September 17, 2018

News for the IET

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The Hindu 

By Liffy Thomas

Benchmarking  engineering  education through  accreditation  will  help  the cause of industry by producing better engineers. Sekhar Sanyal, director, The Institution of Engineering and Technology, cites examples of institutions like SRM University in Chennai, VIT in Vellore,  KIIT  in  Bhubaneshwar  that  have gone in for IET accreditation, an international benchmarking process.

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News for other PEI

Engineers remember Sir MVedit

The Telegraph  State Times India Today

The state chapter of Institution of Engineers (India) commemorated Visvesvaraya’s birth anniversary under the theme of “Digital transformation a new industrial revolution”. Gautam Barua, the director of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati, addressed theme as he said: “Technology has changed the way we live.

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Assam: ECI signs MoU with Bineswar Brahma Engineering Collegeedit

Ne Now 

Engineering Council of India which is the leading guild of 32 engineering institutions such as IE, IETE, ICE, etc. along with AICTE, Ministry of HRD and others, also initiated & inaugurated the first ECI chapter in NE Region in BBEC Campus.

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Computer avatar to detect dementiaedit

Telangana Today  The Week Business Standard

If this technology is further developed, it will become possible to know whether or not an elderly individual is in the early stages of dementia through conversation with computer avatars at home on a daily basis,” says Takashi Kudo from Osaka. “It will encourage them to seek medical help, leading to early diagnosis,” adds Kudo. The study was published in the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Technology Will Spur Transport Industryedit

Navhind Times 

Corporates with 24-hour rotational shifts are obliged to provide cab services to their employees to ensure their safety. Connected services such as transport automation systems, driven by AI and IoT, can ensure that employees travel safely by collecting and storing relevant data about drivers, including their background verification information and prior criminal records.

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How IoT is changing the waste water Industryedit

 Geospatial World 

Lastly, another huge benefit to IoT in wastewater management is the detection of residual chemicals after treatment. This can be used to calculate the efficacy of the selected treatment process and ensure the release of chemicals stays within permissible limits.

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Frost & Sullivan predicts the smart home as a billion dollar opportunityedit

PR Newswire 

Driven by the Internet of Things (IoT) and other technologies, smart home can deliver improved consumer experiences by communicating data between wearables, home monitoring devices, home-based sensors, consumer electronics and mobile apps.

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Digital Transformationedit

Daily Excelsior 

The concept of Internet of Things, Cyber Physical Systems or Cloud based Manufacturing has led to the fourth stage of industrial revolution. Increased digitization is the need of the hour. The first industrial revolution utilised water and steam power for mechanizing production

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New-age business modeledit

The Pioneer 

On a global scale, the impact of technology on jobs has been evident — it has been assessed that over the next decade or so, mass adoption of exponential technologies, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things and 3D printing will drastically transform the workplace. This will not only pave the way for new era of ‘human-machine interaction’, but also drive a tectonic shift in ‘skill sets’ requirements.

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Telecom, lifeline of any businessedit

Telangana Today 

The Government of India also plans to auction the 5G spectrum in bands like 3,300 MHz and 3,400 MHz to promote initiatives like Internet of Things (IoT), machine-to-machine communications, instant high definition video transfer as well as its Smart Cities initiative. The Indian mobile phone industry expects that the Government of India’s boost to production of battery chargers will result in setting up of 365 factories, thereby generating 800,000 jobs by 2025.

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IoT And Predictive Analysis’ Impact On Indian Transport Industryedit

News Gram 

Transport Indian Railways is one of the most important and controversial transport in India. Wikimedia Commons This is where the role of Internet of Things (IoT) and predictive analytics in ride-sharing comes in. The objective of every ride-sharing start-up is to find a solution to optimize travel.

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India calling: 5G networks may be in place by 2020edit

The Hindu 

By Yuthika Bhargava

The Indian government is aiming to commercially introduce 5G services in the country by the end of 2020, almost in line with rest of the world. 5G is the next generation of mobile Internet connectivity that would offer much faster and more reliable networks, which would form the backbone for the emerging era of Internet of Things (IoT).

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Artificial intelligence tech used in stability test for Kolkata Gateedit

The Times of India 

By Suman Chakraborti

A US-based startup has started testing the stability of the Kolkata Gate’s ring in New Town using artificial intelligence (AI) and internet-of things (IOT) technology that monitors natural vibrations and deflections. Last year, a spherical structure with the Biswa Bangla logo fixed to the Kolkata Gate fell from a height of 40 metres.

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5G connections globally will reach 1.3 billion by 2025: GSMAedit

Tech Observer 

“Augmented and virtual reality will change the way we watch live sports and music concerts, drones will deliver packages to our homes, while virtual personal assistants will manage our lives for us. New 5G networks, AI and the upscaling of the Internet of Things will change the world, intelligently connecting everyone and everything to a better future.”

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Indian automakers have an EV opportunityedit

Fortune India  

By Ashish Gupta

Soaring global temperatures and melting ice caps are a grim reminder that the way the world uses energy needs an immediate overhaul. Electric vehicles provide a viable opportunity and they can easily reduce the dependence on dirty fuels. However, what the developed world offers today in terms of EV technology is in premium car segments that cost a bomb, like Tesla for instance.

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Over 3.5 million new vehicle chargers set to electrify the worldedit

ET Energy World 

These announcements will result in a significant boosting in the level of infrastructure for ZEVs and provides additional future certainty. For those looking to buy electric vehicles, it will leave them in no doubt that driving and charging an electrical vehicle is simple, easy and cost effective. For hydrogen powered vehicles, the goal announced only enhances the contribution that these technologies can make to achieving the Paris Agreement goals.

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Future Mobility Plansedit

The Asian Age 

Hybrid Vehicles Should Be Considered As Key Aspect In India’s Journey To Future Mobility, Niti Aayog Member V.K. Saraswat Said On Sunday. Keep the hybrid route open, introduce the battery technology in first 2 wheelers and 3 wheelers, where the running at particular point in time does not exceed at 100 km.

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87% Of Indian Vehicle Owners Ready To Buy Electric Vehicles If That Reduces Pollution: Surveyedit

India Spend 

The findings of the Climate Trends survey were launched on September 6, 2018, a day before the start of a two-day long conference organised by NITI Aayog, the central government’s think-tank. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expected to launch a policy on ‘Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles’ (FAME-II), much-anticipated policy for the Indian EV industry.

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Industry News: Education

Electric vehicle makers face shortage of engineersedit

The Economic Times 

By Prachi Verma

Current demand is pegged at more than 5,000 engineers – mostly in the electric, electronic and mechanical disciplines – which is likely to touch 15,000 over the next two years or so, according to staffing company TeamLease. About 1,000 engineers are employed by the auto industry in India for EVs and EV-related work.

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Engineers: A cut aboveedit

The Economic Times 

By Debani Gosh

While we may come across a lot of jokes on engineering students, there’s no denial of the fact that their sacrificed lives give them 100 per cent success at the end of the day. Engineering careers are both rewarding as well as challenging for they include specialisations ranging from construction to design and management, and a student chooses a particular stream depending upon his/her interest.

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Data localisation could boost India’s renewable energyedit

The Times of India

A report says the top global corporate buyers of renewable energy today are Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. In fact, this week Google signed a deal with a Finnish firm to buy energy from three wind farms. Apple’s facilities — data centres, stores and more — are already powered 100% by renewable energy.

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The roadblocks in India’s efforts to be world’s greatest solar energy success storyedit

The Economic Times 

By G Seetharaman

If all goes according to plan, solar will account for three-fourths of the planned renewable energy capacity of 175 GW by 2022. It would be hard to be more bullish than India has been on solar power. The country wants a solar power capacity of 100 GW by 2022 (India’s total peak electricity demand in 2017-18 was 164 GW and is expected to be 235 GW by 2021-22).

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