May 8, 2018

News for the IET

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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Industry News: Information and Communications

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

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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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Industry News: Future of Mobility

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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Industry News: Education

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

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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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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

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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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