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QISCET principal Dr Kilaru Veeraswamy among IEEE judge paneledit
The principal of QIS College of Engineering and Technology Dr Kilaru Veeraswamy acted as one of the judge panel members for the prestigious IEEE International Seminar held in Coimbatore, announced the college secretary and correspondent, Nidamanuri Surya Kalyan Chakravarthy and president of the Nidamanuri Educational Trust, Nidamanuri Nageswara Rao
IEEEJiribam-Imphal railway line: Tallest railway bridge at Manipur to be completed by 2020edit
He announces this while delivering a lecture on ‘Challenges in Design and Construction of the World’s Tallest Bridge’, organised by the Institution of Engineers (India), GITAM Student Chapter, at the Civil Engineering department of the GITAM at Visakhapatnam on Monday.
Institution of Engineers (IEI)Industry News: Information and Communications
SMEs are aware and willing to adopt digital solutions for higher profitability: Rajiv Vaishnavedit
Nano-sensors-based Internet of Things (IoT): Nano-sensors have the potential to eliminate hardware from IoT by residing in manufacturing fluids and capturing all vital processes.
Digital TechnologyIoTNational Digital Communications Policy draft may come up before cabinet on Sept 26edit
The telecom sector has been attracting funds over the last few years. Speaking at the “FDI in Telecom Sector: The Way Ahead” organised by DoT and Indian Institute of Foreign Infosys deploys digital banking solution at AMBTrade here on Tuesday, Minister of Communications, Manoj Sinha, said, “FDI in the telecom sector has grown nearly five times in the last 3 years, from $1.3 billion in 2015-16 to $6.2 billion in 2017-18.”
NDCP 2018TelecommunicationFDI In Telecom Sector Rose To $6.2b In Fy18edit
The foreign direct investment (FDI) in the telecom sector rose to $6.2 billion in the last fiscal, a near five-fold increase from $1.3 billion in 201516, Union telecom minister Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday. The minister added that the government is keen on facilitating roll out of 5G services in India at par with world in 2020 which will play key role in harnessing new emerging technologies like machine-to machine communications, IoT, AI, etc.
5G TechnologyAIIoT in TelecommunicationsData Analytics and Cloud Computing Driving Growth Within the Global MES Market Discrete Industriesedit
In addition, vendors should expand bases in emerging hotspots via establishing a strong partnership network in these regions to increase market penetration,” said Krishna. “The advent of IIoT in manufacturing is bringing disruptions across various industries, with MES soon to be known as Smart MES (S-MES) with all the expected automated functionalities.”
Cloud ComputingData AnalyticsIIoTCybersecurity, data privacy biggest concerns for Indian businesses: Dell surveyedit
Close to 75 per cent of Indian businesses -19 per cent more than in China -intend to invest in cybersecurity in the next one to three years, according to the report. Conducted in collaboration with Intel Corp, the research showed that 67 per cent of Indian businesses intend to invest in IoT (Internet of Things) technologies 11 per cent more than that of Chinese companies.
CyberSecurityIoTAI based news app Editor ji aims to curb fake newsedit
The multilingual video news platform that has started out by offering news stories in English and Hindi claims that it will provide a completely different way to experience news on the go by using a powerful artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm. The app provides personalized newscasts and allows for viewers to record their opinion on stories. Editor ji Technologies Pvt. Ltd is backed by Bharti Airtel Ltd and HT Media Ltd. The total investment in the venture is close to Rs 30 crore.
AIIndustry News: Future of Mobility
Maharashtra govt to procure 1,000 electric vehicles in next one yearedit
By Balavika Jain
Maharashtra government will be getting 1000 electric vehicles to be used by the government in the next one year, said power minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule. He was speaking on Tuesday in an event where the first five electric vehicles were handed over to the Public Works Department (PWD) by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). Officials said that these vehicles cost around Rs 15 lakh, and need 9 hours to be fully charged after that it can cover 120km.
Electric VehiclesIndustry News: Education
Training of youths for job will help in reducing tension in society: Nitishedit
“If an atmosphere of love, amity, brotherhood and feeling of mutual coexistence has to be created, training of youths for suitable jobs would be best tool to achieve the goal,” said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here today. Mr Kumar, while addressing a function organised to felicitate youths selected for National Skill Development Competition 2018 here, said training should be imparted to youths to enable them for getting suitable jobs.
Skill DevelopmentSkill development needed in changing job marketedit
By Karishma Mehrotra
To understand technology’s impact on the Indian job market, a panel of three experts from the field championed the need for improving skill development and economic productivity at the IEThinc discussion — Is tech opening up the Indian job market?— here on Tuesday in association with Facebook.
Job OpportunitySkill DevelopmentBBMP school students to learn French, AIedit
Through the project, the Microsoft Aspire Student Program will be implemented in all corporation schools. The schools will over time boast of state-of-the art technology such as augmented reality, virtual reality and artificial intelligence apart from cloud and IOT
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Renewables may account for 18% of total power gen by 2022edit
The share of renewable energy in the country’s electricity generation mix is likely to rise to around 18 per cent by 2022, from 7.8 per cent at present, owing to the continuous focus on capacity addition from solar and wind, a report said Tuesday. Global ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service in its report said India is taking positive steps to align its power generation mix with its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement.
Renewable EnergyNot exactly sunny side up: The policy paradoxes of solar energy sectoredit
By Anushruthi Singh
According to a well-known player and solar energy solutions provider Vikram Solar, infrastructural development, rooftop solar, new projects and export opportunities in India have started growing at the end of 2017. Policy support has given a conducive environment for green energy progress says the Chief Financial Officer of Vikram Solar, Rajendra Parakh
Solar EnergyComprehensive GRID needed to produce renewable energy on large scaleedit
“I raised the issue in the Parliamentary committee that if renewable energy is pumped into the thermal GRID, in a large quantity, there will be problems in distribution and transformer. The frequency would also be disturbed. Hence, there has to be a dedicated corridor exclusively for renewable energy or it cannot be produced on a large scale,” Gupta said.
Renewable EnergyClean energy bids with high tariffs will be cancelled: RK Singhedit
By Nishtha Saluja
Responding to questions on a recent cancellation of bids received for 2,400-MW solar projects, Singh said his ministry is keeping a watch on global trends that influence clean energy tariffs and hence the ministry in its right can exercise its discretion to define the maximum permissible tariffs for solar bids. “I am here to protect the people’s interest.
Solar EnergySolar TariffA sunny picture, with some shadowsedit
By M Ramesh
Something attempted, something done — as the poet H W Longfellow said — is what one feels, looking at India’s solar sector. Whatever the tribulations an Indian might feel at the country’s other failings, ‘solar’ offers scope for satisfaction, for just recently, the sector crossed a psychologically-boosting milestone — 25 GW of installed capacity.
Solar Energy