10, 2018 in Bengaluru. With the combined strength and experience of the partners, the future will be presented in an immersive manner through the conference and expo segments.

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IET India Onboards Coventry University Experts to Help Influence Future of Indiaedit

Auto Tech Review

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India has formed a first-ever association with Coventry University, to onboard experts of one of UK’s most reputed universities for its newly-launched Future of Mobility and Transport (FOMT) panel that aims to help transform the future of transport and mobility in India.

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The IET India Onboards Coventry University Experts to Help Influence Future of Indian Transportedit

Digital Terminal

The IET India Future of Mobility and Transport Panel was recently set up to advise and influence the country’s government as it looks to meet ambitious targets regarding the use of electric vehicles. The panel aims to be a credible and neutral platform to facilitate discussions around the impact of mobility in rural and urban regions in India.

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Coventry Univ experts on IET India’s Future of Mobility and Transport Paneledit

Mouse World Now   Electronics Maker  Media Infoline

The Institution of Engineering and Technology ventures into first ever association with Coventry University, one of UK’s most reputed and leading Universities to onboard experts for its newly launched Future of Mobility and Transport (FOMT) panel, which aims to help transform the future of transport and mobility in India.

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Towards realising Digital India goalsedit

The Financial Express

There is already a strong grounds well of acclaim for the draft policy although, as always, there are some sceptics, naysayers and persons possibly who have only skim-read the long policy. Some of the great initiatives indicated by the draft are described in this article. (IET)

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Blockchain use cases for telecomedit

The Financial Express 

Blockchain is all set to revolutionise how all industries, telecom included, protect their data and their customers’ digital information. PM Narendra Modi recently expressed his eloquent support of blockchain, calling it a disruptive technology essential to all workplaces. (IET)

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NIT-Tiruchy inks MoU with Purdue University & IEEEedit

Deccan Chronicle

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers based in New Jersey), EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service Programme) of Purdue University’ inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Technology (NIT-T), Tiruchy for building upon their shared interests and experience, to work together to encourage students to gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of technology and its uses in improving their local communities by way of establishing a curriculum.

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IEEE Project Expo 2018’ heldedit

City Today

IEEE Student chapter and IEEE WIE Affinity Group, GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, Mysuru, conducted a National Level Project Competition IEEE Project Expo 2018 in association with IEEE Bangalore Section on Thursday in the city.

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Urgent need to conserve petroleum productsedit

The Hans India 

Institution of Engineers (IEI) Telangana State Centre conducted a lecture on Conservation of Petroleum Products on Thursday at Khairatabad. Deputy Director of Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) B Rajesh Naik said India is one of the largest contributors, consumer and importer of petroleum products. The demand for petroleum products is increasing at an alarmingly accelerated rate.

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Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Jaipur: Delivering Excellenceedit

Careers 360 

Vivekananda Institute of Technology Jaipur strictly believes in holistic development of its students. Apart from academic progress, students need to have an all-round personality and thus comes in the ECAs. Vivekananda Institute of Technology Jaipur provides plenty of extra curricular activities, a few of which are listed below: Permanent Membership of Institution of Engineers Adequate infrastructure for indoor and outdoor sports available.

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Prathyusha Engineering College achieves 5th Rank in results among AU collegesedit

Trinity Mirror 

The college has established a rich industrial alliance through MoUs with Giant Industries viz. NIWE, Harita TechServ Pvt. Ltd., National Instruments, Bangalore, IBM Career Education, Infosys Campus Connect, CISCO Networking Academy, ICT Academy, DELL, Oracle, Glosys, Synchronix etc and established 7 Centres of Excellence. (IEEE)

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Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation is key to Excellenceedit

Careers 360 

Majority of the faculty members carry an experience of 20-25 years in academics and many have Ph.Ds. FDPs, industrial visits, seminars, conferences and other such events are organized for faculty by the institute to keep abreast with the changing trends. The institution has 22 professional institutions viz. IEEE, CSI, CII, ISACA, QCFI, FPSI, IICI, SAE, ISTE, IETE etc.

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ICTR-CET 2018 by Raja Rajeswari College draws a good responseedit

The Hindu 

The conference was held in association with IEEE and offered a plat-form for researchers from academia and industry to meet and discuss latest scientific advancements in the field of emerging computations. RRCE is NAAC accredited for CSE, ECE, EEE, ME branches of Engineering and has an International Accreditation by HLACTUK, Texas, ISO Certified.

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An Institution for Qualitative, Multifaceted Higher Educationedit

The Times of India 

The institute urges the students to not just concentrate on the academics but also to be all-rounders and versatile. An annual sport and cultural week, ‘Aurora’ and Tech Fest VYRO are held. Prestigious national level project, poster exhibitions and paper presentations in association are also held annually. These events offer a platform to students to exercise their research and presentation skills. This year, an international conference on smart cities was conducted in association with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

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​Albatross robot takes flightedit

Domain-B India Tech explorist

Bousquet will present details of the robotic system this week at IEEE’s International Conference on Robotics and Automation, in Brisbane, Australia. His collaborators on the project are Jean-Jacques Slotine, professor of mechanical engineering and information sciences and of brain sciences; and Michael Triantafyllou, the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor in Ocean Science and Engineering

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IEI holds World Telecommunication & Information Society Dayedit

The Hans India

IEI, Telangana State Centre organized World Telecommunication and Information Society Day with the theme of “Enabling the Positive use of Artificial Intelligence for All” held at The Institute of Engineers at Khairatabad on Thursday.

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National Technology Day celebratededit

The Hans India  

Institution Of Engineers (IEI) Telangana State Centre organized one day seminar entitled as Science and Technology for A Sustainable Future on the occasion of National Technology Day held on Friday. Directorate of Computational Dynamics (DRDL) Scientist and Technology Director Dr Debasis Chakraborty said, “In the year 1995 the first nuclear test was launched during the tenure of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, since then the May 11th declared as National Technology day.

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TCP min buying time to give projects permission: Activistsedit

The Times of India 

The committee comprises member of Institute of Town Planners, India, and head of department, architectural engineering, Government Polytechnic College, Venancio Fernandes; members of Institution of Engineers-India, Ernesto Moniz and Paresh Gaitonde; member of Indian Institute of Architects, Goa chapter, Manguesh Prabhugaonkar and chief town planner Rajesh Naik. The committee has been asked to submit its report by June 1.

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Computers must start speaking regional languages: FC Kohli, First CEO of TCSedit

The Economic Times 

In 1971-72, all the banks were nationalised. I had no work. I went up to Mr (JRD) Tata to tell him that I wanted to go back to the power field. It so happened that I got elected as a director of the Institution of Electric and Electronic Engineers in New York. I made eight trips to USA, that is when I developed contact with (US computer maker) Burroughs Corp. They gave the first software work to us and also came to (set up operations in) India.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

IoT connections and revenue forecast from GSMAedit

Telecom Lead

The number of worldwide IoT connections will be reaching more than 25 billion by 2025 from 6.3 billion in 2016, driven by the industrial IoT market – generating $1.1 trillion in revenue.

 

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IoT, AI, Voice and Blockchain can overhaul eHealth in Indiaedit

Tech Observer

Technology advancements, especially in the area of IoT, AI/Voice and Blockchain, could pave the way forward for the eHealth in India.

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AI could double value of digital economy by 2025: Huaweiedit

ET Telecom

Artificial Intelligence (AI) could almost double the value of the global digital economy to $23 trillion by 2025 from $12.9 trillion in 2017, said a Huawei study on Tuesday.

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Over 50% employees believe robots are addition to workforceedit

The Statesman

More than 50 per cent employees believe that robots are an addition to the workforce as they automate repetitive work.

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Nations are relying on Artificial Intelligence for building strong digital economy, says Huaweiedit

Tech Observer

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is driving a paradigm shift in how nations prepare for the digital economy and could almost double the value of the global digital economy to $23 trillion by 2025 from $12.9 trillion in 2017.

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AI could double value of digital economy by 2025: Huaweiedit

ET CIO

The GCI 2018 also discovered that to effectively deploy AI on a large scale, countries need three equally important components in place — computing power, labelled data and algorithms.

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Here are four trends transforming the manufacturing industryedit

Money Control

Thanks to dramatic advances like automation, robotics and IoT, IT and manufacturing are now inextricably linked, the progress manufacturers have made in the past year is tremendous

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Over 50 per cent employees believe robots are addition to workforce: Surveyedit

Times of India

More than 50 per cent employees believe that robots are an addition to the workforce as they automate repetitive or mundane work that they would otherwise have to do themselves, a survey has found.

 

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Nurture your data with artificial intelligence. Use it responsibly: Karan Bajwa, IBM Indiaedit

The Economic Times

The global technology industry has been driving this transformation, which stands at a crucial inflection point. For people, data has made daily tasks simpler and easier. For businesses, data has emerged as the key to competitive advantage

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Have AI, IoT Become The New ‘IT Outsourcing Industry’ For India?edit

Analytics India

The India that we have long known as the “IT outsourcing Moghul” is now evolving as the land of artificial intelligence and internet of things. What was once dubbed to be world’s back-office for IT services, is now increasingly being replaced by the emerging areas of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and internet of things.

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IoT, Cloud, Blockchain For Digital Empowermentedit

Business World

Moderator Sreeram A, PwC in conversation with panelists discussing how blockchain, cloud and IOT is used for digital empowerment at BW Businessworld Digital India Summit & Awards 2018.

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No, robots won’t take your jobs after all, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadellaedit

Financial Express

Even in a “runaway Artificial Intelligence (AI)” scenario, robots will not render people completely jobless, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told The Sunday Telegraph in an interview.

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India can become the world’s automation hub: Ankur Kothari, Co-founder & CRO, Automation Anywhereedit

ET CIO

The combination of RPA with cognitive and analytics is a game changer for intelligent automation.

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Indian Millennials Most Optimistic As Global Peers Fear Automationedit

Bloomberg Quint

Millennials across the world are unsure if they have the ability to compete in Industry 4.0 driven by automation, data and new manufacturing technologies. The only exception: their Indian peers, who are the most optimistic.

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AI predictions may not always lead to better decisionsedit

Mint

As machine-learning algorithms try and mimic human decision-making, they may exacerbate hidden human biases

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BETTER BUSINESS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEedit

Analytics Insight

The Artificial Intelligence revolution in the enterprise is well under way. According to Gartner’s 2018 CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey, 65% of respondents think that AI will have a ‘material impact on an area of their business’.

 

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Why there is a need for thoughtful Artificial Intelligenceedit

Financial Express

When we are dealing with such intelligent systems it becomes extremely important for us to understand what we are creating and treat it with utmost respect and caution

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Indian pharma & biotech sectors gung-ho on automation & digital transformation to propel competitive valueedit

Pharmabiz

The Indian pharma and biotechnology industries are extremely enthusiastic about automation and digital transformation to spur revenues and productivity. The sector is looking to invest as global regulators mandate need to adopt Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) to remain compliant, increase the speed of execution and ultimately deliver competitive advantage.

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Streamlining Procurement Functions With AI-Enabled Toolsedit

Analytics India Mag  

Bu Richa Bhatia

On the other end of the spectrum, IoT-enabled reports on inventory turnover and warehouse stock utilisation can help assess stock-outs. Which means that when supply gets low, AI-enabled bots can order items which can help procurement teams score in lead time and reduce costs.

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RPA in India: The time is nowedit

ET Tech 

It includes Robotic Process Automation or RPA alongside AI, Virtual Reality, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data Analytics, 3D Printing, Cloud Computing, Social, and Mobile, as part of the Future Skills Platform. According to HfS Research, the global market for RPA Software and Services is expected to grow to $1.2 billion by 2021 at a compounded annual growth rate of 36%, from $271 million in 2016. Today, RPA deployment is a buzzword.

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Meet Drishti, the AI startup that wants to be the ‘Google for actions’edit

Factor Daily  

By Sriram Sharma

Using data from the factory floor to improve factory output has been attempted before, most famously by industrial giant General Electric. The company’s Predix IOT platform uses data generated from machines. But that didn’t take off as planned (more on that here). Unlike GE, Drishti’s solution doesn’t rely on sensors as much as it does on computer vision.

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Leading the digital leapedit

The Financial Express 

However, the next phase of technological evolution will be characterised by rapid strides in emerging areas like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), drones, virtual and augmented reality (AR and VR) and blockchain. In case of a technology like AI, the widespread nature of use-cases where AI can be applied has turned it into perhaps the most significant ‘general purpose’ technology that cuts across business functions and industries.

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IoT underpins the smart city ecosystem of the futureedit

Geospatial world 

By Aditya Chaturvedi

IoT( Internet of Things) would soon leave its imprint on every field imaginable, from modern modes of transportation to security, communications, and healthcare. The unimpeded interconnection and seamless interplay of various technologies are also essential for smart cities

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India, Netherlands to cooperate in IT, science, healthedit

ET Health World

They recommended the organisations to structure their cooperation in sectors such as affordable medical devices, urban water systems, big data and Internet of Things (IoT). The two leaders discussed the importance of collaboration in the global fight against Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) and commended the joint efforts made by the relevant health departments and agencies of the two countries in identifying areas of cooperation under India’s National Action Plan on AMR

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India needs 100,000 telecom towers to cater to the rising data demandedit

Business Standard  

By Kiran Rathee

The telecom sector in India has a huge scope for growth as the country has touched only 30 per cent broadband penetration and 70 per cent of the growth still remains to be tapped. With the expansion of 4G, 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Internet of things and M2M etc, the country is set to witness a multi-fold growth of data which will necessitate the installing around 100,000 mobile towers across the nation in the near future,” Tilak Raj Dua, Director General, Tower and Infrastructure Providers Association (TAIPA) said.

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How can India equip itself for technology-led transformation?edit

The Financial Express 

However, the next phase of technological evolution will be characterised by rapid strides in emerging areas like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), drones, virtual and augmented reality (AR and VR) and blockchain. In case of a technology like AI, the widespread nature of use-cases where AI can be applied has turned it into perhaps the most significant ‘general purpose’ technology that cuts across business functions and industries.

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How AI Can Drive Socio-economic Transformationedit

Business Today

AI, used in combination with robotics, Big Data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT) and genomics, could also improve the lives of our farmers. Solutions for traditional challenges such as the unpredictability of weather or soil conditions, or the increasing costs of farm labour are being used extensively in several parts of the world, and precision farming, enabled by these technologies, is globally proven to increase crop yields, reduce farmers’ costs and boost profits.

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Govt mulls new category to impose import duties on hi-tech productsedit

The Economic Times  

By Deepshikha Sikarwar and Gulveen Aulakh

“The proposal to introduce new tariff lines may possibly help in protecting domestic industry and possibly not being questioned from binding commitment perspective,” said Rahul Shukla, executive director, PwC. Sophisticated electronic equipment and Internet of Things (IoT) devices could be considered for this rejig

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Ensuring safety and security among the major concerns of smart citiesedit

Geospatial World  

By Aditya Chaturvedi

In smart cities, when most of the things would be interconnected using Cloud technology and IoT, it is a big challenge to curb data theft and safeguard user data privacy. Ann further adds, “Still many cities don’t have a chief technology officer, but in smart cities, we would be needing a chief technology officer as well as a chief privacy officer.”

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Timing is right today for matchmaking apps, says Anand Lunia of India Quotientedit

Live Mint

TrulyMadly made a valiant attempt in this matchmaking apps arena, but the timing is right today, says Anand Lunia of India Quotient. In the era of funding artificial intelligence, Big Data and Internet of Things start-ups, it’s easy to overlook some obvious opportunities. Dating, companionship, or more bluntly, sex, is the most primal need, in the same hierarchy as roti, kapda aur makaan.

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Privacy, security concerns around IoT need to be addressed stronglyedit

The Week  

By Abhinav Singh

As more and more people start using devices enabled by the internet of things (IoT), which are then connected to the cloud computing network, there is an increasing concern around privacy and security among these systems. Security issues around IoT need to be addressed strongly in order to pave the way for more adoption of IoT in India and around the globe.

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NITI Aayog, ABB India to collaborate on AI, digitisationedit

The Quint

The NITI Aayog on Wednesday entered into a partnership with technology company ABB India to work together towards realizing the government’s ambitious vision of ‘Make in India’ through advanced manufacturing technologies that incorporate the latest developments in robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). As per the statement of intent (SoI) signed on Wednesday, the NITI Aayog will work with ABB across various sectors to suggest solutions for digitalization, incorporating the Internet of Things (IoT) and AI technologies.

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IoT needs to adhere to robust policies to avoid security risksedit

ET tech 

Sensors and Wi-fi have changed the way we interact with the world, bringing us a string of devices in this age of connectivity. Over the years, we have seen analysts forecast the total number of connected devices from 2 Billion to 50 Billion. The reality is that we don’t know how large these numbers may be. Dubbed the Internet of Things (IoT), the extent of their application is endless, limited to only our imagination. But this tsunami-sized trend to add intelligence and connectivity to devices does pose several risks related to security and privacy.

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How artificial intelligence can help transform Indian healthcareedit

ET Health World  

By Rashmi Mabiyan

“We need to leverage technology because India faces huge shortage of doctors and nurses. Skill development and technology will be the two mantras in order to deliver healthcare to the last mile,” said Dr Trehan. According to the Indian Journal of Public Health (September 2017 edition), India had just 4.8 practising doctors per 10,000 population.

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Fertile Soil For Industryedit

Careers 360 

The job conundrum, particularly for engineering graduates, exists all around the world. A recent World Economic Forum report on employability skills indicates that over the next decade, skill demands for accelerated innovation would be driven by technology trends such as Design Thinking, Block Chain, AI, Big Data, IoT and Cloud Computing and more importantly higher order cognitive skills.

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Digitisation of Land Title, Recording of Transactions, Multiple Listing Services and Fractional Ownership of Real Estate Assets to see Blockchain Adoption Must Faster: Colliers International Indiaedit

PR Newswire 

According the Colliers Research, the true blockchain-led revolution to come in the business world, if it goes hand in glove with next age technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and will streamline the entire real-estate life cycle. We anticipate that it will undergo many changes and adjustments as the market and stakeholders mature over time.

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Digital India Comes Of Ageedit

The Times of India 

The future is very promising because India’s digital economy, large size of our market, demographic dividend and passion for technology is creating enormous demand. Our digital economy also includes emerging areas like AI and IoT, the growing start-up movement and low cost, effective cyber security solutions. While we work out the details, no one doubts the potential to make India’s digital economy worth $1 trillion, employing 50-70 lakh people in the next 5-7 years.

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Artificial Intelligence: Weather Forecasting and Prediction of Natural Disastersedit

India Web 2  

By Gnanashekar

This is just a small resource to collect the data there are many other resources private weather stations on Earth which helps to gather the real-time data. There is the company called IBM which are accessing more than 250,000 personal weather stations they provide real-time weather reports. As economical sensors and improved connectivity which can expand the accessibility of the internet of things (IoT).

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10 Times Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Propagated Artificial Intelligenceedit

Analytics India Mag  

By Prajakata Hebbar

It is not news that India’s current Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as the NDA-led government is proactive in adopting new technologies. It has been showcased by their marked preference in taking proactive steps towards helping the private sector, as well as updating the public sector and government entities with new technologies. Artificial intelligence and big data have been of keen interest to PM Modi. (IoT)

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Why digital transformations are laggingedit

CIO 

Another alarm bell is that too few CIOs are embracing bleeding-edge technologies, says Schadler. Only 29 percent of respondents are investing in internet of things, with just 17 percent investing in AI. Blockchain (11 percent) and augmented reality (10 percent), too, remain woefully underrepresented given their potential. “Software, the cloud, and emerging technology will become business assets, not just technology enablers of your digital business,” Schadler says. “It’s time to invest more heavily in each of them.”

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Time to secure the IoT ecosystemedit

The Hindu Business Line 

Nevertheless, the government’s ‘Digital India’ and ‘Smart Cities’ initiatives are accelerating India’s journey towards adopting digitalisation. On this journey, it is imperative that adequate measures are taken to secure the IoT ecosystem, and to prepare organisations to unleash the full potential of IoT by mitigating the associated governance, privacy and security risks.

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Technology – The backbone of a smart cityedit

Geospatial World  

By Mahashreveta Choudhary 

For building a smart city, which provides smart solutions to its citizens, technological literacy is the key. Smart solutions are conspicuously based on Internet of Things, geospatial and ICT, sensors and location. These technologies are like a thread which channelizes all data from different aspects of the city, such as traffic, utilities, finance, health or waste management to monitor and deliver improved services, improve e-governance, and advance analytics and in result smart and intelligent solution.

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Reverse Pitchedit

Mint 

In the era of funding artificial intelligence, Big Data and Internet of Things start-ups, it’s easy to overlook some obvious opportunities. Dating, companionship, or more bluntly, sex, is the most primal need, in the same hierarchy as roti, kcipdci our mokaon. Indians are marrying late, usually after they finish their studies and find a steady occupation.

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Open data ecosystem to give India’s GDP $22-bn boost by 2022edit

Tech Circle  

By Anirbhan Goshal

The datasets are from sectors such as agriculture, banking, economy, telecom and air pollution among others. However, the study showed that these datasets are very minimally in India and to increase usage, it recommends that the data stacks are made complete through machine learning engines or direct application programming interfaces. Besides, new technologies such as Internet of Things and blockchain can not only automate information but also ensure data security.

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Human charging point: New study reveals new way to power your phoneedit

QRIUS 

As the internet of things (IoT) dramatically and constantly improves our lives with state-of-the-art portable and wearable electronics, they are also dependent on traditional methods of charging. For them to achieve their fullest potential, the problem of powering them also needed to be addressed.

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Here come ‘smart’ washrooms with cafe attached, tooedit

The Hindu Business Line  

By KV Kumarnath 

A Wi-Fi zone and centrally air-cooled space, the ‘smart’ Loocafe uses IoT (Internet of Things) solutions to help achieve energy and resource efficiencies. A dedicated radio channel provides music, while the cafe serves standardised food round-the-clock. The geo-tagged cafes could easily be located using an app LooCafé Locator. The first of the 100 pre-fabricated Loocafes has been launched at Madhapur.

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A perfect storm for data center modernizationedit

Channel World 

The data era has forced CIOs to revisit their strategies by looking at new transformative technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud storage, Analytics, Artifical Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML). They are under pressure to keep pace with rapidly changing business models and innovate at a quicker pace.

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AI to redefine finance sectoredit

Deccan Chronicle 

Mankind’s quest for Artificial Intelligence (AI) has driven development from times immemorial. It dates back to the architectural astronomy instruments in India to Abacus of Mesopotamia; from mechanical triggering of medieval cannons in China to the emergence of the big World Wide Web; and finally to the 21st century when the Internet of Things (loT), Blockchain, Robotics and AI are finally a reality. It’s a marvel to construe that machines of today can actually learn, improve over a period of time with an in-built self-learning capability.

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The health-tech of tomorrowedit

The Indian Express 

Finally, the potential of AI and Internet of Things is evolving towards a more patient-centric approach by personalising healthcare based on the needs of the consumer. Apple Inc. has, through its wearable tech-gadgets and the Internet of Things (IoT), already managed to successfully capture health data with the aim to improve wellness and effectively manage the lifestyles of its users. This data can be harnessed to create an electronic health record of patients and can subsequently be used to act as a baseline repository of information for preventive treatment.

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Open data ecosystem can add $22 billion to India’s GDP by 2020edit

The Economic Times 

But to increase its usage which is less as compared to countries such as Australia, the report recommends steps such as Completeness of Data Stacks opened for usage either through machine readable formats or direct APIs. Moreover, emerging technologies like Blockchain and IoT, can help in automating data collection and reducing manual intervention and therefore the chances of error. It also recommends “Comprehensiveness” of a data stack and “Clustering” of relevant data sets along with building of anchor cases to encourage usage of data.

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IoT Is An Evolving Field, One With New Technologies, Standards And IPs Being Introduced Every Other Day: Farhana Haque, VP & Business Head, IoT, Vodafone, Indiaedit

Business World 

IoT can tremendously help India, especially the rural areas, to take advantage of the opportunities in the 21st century. Connected technology can be used in agriculture to enable farmers to harvest, collect, distribute and sell their farm produce at the right time, at the right place and at the right price. They can also get an understanding of the appropriate farming techniques and support for improved productivity. Solutions like asset tracking can unleash the potential of food and empower the agricultural community to reap the benefits of these.

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Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things – Intelligence at the Edgeedit

Analytics Insight 

Businesses are eagerly embracing the Internet of Things and its potential to make new product offerings possible, provide actionable business insights, lower costs, and increase productivity and safety. BI Intelligence predicts that 34 billion devices will be connected to the internet by 2020, up from only 10 billion in 2015, with businesses being the top adopters of IoT solutions. A recent study by International Data Corporation (IDC) projected worldwide spending on the IoT to reach $772.5 billion in 2018, up from $674 billion in 2017, and surpassing $1 trillion in 2020.

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AI set to revolutionise banking, insurance sectorsedit

Deccan Chronicle 

Mankind’s quest for Artificial Intelligence (AI) has driven development from times immemorial. It dates back to the architectural astronomy instruments in India to Abacus of Mesopotamia; from mechanical triggering of medieval cannons in China to the emergence of the big World Wide Web; and finally to the 21st century when the Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Robotics and AI are finally a reality. It’s a marvel to construe that machines of today can actually learn, improve over a period of time with an in-built self-learning capability.

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World Telecom Day 2018: Telecom sector is the backbone of next-gen techedit

ET TELECOM 

World Telecom Day was initiated to raise awareness on how ICT can benefit the societies, create new opportunities and find ways to bridge the digital divide. The 2018 theme, “Enabling the positive use of Artificial Intelligence for All’, reflects the tremendous progress made in artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the recent years. This year could be a cornerstone year for the integration of AI in our daily lives, making life easier and better for all.

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Govt says India is 5G ready, industry unsureedit

Fortune India 

By Jui Mukherjee

Surprisingly, Reliance Jio, the pioneer of 4G penetration in India, said India is not 5G-ready. “Today we are not ready with 5G because we are not ready with artificial intelligence [AI] and autonomous machinery in the true sense,” said Sanjay Mashruwala, MD, Reliance Jio during a panel discussion at the event. He went on to explain that the 5G is not just about telecom, but an enabling technology for machine-to-machine communication, augmented reality (AR), Internet of things (IoT) and AI, and the whole ecosystem of these technologies is yet to evolve

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AI, IoT and Blockchain ruled influencer mentions on Twitter in Q1, 2018edit

ET CIO

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as the most frequently mentioned theme in discussions among the key disruptive technologies during the first quarter (Q1) of 2018 on Twitter, according to GlobalData study. An analysis from GlobalData’s influencer platform revealed that AI was way ahead of other disruptive technologies with more than one-fourth share of overall discussions, followed by Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and augmented reality. Robotics and analytics were also among the leading themes that were discussed across disruptive portfolio.

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Smart City: four private companies to show proof of conceptedit

The Times of India 

The intelligent city management systemwill see the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, air quality sensors, radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, emergency management systems, and security systems.

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Good Funding can help us catch up with advanced AI worldedit

Business Today  

By K T P Radhika 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is disrupting life and work, prompting governments and policymakers to take note of its potential and formulate ways to harness its power for greater common good. Last August, the Centre set up a task force to explore the possibilities of using AI for India’s economic transformation.

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No robo-apocalypse, AI to be enabler’edit

DNA 

By Vishal Krishna (YourStory)

Stating that there will be no “robo-apocalypse”, Dell Technologies founder and CEO Michael Dell spoke about artificial intelligence (AI), the need for a human machine partnership, and the future of IT in India. In India, we are grappling with the impact of AI; we fear job losses and staying relevant. What advice do you have? Whenever there is a new technology, people get scared. But we will see forging of a human-machine partnership.

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IoT & Connected ‘Things’ Will Drive Colocation In Futureedit

Business World 

Businesses, on one hand, have been responsible for this evolution, as they leverage more and more mobile apps, cloud infrastructure and consumer-driven platforms to come closer to their customers. On the other hand, the same businesses have struggled to catch up and stay aligned with the shifting paradigms big data analytics, IoT, statistical modelling, machine learning, software-defined networks, hyper-converged infrastructure and hyper-scale storage

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India to Emerge as Leader in 5G Standardizationedit

Business World 

The discussion centered on the developments in the 5G networks, which have been taking place at a brisk pace, backed by research in several enabling technologies. The panelists included industry leaders who agreed that India can and should take the lead in standardizing this through a convergence of IT and telecom by bringing all the stakeholders including regulatory bodies, standardization bodies, industry associations and telecom operators on the same page.

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Big Data: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!edit

ET CIO 

We generate, process and consume quantum of information that is unprecedented. It won’t be naïve to say that third rock from the sun is developing a digital nervous system. We are standing at an inflection point where machines are generating more information than humans as we march into a world that’ll be dominated by IoT (Internet of Things) & M2M (Machine to Machine) communications.

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Now you can embed a SIM on your mobileedit

Mail Today

“To cater the needs of mod ern technological develop ments in Machine-to-Machine (M2M) or Internet of Things (IoT), it has been decided to permit the use of Embedded Subscriber Identity Module (eSIM) with both single and multiple profile configurations with over-the-air subscription update facility, as the case may be, as per prevailing global specifications and stan dards,” DoT stated.

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Customer Experience Top Digital Transformation Project Among Telecom Service Providersedit

Business World

Enhancing customer experience leads to major investment in network operations digital transformation with operations support systems (OSS), business support systems (BSS) and network management systems (NMS) accounting for 60 percent. * The Internet of Things (IoT), video and enterprise IP virtual private networks (IP VPNs) top the list of new digital services that service providers plan to launch over their transformed networks.

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Smart Cities Mission – 1,333 projects worth Rs.50,626 crores completed or under implementation / tenderingedit

Business Standard

The Ministry of Housing and Urban affairs has been able to achieve substantial milestones in both physical and financial terms in so far as mission objectives/targets are concerned. The utilization certificates are required to be submitted within 12 months of the closure of the financial year in which the grants were released. Thus, during the year 2017-18, while the total cumulative grants released was Rs.46,663 crores, Utilization Certificates were due only for the grants released upto March 2016, i.e. for approximately Rs.10,365 crores.

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India to be among fastest adopters of AI based services: COAIedit

Money Control

Telecom industry body COAI said today that India will be one of the early adopters of artificial intelligence (AI) based service. AI is a crucial enabler for achieving the national goals in the areas of healthcare, education and capacity building, COAI Director General Rajan S Mathews said in a statement.

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‘AI detects stroke, dementia from brain scans’edit

The Times Of India

Scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to accurately detect one of the most common causes of dementia and stroke from brain scans.

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Tech firms tap AI tools to stem spread of terror content, spamedit

Live Mint 

By Leslie D’Monte

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Artificial Intelligence to aid national goals: Telecom groupedit

ET Telecom 

By Muntazir Abbas

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) Thursday said that the Artificial Intelligence or AI would play an important role in bringing new possibilities and meeting the national digital targets in the areas of healthcare, education and capacity building. Delhi-based industry group feels that India would be one of the fastest adopters of Artificial Intelligence (AI) based services.

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A future where humans and machines work alongsideedit

Live Mint

We live in a digital era where human-machine partnerships will not only help automate and coordinate our lives, but they will also transform how organizations find talent, manage teams, deliver products and services, and support professional development. It is becoming increasingly important for humans and machines to work together as a cohesive workforce—and Indian leaders are better aligned with this concept when compared to their regional and global counterparts.

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IoT Device Management Revenues to Climb to US$20.5 Billion by 2023edit

IT News Online

As IoT solutions continue to shift toward performing more processing and computing at the edge, devices need to constantly be updated to maintain solution security and improve overall analytics solution value,” commented Ryan Harbison, Research Analyst at ABI Research. “If a device is not able to be updated, its long-term value ceases.

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AI, analytics not the fiefdom of a few businessesedit

The Quint

The second part of the book provides details about the transformations brought about by AI and analytics for multiple industries banking and insurance, healthcare and life sciences, retail and consumer packaged goods. In this part, the author also devotes a separate section to the relevance of AI and analytics in autonomous vehicles, Internet of Things (IoT), chatbots, implementation of blockchain technology, and in beating cyberattacks.

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Has AI Really Influenced Indian Lives? Here’s The Real Pictureedit

Analyticals India Mag

By Smita Sinha

Artificial Intelligence has begun to touch our lives in one way or the other. The day is not far when smart devices will know us more than our friends, families and maybe our own selves. We are witnessing significant activity in the AI space with tech giants such as Google, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft stepping up their offerings. Nearly half a million Indians have access to smartphones but not many know how to make the most of it or realise that it can be a tool that can be used to increase their intelligence and knowledge base. According to a report, there are about 650 million mobile phone users in India and just over 300 ...Artificial Intelligence

AI May Help Keep Tabs On Illegal Construction, Says Himachal CMedit

Analytics India Mag

By Prajakta Hebbar 

Speaking at an event titled, Artificial Intelligence: Potential Applications in Himachal Pradesh, organised by the State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Thakur said that sectors like e-commerce as well as several startups were using AI techniques for their betterment. He added that the most important challenge was to collect, validate, standardise, correlate, archive and distribute AI-relevant data and make it accessible to the users.

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Why India needs AI to work for agriculture, healthcare and educationedit

ET Telecom

While the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is making its presence felt across the spectrum globally, India needs to priorities AI-based predictive analysis to improve outcomes in three core areas – agriculture, healthcare and education – a top Microsoft executive has emphasized. The initial results in India are promising and if deployed at big scale, AI-based models can help farmers, doctors and educators keep building success stories, Joseph Sirosh, Corporate Vice President of Cloud AI Platform at Microsoft, told IANS here.

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Govt To Use Artificial Intelligence For Traffic Management In Delhiedit

Analytics India Mag

By Prajakta Hebbar

Come 2019, the Delhi traffic police will have much easier lives, thanks to artificial intelligence as the Indian capital is set to have its own intelligent traffic management system (ITMS) soon. According to a news report, the Ministry of Home Affairs has officially accepted the proposal sent for the same by Delhi Traffic Police.

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Innovations driving the Future – Smart Citiesedit

BW Smartcities 

By Vikram Puri

The way to Smart Cities in India is for the Government to open and facilitate infrastructure, ease regulation for devices and create an open resource of public data that receives and provides information to and from local services.

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Cyber security will move to become software drivenedit

CRN

By Abhishek Raval

There are broadly six trends prevalent in the IT space combined with cyber security: Ransomware, artificial intelligence (AI), cryptocurrencies, espionage (state sponsored wars), demand for cloud security and Internet of Things (IoT). “Our solutions revolve around each of these trends.

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Convergence of Technologies undergird the Smart City revolution and paves way for a smarter futureedit

Geospatial World

By Aditya Chaturvedi The key to technology adoption is understanding. It’s easy to get confused by emerging tech like artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles, and the Internet of Things (IoT). Everyone, from city leaders to citizens, needs to understand how and, more importantly, where these technologies will benefit the community. Where will the power of these solutions have the greatest impact, or bring the most benefit?Artificial IntelligenceInternet of Things
Tech giants chart different courses for artificial intelligenceedit

Live Mint 

Siddharth Pai

Until now, most firms have been using the Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) architecture, originally developed for video games by firms such as Nvidia, to build out their Artificial Intelligence (AI) programmes. The GPU is much more capable of handling voluminous data than the humble Central Processing Unit (CPU) that is at the heart of most computers that you and I are familiar with.

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Indian Railways using AI to make sure there are no flies in your soup.edit

Tech Circle 

Soon there will be just a waiter to blame for the big, ugly, dead fly floating in your Rajdhani because the AI supervising the kitchen woefully missed the moth’s falling trajectory into the wonderfully.

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Probabilistic Computing Can Lead To Breakthroughs In Artificial Intelligenceedit

Analytics India Mag

Can Probabilistic computing advance artificial intelligence and machine learning? According to a research by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, probabilistic computing is not new. But it is seeing renewed research because scientists are working to find ways to build chips that can handle errors and to a certain extent even imprecision.

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Artificial Intelligence for alledit

My Digital FC

The anniversary of the signing of the first International Telegraph Convention and the creation of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) was celebrated on May 17 as World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD). The theme this year is “Enabling the positive use of Artificial Intelligence for all”. One of the objectives is to accelerate the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in furthering United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Five Things Time Sensitive Networking Does to Support the IIoTedit

ELE Times 

TSN provides deterministic performance over Ethernet. The ongoing development of time sensitive networking has resulted in significant updates to both the IEEE 802.1 and IEEE 802.3 standards. Essentially a set of Deterministic Ethernet extensions, TSN is also the successor to audio video bridging—the IEEE project initially designed to support real-time media streaming within professional audio and video environments (such as live DJ sets).

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Will India claim technology leadership in the region with 5G?edit

ET Telecom

India for long has been a technology laggard in terms of adoption of mobile technologies. However, that is all set to change with adoption of 5G in India.5G extends beyond the mobile device ecosystem enabling services like Machine to Machine (M2M), Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality (AR) / Virtual Reality (VR). 5G has the potential to unfold a multi-billion dollar revenue opportunity for Indian telcos by 2025.

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When technology meets oral healthcareedit

ET Health World

In the age of smartphones, smart homes and ‘smart everything’, it is but natural for healthcare too to embrace digital technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), predictive analytics, Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data. And a smart toothbrush, armed with sleek camera, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, is only a sign of things to come.

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Top 8 Big Data Startups To Watch Out For In 2018edit

Analytics Insight

Arcadia Data provides the first data analytics software that runs within modern data platforms like Apache Hadoop giving scale, performance and security needed for real-time insights in the era of Business Intelligence (BI) and Internet of Things (IoT). They are reinventing visual analytics and BI which can now be done within an open data platform – So business users have direct access to data on Hadoop clusters. No additional hardware is required.

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Multi-disciplinary approach required for cyber-securityedit

ORF Online

Privacy and security could be fostered only by design itself and then by good communication practices, not the other way around, which makes things vulnerable. As the Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable devices reach deeper into our lives, data transmission and collection will increasingly rely on cloud computing services and this partnership will present new privacy and security vulnerabilities.

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As the 5G Rollout Approaches, Questions Remainedit

PC Mag  

By Micheal Miller

In a panel discussion that followed, there was a lot of debate about whether the new radio was appropriate for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, with Höök mentioning existing 4G standards—such as NB-IOT—and others, including Zhu and Nokia’s Antti Toskala, talking about new IoT use cases that might require higher bandwidth or lower latency.

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Intelligent home buddies edit

Deccan Chronicle 

Devices have been getting smarter, and people, lazier. But smart homes have augured a new era altogether. The security, comfort and convenience of your homes can now be assured with a tap of your finger! Smart home technology also called home automation is a part of the Internet of things (Iot) and has been gaining popularity lately.

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Impact of Technology on Electronic Security Market in India-Pramoud Raoedit

Business World 

The electronic security industry is in the midst of a paradigm shift and technology is playing a key role in the industry’s development. With technology like Internet of Things and SaaS, the home security sector is creating a demand, justifying the need of secured homes and offices.

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Govt aims to harness big data in agri sectoredit

Hindustan Times  

By Zia Haq

The government and private companies alike are taking the first steps to deploy big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) to gain insights into and offer solutions to problems in India’s agriculture sector. To experiment with such technology, the NITI Aayog, the government’s main think-tank, will start a pilot projecton “precision agriculture” using AI in 10 districts to be selected from seven states: Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, MadhyaPradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.

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Asia Pacific and Japan region is ground zero for IoT innovationedit

The Financial Express 

In fact as HCI (hyper-converged infrastructure) systems are increasingly being used for core data centre applications, customers are adopting VxRail and VxRack SDDC as the foundation for deploying clouds of all types. These technologies, co-developed by Dell EMC and VMware, offer a simple and clearly defined path to private, hybrid and multi-clouds to help our customers transform their IT infrastructure to free up valuable staff time while enabling IT to be the enabler for faster, nimbler businesses.

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The Digitised Farm Of The Very Near Futureedit

Business World  

By Krishna Kumar 

The world will have nearly 0.75 billion hectares of farms (of the 1.5 billion hectares) that will be intelligently inter-connected by the end of the next decade. Artificial learning and Machine Learning programmes will add a new dimension to farmlands with enablers like IoT devices, drones, satellite monitoring and weather-based analytics, which will allow these farms to form a professional network to share data, interpret and derive learnings.

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Skills Required for Data Analyticsedit

News Patrolling 

Also, incremental volume from M2M (Machine to Machine) data through AI and IoT technologies is adding to the growth. The term Big Data has come into vogue due to the shift of analyzing structured relational databases to working with huge amount of unstructured database generated from a variety of sources. There was a need to create tools to analyze and interpret such unstructured datasets

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IoT for better sanitationedit

The Hindu 

The internet of things (IoT) would soon play a key role in improving sanitation, as the government would use the network to keep a check on overflowing and open manholes. The IoT is a network that comprises devices, each with an on-and-off switch, connected to one another by means of Internet.

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Top Competencies Employees Should Have To Robot-Proof Their Jobsedit

Analytics India Mag  

By Smita Sinha

Robots do not have emotions and have no sentimental affection for us. Emotional intelligence plays an important role in an organisation. A person who is highly emotionally intelligent rank high on empathy, listening and self-awareness and also excel at interpersonal interaction. It also allows us to create a relationship with colleagues, customers, provides insights into people’s motive and allows us to predict responses.

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First Indian chip for AI applications developed in Hyderabadedit

Telangana Today 

By B Krishna Mohan

The chip can find use across sectors like healthcare, robotics, defence and space, automotives, surveillance and others. The high performance computing requirements are on the rise due to increased use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision processing, robotics, Internet of Things, self-driving cars, industrial automation and other segments.

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42 percent of IT Professionals Ignore Critical Security Flawsedit

BW CIO World 

Not only are organizations broadening their online presence, the applications that make-up an online presence are becoming vastly more complicated, with components that speak to mobile devices, other applications, laptops and desktops, and even IoT. These complex connections massively increase the playing field that hackers, good and bad, can use to find and exploit vulnerabilities.

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The most demanded skills of the future 2022edit

Deccan Chronicle

Students should skill themselves on Virtual Reality, the Internet of Things, Big Data Analysis, Robotic Process Automation, Cloud Computing and grasping the tools that make Social Media an effective ally in promoting their careers.

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The IoT Cannot be built by a single person it always involves partnershipsedit

Electronics For You

In the IoT space, we are trying to make the physical world of objects, or things, active. We put a sensor on the top and write an application that picks the data out and sends it to a central repository where analysis is done. Data can be related to many objects. So, in the loT, usage will be large, with customisations done based on purpose-specific applications.

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Global Megatrends To Determine Futureedit

Business World

Technological evolution in the fields of cloud computing and big data, together with network technology for which IoT (Internet of Things) is one of the representing technologies, is forecasted to increase data transmission speed by an enormous ratio. This will result in a shift into a “hyper-connected society”, a time when people get/are connected to things and the society on a real-time basis.

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A Good Digital Engineer Must be Adept in Analogue electronics to be successfuledit

Electronics For You

A little bit of both, as devices are always being connected and automated! We keep hearing about smart things these days, and how these connected devices are multiplying. Whether we call it the Internet of Things (loT) or something else, there is no denying that these intelligent things are here to stay. We see the loT as an opportunity for you to solve problems in new and better ways

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Digitisation to deeply penetrate HR practices in India in the futureedit

The Week

By Abhinav Singh 

Firms, especially the start-ups, have already started using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms to solve complex problems in recruiting. For instance, HR functions are increasingly learning to utilise big data analytics to mine the rich data that they have at their disposal today. This in turn helps the HR teams uncover hidden patterns, correlations and other data-driven insights and subsequently act on them.

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Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and the New GDPR are Trending Topic at Digital Enterprise Showedit

Cision 

With Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Blockchain, the new GDPR and the Digital Agenda as main trends, DES reunites top tech solutions that are driving the development of new business models such as IoT, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Blockchain or Digital Marketing among many others.

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Healthcare Will Become Affordableedit
Business World  Today technology is enabling diagnostic techniques and methods of treatment move from our imaginations into the real world . Today technology is enabling diagnostic techniques and methods of treatment move from our imaginations into the real world. But in this march of technology, it is important, especially in healthcare, to ensure that technology does not increase health disparities but empowers innovation that furthers the public good.AIIoT
Telcos need to increase their role within IoT ecosystem space: Reportedit

CIO 

With the development of new applications and the focus of stakeholders to position the connectivity as an embedded component within Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, connectivity revenue share of the total IoT market is expected to decline. As a result, telcos need to capture a large proportion of the revenue potential associated with IoT deployments, says leading data and analytics company GlobalData.

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Product-Based Mindset Is Key For Indian Companies To Successfully Harness AIedit

Analytics India Mag

By Srishti Deoras 

On A Concluding Note With a surge in products like cloud, smartphones, IoT and others, the definition of products has changed quite significantly. Given the tech disruption, these trends will continue and they, in-turn will change the way products are made and used. It is therefore important to shift our thinking to view artificial intelligence as an evolution rather than as a revolution.

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How CIOs Of Midsize Firms Can Drive Digital Transformationedit

CXO Today

Digital business is supported by technology platforms in five areas — the ecosystem, customer experience, data and analytics, information system and Internet of Things (IoT). “As vital as these platforms are, it’s important to recognise that they can be built incrementally. By focusing on the ecosystem platform, you can build the digital business technology platforms over time as your digital business expands — and may even find that they are not all needed,” said Anavitarte.

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First integrated smart cities control centre launched inedit

Business Standard

In a major step towards realising the Centre’s smart city mission (SCM), the Madhya Pradesh government today launched the country’s first Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) for all seven smart cities of the state in Bhopal. The ICCC, installed in a building in Barkheda area of the state capital, would enable the authorities to monitor the status of various smart civic amenities in real-time through the sensors connected to it IoT.

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Digital dreamsedit

Telangana Today

The telecom policy of 2018 promises to herald a similar revolution in data consumption that will help universalise adoption of digital technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence, internet of things, cloud computing and big data. Since India offers a lucrative market in this sector, international investments are bound to flow, provided a transparent and enforceable regulatory mechanism is put in place.

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Businesses will buy algorithms instead of software in the future – here’s whyedit

QRIUS

Gartner maintains that by 2020, over 150 new devices will connect to the Internet of Things (IoT) every second. These connected devices will also likely be connected to smartphones. As a result, the amount of data produced will also increase exponentially. But, how will we make sense of such an enormous volume of data? The solution lies in algorithms, which power automation—the very essence of IoT.

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Robotics will improve the quality of life : Dr Avanish Saklaniedit

ET Health world

By Shahid Akhter

For early cancers we are offering minimal invasive surgery in terms of laparoscopy and robotics. The uptake of patients is good, for advanced and recurrent cancers we are offering surgeries, for patients with peritoneal metastasis, we are offering cyto-reduction and hipec surgery.

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Rise of the machines! From just 70 a few years ago to over 16,000 robots at work now; is your job in danger?edit

Financial Express

Automation is killing jobs: the fear is not just in India but around the world. In the fourth industrial world, as fears of robots taking over humans’ jobs loom large, a research report said that the use of robots in India increased from just 70 in 2000 to a whopping 16,000 in 2016. “The operational stock of industrial robots have shown some tremendous increase from just 70 in 2000 to 16,026 in 2016,” a research report authored by Sunil Mani, Centre for Development Studies said.

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Indian Retailers Embracing AI, Robotics, Blockchain To Keep Up With The Likes Of Amazon Goedit

Analytics India Mag

By Richa Bhatia

The digitisation wave has swept through the retail sector upending many functions such as supply chain operations across the globe wherein drones are closing the last-mile gap. In-store experiences are getting digitised and automated too .

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From Assistance To Self Serviceedit
Business World  The future of air transport will be driven by big techno-trends and practices that will underpin the digital transformation in the industry globally. The role of technology has never been as critical in transforming air travel as it has become today and will provide real value to help the industry navigate the future.IoT
Leveraging the power of IoTedit

The Hindu Business Line 

  By V Rishi Kumar

‘Industry 4.0’ or the emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) has brought about dramatic changes in the way we live and how large enterprises function. Operators of large refineries and other manufacturing companies can now connect data from different systems for better analytics. They can save on energy consumption and ensure efficient functioning of a factory by monitoring through a click on a smartphone.

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Gaining Altitudeedit

Construction Week Online

Some of the technologies that are fast becoming part of the civil aviation ecosystem are the Internet of Things (IoT), automation, big data, robots, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality, and all this along with integrated data collection and better real-time communications channels. Technologies will not only safeguard airports, but what the authorities need to do is make the most of them and put in place processes that will simplify and speed up collaboration within aviation communities.

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How AI and Data Science are reshaping customer experienceedit

The Asian Age

Recently, Spotify, a global music content platform, introduced a new feature, Discover Weekly, as an intelligent playlist developer for its users. Based on a listener’s past history, preferences and the trends reflected by analysing data from music aficionados with similar tastes, the company implemented machine learning ‘best fit’ algorithms to provide its users with a delectable list of latest music that kept them glued to their headphones for hours.

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‘The Future Of Defence Tech Will Be Defined By Smart Software’edit

Business world

By Manish Kumar Jha

SAAB is at the forefront of  R & D. In futuristic technologies like AI (Artificial Intelligence), Robotics, Internet of  Things (IoTs), can we leverage SAAB’s advantage here in India? If  you talk of  next generation technologies and applications related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), drones, robotics and the Internet of  Things (IoT), then it is a big “yes” from my side. If you look at the proportion of  the development cost of  fighter planes today, how much is the service related or software? If  you look at the estimated development of  the capability, we see that from 1960 till date, evolution has been tremendous, but for the future curve it is exponentially high. We have ...Artificial IntelligenceInternet of ThingsRobotic

Tech Will Drive Efficiencies, Not Kill Jobsedit

Businessworld

We are at the cusp of a great tectonic shift and a new technological era is dawning upon us. Therefore, it is of extreme importance for us to focus on the impact that various technologies have on businesses now, and in the future.

Today, tech giants across the globe are highly invested in studying developing technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT) including IIoT (IoT in industrial setting). These technologies have already started bringing a revolutionary change in the way brands do business and are growing in leaps and bounds across verticals. This is coupled with the fact that the amount of data being generated is phenomenal — an estimated 20 billion ...AIIIoTIoTMachine Learning

What are smart AI assistants and how they can work (or not) for youedit

DailyO

We live in a world dominated by algorithms and data. It is no surprise that smart AI assistants are rapidly penetrating both personal and professional domains today. The greatest allure of digital AI assistants is that they make our lives way more convenient. Whether you want to dim the lights of your room or lock your house without being physically present there, smart assistants will do all of that, and more, for you. You don’t have to move so much as a finger!

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IoT At Last Boosting Semiconductor Industryedit

EET India

By Dylan McGrath

With signs of softness in the smartphone market, chipmakers have been relying on a boost from another area of considerable focus in recent years: the Internet of Things. We’ve been hearing for years that the Internet of Things is the Next Big Thing, and we’ve been conditioned to take bold predictions about trillions of devices and tens of billions of dollars in IC revenue with a grain — or more — of salt.

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Harnessing IoT to transform the ecosystem of water metering infrastructureedit

Devdis Course

This has opened up growth opportunities for the Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled smart meters, further energizing an entire ecosystem of metering infrastructure. The research analyzed the trends, market drivers and restraints, growth opportunities, revenue and unit shipment forecasts, and competitive analysis of participants in North America, South America, EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and China.

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Difference Between Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learningedit

Analytics Insight

By Anjali UJ

Artificial Intelligence is the future. For a common man, artificial intelligence is a science fiction and is already a part and parcel of our daily lives. Machine learning and deep learning are the two buzzing terms associated with artificial intelligence. Deep learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence are a set of Russian dolls nested with each other beginning with the smallest and working out.

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Artificial Intelligence to ensure Hygienic Food In Trainsedit

Daily Pioneer

By Deepak Kumar Jha

The much-maligned catering services of the Indian Railways are all set to undergo a major ‘technological’ revolution for serving hygienic food right at your seats with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Besides rationalising its decades old menu, the Railways catering arm Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) will also now go green with use of environment-friendly food containers and biodegradable wrapping of the cuisines.

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Why the govt is preparing a new telecom policyedit

MINT 

By Navadha Pandey

The government also aims to establish a comprehensive data protection regime for digital communications that safeguards the privacy, autonomy and choice of individuals. A lot has changed since India’s last telecom policy in 2012. The country now has the world’s second largest internet subscriber base and is seeing technological shifts in digital communications. With the advent of 5G, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, India needs a vision document on how to use these digital tools for the growth and development of the country and what laws need to be drafted or amended. Moreover, given the capital-intensive nature of the sector, ease of doing business needs to be improved to attract investments.

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The New Age Testament – Roti, Kapra, Makaan and Internetedit

BW Smartcities

with the increased focus and access to internet, Smartphones and Mobile Apps are drastically shaping the reality around us. They are bringing in new experiences to us, defining convenience in another way and ushering a new era of ‘Big Data’ and ‘Internet of Things’ that not only has the potential to impact how we live but also how we work.

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Smart microchip can power sensors for ‘Internet of Things’edit

DNA india

Scientists have developed a novel microchip that can function under dim light using a very small solar cell, an advance that could power sensors to support Internet of Things. The Internet of Things (IoT), while still in its infancy, is shaping the future of many industries and will also impact our daily lives in significant ways. One of the key challenges of moving IoT devices from concept to reality is to have long-lasting operation under tightly constrained energy sources, thus demanding extreme power efficiency.

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India: Indian Dairy Industry – The Quest To Grab A Share Of The Consumer’s Monthly Basketedit

Mondaq

While cold chain availability and integrity is a major challenge in India, pre and post processing storage has been a key area of investment in dairy. Additionally, foreign investors have been eyeing areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, or Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) for proper tracking and management of the value chain.

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AI beats humans at detecting cause of blindness in babiesedit

The Week 

An algorithm that uses artificial intelligence (AI) can automatically and more accurately diagnose a potentially devastating cause of childhood blindness than most expert physicians, a study has found.

The finding published in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology could help prevent blindness in more babies with the disease, called retinopathy of prematurity, or ROP.

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Artificial Intelligence driving future of car industryedit

The Times Of India

By Nandini Sen Gupta|

With the automotive industry back to clocking top gear sales, vehicle makers, component manufacturers and retail service centres are back to boom time hiring. One of the largest employers in India’s organised sector, the auto industry offers good opportunity for mechanical engineering graduates to take up critical jobs in the assembly line and dealership service centres.

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AI seen helping bridge communication gap between firms, recruitsedit

Live Mint

By Deepthi Govind

The immediate and biggest use-case for artificial intelligence (AI) in the human resources (HR) space is not just to find talent and recommend the best fit, but to bridge the communication gap between potential recruits and a company, according to speakers at the Shine HR Conclave in Bengaluru.

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Applying AI in governance will let India leapfrog many developmental, infrastructural constraintsedit

The Economic Times

There are many strategic, industrial and societal areas where artificial intelligence (AI) techniques are increasingly being applied, such as in security, finance, manufacturing, e-commerce, voice recognition and transportation. The application of AI in governance provides an opportunity for India to apply information and communications technology (ICT) tools and leapfrog developmental and infrastructural constraints.

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How Artificial Intelligence can Help Revolutionise the World’s Education Systemedit

Eletimes.com

Artificial Intelligence is tipped to bring a tectonic shift in the world. People have debated over its usefulness in great lengths and detail. Today, the biggest fear is that AI will be a threat to jobs. And the alternative to that is to create a robust system of education. But, would it possible to use AI and train a breed of students that would be resistant to the ills of the technology? Is there a common ground?

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Govt’s New Telecom Policy Draft Emphasises Use Of AI, Robotics, IoTedit

Analytics India

By Prajakta Hebbar

The new report titled National Digital Communications Policy 2018 rolled out by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) this week saw a great deal of emphasis laid on creating a roadmap for emerging technologies and its use in the communications sector, such as 5G, artificial intelligence, robotics, internet of things, cloud computing and M2M, among others. The report also aimed at creating 40 lakh new jobs by 2022, attracting $100 billion in investments into the sector and ensuring broadband speed of 50 mbps for every citizen.

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Analytics Cureedit

The Financial Express 

In a country with a severe shortage of medical professionals such as India— it has one allopathic doctor per every 10,000 or so households, as per the National Health Profile, against the WHO-recommended one per every 25—adoption of such technology can work wonders. With such a command centre powered by technologies such as AI and IoT, doctors can remotely monitor patients and thus can prioritise responses and patients, all the while ensuring quality of care that is equivalent to bedside care-giving.

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Telecom panel gives nod to in-flight connectivity in Indian airspaceedit

Money Life 

The average revenue per user (ARPU) fell again and was Rs137 in Q4 FY17-18 against Rs154 in the previous quarter; this reduction was due to price revisions in January 2017. The company added that Jio has created a strong data network with infrastructure and backhaul for offering wireless services, wireline services, FTTH, Enterprise offering, IOT services and other digital services which will lead to further data consumption on the network.

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Say Hello to the Connected Futureedit

The Economic Times  

With the draft of the National Telecom Policy (NTP) 2018 — National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018 — made public by the department of telecom on Tuesday evening, the country is ready for the next generation of communications technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), machine-to-machine communications (M2M), Internet of Things (IoT), Cloud computing, automation, augmented reality and virtual reality (VR). The path to Digital India has now been laid.

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Plan to map water tables using satellite images to protect, replenish aquifer bedsedit

The Times of India  

By Bosco Dominique 

Apart from reviving the Ousteri drinking water scheme, the officials have also planned to prepare operational charts, maps of borewells, ponds and channels to monitor water projects for conservation. They would install Internet of Things (IoT)-based meters at borewells to gather real-time information on the extraction of water for better monitoring and levying user charges.

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Insurance: In the digital worldedit

Money Control 

All the efforts taken are only to empower customers to buy insurance online, make products more transparent and simpler to understand. Various technologies like chatbots, machine learning, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) are helping in understanding the customer better and making the buying process smooth and hassle-free.

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How these countries are emerging as leading blockchain marketsedit

The Financial Express 

The leading data and analytics company GlobalData said that KT in South Korea is taking is taking early leads with plans to launch blockchain-powered data roaming service in May 2018. The company plans to use blockchain technology to power power finance, IoT, smart energy and healthcare businesses.

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DoT India rolls out the National Digital Communications Policy 2018 framework to achieve digital empowermentedit

Devdiscourse 

Accelerate transition to Industry 4.0Create a roadmap for transition to Industry 4.0 by 2020 by closely working with sector-specific Industry Councils Creating a roadmap for emerging technologies and its use in the communications sector, such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing and M2M Implementing an action plan for rollout of 5G applications and services Creating a Fund for R&D in new technologies for start-ups and entrepreneurs to enable innovation in cutting-edge communications, 5G, software, content

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Bright minds of IITs join hands for 5G test project in Indiaedit

India Today  

By Mohammed Faisal

Delivering data speeds at up to 10 times that of 4G technology, 5G will be able to do things which are not possible yet. It will foster the connectivity needed for the machine to machine communication to enable the Internet of Things (IoT) along with application in defence, agriculture, healthcare and the automobiles sector.

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The tech is ready; geopolitics is hindering a global 5G rolloutedit

The Hindu Business Line  

By Teraja Simhan

Neil Shah, Partner & Research Director, IoT, Mobile & Ecosystems, Counter Point Research, said India never developed any technology incubating ecosystem, and has been three-four years behind China in development, deployment, coverage and maturity. No homegrown player has invested in R&D to develop IP in cellular network technologies to scale in the likes of Huawei, Qualcomm, Ericsson, Samsung or Nokia. Indian companies need to address this, he added.

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telecom policy: DoT unveils broad contours of next telecom policy, seeks ?$100-bn investments by 2020edit

The Economic Times 

“The National Digital Communications Policy, 2018 seeks to unlock the transformative power of digital communications networks to achieve the goal of digital empowerment and well-being of the people of India,” the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said, in a 22-page document aimed at seeking public comments. It aims to propel India’s rank in the ICT development index to top 50, from 134 in 2017.

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Internet of Things will change lives but govts need to address these challenges first  edit

The Economic Times 

This dialogue from the Superman movie -Man of Steel sumps up the faith we all have to on IOT systems even though there are security and privacy issues. As we have seen in the earlier three articles, IOT will be connecting billion of devices online as well as connect humans with those devices; transforming the way we live , work and play. Along with this, will come all the challenges associated with security and privacy and these need to be addressed for technology to reach its full potential.

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Internet of Lighting (IoL) for Smart Citiesedit

BW Smart Cities 

With the proliferation of network infrastructure, be it Wi-Fi or cellular data in every business, houses, and public place, all major cities are destined to become smart. Internet of Things (IoT) is taking over across all domains and outdoor lighting is not an exception. Street lighting will no longer be an isolated sphere but part of a networked urban infrastructure.

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India well poised for AI-led economic transformation: PwC-Assocham reportedit

ET CIO 

Accessibility technology for the differently abled AI-enabled assistive technology for differently abled individuals is an untapped market in India. 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.

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Draft telecom policy aims at $100 billion investmentedit

Business Standard  

By Kiran Rathee

According to the DoT, the new policy is governed by the guiding principle of alignment with the national vision. Its major themes are regulatory and licensing frameworks impacting the telecom sector, connectivity for-all, quality of services, ease of doing business, and absorption of new technologies, including 5G and Internet of Things (IoT). The government wants to encourage innovation, manufacturing, and develop a large pool of digitally skilled man-power.

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DoT floats draft of new telecom policy for public consultationedit

Live mint 

The draft policy has outlined three major missions which it aims to achieve by 2022—Connect India under which it aims to create robust digital communications , Propel India under which the government aims to harness the power of emerging digital technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet Of Things (IoT), etc and Secure India which aims to safeguard the digital sovereignty of India with a focus on ensuring individual autonomy and choice, data ownership, privacy and security

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Does Artificial Intelligence Guarantee An Increase In Productivity?edit

Tech Story 

In industries like Accommodation and Food Services, and Construction, their often isolated, manually intensive processes will benefit from the contextual insights and valuable insights that AI spews after data munching. (cue in Deep learning frameworks, with grand fanfare) In Manufacturing Industry, the stage has been set to welcome AI, with IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) adopted widely, in addition to smart factories. The colossal amounts of data that these systems will generate will be a goldmine for AI systems in this industry.

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Digital Transformation is expected to contribute USD 154 bn to India GDP by 2021edit

Devdis Course 

The study predicts a dramatic acceleration in the pace of digital transformation across India and Asia Pacific’s economies. Last year, about 4 percent 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). “India is clearly on the digital transformation fast track.

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Connected Devices and The IoT of thingsedit

Business World 

The IoT will impact every aspect of our lives, including our homes, offices, cam and even our bodies. It will lead to structural changes in the global economy. However many technologies need to deliver their expectations for IoT to deliver.

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China’s tech a worry for Indiaedit

DNA 

This money is being spent on computing hardware, telecommunications equipment and tech software among other categories. The Forrester survey of business decision makers offers insights into the level of commitment. Over 66 per cent will use data and analytics, 59 per cent will use IoT-based solutions and 58 per cent will invest in AI-based platforms.

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Analytics cure: Data analytics & machine-learning at hospitals could help remedy India’s medico shortageedit

The Financial Express 

In a country with a severe shortage of medical professionals such as India— it has one allopathic doctor per every 10,000 or so households, as per the National Health Profile, against the WHO-recommended one per every 25—adoption of such technology can work wonders. With such a command centre powered by technologies such as AI and IoT, doctors can remotely monitor patients and thus can prioritise responses and patients, all the while ensuring quality of care that is equivalent to bedside care-giving.

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India Set For AI-Led Economic Transformation: Reportedit

CXO Today

The AI enabled technology for differently abled individuals is yet an option that is not yet exploited in the markets of India. The other emerging technologies such as 3D and IoT if comes with a combination of AI has a great future with to fuel widespread availability, affordability and feasibility of innovations in smart prosthetics.

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Global IoT Platforms Market Trend Analysis by 2023: Cisco (Jasper), Google, PTC (ThingWorx), IBM and Microsoftedit

The Future Technologies 

The global IoT Platforms market research report studies the current market circumstances on a large scale to offer the IoT Platforms market consequences, market value, manufacturer share and growth valuation. The important information associated with IoT Platforms growth factors, such as market drivers, segments, challenges, hindrance, and market opportunities are accessible in this report.

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Entrepreneurship Is A Way Of Thinkingedit

Business World 

New technologies such as artificial intelligence AI, the internet of things IoT, brain computer interfaces BCI, virtual reality and deep learning have provided new opportunities for universities to develop graduates in entrepreneurial thinking. Society no longer needs to accumulate and memorise knowledge. Computers can do this faster, longer and more efficiently than the human brain.

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Can companies recruit better with AI?edit

Hindustan Times 

Grewal is also responsible for recruiting talent for IBM’s “New Collar” program – comprised of coding camps, apprenticeships, community college courses, and innovative vocational schools – where people with the right set of skills, not degrees, earn the opportunity to start their careers with IBM. Outside of IBM, she is a founding board member of the IoT Talent Consortium, helping to innovate strategies to enable the workforce of the future to realize the value of the Internet of Things.

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An outside-in perspective can trigger growthedit

Financial Chronicle 

Just as in the example of banks, in order for them to compete effectively perhaps they may want to enter into the pre and post financial transaction situation. They may want to advise customers when to buy what and how like some of the banks are doing in some countries with real estate advisory and so on using AI, IOT and so on.

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Info sharing to curb cyber threatsedit

Deccan Chronicle 

For more than 19 years, Nominum, acquired by Akamai in 2017, has lever aged in-depth DNS data to improve overall protection against sophisticated cyber attacks such as distributed denial of service (DDos), ransomware, trojans, and botnets. (IoT)

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Electric vehicles could increase net carbon emissions in India: IEAedit

Business Standard

The International Energy Agency has said there will be a net increase in carbon emissions due to electric vehicles when considering life-cycle emissions in countries, like India and China, which have a carbon-intensive power generation mix.

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Top 5 Myths Related to Electric Vehicles Debunked – A Formula E Analysis!edit

News 18

Formula E, the all-electric car racing series has gathered top EV myths, misconceptions and misunderstandings and debunked them using help from EV experts.

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Electric vehicles hit a roadblock as Modi govt delays roll-out of 1000 electric carsedit

Financial Express

Modi government’s plan to procure 10,000 electric cars has hit a major roadblock. State-run EESL confirms that if the demand for electric cars does not increase there will not be the third tender to procure electric cars.

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Number of electric vehicles on road reach 3mn in 2017: IEAedit

The Hindu Business Line

The number of electric vehicles on roads worldwide rose to a record high of 3.1 million in 2017, but more research, policies and incentives are needed to drive further uptake, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.

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India turns hot spot for global firms offering smart mobilityedit

Mint

India’s quest for smart mobility has made the country a hot spot for international companies to offer their latest technologies such as pod taxis, hyperloop, electric vehicles, cable cars and ropeways.

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Delhi govt comes out with timeline for e-buses procurementedit

Business Standard

Undeterred by the Supreme Court-appointed EPCA’s objection to procurement of e-buses using green fund, the Delhi government has set a target of rolling out 1,000 e-buses next year.

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India needs to migrate to e-mobility to curb pollution: Geeteedit

ET Auto

Addressing the inauguration ceremony of ICAT Test facilities here, the minister said India does not need to depend on imported vehicles anymore thanks to upgradation of in-house technologies and improved testing capabilities.

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‘100 to 300 million electric vehicles likely in India by 2030’edit

The Week

Even with 100 per cent EV sales across private and fleet vehicular categories, electricity demand on account of inter-state travel will be around 100 billion kWh—which is about four per cent of the projected electricity demand.

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India delays plan to roll out 10,000 electric cars to 2019edit

The Economic Times

India has pushed back a deadline to put thousands of battery-driven cars on the road by nearly a year, in a setback to its ambitions of having electric vehicles comprise about a third of its fleet by 2030.

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INTERVIEW | New charging station policy to bring many more players, says Energy Efficiency Services MD Saurabh Kumaredit

Money Control

He said EESL would wait for the department of heavy industry to finalise its new policy on charging stations before going ahead with a new tender for buying electric cars.

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Bengaluru: Bescom to set up 11 more charging stations for electric vehiclesedit

Deccan Chronicle

With the city being home to first electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, Bescom is planning to install 11 more such stations. The Energy Department has approached the Centre for funds to set up these stations.

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India not the only country facing EV related challengesedit

ET Auto

It’s not only India, where concerns of electric vehicle charging infrastructure and government incentives are at the forefront, but several other markets, especially European Union countries are also facing similar crisis.

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FAME-II scheme to subsidise electric vehicles deferred as NITI Aayog, ministries fail to reach consensus on roadmapedit

Money Control

Road to electric mobility has been bumpy since union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, aborted the plan to have a separate policy for EVs earlier this year

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Battery cost, charging infra major challenges facing EVs: Reportedit

ET Auto

This is the right time for India’s automotive industry to display its resilience and capability on the global stage as well as embrace the challenges on account of understanding new technology and business strategies.

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Driving an e-revolutionedit

Deccan Chronicle

With an objective of achieving zero emission and cutting down oil import bill, the government wants only electric vehicles by 2030.e-mobility
India’s electric vehicles market to be held back by lack of charging infra – BNEFedit

Steel Guru

ET reported that shortage of charging infrastructure and lack of affordable models will hold back the development of the market for electric vehicles in India even as China leads the global transition towards EVs, according to a latest report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

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Focus on action plan rather than new policies: Mahindra Electricedit

The Economic Times

The auto industry must now focus on action rather than seek a new electric vehicles (EV) policy as the direction provided by Niti Aayog is more than sufficient, a top MahindraNSE 0.25 % & Mahindra executive said today.

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Need independent body to promote mass acceptance of EVs: Reportedit

ET Auto

Consultancy firm Mazars on Sunday called for setting up an independent body to boost mass acceptance of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country. According to the firm’s report — Indian Automotive Industry Unlocking the Potential of Electric Mobility — “a dynamic framework to design, implement, run, monitor and evaluate each phase of production and adoption” is required to boost the mass acceptance of EVs in the country

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Electric vehicles seen driving cobalt crunch by mid-2020sedit

ET Auto

The increasing popularity of electric vehicles may create a crunch for supplies of cobalt in the early-to-mid 2020s, miners and analysts say, adding that small operators trying to start up mines outside Africa could play a bigger role over time in satisfying demand for the metal used in rechargeable batteries.

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Why India’s Electric Vehicle Plan Should Be Different from Chinaedit

The Quint

The Indian auto industry has spoken in unison. The country’s ambitions to fully electrify vehicles by 2030 will come to nought, zilch, or in simple words nothing. Speaking on the sidelines of a heightened debate on the scope of electric vehicles, many industry experts and automakers expressed their confusion on where India is headed.

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What’s The Future Of Electric Vehicles In Indiaedit

CXO Today 

With governments across the world doubling down to lower the cost of electric vehicles (EVs) and creating wide-spread awareness for greater mass appeal, a recent report by global financial services company UBS predicts that one out of every six cars sold anywhere in the world will be electric by 2025.

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Smart helmet prototype wins first MG Innovation Challengeedit

Auto Car Professional 

The Hackathon’s theme on ‘How to make transportation safer and cleaner’, saw students demonstrate modern and technologically advanced solutions in telematics, IoT, smart sensors, Al and machine learning. The day-long event saw participation from over 125 students across 26 groups representing five cities across Gujarat including Baroda, Ahmedabad, Nadiad, Surat and Anand.

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Need to have a clear mandate on Electric vehicles for better end resultedit

ET Auto  

By Deepanshu Taumar

‘’It’s no rocket science that electric vehicles are the future. Modern advances in electric technology are making electric powered vehicles closer to mainstream reality than they ever were. If the progress continues at the current pace, the conventional internal combustion engine powered vehicles may soon go extinct.

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Electric vehicles in India: The real picture and what to expect by whenedit

The Financial Express  

By Dipayan Dutta

The buzzword for the Automotive Industry in 2018 is electrification in the country and on a global scale. In a myriad of contrasting voices the big question is when are these electric cars, buses and motorcycles really going to make it to the roads, and if so many have already been built, where in God’s name are they?

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Electric vehicles could save billions on energy storageedit

ET Energy World 

“By removing the need to build new stationary grid storage, EVs can provide a dual benefit of decarbonising transportation while lowering the capital costs for widespread renewables integration,” said Jeffery Greenblatt, co-author of the study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters

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Clarity required on infra for e-vehicles, says UNEPedit

The Asian Age 

At the same time, manufacturers of electric vehicles reportedly proposed an investment of Rs 10,000 crore in the state. Therefore, the UNEP has asked the government to chalk out a plan in which current public transport can be converted into electric vehicles to boost the policy. In a note to the government, UNEP representatives said, “We need better clarity on who will install the charging stations for the e-bus launch.

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All electric vehicles in India possible only in 2050: Toyota Kirloskaredit

The Indian Express 

“I think this is going to become a reality only by 2050. Second we (TKM) are well positioned to introduce all types of technology products whether electric, hybrid hydrogen and any other technology that may come up in the next five years,” the official said in a press conference.

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TS to launch e-mobility policy in Juneedit

Telangana Today  

By B Krishna Mohan

We will be flexible with the interventions. There will be a special decision making body that will guide the implementation of the policy,” he said. “There are several people who are willing to set up charging stations in the State,” said Ranjan adding that the Hyderabad Metro Rail is also working to pro-vide charging infrastructure along the stations. A fixed amount will be set aside from the Budget an annual basis for promoting electric vehicles.

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India’s electric vehicles market to be held back by lack of charging infra: BNEFedit

ET Energy World

Also, the sale of electric cars is expected to increase by 28 per cent as compared to 48 per cent growth in sales expected in e-buses by 2030. BNEF expects the transition to have major implications for electricity demand, the oil market and the sale of ICE cars. “EVs and e-buses will use 2,000 TWh in 2040, adding 6 per cent to global electricity demand. Meanwhile, the switch from ICE to electric vehicles is forecast to displace 7.3 million barrels a day of transport fuel,” BNEF said.

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I don’t have a track record of making false promises: Nitin Gadkariedit

Business Standard 

This government earlier made a plan for 100 per cent electric mobility by 2030 and then later junked it. How will domestic sector scale up? Any good idea and technology should be promoted. There will soon be rapid work in charging infrastructure. In electric cars, what you are saying China has already done and they are already going ahead in battery manufacturing.

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How The Government And Corporates Are Steering India Towards Being An EV Nationedit

Daily Hunt

National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020 The first step taken by the Indian government to bring electrically-powered vehicles into the mainstream was the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020. Launched in 2013, the plan aims to achieve national fuel security by promoting hybrid and electric vehicles in the country.

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How much will you save if you start driving an electric car?edit

Business Today  

By Danny D’Cruze 

Having said that, the total expenditure on the electric vehicle should also account the replacement cycle of the battery, which in this particular case is five years. The price of a new lithium ion battery, in the current situation, is slightly lesser than half of the price of the car itself. Unlike petrol cars, electric vehicles also require a substantial amount of time to charge.

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Government plans to make Telangana a hub for Electric Vehicle manufacturingedit

The New Indian Express 

In a bid to promote Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturing, the state government will assist private firms set up manufacturing units in Telangana by providing long-term lease of government lands at subsidised rates and a battery disposal infrastructure among others. These policy initiatives are in the last stages of consideration by the state government.

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Electric vehicles could save billions on energy storageedit

ET Auto 

Using electric vehicles (EVs) as mobile power storage could eliminate the need to build costly stationary grid storage for energy from renewable sources, a study has found. Using California as a case study, researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) in the US looked at the issue of large-scale deployment of renewables across the energy grid.

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EAPL launches e-rickshaw awareness campaignedit

ANI News

Currently, there are over two million e-rickshaws plying on Indian roads. The e-rickshaw market has seen a triple-digit growth in the last three and a half years from 40,000 units in 2012 to about two million units presently. According to a study by NITI Aayog and Rocky Mountain Institute, a switch to electric modes of transport will lead to 64 percent savings in energy.

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With Fuel Prices Skyrocketing, Govt Needs to Fast-track Electric Public Transportedit

News 18  

By Rounak Kumar Gunjan

“We are already working on producing electric buses. We are yet to announce a formal date for its launch but the work is in progress. Electric as a new-age alternative to traditional petrol and diesel has been well debated and reached productive conclusions,” a spokesperson for Tata Motors told News18.

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Six Electric cars to launch in India by 2020, How India’s Electric Car Ecosystem is set to grow!edit

The Financial Express 

As of now, India is the centre of our focus, we expect to hit 1 billion dollars in the next 8-10 years. Which means that we must explore every avenue that electrified vehicle running in the IOT (internet of things) provides. In that aspect India is yet to have an emerging market leader, our focus is to be that leader. That aside these factories will also serve as a base for Africa, Europe and the middle east as well.

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Is India’s Electric Vehicle Push for Real This Time?edit

Mercom India 

According to a report by TFE Consulting, “Less than 0.01 percent of cars that were bought by Indian consumers in 2017 were electric. However, the transition from conventional internal combustion engine-based vehicles to electric vehicles could be very quick.” The government has already formulated policies to support the necessary infrastructure. Recently, the Ministry of Power issued a clarification stating that no license is required to operate EV charging stations in India.

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E-buses to surge faster than EVs: Surveyedit

ET Auto 

The electrification of road transport will move into top gear in the second half of the 2020s. This is mainly due to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing, with sales of electric cars racing to 28 per cent, and electric buses to 84 per cent, in their respective global markets by 2030.

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Connected vehicles gear up for smooth cruisingedit

ET Auto 

The world’s leading automakers have significant investments in place for futuristic CV plans. Leading the pack, Tesla invested 17.7 per cent of its revenue in R&D during the year 2015, according to data published by Statista. Volkswagen and BMW invested 6.4 per cent and 6 per cent of their revenues, respectively. Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra & Mahindraand Nissan are incorporating telematics in their Indian vehicles.

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Automobile industry is the new IT for India’s engineersedit

The Times of India 

Engineers are quietly giving up on IT as a career choice. The once sought-after sector is losing a chunk to the brick and mortar automobile industry. Queries and CVs from engineers, a lot of them with IT experience, are on the rise for auto companies such as M& M, Ashok Leyland and Maruti NSE -0.89 %, according to a TOI report. The state underscores the predicament Indian IT is facing at present.

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Israel’s Chakratec develops innovative EV charging techedit

Autocar Professional 

Ilan Ben-David, CEO, Chakratec said: “Chakratec has developed an innovative EV charging technology that obviates the need for upgrading the power grid, enabling rapid deployment of fast EV charging systems. The company is currently conducting pilot projects with three global energy providers that see our technology as the solution for reduced EV charging times, and a facilitator for global market penetration by electric vehicles.” The company was established in 2013 by three entrepreneurs – Ilan Ben David, Nir Zohar and Dudi Pincu – who claim to have pivoted their careers for clean technology.

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Firm plans EV charging stations within 4 km driving distance in Bengaluruedit

The Financial Express 

As part of its plan for a smooth entry into electric two-wheeler segment, Hero MotoCorp and Flipkart-backed Ather Energy on Monday announced the launch of their charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs), AtherGrid, in Bengaluru. The company, known for its proposed electric scooter S340, has begun installations of the intelligent and connected charging stations across Bengaluru and nearly 30 charging points will be set up by the end of May

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Dealerships trash talk electric cars: studyedit

ET Auto 

They report that to an astonishing degree the dealers denigrated electric vehicles (EVs), misinformed customers on specifications such as range or charging requirements, and omitted EVs from their sales pitches. “In two-thirds of all shopping experiences, sales personnel strongly or solely oriented the customer to select a petrol or diesel vehicle, and actively dismissed EVs,” the study concluded.

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Capturing the imagination: The fully robotic caredit

Business World 

However, smart mobility’s ambition cannot be merely narrowed down to healing the wounds of the current situation. The need for such smart mobility solutions is amplified and continues to become more densely populated. Naturally fully autonomous and connected vehicles outfitted with myriad of sensors, play a major role. These cars will not only function by connecting to other cars, devices, people and infrastructure but also understand the complex environment and navigate through traffic signals, busy streets, locate vacant parking slots and even detect an approaching ambulance by pinpointing the location of siren that can otherwise, only be heard.

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Andhra Pradesh invests Rs 30,000 crore to boost Electric Vehicles: Sets new EV policy, offers incentivesedit

The Financial Express  

By Ronak Shah

Betting big on Electric Vehicles (EVs), the Government of Andhra Pradesh has rolled out a new action plan or a new policy that will promote the use of EVs in the state in a big way. Andhra government has set a target investment of Rs 30,000 crore for the next five years and says this will include financial incentives to electric cars makers, battery manufacturers, companies setting up charging stations and the end user. Andhra Pradesh is also the first state to set a target of 10 lakh electric vehicles on roads by 2023.

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Ola will have 10,000 EVs on Indian roads by 2019: How this will help last mile transitedit

The Financial Express  

By Dipayan Dutta 

Ola who has been one of the strongest advocates for electric vehicles in the country up until now have decided to add a staggering 10,000 new electric vehicles to their fleet over the next year. These 10,000 electric vehicles will primarily be electric three-wheelers that will be added across three primary urban locations in the country over the next few years.

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Centre promises subsidy, e-buses to roll out soonedit

ET Auto  

By Christin Mathew Philip 

Induction of electric buses into the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) fleet is set to be expedited with the Centre agreeing in-principle to offer subsidy. BMTC’s plan to procure 80 electric buses in the first phase was recently put on hold after the department of heavy industries (DHI) refused to provide subsidy to state road transport undertakings which induct electric buses on a lease basis.

 

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The EV vision shouldn’t run out of chargeedit

Mint 

The automotive industry is quietly but resolutely preparing for the electric vehicle (EV) revolution. No less than 22 original equipment manufacturers (OEM) for automobiles have registered themselves as EV manufacturers in the last three years and they plan to manufacture 77 EV variants. At the same time, we have seen a lot of debate about India’s EV vision. The dominant belief is that India will need both internal combustion and EV technologies to survive and coexist. There are many reasons for this belief to have taken shape; but this piece aims to focus on the issue of batteries.

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‘More than 50% of global software solutions for automotive design and development are done in India’edit

ET Auto

By Deepanshu Taumar

The most important trend today is how do we move from the combustion engine to electric vehicles to protect the environment. Electrification is the main thing and another is autonomous vehicles. But in electrification, the biggest challenge is to reduce the battery cost, which although has come down to 80 per cent in past six years. But the challenge is to reduce the cost further and companies are working on this. This is one of the areas, where a lot of work and research are happening.

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Electric vehicles don’t need a government push    edit

Livemint 

The Union government makes no bones about its intent to promote electric vehicles (EVs). However, it would do well to learn a few lessons from what happened to smartphones before making grand technology bets. A number of incentives for EVs are on the table. Last week, the Union minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari, announced that the government is considering exemption from permits, concessional toll, a rate of depreciation of 50% as against the prevailing 15% for conventional vehicles, lowering of the goods and services tax on batteries and a rule mandating taxi aggregators to have a certain percentage of EVs in their fleet.

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AI, Global Stocks Drive Growth In Electric, Autonomous Vehicles  edit

Investors Business Daily

Investors who think Tesla ( TSLA ) is the main driver of today’s electric-vehicle innovation might want to keep a close eye on up-and-coming EV technologies outside the U.S. — most notably in China.The easiest way to find those? Just look at the holdings of the three EV ETFs that launched this year. While the U.S. still makes up the largest portion of their holdings, countries like China, Germany and South Korea represent a significant and ever-growing slice of the business.

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NITI Aayog CEO says that govt is work on an EV policy and that there might be a global summit on EVs    edit

Firstpost

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant on 17 May said that the development agenda of 2022, ‘New India 2022’, will be prepared by June and given to Chief Ministers.”Development agenda of 2022 will be prepared by June and given to Chief Ministers. A number of other issues will also be discussed.

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Govt’s EV Vision 2030 faces big challenges, say experts    edit

CNBCNews.in 

Even as the government struggles to set up a clear road map for conversion of commercial and passenger vehicles to electric vehicles, issues such as lack of resources (lithium and cobalt), production facilities, proper charging infrastructure and higher battery prices pose serious challenges to its vision of 100% electrification of public transport and 40% of personal mobility by 2030.

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Andhra Pradesh invests Rs 30,000 crore to boost Electric Vehicles: Sets new EV policy, offers incentivesedit

Financial Express

By Ronak Shah

Andhra Pradesh is one of the first states in India to set a target of 10 lakh electric vehicles on roads by 2023. Toyota has already signed a MoU with Andhra Pradesh Government and is working towards the introduction of Prius PHEV and Small EV Commuter.

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Electric cycles are the future  edit

EQ International

The future of transportation will be electric vehicles, said experts who presented papers at a seminar on Technological Advances in Sustainable Transportation – Electrical Mobility and Use of Renewable Energy was organised by the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA) as part of the National Technology Day 2018 celebrations.But the switch from petroleum-based transportation to electrical must be linked in such a way that the energy used for electrical vehicular transport must be from renewable energy.

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Indian government may reward people for dumping petrol/diesel vehicles for electric carsedit

Business Insider

The scheme will be for citizens who stop using old petrol or diesel vehicles and will be followed by SOPs for manufacturing parts, such as motors, in the country. According to the Economic Times, the same SOPs will be available to individuals who give up their pre-BS III vehicles for electric cars. A certificate from an approved scrapping needs to be submitted to avail the offer.

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Home ministry plans to drive in electric vehicles, replace diesel    edit

ET EnergyWorld

By Nishtha Saluja

The Union ministry of home affairs(MHA) is planning to switch to electric vehicles and replace diesel-guzzling vehicles, including heavy trucks and buses, and encourage use of solar and wind energy instead of generators as power backups, senior government officials said.

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Green mobility to grow in Indiaedit

Electronics B2B

Continuous regulatory pressures to curtail the environmental ill-effects associated with internal combustion engines (ICEs), coupled with the availability of advanced technologies for electric power trains and storage systems (batteries, etc) have enhanced the demand for electric vehicles (EVs).

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Govt’s EV Vision 2030 faces big challenges, say experts    edit

Financial Express

By Vikas Srivastava 

Even as the government struggles to set up a clear road map for conversion of commercial and passenger vehicles to electric vehicles, issues such as lack of resources (lithium and cobalt), production facilities, proper charging infrastructure and higher battery prices pose serious challenges to its vision of 100% electrification of public transport and 40% of personal mobility by 2030.

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7 Trends That Are Influencing Enterprise Mobility Solutionsedit

Analytics Insight

By Sneha Rawat

The Internet of Things is a technology that has been around for years now, mostly in the form of smart sensors and automated devices. But this is one tech trend that is exerting a significant influence on enterprise apps these days and is making them smarter than ever. Businesses in various domains are using the IoT-powered mobile apps to control and managed smart devices as well as to automate operations.

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Govt pedals e-rickshaw for green cityedit

The Telegraph

By Dipak Mishra

An e-rickshaw plies on a Patna road. (Manoj Kumar) Patna: Only e-rickshaws will ply on some routes of the city instead of auto-rickshaws as part of an umbrella plan to curb air pollution. Divisional commissioner Anand Kishor on Tuesday said this while issuing a series of directions to officials towards improving air quality of the city

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Centre approves green license plates, but are green vehicles truly feasible in India?edit

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The government of India, on 10th May, approved green number plates for electric vehicles. While private electric vehicles will have white lettering with a green background, taxis will get yellow lettering. Meanwhile, the GST rates for electric batteries are set to reduce from 28% to 12%.

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Electric Vehicle Reality Check: Talk Versus Actionedit

ET Auto

By Shobha Mathur  

A rundown to the major milestones in the electric vehicle policy by the government and other stakeholders. And an analysis of how much of the talks has been translated into action.

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Centre proposes charging points for electric vehicles every 3 kmedit

The Economic Times 

The government proposes to set up charging stations for electric vehicles every three kilometres in cities with million-plus population and smart cities, and every 50 km on busy national highways. It is likely to offer fiscal incentives and facilitate land from municipal authorities for those interested in setting up the infrastructure, which is a key requirement for the proliferation of electric vehicles.

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Driving the electric-vehicle revolutionedit

The Hindu Business Line 

To make India an EV hub, the Centre has to shift gears in setting up the required infrastructureOver the past 12 months, the government has been steadfastly advocating a move to phase out petrol and diesel cars completely and transforming the country into an all-electric market by the year 2030.

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Electric cycles are the futureedit

The New India Express 

The future of transportation will be electric vehicles, said experts who presented papers at a seminar on Technological Advances in Sustainable Transportation – Electrical Mobility and Use of Renewable Energy was organised by the Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action (CISSA) as part of the National Technology Day 2018 celebrations.But the switch from petroleum-based transportation to electrical must be linked in such a way that the energy used for electrical vehicular transport must be from renewable energy.

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Haryana signs deal with UK firm for Smart Citiesedit

The Accommodation Times

The MoUs would facilitate investments in Haryana in diverse fields, including fintech, smart cities, emerging technologies, transfer of advanced technology and setting up of an IoT Innovation Centre in Gurugram. The MoU with UK India Global Business Limited (UKIGB) seeks to promote the development of smart technology infrastructure (STD), especially focused on aerospace and defense companies.

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Government wants to give you Rs. 2 lakhs for buying an electric car: Detailsedit

Car Toq

This scheme will also be offered to three wheelers, buses, trucks and ligh commercial vehicles. All in all, the Indian government hopes that such discount schemes/rebates on electric vehicles will see more buyers opting for such vehicles quickly. Moreover, the government is in the process of reducing GST on batteries for electric vehicles, and this is likely to make electric vehicles sold in India cheaper than before.

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Ensuring Lithium supply holds the key to India’s Electric Mobility planedit

ET Energy World

With multiple objectives of expanding green mobility and reducing fossil fuel import, a three-stage approach is taken by NITI Aayog to shape its dream into reality. Several bottlenecks surface during progress of converting India into 100 per cent Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) market by 2030

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Electric vehicles market in India set to see several new entrantsedit

IBEF

The influx of South East Asian companies is set to gather momentum. In April, the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) signed an agreement the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) to put in joint efforts for the EVs through the exchange of information and technology. Later this month, the two will be hosting a delegate of 11 Taiwanese companies which make parts and electric vehicles.

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Big boost to Electric Vehicles: Government pumps in Rs 9,381 crore to roll out FAME-IIedit

The Financial Express

To promote the use of Electric and hybrid vehicles in the company, The government will soon approve the proposed entainling financial support of Rs 9,381 crore in the second phase of the Faster Adoption Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME) scheme that is expected to span for five years. The new financial support will be valid for five years but will be restricted to new energy vehicles like hybrids and electric vehicles used for public transport, commercial purposes, and two-wheelers.

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Assessment and Estimation of the Smart Cities Missionedit

BW Smart Cities

By Arindam Paul

Companies like Uber, Waymo, Amazon, Tesla are already testing futuristic, IoT-driven technologies that have the potential to change the world, making life easier and more immediate. The innovative retail giant Amazon has been publicly testing drones for package delivery, even filing a patent for a drone hive to accommodate and optimize deliveries in urban areas.

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Cabinet may consider FAME-II scheme soon  edit

Deccan Herald

The Union Cabinet may soon consider for approval the proposal entailing financial support of Rs 9,381 crore in the second phase of the FAME India scheme spanning five years to boost adoption of energy-efficient vehicles in India, sources said.The Heavy Industry Ministry had circulated a draft Cabinet note, entailing the details of the proposed scheme among various related government departments, including power, new and renewable energy, road transport and highways, finance and others, a senior official said.

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Japan or Europe — whose plug will power?  edit

The Hindu Business Line

By Twesh Mishra

EV charging technology from the East and the West vie for the Indian socket India’s push to promote electric vehicles (EVs) has caught the fancy of European and Japanese automobile majors, which are now competing with each other to define a standard charging format for the sub-continent.

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How Tesla, BMW and Faraday Future developed electric vehicles with help of a software solution edit

The Economic Times 

By Deepanshu Taumar

Electric Vehicle manufacturers and global OEMs have many challenges in common. Competition has never been greater to converge new EV concepts, support early feasibility, engineer highest performance, and accelerate innovative vehicles to market, all while optimizing costs, quality, and customer experience.

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Foreign Automakers May Bag 20% of Centre’s e-car Contractedit

The Economic Times  

By Nishtha Saluja & Sarita Singh

Foreign automakers such as Nissan, Hyundai and Kia Motors could drive away with 20% of the government’s tender to procure 10,000 electric cars, as the procurement agency plans to set aside a share for upgraded sedans and luxury cars. Energy Efficiency Services (EESL), a joint venture of public sector companies under the power ministry, floated its second global tender for procuring 10,000 electric cars in April this year.

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Centre plans Rs 9k cr sops to push eco-friendly carsedit

The Times of India  

By Dipak Dash

As part of a Rs 9,400-crore package for electric and hybrid vehicles, the government may offer incentives of up to Rs 2.5 lakh to those scrapping old petrolor diesel-fired vehicles along with sops for investment to manufacture parts such as motors in the country. Buyers of electric two wheelers that cost up to Rs 1.5 lakh will receive incentives of around Rs 30,000, a draft policy formulated by the government has proposed.

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Electric Vehicles To Carry Green License Plates Soonedit

Over Drive 

Adding to this development, minister for road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari said that exemption from permits will be a game changer as the restricted permit regime is a major concern. E-rickshaw growth is attributable to the permit exemption and there is scope to extend the exemption to the e-buses, e-taxis, e-autos and e-bikes.

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Why electric is betteredit

Down to earth 

By Kartikay Goel

A comparative study between an internal combustion engine and an electric powertrain shows why electric vehicles are the futureI am an 18-year-old environmentalist, and have been committed to improving the air quality in my city, New Delhi over the past two years. In the future, I plan to be a be a mechanical engineer, who creates useful devices for the benefit of Earth and humankind.

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Madhya Pradesh Gets India’s 1st Smart Cities Control Centre: All You Need to Knowedit

The Better India

By Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

The ICCC is located at the Bhopal Smart City Development Corporation Ltd. (BSCDCL) facility in the Berkheda area. Developed by the Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), an American multinational IT giant, the ICCC is a cloud-based Universal Internet of Things (UIoT) platform, which will enable authorities to monitor the status of various civic utilities in real time, using GPS sensors.

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To curb pollution, Telanagana to move to e-vehicles    edit

The Indian Express

By Sreenivas Janyala 

In order to curb pollution, the Telangana government announced that it will soon introduce electric vehicles in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) in Hyderabad.

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Govt approves green licence plates for e-vehicles  edit

Business Standard  

To promote electric vehicles in India, the government has approved green licence plates bearing numbers in white fonts for private e-vehicles and yellow for taxis, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. The government also plans to allow youth in the age bracket of 16-18 years to drive electric

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Gujarat bites the Bullet for statewide Rail Planedit

Ahmedabad Mirror

By Lakshmi Ajay

Jaimin Shah MD & CEO of Dev IT and Chairman of NASSCOM Domestic Council said, “This is exciting news for the IT industry. The Indian Railway is giving a huge thrust to the IT industry especially in connecting systems with smart grid and Internet of Things (IoT). This is a good sign for Gujarat which is an industrious state, but my suggestion is that the plan should include IT component like IoT and smart grid.”

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Electric vehicles market in India set to see several new entrantsedit

Business Standard

By Shally Seth Mohile 

The electric vehicles (EV) market in India is set to see the entry of a flurry of new players of foreign origin and home-grown start-ups in the two- and three-wheeler segments, even as the established Indian automobile firms such as Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto and TVS Motor Company have chosen to adopt a calibrated and wait-and-watch approach before they jump onto the EV bandwagon. 

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PowerGrid promotes EV charging infraedit

Millennium Post 

Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (POWERGRID), a government of India Enterprise, involves in developing EV Charging infrastructures across India to facilitate E-mobility in Indian roads covering 2-Wheelers, Rickshaws/Autos, Taxis, Cars, Buses etc.POWERGRID has signed an agreement with L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) ltd in developing EV Charging infrastructure at its Metro Stations. This will help the metro commuters in availing Electric Vehicles as first and last mile connectivity.

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Delhi govt to rope in private players to run e-busesedit

The Times of India  

By Sidharatha Roy

To carry out its ambitious plan of creating a fleet of 1,000 electric buses, Delhi government is trying to rope in private players who would procure and operate these buses in lieu of the operating cost paid by the government. Delhi’s transport minister Kailash Gahlot told TOI that the government doesn’t want to outright buy electric buses primarily due to two reasons — the prohibitive cost of these buses and the ever changing technology of the electric vehicle sector, which might prove maintenance of buses a tough proposition.

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Here’s Why Electric Vehicles Are Going To Be A Reality In India Soonedit

India Times

While we all know that the future of mobility is all-electric, there are some changes that are taking place as we speak, that all but point towards an impending electric revolution.

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Confusion hinders hybrid and EV salesedit

Autocar Professional

Confusion over the differences between hybrid and electric vehicles could be inhibiting the growth of alternatively fuelled vehicle (AFV) sales, according to a new survey of motorists.

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Smart Cities: Connecting the Dotsedit

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By Khalid Wani

‘Smart Cities’ is a hot topic in India, with the Government launching the Smart Cities Mission in 2015 to develop 100 Indian cities into being citizen-friendly, sustainable, and technology driven. So far, there have been 90 winning proposals. On a global perspective, Copenhagen, Barcelona and Singapore are amongst the top cities that show up online as the world’s leading Smart Cities. What is ‘smart’ in ‘smart city’? What powers the smart initiatives by these cities, which ultimately aim to bring about a more connected life?

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Govt accords permission for bio-ethanol vehicles to two auto-makers  edit

United News of India 

Keen to promote electric vehicles fleet, as well as vehicles on alternative fuel like ethanol, Union Minister for Transport and Shipping Nitin Gadkari on Friday stressed the need to enhance ethanol output in a bid to move towards ethanol-based transportation. Gadkari said that his ministry has accorded permission to two auto manufacturers for making vehicles with 100 percent bio – ethanol made out of rice and wheat straw.

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E-vehicles will help curb pollution in Bengaluru, says IISc report    edit

Deccan Herald 

Increasing use of public transport and a shift to electric vehicles will help reduce pollution in the city by nearly 70%, says an IISc report. The report produced by a team of researchers led bu Ashish Verma, associate professor at Department of Civil Engineering, notes the link between pollution and depletion of vegetation from 68% in 1973 to 23% in 2012.

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Favourable taxation structure needed for EVs in India: Merc    edit

The Pioneer

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz can drive in a fully electric vehicle to India as early as next year depending on a favourable taxation structure for such vehicles in the country, a top company official said. Globally, the company is developing a range of electric vehicles and expects that by 2022, around 20-25 per cent of its total sales worldwide would come from electric vehicles (EVs).

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Two-wheelers is the story unravelling in electric vehicles now, says Sohinder Gill of Hero Electricedit

Financial Express

In a telephonic interview with FE’s Shweta Bhanot Mehrotra, Sohinder Gill, director- corporate affairs, Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), and also CEO, Hero Electric, talks about the lack of clarity on the government’s 2030 EV plan and the much awaited September meeting.

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Govt recommends green registration plates for electric vehiclesedit

Hindustan Times 

The Union road transport and highways ministry has recommended green registration plates for electric vehicles (EVs) so as to identify them for preferential treatment, such as special parking or discounted tolls. The ministry will soon issue a notification specifying the colour of the plates to be used by these vehicles, two senior government officials said on condition of anonymity. According to the ministry’s proposal, while the registration plates of private electric vehicles will have a green background with numbers and letters in white, those of commercial electric vehicles will have a green background with numbers and letters in yellow, the officials added.

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Charged Upedit

Business Today

As the Indian economy grew over the past two decades, the automotive sector has grown from a small, protected industry to be a growth driver for the country. While it is still overshadowed by the Chinese automotive industry in scale, India has made impressive progress. It is already the largest two-wheeler (carrying internal combustion engines) market globally and is among the top five markets for four-wheelers.

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India, Japan begin working towards zero emission vehiclesedit

The Hindu Business Line 

India and Japan have agreed to initiate discussions towards development of Electric Vehicles (EVs) by collaborating at a policy dialogue on next generation/Zero emission vehicles. This decision was taken at the 9th India Japan Energy Dialogue. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, R K Singh, and Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Hiroshige Seko also signed a Joint Statement after the meeting.

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Meet The Maharashtra Team Behind World’s First Self-Driving Electric Tractor!edit

The Better India 

It can encourage farmers to go electric by raising the slabs (up to a certain consumption level, the per unit cost is quite low at about Rs.4-Rs.6/unit) for the electric bill calculation.” The start-up has been expanding into various automation assignments such as Water Pump Automation, Home Automation and a few client-based projects on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Automation.

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Bigger e-cars may drive into govt departmentsedit

Business Standard 

The officials in government departments may soon get to ride bigger and luxurious electric sedans. Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), the firm that is purchasing another 10,000 electric cars through a tender, wants to source at least 2,000 big sedans. The second tender has been revised to accommodate this change and the deadline for the bid has been extended by a month to May 25.

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Let’s Make Our Students Employableedit

BW Education

The continued focus on primary and secondary education which is mostly dominated by classroom education is critical but the government should also stress on ‘employability’.

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Reforming & Rejuvenating Indian Higher Educationedit

BW Education

Reforming and rejuvenating the Indian Higher Education has been a matter of intense debate and deliberations among all stakeholders viz. policy makers, recruiters, faculty, academic leaders and private sector educational services providers.

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Should Indian Universities Offer Undergraduate Degrees In Artificial Intelligence?edit

Analytics India Magazine

Is it time for India to pioneer new curricula and new degree options for students interested in AI and machine learning? So far, several Indian institutions have partnered with IT bellwethers for setting up Centres of Excellence, forging industry partnerships for funding and even attracting industry experts for a faculty with expertise in new tech.

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Techies Now Need to Multi-skill!edit

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Continuous re-skilling is not an option anymore, but a necessity in today’s volatile job market. IT professionals need to invest in learning new skills 15-20 times in their career to achieve career growth.

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E-Skilling Tomorrow’s Entrepreneursedit

The Economic Times

Technology is redefining the way we work and the organizations that bridge the talent gap will enjoy a competitive edge over those who don’t. Top IT companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro, Cognizant amongst others have upskilled thousands of employees in the last year to build talent development and be agile trained.

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Organizations need to focus on upskilling and reskilling employeesedit

BW People

In Deloitte’s 2018 Global Human Capital Trends Report, 47 per cent of respondents stated that their organizations are deeply involved in automation projects, with 24 percent using AI and robotics to perform routine tasks, 16 percent to enhance human skills and 7 per cent to transform work structure suited to global standards. In fact, 61 per cent of companies have already started redesigning existing jobs and profiles around AI, according to the report.

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Research must become integral to education system: VPedit

Money Control

Asserting that the attitude of research must become integral to our education system, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said the quality of research in the country’s resource institutions determines the pace of nation’s development.

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Education in 4 years of Modi government: Implementation remains a key hurdleedit

Mint

The Narendra Modi government’s promise to boost education expenditure to 6% of GDP is still a distant dream and quality of education in schools, colleges a worry

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LIBERATE HIGHER EDUCATIONedit

The Pioneer

UGC’s grant of autonomy to chosen ones is a step in the right direction to liberate the higher education sector. It must be extended to other institutions who meet the criteria

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We Are Making Higher Education More Skill-Centricedit

Outlook India

UGC chairman D.P Singh tells Outlook why most youths aren’t job-ready, and what steps has the statutory body taken to improve the quality of higher education.

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Focus on automation, re-skilling hit headcount growth in IT sectoredit

Financial Express

According to annual reports of companies, TCS saw net additions declined to a five-year-low in FY18 to 8,000 versus 33,000 net additions in FY17 and 24,000 in FY14. Infosys Group made employee net additions of 3,743 in FY18, which was the lowest since 2015.

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Those with the right set of engineering skills will still be in demandedit

Careers 360 

IT industry used to be the largest recruiter of engineering graduates in the country. Definitely, the IT industry is not recruiting the same number of people as it used to. The industry used to recruit about four lakh people each year but last year it recruited about one lakh people. This had a huge impact on the students who were interested in engineering. If these students go for a four-year course and after that, they are not getting the jobs, they are going to be disappointed.

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Technology As Transformation Aid In Educationedit

Careers 360 

Unlike other countries with ageing population, India is one with young aspirations, with almost 29% of the population below the age of 14. To bring this ambitious and capable generation on par with the rest of the world and allow them to avail of similar opportunities, we need worldclass education facilities and systems. Technology can play a key role in ensuring that this big chunk of young Indians get their rightful place under the sun

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Overcome the barrier, scale up your careeredit

Careers 360

I n the present-day scenario, the engineering field is reigned by the quest for technological knowledge. Confined to the information provided by study materials, students fail to look at exactly how much success factor the scholarly expertise actually provides them with. Students often feel lost and are in a state of confusion when they graduate and come face to face with reality i.e., the industry.

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Incentivize Faculty To Work With Industryedit

Careers 360 

More and more number of colleges have come up but somehow, curriculum-wise, I think we aren’t up to the mark. In many areas you’d see only 25 percent of engineers are employable. So, employability is one thing that really hurts. It isn’t that everyone needs to be placed. Everyone needs to be placed in a place where their competence is acceptable. So, this isn’t happening in the nation right now. We need to fix this.

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Don’t just preach, make learning interactiveedit

Careers 360  

By Samiksha Jain

Every year, India produces around 1.5 million engineers. Out of these, as per the National Programming Skills report by Aspiring Minds, only 4.77 percent candidates can write the correct logic for a program which is just the minimum requirement for any programming job.

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Bringing transformational change in rural developmentedit

Careers 360 

By Samiksha Jain

A silent revolution is on in India’s hinterland with 1200 engineering graduates from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) taking up teaching in engineering colleges located in the remote areas. The initiative has been taken up under Technical Education Quality Improvement Project (TEQIP) III for improving the quality of engineering graduates at a cost of Rs. 2,300 crores and will be implemented in a three-year period till 2020.

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Engineering seats slashed by 15,000edit

The Times of India 

By Nirupa Vatyam

The total number of engineering seats in private engineering colleges was slashed by 15,000 for the academic year 2018-19. This was confirmed by JNTU-H registrar N Yadaiah. Only 82,000 B Tech seats will be available this academic year, against 97,961 seats last year. The verdict on 17 colleges with less than 25% admissions for the past five years, is yet to be out.

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Govt colleges to offer skill development coursesedit

Daily Post 

As part of its campaign to provide employment to every household, the state government will offer skill development courses in the state-run institutions and polytechnic colleges, Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said here on Wednesday. The new initiative will give a fillip to the government’s ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’ campaign and will offer courses lasting three to six months under the Punjab Skill Development Mission, Channi, the Technical Education and Industrial Training and Employment Generation minister said.

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Nearly 45,000 PINs sold for admissions in engineeringedit

DNA 

The Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) on Wednesday announced that nearly 45000 PINs for admissions in engineering courses has been sold for 67000 seats in the state. A total of 41184 students had registered for the admissions in engineering courses this year. As far as pharmacy is concerned, a total of 19348 PINs were sold till date as against 16810 registrations for only 5000 seats. With a dip in results for class 12 science stream, vacancy in engineering courses was expected.

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Skilling for the futureedit

Deccan Herald

Skilling and placement institutes are imparting relevant, employment worthy skills. As the current infrastructure of ITIs (Industrial Training Institutes), ITCs (Industrial Training Centres) and other government-aided institutes are not enough to train people for future job opportunities, private players with good credentials and proven track record are also being encouraged to enter the skill development sector.

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Need For Industry Ready Graduatesedit

Careers 360

The industry has been changing extremely rapidly, to say the least. Jobs, which existed a decade ago, have started disappearing and some have already vanished. The changing face of the industry and its competitive nature has thrown great challenges in terms of new jobs and job requirements. The industry has always been accused, for not wanting to spend time and money on training young graduates. The need for industry-ready engi

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Major Revamp Required In Higher Educationedit

Careers 360 

There are more than 700 universities and about 35,000 colleges in India offering a variety of programmes across all disciplines. The higher education system enrols over 20 million students, out of which 16 percent study engineering and technology. According to an AICTE report, there are 3,495 degree awarding engineering colleges in India with an annual student intake capacity of over 1.76 million and actual enrolment exceeding 1.2 million.

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Kerala: State-level council to frame policies for skill developmentedit

The New Indian Express 

The government has decided to set up a state-level council chaired by the Chief Minister to frame policies for skill development. The council will have eight ministers, including the Labour Minister, Chief Secretary and two industry representatives. The Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the recommendations by Kerala Academy of Skill Excellence for unifying skill development activities in the state.

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Institutions Should Empower Studentsedit

Careers 360 

India has become the hotbed for studying engineering. Even international students choose India as their educational destination in this field. Apart from the government-run institutions, a number of private colleges and universities have added to the total number of engineering graduates that India yields every year. Engineering had seen its best days (employment wise) in the early years of 2000. It was the time when the MNCs found India to be a fertile ground for a huge amount of work and consequently the IT fields of engineering grew academically.

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Engineering A Fresh Wave Of Changeedit

Careers 360 

Prof. Shankaranarayana Bhat, Associate Professor-Senior at Department of E&C Engineering and Coordinator Education Technology Cell at Manipal Institute of Technology is stating the obvious when he says that curriculum plays a vital role in developing quality graduates and equipping them with the necessary knowledge and skills needed for their career in the core domain. “However, there could be a gap in the designed curriculum and delivered curriculum, which may affect the quality of students and there fore the employability,” he says.

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A Holistic Perspective Is The Need Of The Hour To Take On All The Challenges That The Country’s Engineering Education Facesedit

Careers 360 

Well, there have been all kinds of media reports with regard to employability of graduates, seats remaining vacant, huge intake in the last decade and on. These are some of the many challenges and AICTE has taken stock of all of them. However, we have to look at these problems from a holistic perspective and deal with them asking ourselves questions such as what is the need of the hour for the country? What should be done further?

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ITI in every block of the country by the end of 2018edit

Curriculum 

The conference also witnessed the launch of new courses for ITIs for India’s youth, as an endeavour to promote emerging skill areas such Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, Robotic Process Automation, Internet of Things, Robotics, Big Data Analytics, 3D Printing, etc. which would be in high demand globally in coming days.

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Impact of technology on contemporary management educationedit

MID-DAY 

Technology is making sweeping changes in businesses globally, requiring managers with newer skills and strong understanding of technologies. to keep up the pace and match out footsteps with the emerging world, the Hon. Secretary Shri Shailesh Ji Dalmia Institute of management and research elated to associate with Virgina Tech of USA to offer new age courses to the youth of the – sub continent.

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Floundering Skill India story From Exploitation model to Empowermentedit

Curriculum 

Ironically, this sector gives job to only 1 % of workforce. The skills for employability and livelihood were unfortunately never aligned to social embedded ecosystem of India even as 56 % Indians are self employed and 52 % work in agriculture. There are 70 lakh SHG (self help groups) which are creating livelihood but lack skills and capacity. MSME providing 37% jobs were ignored by this skill policy

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Bhubaneswar Smart City office goes paperlessedit

ELETS Online 

The Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited has started an e-office for paperless working. From now, the movement of soft files monitored on the screen. The office was inaugurated by the chief executive officer (CEO) of BSCL R Vineel Krishna and it will be a green initiative to help conserve the natural ecosystem. (“Smart Mobility”)

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Path to global education through Research, Technology and Innovationedit

The Times of India 

Development in the field of bigdata, IOT and AR/VR are our prime focus. The facility also has an advanced ground station and tracking system in campus for satellites. I-lab is the hi-tech centre at Atharva campus to help in idea generation in a focused manner.

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Number of Indian students joining US engineering colleges declinesedit

The Times of India 

The number of students from India enrolled in graduate level programmes in computer science and engineering in the United States has declined by 21 per cent from 2016 to 2017, according to a study by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), based on data from the US Department of Homeland Security.

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India is in the middle of an engineering education crisisedit

The Times of India 

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi promotes his Make in India mission and the country hopes to reap a demographic dividend through its predominantly young population, quality of engineering education plays a spoilsport. India’s problem of substandard engineering education is now widely known. Except IITs and other prestigious technology institutes, most engineering colleges are unable to provide education to engineering student that would get them suitable jobs.

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Engineering: How a dream career choice has fallen out of favouredit

The Times of India 

Not long ago, engineering, along with medicine, was a student’s ticket to success in life. The standard question to children used to be: Will you become a doctor or engineer? Not any more. There is a glut of engineers in the country and most of them are not employable. Old problems of low-quality education and outdated curricula have become more pronounced with automation and emerging technology reshaping businesses.

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Engineering with problemsolving edgeedit

The Times of India 

I had been a faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the IIT-Dhanbad, Jharkhand, (Indian School of Mines) for nearly nine years before joining as head of the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Bennett University. Prior to IIT Dhanbad, I had also served at a US multinational company and worked as scientist at ICAR.

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Use engineering talent of cityedit

The Tribune 

Chandigarh is inhibited by hundreds of engineers, both serving and retired. This huge engineering talent is an asset, which is not being used. On the other hand, we are desperately looking for an engineering solution to the water and silt problem in the city. The Institution of Engineering, whose headquarter is situated in the city, too has remained a silent spectator to it. I suggest that the Chairman of the institute arrange a debate on the subject after giving it a wide publicity. The result of the debate will provide a solution to the problem.

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Internships, induction programmes for engineering students from next yearedit

The Hindu 

Campus placements have witnessed a dip in the last few years with many IT companies going slow on fresh hiring owing to various reasons including the shift to automation and their failure to find students industry-ready. Many companies found students lacking in hands-on-training and possessing requisite skills. Hence, the revised curriculum, which has shifted emphasis from theory to practical, making internship and induction programmes mandatory, holds hope for improving placements at engineering colleges, B. Sadashive Gowda, Principal, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru, observed.

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‘India today needs skilling at scale’edit

The Hindu 

By Sangeetha Kandavel

But today, it’s very different. What we are witnessing is an unprecedented confluence of multiple disruptive technologies such as automation, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, augmented reality and virtual reality, big data and analytics, cloud, and Blockchain. All this is collectively called digital. Our belief is we are not going to see long periods of stability like in earlier waves. This makes education and skilling, both within companies and in the academia, even more challenging

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Govt, IIT, Nasscom ink MoUedit

The Pioneer 

State Government’s Science & Technology Department’s Gujarat Centre of Excellence, NASSCOM and IIT-Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) signed an MoU to set up a Centre of Excellence for Internet of Things (IoT) at IIT-Gn at a function at Gandhinagar in presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. Speaking on the occasion Rupani said that such centers of excellence for internet of things are there in developed countries which would be available in Gujarat as well. This is one of the five such centres being set up by Government of India in the country.

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Equipping Students with Industry Ready Skillsedit

The Times of India 

The location of the college is an added advantage as it is fenced by an IT Park, World Trade Centre, and MIDC Sector. The college witnessed exceptional placements of students to various top notch companies including TCS, IBM, Infosys, Persistent, Piaggio, Manisha Construction etc. The college has an expansive infrastructure with numerous outdoor and indoor sports facilities.

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Engineering faculty face uncertaintyedit

The Hans India 

It was against this backdrop that Prof Krishna Kishore, a senior faculty working in the Nallamalla Reddy Engineering College, Ghatkesar Mandal lodged a complaint with the police that he was allegedly beaten up for seeking notice period dues, as he was identified as excess faculty and the management wanted him to resign from his position in the college, the source said.

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Creating Industry Ready Engineers Through Quality Educationedit

The Times of India 

“We believe that after investing 4 precious years of life and parents hard earned money upto 4-7 lakhs, all the engineering graduates should get good job opportunities.” said Shri Dnyaneshwarji Landge, chairman, Pimpri Chinchwad Education Trust (PCET), Pune

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CEO pay has outpaced profits in engineering sectoredit

MINT 

The remuneration levels in the engineering sector are reasonable. The median pay for both chief executive officers (CEOs) and executive directors (EDs) is aligned with that of S&P BSE 500. The industry has been thoughtful in setting CEO remuneration, which is reflected in a moderate multiple to median employee salary, and the relatively lower disparity between CEO and ED median pay.

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Benefits of autonomous, non-autonomous engg. colleges explainededit

The Hindu

What is the difference between autonomous and non-autonomous engineering colleges? This was one of the questions raised by a student at The Hindu EDGE Career Counselling 2018 at Jaganmohan Palace Auditorium in Mysuru on Sunday. The student wanted to know what difference it would make for a student to enrol in an autonomous engineering college.

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AICTE adds over 4,000 engineering seats in T.Nedit

The Hindu 

This academic year a total of 4,145 seats have been added to engineering programmes in the State, according to data provided by the All India Council for Technical Education. As many as 42 engineering institutes have been given approval to increase intake from 2,425 seats last year to 6,570 seats in UG courses this year, giving a fillip to engineering education. Overall, seats have been increased in 69 institutions, which include some diploma and post-graduate programmes.

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How to build top universities in Indiaedit

Financial Express 

India’s aspirations for building world-class universities is legitimate and understandable. However, we don’t have a favourable higher education ecosystem that enables building of such universities. There is a very strong and substantive desire at all echelons of government, academia and civil society to see the establishment and evolution of such universities.

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National skill development mission will train over 40 crore by 2022: Dharmendra Pradhanedit

Money Control 

National Skill Development Mission aims at training over 40 crore people in the country in a wide range of skills by 2022, Union Petroleum and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, the Mission is training people in different skills ranging from industrial welding, industrial electrician to computer data application course, he said at the second foundation day function of the Oil Ministrys Skill Development Institute (SDI) here.

 

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How can R and Python skills reduce unemployment in Engineering field?edit

People Matters

Data rightly called the new oil of the 21st-century global digital economy, is an extremely important currency with great intrinsic value. The digital revolution has forever changed the business landscape around the world and big data analytics has emerged as one of the most sought-after technologies that enable businesses to leverage data, hitherto largely unused, to aid business growth.

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Free skill development training to minoritiesedit

The Hans India 

Local MLA Arekapudi Gandhi on Thursday released a poster on Free Skill Development Training to minority unemployed men and women by Global Solutions Pvt Ltd under the Pradhan Mantri Koushal Kendra Scheme. The jobless persons will be provided employment as lab assisant/technician after the training. The minimum qualifications include minority status and 12th class pass.

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Education and Employabilityedit

The Pioneer

India is a country with contradictory approach in terms of education and employability. There is huge population of youth in the country but still there is a lack of skilled manpower and resultantly employment rate shows negative trends. It is a big question for the policy makers. So what and where is the problem?

 

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Engineering education to be challenging in coming yearsedit

Deccan Chronicle

Our syllabus doesn’t really match with the advanced technology and the requirements of the industry.Students need to choose a primary or basic course rather a specialized course. In India, we have more than 50 branches and in countries like US and Germany, we don’t have more than five or six branches. If the student wants to get into the petroleum industry he has to choose chemical engineering instead of petrochemical.

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Focus on learning study gapsedit

The Telegraph 

Large number of students do not pursue higher education after clearing Class XII exams and there is no authentic data to corroborate their whereabouts. Such gaps in education were put to light during a regional workshop on All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) in Ranchi on Wednesday.

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Need to reshape existing higher education framework, says Kakodkaredit

Times Of India

Stating that India has a whopping Rs4.2 lakh crore coaching class industry, senior scientist and academician Anil Kakodkar on Tuesday stressed on the need for reshaping the higher education framework to realise better outcomes.

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SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES FOR EACH INDUSTRY IN PUNJABedit

Pioneer

Punjab Government has decided to open new skill development centres in the state for each industry to train and make the state’s youth fully ‘skilled’.Announcing this inaugurating a mega job fair organized by Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU), the state Technical Education, Industrial Training, Employment Generation, and Science and Technology Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday said that Punjab government will open new skill development centres for each industry so that they could not face any kind of problem in getting employment and good packages in the state.

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UNDP to set up skill development centre in Hyderabadedit

Jagran Josh

By Sangeeta Krishanan

The UNDP has proposed to set up a skill development centre exclusively for the clients of Bharosa. The necessary arrangements for setting up of the centre are already underway and it would start in the next two-three months. The consultations with agencies that provide training are also underway. The training duration will vary on the basis of the kind of skill imparted.

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Maharashtra to merge vocational courses MCVC with ITIsedit

Money Life

By Raju Vernekar  Under the Prime Minister’s initiative, 500 million people are to be skilled by 2022. In line with the PM’s vision, the state government has prioritised skill development and set a vision of equipping 45 million persons with employable skills by the year 2022. To achieve this, the government has registered the “Maharashtra State Skill Development Society” under the Societies Registration Act 1860. It is set up under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary.Skill Development
Transforming Education through E-Learningedit

Digital Learning (Eelts online) 

The rising popularity and spread of online education augurs a transformation in our near future that is sure to render it categorically different from traditional learning, writes Dr Sarika Lidoria, Vice President, Enterprise Technology, ITM Group of Institutions, for Elets News Network (ENN).

 

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When Learning Will Be A Lifelong Necessityedit

Business World 

Yes, there have been a few that have taken advantage of the system and spoilt the path for change and innovation but it’s time to look past that and move the fault line and make tectonic changes and bold ones. The sign boards are changing from words like management, MBA and engineering to the internet of things, virtual reality, big data, analytics, robotics, cloud computing and many more that now define the careers of tomorrow.

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NITI Aayog to scale up scheme for student innovatorsedit

Live Mint  

By Gireesh Chandra Prasad

Our goal is to drive extensive forward and backward linkages within the stakeholders in India, to create a paradigm shift in the student mindset and prepare them to become young innovators and entrepreneurs,” said an official statement from NITI Ayog. The think tank on Thursday awarded 30 teams chosen from schools across the country for the top functional ideas received under the scheme in the areas of clean energy, water resources, waste management, healthcare, smart mobility and agri-tech.

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MeitY launches internship scheme for Tech studentsedit

The Hindu Business Line 

In an effort to enhance skills of the youngsters, the Ministry of Electronics and Information technology (MeitY) on Wednesday launched the ‘Digital India Internship Scheme’ which will offer ₹10,000 per month as stipend to interns.

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Engg seats down by 1.67 lakh, sharpest dip in five yearsedit

The Indian Express 

By Ritika Chopra

AT 14.9 lakh seats, the total engineering intake in the country has witnessed the sharpest fall in five years, according to data released by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) this week. The total number of B.Tech and M.Tech seats this year, across all AICTE-approved institutes, has dropped by 1.67 lakh, which is almost double the dip witnessed in 2017-18.

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Creating a stronger skill ecosystemedit

The Times of India 

The skill development issue in India is pertinent both at the demand and supply level. From the supply side, the issue is primarily related to employability of the workforce due to varying reasons ranging from poor education, lack of training facilities, inadequate skilling, and poor perception of vocational skilling vis-à-vis formal education, among others.

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71% of Institutes Approved by AICTE are Pharma, 2.6 Lakh Engineering Seats Scrappededit

News 18

With the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) green-flagging 392 new pharmacy institutes out of a total of 552 approved institutes, it seems India is finally acknowledging its ongoing engineering crisis by offering academic opportunities to young aspirants in other fields. For the academic year of 2018-19, AICTE has approved 290 pharmacy colleges certified to give diplomas to applicants along with 102 technical institutes aiding under-graduate and post-graduate degrees in medicine.

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India has second highest no of institutes in Times’ University rankings table 2018 edit

The Economic Times 

India remains the second most represented nation – after China – among the 42 countries across four continents in the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings 2018. Forty-two Indian institutions have made it to the 2018 table, a significant increase from 27 in the previous year. Times Higher Education ranking comprises more than 350 universities, expanded from 300 last year.

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Skilling for the automation eraedit

Mumbai Mirror

Smart professionals keep themselves updated with the required new skills, work on live projects (check out some of the freelance sites and figure out how to complete projects while practicing your newly-acquired skills) and earn star ratings, which keeps them in demand. A recently released whitepaper covered the next generation skills for the IT industry, which include expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, cloud computing, data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) to name a few.

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Need to recognize traditional skills for economic growth: Pradhanedit

SME Times

Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday emphasised on recognising the traditional skill for economic development of the country. Addressing the inaugural session, of the ‘Odisha Skill Conclave, Dharmendra Pradhan said that all traditional skills need to be formally recognized under Skill Development and proper training needs to be imparted in these work-of-art translating into the further economic growth.

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Engineering institutes to help PhD students become entrepreneursedit

Hindustan Times

By Prashant K Nanda

Doctoral students from India’s top tech and engineering schools will get help to convert their theses into startups. The move planned by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and to be executed by the IITDelhi will allow research scholars to become entrepreneurs. “It will be a platform to harness deep technology from blockchain to artificial intelligence via young companies. The aim is to convert thesis to startups,” V. Ramgopal Rao, director of IIT-Delhi said recently.

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Becoming the world’s skill capitaledit

Millennium Post

By Narendra Shyamsukha

India has made substantial economic strides in recent years. The growing economy needs a constant supply of skilled manpower. But our emphasis on degree rather than skill is a stumbling block in the way of economic growth. On the one hand, India has a large number of educated unemployed, and on the other, industry is desperately short of skilled professionals. The situation is made worse with a near exodus of youth from rural areas to towns and cities in search of employment. The employability gap gets wider every day.

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Modi’s Failures: The Skill Development Disasteredit

News Click

By Subodh Varma

With Rs.12,000 crore funding from the govt., Prime Minister Modi’s favourite skill development program has turned into a disaster. Called the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), it has trained 41.3 lakh persons in the past three years. Only 6.15 lakh of them have got jobs, according to a reply given by Dharmendra Pradhan, minister for skill development, in the Rajya Sabha on 28 March this year. That’s a placement rate of a measly 15%.

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Rethinking Workplace Design For Millennialsedit

Business World

A good internet connection is vital for these multitasking, tech-savvy folks. A modern office design with more number of mobile devices and LED’s will make the workplace more attractive. The basic office design can also include the modern augmented and virtual reality and Internet of Things (IoT) to add more cutting-edge technology in the premises.

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CM stresses on skill developmentedit

The Pioneer

Dehradun: Women need to be empowered for wholesome development of State and the country said the Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat while inaugurating a skill development fair organised by Apolo medi skills and training centre at Sahaspur here on Saturday.

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Telangana: “Internships” made compulsory for engineering students – Here’re the detailsedit

Siasat Daily

Now, students have to complete internships during their engineering courses. This new rule will be applicable from the academic year 2018-19. It can be considered as one of the biggest steps to improve the quality of engineering education in Telangana State. According to the report published in Telangana Today, students of engineering have to complete internships in the industry either after completing the second year or third year of the course.

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Skill development leads to Success: MLAedit

The Hans India

Local MLA Arikepudi Gandhi appreciated Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendras for developing skills in youngsters irrespective of their education qualification. MLA was speaking at the inauguration of Koushal Mela at Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra here on Sunday.

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Punjab set to get 5 skill development centresedit

The Times of India

Three other centres will be at Barnala, Sangrur and Patiala. In the first phase the two above said centres have been started. At these centres anyone above the age of 18 years, who has passed Class X, could get three-month skilled training free of cost in various vocations to either get jobs or for starting own business. At the Bathinda centre training will be provided for micro-irrigation technician, field technician, baking technician, hair stylist and welding technician

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Global Village 2.0: Need for skilled labourers riseedit

DNA

By DebjanI Ghosh

We have been saying it for a while, but just to reinforce, there are nine new emerging technologies at interplay — Social/Mobile, Cloud, Big Data Analytics, Internet of Things, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, VR, 3D printing and Cyber Security. Further, this array will result in 55 new job roles and the bulwark will be provided by 155 distinct skills

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City skills co under K’taka govt scanneredit

The Times of India

ICA Edu Skills, a city-based firm for skill development and placement, is under scanner of the Karnataka government for alleged misrepresentation of placement records. The firm was initially blacklisted by the department of skill development of the state government on January 18. Besides blacklisting, a penalty, too, was imposed. However, following the firm’s appeal against the order in the appellate authority, the order of blacklisting was stayed in April.

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Centre Drafts Bill for Single Higher Education Regulatoredit

The Economic Times

By Anubhuti.Vishnoi

Accessed by ET, the draft legislation for setting up a ‘Higher Education Evaluation and Regulation Authority, 2018’ (HEERA) or Higher Education Regulatory Council (HERC), says that once the new regulator is created, existing regulatory authorities such as the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the National Council for Technical Education (NCTE) will be scrapped.

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AI in Education Market Worth 3,683.5 Million USD by 2023edit

Cision

The AI technology is playing a crucial role in enhancing and improving teachers’ and students’ knowledge. Additionally, the increasing adoption of the AI technology for various applications in the education sector and growing need for multilingual translators integrated with the AI technology are expected to drive the growth of the AI in education market.

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Innovating learningedit

The Statesman 

Today, through our various interventions in education and skill development using technology, innovative digital content and training, we reach out to, and impact, over 10 million learners and half a million teachers every day, covering more than 30,000 schools and 300 skills training institutes.”

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Govt. of Haryana joins hands with Youth4work to help millions of students showcase their skills and get Jobsedit

India Education Dairy 

Government of Haryana, Higher Education department & Youth4work have entered into a collaboration to facilitate Skill Profiling of All higher Education students in Haryana with Youth4work & help them get Jobs and Internship Opportunities. Currently over 2 Lac students are passing each year gaining technical education in Haryana.

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Employment in the age of automation: Preparing labour with future-ready skills is essentialedit

The Times of India 

Automation and the growth of technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) are resulting in a better, safer and more efficient world. Investments in automation are pouring in. McKinsey estimates that tech giants worldwide spent anywhere between $20-30 billion on AI in 2016. Interestingly, one of the key drivers of these spends is the falling cost of capital. The unit cost of capital has dropped to less than 0.6 times the unit cost of labour.

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Delhi government organises career conclave for school studentsedit

The Times of India 

The Delhi government’s first Career Conclave was inaugurated on May 1. There was a visible push for skill development, with one full section of the conclave dedicated to skill development courses. The two-day conclave is a platform for students to interact with professionals and get their career-related questions answered. However, for most students, the sessions conducted by the armed services personnel were the most engaging

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Telangana engineering colleges wait for new AICTE syllabusedit

Deccan Chronicle 

Engineering colleges in Telangana were awaiting implementation of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) model curriculum. The council released the first year model curriculum in November 2017, giving universities and affiliated ones ample time to study it and get it passed in senates so that it could be adopted from the coming academic year.

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Push for skill development at Delhi govt’s career conclaveedit

The Times of India  

By Krittika Sharma

The Delhi government held its first “Career Conclave” on Tuesday. There was a visible push for skill development, with one full section dedicated to it. However, for most students, the sessions conducted by the armed services personnel were the most engaging. According to officials, the conclave — to be held over two days and inaugurated on Tuesday — is a platform for students to interact with professionals and get their career-related questions answered.

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Humans wanted: Re-skilling can enable getting jobs created by AIedit

Hindustan Times 

It’s extremely likely, then, that humans will continue to lead machines, and dominate jobs that require essential skills such as interpersonal relations, emotional range and complexity, dexterity, and mobility. Hence, reskilling is the key that will unlock the transformative power and potential of AI technology within an organization.

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April 2018 Skill Education to Lay Foundation of New Indiaedit

Digital Learning 

It touches upon various reasons and requirements for introducing an education system which shows bright light at the end of tunnel. A special characteristic of this issue is “Top Engineering College Ranking 2018”, meant to help aspiring students choose the right engineering institute. We have ranked institutes based on certain parameters through this perception-based ranking conducted on online voting and analysis of available data.

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AICTE-regulated engineering, technical colleges may soon conduct open-book exams, pending HRD ministry reviewedit

First Post 

The panel, formed in January, said the open book system was being proposed as the traditional pattern of examination often led to rote learning. These reforms are part of the systemic changes the apex regulator of technical education is undertaking, including curriculum changes it had undertaken recently.

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Indians look for engg jobs most on LinkedInedit

The Times of India 

Indians hanker for engineering job profiles, while the rest of Asia looks at consultancy roles. Data on professional networking site LinkedIn shows that mechanical and software engineering job roles were five of the top 10 most viewed job posts in India in 2017. In Singapore and Australia, management consultancy roles and business analyst roles were the top viewed job posts.

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2 new schemes approved by PM Modi for roll-out: Dharmendra Pradhanedit

The New Indian Express 

In today’s digital age, he said, such an event will definitely be useful for making Skilled in Odisha a brand. The Union Minister also opined that the way digitisation was evolving, in the next 25 years, at least half of the current jobs would get replaced by new ones and no one knows what will be the new tasks. It is time to brace up for the future.

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Nurturing engineersedit

The Statesman 

CL Educate Ltd has been empanelled as a service provider for improving employability skills of engineering students in Technical Education Quality Improvement Project-III institutions. Under the aegis of Teqip-III, the government of India and World Bank has signed a $201.50 million credit agreement to enhance the quality and equity of engineering education in several focus states of India.

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Indian solar power sector needs to focus on sustained fundingedit

ET Energyworld

The central government is now actively focusing on shrinking delays in acquiring permits for construction, simplifying taxation process, and increasing skill development infrastructure, to support solar growth, more focus on raising funds is needed and would certainly help.

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India won’t levy duty on solar gear importsedit

The Economic Times

The government has decided not to impose safeguards duty on solar equipment from China and Malaysia, overruling the directorate general of safeguards’ recommendation of a 70% levy that had delighted local manufacturers but alarmed developers who felt that the steep rise in input costs would make projects unviable.

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NTPC Tenders EPC Contracts for 102 MW of Solar Projects in Gujarat, Kerala & Uttar Pradeshedit

Mercom India

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has tendered a total of 102 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects to be developed across the country.

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Solar and wind dominate power generation capacity additionsedit

Green Tech Lead

Solar and wind industries dominate power generation capacity additions as projections for investment reach $2.20 trillion by 2021, a Frost & Sullivan report said. Frost & Sullivan, a leading research firm, said the decline in capital cost of solar and wind, increase in battery energy storage adoption, disruptive start-ups contributing to competition, and increases in mergers and acquisitions will drive growth opportunities.

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Move to connect solar, wind power stations to 11 kv gridsedit

Hans India

Andhra Pradesh government is formulating a strategy on decentralised power generation through solar and wind power with an aim to reduce transmission and distribution (T&D) loses.

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Bescom hopes to generate solar power to meet Bengaluru’s rising demandedit

Bangalore Mirror

No amount of energy is sufficient for a burgeoning city like Bengaluru that guzzles more than 50 per cent of generated power in Karnataka. From facing worst power crisis in the past, Bengaluru, of late, is currently buoyed by surplus power since the commissioning of world’s largest solar plant in Pavagada.

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India might have second largest power capacity in Asia this yearedit

Business Insider

India may dominate the world’s air pollution list, but it’s still home to states like Tamil Nadu that utilise more wind energy than Sweden and Denmark.

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Grid connected clean energy capacity reaches 70 GW in Apriledit

The Hindu Business Line

India added 269.64 MW of renewable energy capacity last month taking the total grid connected clean energy capacity to 70,053.81 MW as on April 30, a government report has said.

 

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Single system solar tech cuts clean energy costs in halfedit

Steel Guru

Phys.org reported that generating power from the sun isn’t the problem. The technology has been there for decades. Storing that power efficiently, however, has been a challenge. That’s why the Department of Energy has awarded USD 3 million to engineering researchers at The University of Texas at Austin to overcome the Achilles’ heel of the solar power story since Day One: how to store its energy.

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India Set to Overtake Japan, Will Have Asia’s 2nd Largest Power Capacity in 2018!edit

The Better India

As per recent studies, India is expected to surpass even USA — the world’s second largest producer — by 2020!

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Build green, build smartedit

The Hindu

Although sustainable real estate is still in a nascent stage in the country, India is one of the leading countries in green building development. In fact, India ranks only second after the U.S. in terms of the number of green technology projects and built-up area.

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HC stays Karnataka electricity commission’s retro charges on green power companiesedit

The Economic Times 

By Kaavya Chandrasekaran

Solar energy producers were so far exempted from paying transmission and wheeling charges, while other renewable energy developers paid 5% of the cost of their tariff. KERC’s order directed that all renewable energy producers should pay 25% of the same charges imposed on conventional power producers—solar developers from April 2017, wind developers from October 2013, and small hydro developers from January 2015.

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Dutch PM calls for deeper ties in clean energy, agri, health sectorsedit

The Hindu Business Line

The Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, on a two-day official visit to India, has called for deeper cooperation in areas of trade and investment, especially in clean energy, agriculture and food processing, cyber space, health care and smart cities. Rutte, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bilateral talks on Thursday, approved the signing of three government-to-government agreements which included the Framework Agreement of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) which made the Netherlands the sixty-fourth signatory member country.

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Decreasing growth in GE’s power units as solar and wind getting attractionedit

Devdis Course 

Solar power is one of humanity’s best hopes for decarbonizing the energy sector. Along with wind, the sun’s rays are the most readily available source of clean energy on the planet. Effect of change in the mind of people about the type of energy they are using can be estimated through the decreasing production and demand of old power sources.

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Powering smarter growth: Smart meters have the potential to improve billing efficiencyedit

The Financial Express 

By Saurabh Kumar 

Smart meters are the first step in the digitisation of energy, paving the way for India’s smart energy revolution. Powered by cutting-edge technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), and automation, ‘smart energy’ integrates energy consumption with renewable-energy production, relevant infrastructures, through energy services, active users, and enabling technologies.

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India sets eyes on global solar energy sector domination with soon to be launched projectsedit

PC Magazine  

By Jibu Elias

When it comes to energy consumption, India has a bad reputation globally, especially for its over-dependence on fossil fuels such as coal. Even its Asian rival China has put in significant efforts to move its manufacturing economy’s dependence on fossil fuels to clean and renewable energy. In a period of 10 years, China has launched numerous mega solar power projects making them the global leader in solar energy.

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Few energy technologies, sectors on track for climate goals-IEAedit

ET Energy World 

The IEA study said four of those solar photovoltaic (PV), lighting, data centres and networks and electric vehicles made “tremendous progress” last year. Solar PV experienced record deployment, light-emitting diodes (LEDs) became the dominant source of lighting in homes around the world and electric vehicle sales jumped 54 percent.

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Energy infrastructureedit

Daily Post

Weighing competitive advantages of one policy versus another to create an overall framework that is consistent will help expedite renewable energy creation. The fact that facilitating renewable energy expansion is critical not just from a financial perspective but also a national energy security perspective should inform such policies.

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Challenges to Indian energy infrastructureedit

The Hans India 

The fact that facilitating renewable energy expansion is critical not just from a financial perspective but also a national energy security perspective should inform such policies. Interest rate policies also have a bearing on the renewable energy sector, and the sector needs to be cognizant of the impact that higher interest rates may have on debt funding for both current and future projects.

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Cabinet approves MoU between India, France in renewable energyedit

ANI News 

The Union cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and France in the field of renewable energy. The MoU was signed on March 10, during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to India.

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Rise in energy consumption could mean more jobs?edit

Hindustan Times 

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has taken several steps to fructify the dream of a clean energy future for the ‘New India’. The largest renewable capacity expansion programme in the world is being taken up by India. The government is aiming to increase share of clean energy through massive thrust in renewables.

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Renewing The Earthedit

The Economic Times 

Energy, the core ingredient required to turn the wheels of the global economy, nations, corporations and, indeed, individuals, is undergoing a transformational shift. Policies and Regulations are being created worldwide to propel the adoption of renewable power sources particularly solar and wind.

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It’s all about money, sunnyedit

The Hindu Business Line  

By M Ramesh

Fresh data, just off the oven, is smelling good. As much as 9,010 MW of new, ground-mounted solar power plants came into being on Indian soil in 2017-18, a record, and a shade higher than the target of 9,000 MW. Never mind the listlessness in the rooftop sub-segment (353 MW achieved against the target of 1,000 MW) — in solar, the bigger the plant, the cheaper the power from it.

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Is it ever possible to get 100% of our energy from renewable sources?edit

DNA 

Is there enough space for all the wind turbines and solar panels to provide all our energy needs? What happens when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow? Won’t renewables destabilise the grid and cause blackouts?

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Indian Government to Soon Provide Solar-Powered Internet Access to 250,000 Villagesedit

Mercom India 

Soon, 250,000 villages across India will have solar-powered internet under the Common Service Centres (CSCs) program. This initiative by the government is aimed at providing banking, pension, digital literacy, and tele-medicine services to rural and remote villages. “CSCs are working in 1.8 lakh gram panchayats and very soon it will reach 2.5 lakh gram panchayats by end of the year,” news agency PTI quoted Information and Technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad as saying.

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Five of the world’s top 10 solar parks are coming up in India, says reportedit

The Hindu Business Line  

By M Ramesh

When it comes to operating solar plants, India has two of the world’s top ten, says a report on emerging solar trends produced by the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), a research body backed by a bunch of philanthropic organisations including the Rockfeller Brothers Fund and the Rockfeller Family Fund.

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China stock regulator vows more environment focus, green financeedit

ET Energy World 

The Economic Information Daily, a newspaper run by state news agency Xinhua, reported on Monday that the Ministry of Ecology and Environment was looking into the possibility of developing cross-regional emissions quota trading. China is also planning to launch a mandatory renewable power trading platform that will force regions to source a certain amount of electricity from green sources and buy certificates to make up any shortfall.

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Blockchain in the power sectoredit

Mint 

Blockchain can help meet various utility industry requirements. It can act as a foundation stone with the potential to disrupt the existing industry ecosystem. With transactional security and reliability as its core capability, it can help create immutable records, strengthening systems like bill payment, solar renewable energy certificates, e-charging infrastructure and more. It can also help if a customer opts to switch utilities.

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Storage’s the next big thing in energyedit

DNA 

Think the plummeting costs of solar and wind are transforming the energy landscape? Then you should be betting on ways to warehouse that power. To understand why, consider: Unlike almost all their rivals in the energy-generation space, solar panels and wind turbines are mass-produced goods.

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India’s soft power in climate changeedit

Business Standard 

The biggest push has been in renewable energy. When the National Solar Mission began in 2010 (targeting 22,000 megawatts (Mw) by 2022), total installed capacity was 17.8 Mw. The renewables goal was revised in 2015 to 175,000 Mw (capacity had crossed 69,000 Mw by March 2018). Whereas many European countries pushed renewables through consumer subsidies, India adopted reverse auctions and competitive bidding for solar (and, more recently, wind), with tariffs now among the lowest in the world.

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Comment | Hybrid wind-solar policy Tackling state electricity boards issue will be key to successedit

Money Control  

By Shishir Asthana 

The much-awaited wind-solar hybrid policy has been announced by the government. The industry had been asking for a hybrid policy that would help earn a better return on their capital, and its prayers have finally been answered. To boost renewable power generation, the policy aims to promote new projects as well as make some of the existing one’s hybrid. Under the policy, solar farm and wind farms will be connected to a common grid, thus efficiently utilising the transmission infrastructure and the land bank.

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NTPC puts off solar projects auction amid concerns on evacuationedit

Business Standard 

State-run power giant NTPC has deferred auction of 2,000 MW solar capacities to the first week of June as developers have sought resolution of inter-state connectivity issue before going ahead with the sale, sources said. Besides, the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is likely to extend the bid submission for 2,000 MW solar capacities scheduled for the first week of June, industry sources said.

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Geopolitics of Renewablesedit

Business Today 

The potential role of conventional energy resources in sparking conflicts among countries has been proven, historically, over time. However, when renewables came to the fore in the global energy space, it was argued that conventional geopolitics around conventional energy resources might die its natural death as the control of resources the primary cause of conflicts was virtually absent in renewables.

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Transition to green economy will create more jobsedit

The Hindu 

By Sara Vernekar

More than three lakh workers will be employed in the solar and wind energy sectors to meet the country’s target of generating 175 gigawatts of electricity from renewable sources by 2022, an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report said.

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Union govt unveils National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policyedit

The Financial Express 

In Yet Another effort to boost clean energy generation, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) unveiled last Monday the National Wind-Solar Hybrid Policy that seeks to promote new projects as well as hybridisation of the existing ones. The MNRE is also in the process of launching a scheme under this policy for new hybrid projects which are 10-15% cheaper than 100% solar or wind projects, an official said.

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Solar and Wind Dominate Power Generation Capacity Additions as Projections for Investment reach $2.20 Trillion by 2021edit

PR Newswire

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis Global Power Industry Outlook, 2018 reveals that a combination of factors led by renewables is set to transform the current power landscape. Increased battery energy storage capabilities, surges in merger and acquisition activities, and the advent of disruptive energy start-ups are contributing to tremendous growth and transformation in the sector. In early 2017, global solar photovoltaics (PV) capacity surpassed nuclear capacity, driven by high investment levels.

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Renewable Energy Systems.edit

Ncairways

The activities cover all major renewable energy sources, such as solar thermal and solar photovoltaic systems, wind, small hydropower energy recovery systems, biogas, biomass from wastes, and other emerging technologies like geothermal energy. Several renewable energy systems and devices are commercially available. Several technologies have been developed and deployed in villages and cities during the last 30 years or so. Solar, hydel, and geothermal are the most attractive propositions.

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India’s Top 10 Solar States in Chartsedit

Mercom India

By Ankita Rajeshwari

As India rushes to meet the installation goal set by the government of 100 GW by 2022, now is a good time to check the progress of solar among states. Southern states are well ahead in installations as of the end of Q1 2018, surpassing states like Rajasthan and Gujarat which are rich in sunshine. Karnataka has built up a good lead and is likely to stay on at the top for some time while other states jockey to climb up the list as the year progresses.

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The Northeast gets its first solar powered railway stationedit

Indian Express

After almost a year of being fully functional, the solar power project of the Guwahati railway station is being considered as a worthy lesson in environmental consciousness. The project, which was launched in April 2017, meets the power needs of the entire station located in the heart of the city, considered to be the gateway into Northeast India. “A few months back we installed LED lights in the entire station which reduced power consumption by 100 kWh,” says Pranav Jyoti Sharma of by the Northeast Frontier Railways (NFR). This was a part of the larger green initiative by the NFR to replace power consuming lights with more energy-efficient LED lights.

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Indian Scientists Working on Efficient Alternative to Wood, Coal, LPG – and Even Solaredit
BW Disrupt

By Diptarghya Kundu

What would you do if you knew that each time you use conventional fuels for cooking or room heating the gas emitted can cause hypoxia or even death? Then there’s scientific proof of the global warming fuel emissions cause. Are there any alternatives? Sure, you can go for solar or even hydro energy. But are you willing to pay the huge installation costs incurred?

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Water treatment plant in Bhandup gets solar power unit, 2 years onedit

Indian Express

By Dipti Singh 

TWO YEARS after being approved by the civic standing committee, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finally completed the work of installing a solar power unit at Asia’s largest water treatment plant in Bhandup. While the civic body has a target of setting up a solar power plant of 20 mega watt (MW) in two phases, the current set up will generate around 2.5 MW. The first phase, which has been concluded, included the construction of a plant 2.5 MW capacity on an area of 26,000 square metres on a pilot basis.

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India soon to have guidelines to save birds from wind energy farmsedit

Monga Bay

By Mayank Aggarwal

Alarmed by the threats from wind energy farms to birds, including migratory birds and raptors, a panel of forest experts of India’s environment ministry has now suggested a series of measures to be adopted by all the wind power companies in India for ensuring the protection of birds.

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Solar firms seek wider time frame to execute projectsedit

Free Press Journal

Grappling with land acquisition and other regulatory issues, Solar Power Developers Association (SPDA) has demanded that the time frame for implementing solar projects be increased by nine months. SPDA Director General Shekhar Dutt highlighted the issue in a letter to the ministry of renewable energy.

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Renewable Energy: New rules to stop ‘squatting’ on grid connectivity baysedit

The Indian Express

“This a significant reform to weed out non-serious applicants of grid connectivity,” said Ravinder, former Chairperson of CEA and renewable energy consultant (he uses only his first name). “The new procedure has institutional coordination mechanism between the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and PGCIL for developing transmission for renewable energy sources,” he added.

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Maharashtra auction for 1000 MW solaredit

Steel Guru

The Maharashtra government appeared to be fifth time lucky with its solar auction of 1000 MW held on May 14. While earlier auctions called by the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd for the same 1000MW, starting from December last year, were repeatedly undersubscribed and thereafter re-tendered, this time it received bids from eight developers amounting to a total of 1450 MW.

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Investors fear weakening rupee may affect solar tariffs: Studyedit

Money Control

The ministry of new and renewable energy awarded about 10,500 MW of capacity in FY18, when the rupee hovered around Rs 64-65 per dollar. The rupee has now depreciated to Rs 67-68. Ind-Ra noted the recent round of auctions conducted by NTPC for 750 MW of solar power has witnessed winning tariffs of Rs 2.72-2.73 per unit.

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India’s energy mix will be substantially complemented by renewable energy: Pradhanedit

Money Control

He said India was a leading player in the renewable energy movement and has positioned itself in this arena in a short span of time. “We are going to generate around 175 Gigawatt of renewable energy on solar, wind, bio-CNG, bio-fuel to small hydro projects ie all the verticals and in the near future, India’s energy mix will be substantially complemented by renewable energy,” he told PTI

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India may miss solar, wind energy targets by 2022: Surveyedit

Money Control The Times of India

India may not achieve its renewable energy target of having 100 GW of solar energy and 60 GW of wind power by 2022, as per a survey conducted by a consulting firm Bridge to India. India is expected to add total 66 GW of solar energy and 52 GW of wind power by March 2022 — which is 66 percent of 100 GW of solar and 87 percent of 60 GW wind targets set by the government, as per the 3rd edition of RE CEO Survey by Bridge To India said in a statement.

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India keeps increasing renewable power capacityedit

The New Indian Express

Renewable energy capacity additions continue to gain momentum in India and accounted for 20.32 percent of India’s capacity mix at the end of financial year 2017-18. The solar segment accounts for the largest amount of capacity added during this period. Here’s a closer look.

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Cloudy Days For Solar Projectsedit

Deccan Chronicle The Asian Age

Investors are cautious in bidding for solar power projects, fearing that depreciation in rupee, if unhedged, may reduce their returns and in turn increase tariffs. India imports about 90% of its solar module requirements, which accounts for nearly 60% of the project cost.

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300,000 workers to be employed in solar, wind energy sectors in India by 2022: ILO Reportedit

BW People

Over 300,000 workers will be employed in the solar and wind energy sectors in India to meet the country’s target of generating 175 gigawatts of electricity from renewable sources by 2022, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has estimated in a report. The ILO said in its annual flagship report on the state of the global job market that action to combat climate change could create millions of new job opportunities and “more than” offset losses in traditional industries.

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Solar developers seek wider time frame to execute projectsedit

Business Standard

As per the letter, developers have been unable to meet the existing deadline for implementing solar projects as they face delay in land acquisition and regulatory approvals in land acquisition/mutation. Besides, there are delays in supply of equipment mainly electrical systems and in construction of transmission lines due to ‘Right of Way’ issues.

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Over 3 lakh workers to be employed in solar, wind energy sectors in Indiaedit

The Times of India

The UN labour agency said that 24 million new posts “will be created globally by 2030”, but added that “the right policies to promote a greener economy” must also be in place for this to happen, along with better social safety nets for workers. The report ‘World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with jobs’ said India has set itself the goal of generating 175 gigawatts of electricity from renewable sources by 2022, which corresponds to around half of its total electricity production.

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Minister stresses on solar power generationedit

The Hindu

The meet decided to monitor the progress of the work under the guidance of Deputy Chief Engineers concerned. An official release issued here said that maintenance work should be carried out in places, where its required, before the monsoon. Mr. Mani urged officials to purchase equipment, whatever necessary, as part of the pre-monsoon maintenance work at various places.

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India 3rd largest solar market in world behind China and US, says Mercom reportedit

The Financial Express

As of 2017-end, large-scale project development accounted for 92 per cent of the all-time cumulative solar installations in India with 19.6 GW, and 2017 alone made up 90 per cent of such installations with 8.6 GW. Of the total 1.6 GW cumulative solar rooftop installations in India by 2017, 995 MW was installed last year. Mercom Communications India is an arm of global clean energy consulting firm Mercom Capital Group.

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Focus on renewables can create 1.5 million jobs in India: ILO reportedit

Business Today

By Sonal Khetarpal  

Measures taken in the production and use of energy, for example, will lead to job losses of around 2,59,000, but it will also create around 3 million jobs. The net increase of approximately 2.8 million jobs will be the result of the adoption of sustainable practices, including changes in the energy mix, the projected growth in the use of electric vehicles and increases in energy efficiency in existing and future buildings.

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Hybrid wind-solar policy is a positive development; to further augment RE capacity in long runedit

India Info Line

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) of the Government of India has issued the national wind solar hybrid policy on May 14, 2018. The key objective of this policy is to provide a framework for promotion of large grid connected wind-solar PV hybrid system for optimal and efficient utilization of transmission infrastructure and land, reducing the variability in renewable power generation and achieving better grid stability.

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Solar power for water projectedit

The Telegraph 

Sunil Patnaik

The Public Health Engineering Organisation (Pheo) has launched a project that uses solar energy to allow households get uninterrupted water supply from 5am to 7pm on a pilot basis.Water is lifted from deep bore wells by solar-powered motor pumps and stored in tanks of 5,000-litre capacity. The pump starts automatically once the tank is empty, department sources said.

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Gujarat government to bring policy for solar power generation in farmsedit

Nyoooz

The Gujarat government is preparing to launch a new solar power policy with special focus on farmers where they can give their lease land for installating solar panels and take crops. The farmers will get rentals for the land and also a share in profit as return.

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Green stations: Central, Western Railways save up to Rs 30 crore a yearedit

The Indian Express

In a green station, each electrical item —including lights, fans and ticketing machines — run on wind or solar energy. On CR, Asangaon and Mankhurd stations have turned to “complete green stations”. According to the railways, the experiment has helped reduce the electricity bill by at least twice, compared to using conventional energy.

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Government announces national wind-solar hybrid policyedit

The Economic Times India Today

The policy provides for a comprehensive framework to promote large grid-connected wind-solar photovoltaic (PV) hybrid system for optional and efficient utilisation of transmission infrastructure and land, thereby reducing the variability in renewable power generation and achieving better grid stability, the ministry of new and renewable energy said in a release.

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Deal inked for wind power generation: Biswajitedit

The Sangai Express

In view of the shortage of power in the State, the State Government has signed an agreement with a company for wind power generation, stated Power Minister Th Biswajit. Speaking at the inaugural function of a newly constructed building of Youth Rising Star Club at Kwakeithel Heinoukhong-nembi, Thokchom Leikai today, Biswajit said that the Government has been encountering several difficulties in its efforts to supply power 24 hours a day.

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Creating jobs for women in the renewable energy sectoredit

The Hindu

India can increase its GDP by up to 60% by 2025 by enabling more women to participate in its workforce, a 2015 study by the McKinsey Global Institute had stated. However, social and cultural constraints can prevent this from becoming a reality. Many women who work outside home still have primary household and parenting responsibilities that need to be balanced with their work life.

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Bid submission date for 5,000 MW solar projects likely to be extendededit

The Financial Express

By Vikas Srivastava

Under ISTS, a developer has to provide connection from the plant to the substation and the nearest CTU. Developers think there is already a lot of load on the CTU from the existing plants – both thermal and renewable – and it would be difficult to get 25-year-long term open access from it. So, it would be suitable if the government takes the responsibility of the CTU connection, the people quoted above said.

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Farmers now can sell solar power to Gridedit

The Hans India 

Power distribution companies (discoms) have been suggested to borrow the money from Power Finance Corporation, Rural Electricity Corporation, Indian Renewable Development Agency, NABARD, World Bank, Andhra Bank and SBI and implement the scheme. The government also reportedly suggested that a single tender comprising EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) would help in fast grounding of the scheme. New and Renewable

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Defer Auction, say Solar Firms edit

The Economic Times  

By Kaavya Chandrashekar

Solar project developers have urged the ministry of new and renewable energy to postpone auctions, which NTPC and the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) have scheduled for the next few weeks, until transmission issues are sorted out.

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Central aid may not be sufficient to power biogas plants edit

The Hindu 

Narasimhan, a renewable energy consultant, feels that the level of assistance for non-bagasse based plants needs to be increased to Rs 80 lakh per MW, as the scheme also covers expansion projects too. The increase may make many existing plants, now lying dormant, become viable.

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We’re doing well on green energyedit

The Asian Age 

Yes, it is. But the fact is that we are beginning to move the needle on it. There are two ways. One is offshore financing. There is a very large green bond developing in the world. That is the money which is being raised to be invested in green energy. The money that is abroad can be invested in our renewable projects. This money can be invested in our energy efficient projects.

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NTPC auction yields solar tariff of Rs 2.73/unit, good responseedit

Business Standard 

Auctions conducted here for solar power projects of 750 MW at Ananthapuram Solar Park in Andhra Pradesh have resulted in tariffs as low as Rs 2.72-73 per unit, state run generator NTPC said on Thursday. Auctions in May last year yielded a record low solar tariff of Rs 2.44 per unit. NTPC sources said the auctions were not for the company but had been conducted by it as part of the Solar Mission programme being implemented by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

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Indias clean energy capacity touches 70 GW: MNREedit

India Today 

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy today said India’s installed clean energy capacity has already touched 70 GW and 38 GW is under implementation as per the data compiled till March 31. The 70 GW installed renewable energy capacity in the country is double of the capacity four year back, a Ministry of New and Renewable Energy statement said.

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Despite the surge in renewables, emission levels almost unchangededit

The Hindu Business Line 

By M Ramesh 

“While significant progress has been made in deploying renewables, particularly wind and solar, the deployment of low carbon-energy has not kept up with energy demand growth,” says Lee. The rise in energy-related emissions only shows that the increase in renewable energy capacity additions is not good enough. Clean energy met 10 per cent of global energy demand in 2015

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No GST concession for solar contractorsedit

The Economic Times

By Kaavya Chandrasekaran

Though solar panels and related equipment attract goods and services tax (GST) at a concessional rate of only 5%, solar developers who employ contractors to supply the panels and set up their projects are getting a ‘service’ performed for them, and hence should pay 18% GST, the rate applicable for services, the Maharashtra Authority for Advance Ruling (MAAR) has ruled.

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India Relies Most On Solar For Generating Electricity: IEEFAedit

The New Indian Express

In April, Japan’s SoftBank and China’s GCL System Integration Technology Co announced a $930m 60-40 joint venture to build a major solar module manufacturing plant, with two phases each of 2 GW of annual production capacity, it said, adding that SoftBank brings the capital and GCL brings the world’s latest solar technology and management expertise

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Rethinking wind energyedit

The Hindu

By Mohit M Rao

As the country tries to achieve an ambitious renewable energy target of 175 GW, windmills have popped up in at least 65 sq km of forested area, with permissions for another 30 or so sq km still pending. This isn’t surprising given that India’s potential wind power map envelops the Western Ghats (from Kerala to Gujarat) and even large parts of the Eastern Ghats.

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Indias clean energy capacity touches 70 GW: MNREedit

Business Today

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy today said Indias installed clean energy capacity has already touched 70 GW and 38 GW is under implementation as per the data compiled till March 31.The 70 GW installed renewable energy capacity in the country is double of the capacity four year back, a Ministry of New and Renewable Energy statement said.

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Jobs In Renewable Energy Surpass 10 Million Mark Globallyedit
Business World 

By Rajguru Tandon

Renewable energy industry created more than 500,000 new jobs globally in 2017, a 5.3 percent increase from 2016.China, Brazil, the United States, India, Germany and Japan remain the world’s largest renewable energy employers, representing more than 70 percent of all industry jobs globally. Sixty percent of all renewable energy jobs are in Asia.

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India making quick progression in the field of renewable energy: R K Singhedit

Economic Times

By Nishtha Saluja

In the run up to India’s target of achieving 175 GW of renewable energy capacity addition, the government said that the country has already achieved 70 GW project capacity while an additional 38 GW is under implementation, as per data available till March 31st, 2018. RK Singh, minister of power and new and renewable energy, said that India is making quick progression in the field of renewable energy and the government is committed to achieving the said target by 2022.

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Healthy, clean India at core of govt’s long-terms goals: R K Singhedit

SME Times

It has been successful in obtaining the commitment for receiving approximately 200 metric tonnes per day of agro residue based fuel at NTPC Dadri. It will generate approximately 150 MU of renewable electricity annually. NTPC is actively working to find out the solution for Agro residue and Municipal Solid Waste to Power the workshop is deliberating issues amongst policy makers, pellets manufacturers, regulators, financiers and power professionals, waste to energy experts and companies in the field of waste to energy.

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Renewable power sector employs over one crore people globally; Solar leads the clean energy driveedit

The Economic Times

By Vishwa Mohan

With the countries across the globe gradually moving towards clean energy in sync with their goals under the Paris Agreement on climate change, jobs in the renewable energy sector globally crossed 10 million mark in 2017. All the countries together had created over half-a-million new jobs in the sector last year, a 5.3% increase from 2016.

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Solar power plant EPC to attract 18% GST: AARedit

Financial Express

In a ruling that could spike the cost of setting up solar power plants, the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) for GST in Maharashtra said that engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) activities will be considered as ‘work contract’ and liable to be taxed at 18%.

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Solar leads India’s electricity generation transition: IEEFAedit

ET Energy World

India installed a record 10 gigawatts (GW) of solar electricity capacity in 2017-2018, twice the rate logged in the previous year and nearly double the country’s entire solar base, the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis said.

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Germany’s green power transition holds lessons for Indiaedit

ET EnergyWorld

People in Germany’s small towns and rural areas are turning to renewable energy in a process that has special lessons for countries like India.

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Setting Up & Operation of Solar Power Plant is in nature of ‘Works contract’, 18% GST applicable: AARedit

Taxs can

The Authority for Advance Ruling ( AAR ) Maharashtra ruled that in the case of separate contracts for supply of goods and services for solar power plant, there would be a cumulative consideration as ‘works contract’ and hence the rate of tax would be 18% under IGST and an aggregate of 18% of CGST and SGST. The applicant M/s Fermi Solar Farms Ltd. is engaged in the operation of renewable energy power plant projects. These typically include operation of soar power plants set up across India for generation and distribution of electricity generated through solar plants.

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Floating solar power plant project begins at Mudasarlova reservoiredit

The New Indian Express

The  works of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation’s (GVMC) prestigious floating solar power plant at Mudasarlova reservoir began on Monday. The power plant has a proposed generation capacity of 2000 kWp. The authorities have already installed the floating bases/boards in the reservoir and the solar panels will be installed by the end of this month.

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Govt is mulling to implement solar-based tubewell schemeedit

Daily Post

Haryana Finance Minister, Capt Abhimanyu said that the state government is mulling to implement a solar based tubewell scheme in the state. The scheme aims to benefit the farmers as they would be able to generate electricity and earn income. Capt Abhimanyu was addressing a press conference after the meeting with 15th Finance Commission here on Friday. He said that under this scheme, six lakh tubewells in the State would be linked with solar energy.

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Global renewable ranking: India’s ascent reversesedit

The Financial Express 

India came down two spots in a year and is now ranked fourth in the renewable energy country attractive index, trailing China, the US and Germany. A report by EY attributed ultra low wind and solar power tariffs discovered in the latest auctions, coupled with uncertainties related to proposed import duties on solar components, as the main reasons behind the renewable energy sector loosing its sheen.

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Govt ‘delaying’ subsidy on solar panels, consumers fumeedit

The Times of India

Solar rooftop scheme allows consumers to reduce power bills by turning into ‘prosumers’ — who become suppliers during the day by feeding surplus power from rooftop solar panels into the mains and drawing back at night. The scheme was launched in 2014.

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Solar manufacturing schemes face hurdles over subsidy, WTO rulesedit

Business Standard

A subsidy scheme for promoting solar power equipment manufacturing is awaiting approval of the finance ministry while another one that offers assured power offtake to manufacturers is embroiled in World Trade Organisation (WTO) regulations.

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Demand for solar power on the riseedit

The Hans India

Several educational instructions, particularly medical and engineering colleges, have been opting for solar power in a big way in East Godavari district.  The main reason can be attributed to low cost and encouraging pollution-free and environment-friendly power.

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Solar manufacturing schemes face hurdles over subsidy, WTO rulesedit

Business Standard

By Shreya Jai 

A subsidy scheme for promoting solar power equipment manufacturing is awaiting approval of the finance ministry while another one that offers assured power offtake to manufacturers is embroiled in World Trade Organisation (WTO) regulations.Officials said a Rs 160 billion capital subsidy was available to domestic and foreign players to set up end-to-end solar power equipment manufacturing in India. Under the M-SIPS scheme, the subsidy is to be disbursed after the setting up of the facility. The industry, however, has sought an upfront subsidy and interest subvention.

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How solar, wind sectors are meeting India’s rising power demandedit

Financial Express 

At the opening session of the 2018 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said India is taking rapid strides in the renewable energy arena and has successfully met a large part of its green energy generation targets. His words appear to be making much more sense now after seeing the latest trends in the power sector. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has published the April report on India’s power sector.

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From AT&T to Walmart, Companies are buying renewable power at a record paceedit

Business Standard

Companies are buying renewable power at a record pace. AT&T and Walmart are among 36 businesses, government agencies and universities that have agreed to buy 3.3 gigawatts of wind and solar power so far this year. That’s on track to shatter the previous high of 4.8 gigawatts of disclosed deals last year, according to a report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance

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Is India ready for renewable energy?edit

The Statesman 

As a part of India’s pledges to the Paris Agreement in December 2015, the Government is aiming to increase its share of clean energy, with an added emphasis on renewable energy. Such a step is guided by its pledge to increase the share of non-fossil based energy resources to 40 per cent of installed electric power capacity by 2030.

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Clouds loom above the solar sectoredit

The Times of India 

Despite such ambitious steps towards the growth of renewables, India continues to be heavily dependent on coal-fired power plants to meet its burgeoning energy needs. The Government of India, while promoting solar and other forms of renewable energy over the past few years, continues to support the development of coal-fired power plants. The government has at times faltered in its solar energy agenda.

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India is opting for renewables to cut down fossil emissions: Studyedit

Times Now News 

India is making significant strides towards meeting climate commitments and is on course to surpass its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets before 2030, said an independent study by the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW). However, India will need to bear the cost of integration which will increase as the share of solar and wind increases.

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Businesses are buying more renewable power than ever beforeedit

MINT 

AT&T Inc. and Walmart Inc. are among 36 businesses, government agencies and universities that have agreed to buy 3.3 gigawatts (GW) of wind and solar power so far this year. That’s on track to shatter the previous high of 4.8 GW of disclosed deals last year, according to a report on Monday by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

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Sops for local production in new solar policyedit

The Financial Express 

According to the sources, the Ministry of New and Renewable energy (MNRE) has sought an additional budgetary approval from the Ministry of Finance to provide capital subsidy, interest subvention and funding for technology upgrade under an integrated solar manufacturing policy. The MNRE, sources said, also asked for the lowest slab of 5% GST on all components required for setting up a solar power plant.

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Sops for local production in new solar policyedit

The Financial Express 

According to the sources, the Ministry of New and Renewable energy (MNRE) has sought an additional budgetary approval from the Ministry of Finance to provide capital subsidy, interest subvention and funding for technology upgrade under an integrated solar manufacturing policy. The MNRE, sources said, also asked for the lowest slab of 5% GST on all components required for setting up a solar power plant.

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