June 27, 2018

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IE office-bearers electededit

The Hans India

The Institution of Engineers (IE) (India), Telangana State Centre 21st executive committee meeting was held recently at Vishweshwaraya Bhavan, Khairatabad and elected T Anjaiah, as Secretary-elect and FIE Dr G Rameshwar Rao, FIE as chairman elect for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. The elected members would take office at the fourth annual general meeting of the Telangana State Centre to be held in October this year.

The Institution of Engineers (IE) (India)

Industry News: Information and Communications

Accelerate business transformation with cloud-based IoT solutionsedit

ET CIO

IoT solutions are helping businesses to understand their customers/markets by providing intelligent inputs and feedback and in turn enabling them to monitor and manage their resources for optimum returns.

IoT
Why the Internet of Things may harbour cyber risksedit

Financial Express

With most IoT devices using open source technology, inherent software vulnerabilities remain unaddressed.

CyberSecurityIoT
AI fast disrupting the world of finance as you know itedit

The Economic Times

Artificial intelligence or AI is taking the financial world by storm. AI is the field of computer sciences that helps machines/computers to replicate intelligent tasks, normally done by humans, like image processing, game playing, decision making etc. Every aspect of financeNSE 0.94 % is getting disrupted by the arrival of AI.

Artificial Intelligence
Reinventing the healthcare sector with Artificial Intelligenceedit

Mint

From diagnosis and monitoring of chronic diseases to robotic surgeries, here’s how artificial intelligence is reimagining the healthcare sector in India and the world

Artificial Intelligence

Industry News: Future of Mobility

Road map for electric vehicles in Indiaedit

Mint

Sometime last year, the Union government suddenly announced that India would make the paradigm shift to full electric mobility by 2030. This was more a statement of intent signalling a necessary and transformative shift to ease polluting vehicular emissions on our congested roads.

Electric Vehicles
Govt officials refuse to use electric cars made by Mahindra, Tata Motorsedit

Mint

Electric cars of Tata Motors and Mahindra—the Tata Tigor electric and Mahindra e-Verito, respectively—procured by EESL for government officials failed to run even 80-82km on a single charge within city limits

electric cars
E-vehicles to offer feeder services to Hyderabad Metroedit

The Hindu Business Line

To encourage people to use the Metro, the Telangana government will soon launch a pilot project to promote electric feeder vehicle services by providing last-mile connectivity.

e-vehicles

Industry News: Education

Reskilling has to be on-demand, need-based, seamless and personalisededit

Financial Express

Tech, including automation, shall replace some job roles. But dynamic decision-making in unpredictable environments will always be difficult to be replicated by a machine.

Reskilling
When Teachers Went Back to Class for Lessons on Automationedit

News 18

According to multiple recruitment consultancies, India supports more than half of the world’s tech outsourcing requirements. However, employers have been finding it difficult to get AI and ML trained individuals.

Teacher Training

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India offers huge opportunity for US energy sectoredit

Times of India

India offers an “amazing opportunity” for US energy sector as it is a huge market for the American energy products including clean coal technology, Energy Secretary Rick Perry has said.

Energy
Future Solar Bids to be Coupled with 50 Percent Manufacturing Component: R.K. Singhedit

Mercom India

Developers of renewable projects will soon be responsible for at least 50 percent of the manufacturing component, news agency PTI reported.

Solar Energy
Maharashtra govt forms study committee for floating solar power plantedit

The Economic Times

The Maharashtra government has set up a committee to study issues related to the development of a 1,000-MW floating solar power plant at Ujani dam in Solapur district, officials said today.

Solar Energy
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