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IEEE Computer Society Appoints New Executive Director Melissa Russelledit
IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) is pleased to announce Melissa Russell as the new Executive Director, effective immediately. As IEEE-CS’s most senior staff member, Russell will lead the executive team and will be responsible for managing the board of directors and volunteer groups to continue the progress of the Society’s extensive membership, international conferences, publications, standards, and training programs.
IEEEIndustry News: Information and Communications
Digital disruption biggest challenge for businesses, says new IMC Chamber presidentedit
“Today, the biggest problem is because of digital technology, every industry is getting hit… You have to change your business completely otherwise you are dead,” said Nair frankly. We are fast moving into a world of connected devices and internet of things (IoT). He pointed out that currently global population was around 7 billion and there were 20 billion connected devices, which is expected to rise closer to 9 billion people and 150 billion connected devices in the coming decades.
IoTIoT Set for Network Evolutionedit
Overall, IoT is slowly gaining traction. But business users, today’s growth drivers, need an easier way to get IoT data into their IT systems — a hole that several companies aim to fill with middleware in the works.
IoTIs India ready for the automation revolution?edit
Globally, we are, and will continue to be, in an era of the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ based on the internet of things, automation, artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics and the fusion of technologies. How prepared are countries, including India, for this revolution?
AutomationIndustry News: Future of Mobility
Why Battery Electric Vehicles Have Overtaken Hydrogen Fuel Cellsedit
While electric cars are still minuscule in number compared to fossil-fuel driven cars, they are steadily gaining ground. Since 2013, the number of electric cars has doubled, but yet the overall share is less than 4 percent. And companies like Tesla have been at the forefront in changing public perception towards electric vehicles.
Electric VehiclesGovt mulling ‘non-fiscal’ measures under FAME-II to promote electric vehiclesedit
A proposal to withdraw monetary incentives on purchase of private electric cars was also part of the “non-fiscal” recommendations
Electric VehiclesPoor performance, low mileage of e-cars by Mahindra, Tata upset govt officialsedit
Both models failed to run even 80-82 km on a single charge within city limits. Battery capacity was not up to the mark, compared to global standards, the official told the newspaper, requesting anonymity.
electric carsIndustry News: Education
Centre proposes dissolving UGC, setting up new Higher Education Commissionedit
HECI would focus solely on academic matters. Monetary grants would be the purview of the ministry, according to the draft.
Higher EducationAs much as 50% of engineering seats remain vacant; Centre asks IIT-Delhi for helpedit
To help alleviate the situation, the Centre has called upon the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Delhi, to chalk out a comprehensive plan for the coming decade.
EngineeringUncategorized
Indian solar power companies fear being eclipsed by foreign biggiesedit
Six leading solar developers have protested the decisions of Solar Energy Corporation of India and NTPC to set the maximum capacity that a single bidder can bid for at 1800 MW and 2000 MW respectively in their forthcoming auctions. In a representation to the ministry of new and renewable energy, they have claimed that setting the limit so high would make it impossible for many players to bid and would also give undue advantage to foreign bidders with deeper pockets over domestic ones.
Solar EnergyIndia has embarked upon an ambitious plan to install 227 GW of renewable energy by 2022edit
India has embarked upon an ambitious plan to install 227 GW of renewable energy by 2022. Solar energy forms more than 65% of this 227 GW dream.
Renewable Energy