July 4, 2018

News for the IET

65% of mid-size companies opt for soft skill training: Surveyedit

Tech Gig

A survey by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) shows that nearly two thirds (65%) of mid-size companies choose to impart soft-skill training over technical training to new employees. In comparison, only a quarter of large-sized companies focus on soft skill development, and the remaining 75% prefer imparting technical skill.

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News for other PEI

No safety audit on city structuresedit

Deccan Herald

“We had also organised two workshops for BBMP engineers. The workshop also included members from Institution of Engineers and the Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers. A meeting was also held with then BBMP head T M Vijay Bhaskar. Students from civil and engineering colleges had also come forward to audit all projects, but nothing happened,” he added.

Institution of Engineers

Industry News: Information and Communications

Emerging tech trends firms just can’t ignoreedit

Mint

Emerging technologies and their rapid advancements will impact every player—big or small—across geographies, and regardless of the industry a company operates in.

AIIoTMachine Learning
Edge AI: The new frontier of digital transformationedit

Mint

Different people define digital transformation in different ways. But at its core, digital transformation is about profitably using data from smart devices to pursue your business objectives such as increasing efficiency of operations, improving customer experience and even creating new products and services. Artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are, thus, jointly advancing digital transformation.

AIIoT
Indian companies still hesitant to adopt IoT: Dell EMCedit

Times of India

They need to adopt it by first conducting a proof-ofconcept (PoC) which would demonstrate whether the new technology would work, which in turn will give them the confidence to go ahead and implement in the production process, Arun Krishnaswamy, director & head of marketing for Asia Pacific & Japan in Dell EMC, said.

IoT

Industry News: Future of Mobility

Even after poor response to EV charging points, BESCOM to install 83 moreedit

New Indian Express

Helped by a grant of Rs 25 crore from Union government schemes, the BESCOM is now looking to install these fast charging points at 83 locations across the city.

EV Charging
Consumers want electric vehicles despite zero infra, govt and manufacturers fail to up the gameedit

SME Futures

The demand for electric vehicle is on the rise, but India does not have a clear policy framework as yet and the manufacturers do not seem keen to invest in research and development

Electric Vehicles
Electric Cars Struggling to Find Public Trust, Alarming Level of Misconceptions – Surveyedit

News 18

After two annual surveys in the United States both showed a high level of public mistrust of driverless vehicle technology, a new survey has just been published that shows an alarming level of public misconception when it comes to pure electric cars.

Electric Vehicles

Industry News: Education

Higher education regulator cannot afford to be distracted by responsibility of giving grants, says Education Secretaryedit

New Indian Express

The government is not averse to extending the deadline for receiving feedback on the proposal to restructure UGC, but the ministry has already got many sincere responses from people, says higher education secretary R. Subrahmanyam

Higher Education
Online-based learning is transforming the Indian education systemedit

Qrius

There was a time when the state of the Indian education system was significantly dismal and bleak. Multiple issues ranging from obsolete syllabus, lack of practical learning, shortage of quality educators, and other issues formed the crux of the problem. However, in the past couple of years, one could undoubtedly observe educational efficacy evolve with the support of digital means.

EducationOnline based learning
Why education policy needs a revisitedit

Financial Express

Education is important for economic development as it leads to optimal utility of available labour and capital by the entrepreneurs. Therefore, all types of education is important that skills the labour, encourages entrepreneurship, enhances productive efficiency, and ensures availability of healthy labour force.

Education

Uncategorized

Bids for 2,000 MW: Solar tariffs revert to record low leveledit

Financial Express

After a brief lull caused by fears of a rise in the cost of imported modules, solar developers have regained their competitive aggression. The latest reverse auction for 2,000 MW capacity has discovered tariff of 2.44 per unit, which matched the lowest ever rate that was found in May 2017 for Rajasthan’s Bhadla projects.

Solar Energy
MNRE to meet renewable project lenders to allay fears of low tariffedit

Steel Guru

To address the apprehensions about the viability of low renewable tariffs, discovered in the latest auctions, the government plans to call a meeting with banks and financial institutions in July.

Renewable Energy
Addressing India’s Energy Dilemmaedit

Business World

Schneider Electric a key player in the energy management segment, acknowledges the existence of an energy dilemma that requires urgent solutions: energy demand will double by 2050 while the need to reduce carbon footprints by half will be critical by the same time.

Energy Demand
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