November 2018
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News for the IET17
News for other PEI18
Industry News: Information and Communications108
Industry News: Future of Mobility42
Industry News: Education48
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News for the IET

PES University first in Karnataka to secure IET’s international accreditationedit

The Economic Times

IET accreditation is an internationally-recognised benchmark, awarded to high quality programmes that provide preparation for aspiring professional engineers. The accreditation was announced at the PES University Foundation Day function on November 24 with G.T. Devegowda, minister for higher education (Karnataka) as the chief guest.

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PES varsity first in state with IET accreditationedit

The New Indian Express

The foundation day of the PES university was held on Saturday where it was announced that the University was the first institution in Karnataka to secure the IET’s international Accreditation for 8 of its engineering programmes. The Minister for Higher Education, G T Devegowda, also attended the event.

 

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Temboo Receives Manufacturing Innovation Award From IETedit

Industry Today

Industrial IoT software leader, Temboo, has been awarded the 2018 IET Innovation Award for Manufacturing Technology from the Institution of Engineering and Technology. The Awards celebrate the most pioneering engineering and technology innovations across 14 sectors, from energy and sustainability to transport and healthcare.

 

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Temboo Receives Top Manufacturing Innovation Award From Leading Engineering Institutionedit

Business Insider

Industrial IoT software leader, Temboo, has been awarded the 2018 IET Innovation Award for Manufacturing Technology from the Institution of Engineering and Technology. The Awards celebrate the most pioneering engineering and technology innovations across 14 sectors, from energy and sustainability to transport and healthcare.

 

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Final Call & Reading List for our discussion on the Privacy and Security of Internet of Thingsedit

Media Nama

Sensor Sensibility: Getting the Most From the Internet of Things This report from the BSA (The Software Alliance) lists opportunities for IoT in solving social issues such as crime, healthcare, and greenhouse gas emissions. It also analyzes challenges in the IoT space, including security, privacy, data flows, and standards., (July 2017) IoT case studies from India A collection of Indian use cases across manufacturing, supply chain, services, transportation, healthcare, governance, and utilities, from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

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News for other PEI

MOU-AICTEedit

The Financial Express

AICTE has signed a MoU on 25th October 201 8 with IEEE, a strategic collaboration to enhance the technical education in India, especially of the students and faculty of engineering colleges in India.

IEEE
Valedictory session of IEEE Summer School heldedit

The Hans India

Valedictory function of a sixday summer school on Computational Intelligence was celebrated at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology in collaboration with IEEE Hyderabad Section on Tuesday. The summer school had over 10 international speakers from US, Singapore, Australia, Italy, Slovenia, Japan and Austria.

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IEEE Computer Society Grades its 2018 Technology Predictions: Scores a Bedit

IT News Online

In December 2017, the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) released its technology adoption predictions for 2018, with a focus on deep learning, digital currencies, blockchain, industrial IoT, robotics, assisted transportation, and others on the front line of computing breakthroughs. Today, the IEEE-CS graded its 2018 predictions while providing insights on the advancements of the trends over the past year and analyses of their future potential.

IEEE
Sahyadri gets Accreditation from The Institution of Engineers (India), IEI-Kolkataedit

Mangalorean

The Institution of Engineers (India) IEI, a statutory body to promote and advance the engineering and technology has accredited all engineering programs i.e., Civil, Electronics & Communication, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Information Science offered at Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru

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IEEE summer school on computational intelligence opensedit

The HANS INDIA

A six- day summer school on Computational Intelligence was inaugurated at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology in collaboration with IEEE Hyderabad Section on Thursday. The summer school has over 10 international speakers from US, Singapore, Australia, Italy, Slovenia, Japan and Austria. The participants comprised of about 50 faculty and researchers involved in the field of Artificial Intelligence from all parts of India. This programme is financially sponsored by IEEE CIS and GRSS society Headquartered at San Jose, USA with MJCET being the Venue Partner.

IEEE
A case for accelerated deployment of renewable energy capacity in Indiaedit

ET Energy World

To meet India’s energy needs and ensure continued economic growth, The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) asserts a wider electrification programme coupled with an accelerated deployment of renewable energy capacity is needed. In this article, we explore trends in electricity demand growth, capacity installations and plant closures, and we examine the financial sector’s capacity to fund development and the resulting energy mix changes.

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Future ‘smart’ homes could ‘listen’ to youedit

News Nation

The system can also detect any subtle changes in the existing ambient electrical field, according to the research presented at the IEEE Sensors conference in New Delhi. While still a decade or so away, the home of the future could be a building that adjusts to your activity with only a few small, hidden sensors in the walls and floor and without the need for invasive cameras, researchers said.

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How AI Is Tackling Fake Academic Research That Is Plaguing Scientific Communityedit

Analytics India Mag

The survey further indicated that 14.2% resorted to even falsification. Not just that, tools like SCIGen are also being used to generate valid-looking articles. In 2013, the IEEE reportedly pulled 120 papers out of their publication since they were computer-generated.

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What’s next for smart homes: An ‘Internet of Ears?’edit

Domain-B India

“So, by measuring the disturbance in that field, we are able to determine their presence, or even their breathing, even when there are no vibrations associated with sound. Huang and Mandal published details of their research in October at the IEEE Sensors conference in New Delhi, India. A longer version of their results will appear in the journal IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement early next year.

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Lecture on ‘Power scenario’ todayedit

Star of Mysore

The Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysuru Chapter, will be organising a technical seminar on ‘Current power scenario, issues and challenges’ at S.P. Bhat Hall in the Institution premises on JLB Road in city at 5.30 pm on Nov.13. KPTCL Bengaluru AEE D.P. Srinivasa Murthy will deliver the lecture. IEI Mysuru Chairman Dr. R. Suresh will preside. For details, contact Ph: 0821-2421168 or 2421894.

The Institution of Engineers (India)
GSSSIETW’s Ayesha Khanum wins gold at all-India student design competitionedit

City Today

The National Design and Research Forum (NDRF) of the Institution of Engineers (India) annually organises a national level Design Competition for engineering students across the country. The competition challenges students to come up with innovative designs and showcase their individual engineering skills and talents.

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Country needs to focus on innovations, says Lokeshedit

The Hindu

Delivering the Yarlagadda Sreeramulu Endowment Lecture on ‘Engineers’ Role in Socio-economic Development’, organised by The Institution of Engineers (TIE) and Malaxmi Group here on Friday, Mr. Lokesh said the role of engineers had been broad-based and significant right from the first industrial revolution and before that too.

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In a first, MPCB tests air for metals emitted by crackersedit

The Times of India

Starting from October 31, the air quality will be monitored extensively till November 15, informed MPCB’s regional director Rahul Wankhede. The board is carrying out monitoring at three stations: Udyog Bhavan, Civil Lines, Government Polytechnic College, Sadar and Institution of Engineers, Ramdaspeth.

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VIT bags Best Education Achiever award at Institute of Engineers annual functionedit

Nagpur Today

The Institution of Engineers (IE) Nagpur Local centre, Nagpur had organized its Annual Function at V.M.Dokras Hall. During the meet Dr.Sanjay S Uttarwar, Principal, Vidarbha Institute of Technology had been felicitated for getting “Best Education Achiever Award – 2018” for his glorious work in Academics & Social Activities from Integrated Chamber of Commerce & Industries, New Delhi in the presence of Central Govt. Minister.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

How Businesses Can Counter New Forms Of Cyber Threats In 2019edit

CXO Today

With access to increasingly effective tactics and strategies, bad actors will have the ability to focus their attacks on broader and more complicated targets. In 2019, cybercriminals are anticipated to target intellectual property, Internet of Things (IoT) in the home and identity credentials via the cloud, digital assistants, and social media platforms, respectively.

Cyber Security
Gartner Says Digital Business Is Forcing Infrastructure Services From the Cloud Beyond the Edgeedit

Express Computer

By 2022, Gartner estimates that half of large organizations will be integrating edge computing principles into their projects. This is partly because, by 2022, $2.5 million will be spent every minute in the Internet of Things (IoT), and 1 million new IoT devices will be sold every hour.

Digital Business
7 Trends Driving Enterprise IT Transformation In 2019edit

CXO Today

The Real-Time Enterprise will begin to transform how business works: Foundational technologies – Software Defined Networks,4G, the Internet of Things, intelligent video, security, telematics are already changing the operations of business.

IT
46,000 BPO jobs created in small towns, cities: IT ministryedit

Hindustan Times

“The information technology (IT) industry in India has matured and slowly moved up in the chain with newer technologies like AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning being used. However, the BPO business still has a lot of potential. Despite Indian BPOs getting competition from Philippines and Ireland, the government of India has decided to give a fillip to the Indian BPOs by providing financial assistance,” he said.

IT
The Wonder of 5G: A Future of High Speed Connectivityedit

The Tech Panda

It could virtually change society as we know it. Society will likely become even more connected in ways never conceived before. The possibilities that 5G will bring will be seen in modern-day facilities such as machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities, autonomous vehicles, remote control surgery, augmented reality, and much more.

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Digital business is forcing IT infra services beyond edge computing: Gartneredit

Tech Circle

By 2022, Gartner estimates that half of the large organisations will be integrating edge computing principles into their projects. This is partly because, by 2022, $2.5 million will be spent every minute on the Internet of Things (IoT), and one million new IoT devices will be sold every hour.

IT
The Next Phase Of IoT Evolution In BFSI Sectoredit

CXO Today

The introduction of the Internet of Things to the banking IT infrastructure adds another dimension to the problem.IoT, an enabler of many business outcomes open up to new and hitherto unknown vulnerabilities in the system that could be exploited by criminals. IoT malware for perpetrating various types of attacks on the banking infrastructure is openly available on the dark web and criminals are constantly modifying their attack strategies and tactics to slip under the security radar to siphon money and data from banks.

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Multiple Skills And The Ability To Learn Will Define Education And Expertiseedit

Business World

Critical thinking, creativity and collaboration are key business skills which form the bedrock of executive education and success. These skills are relevant today and will be in the future too. Technological platforms based on engagement with people across the world, and the need for cooperation across countries and demographics, make these skills more in demand than ever before.

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Leveraging new tech will boost agri sectoredit

The Hans India

Anil Kumar V Epur, the former Chairman of CII Southern Region, said the current and upcoming technologies like IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Drones and Blockchain hold the potential of catalysing innovations in organisation that leads to improvement of agricultural models.

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Innovation for tech brands: The need of the hour is to position India as a top destination for R&D globallyedit

The Financial Express

As per the survey, the country needs to redouble its efforts to make improvements in science and R&D. Such efforts will help recognise the changing needs of the consumer where there is a constant need to upgrade and adapt and ultimately enable offering of niche technological solutions like Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, analytics, mobile technologies, cloud and more.

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How To Stay Protected When Using Connected Devicesedit

CIOL

A user’s personal information is the fuel that a connected device uses to carry out most actions. This often results in Internet of Things sometimes being referred to as “Internet of Me”, which loosely refers to technology which connects our minds and bodies with the online world. For example, most of us today use a smartwatch to track the progress of our fitness goals.

IoT
Autonomous Cloud: A Step Closer To Finding Businessutopiaedit

CXO Today

Take driving as an example: in the coming age of Autonomous Vehicles (AV’s) the time currently invested behind the wheel will be freed for us to do anything we want – whether that’s reading the paper, catching up on social media or playing the latest video game against the kids or finishing that work presentation. What’s more, thanks to the analytics and IoT capabilities of AVs, cars will be able to ‘talk’ to each other to find the best route. That means fewer traffic jams and shorter journeys.

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Brave new future of industrial automation is already hereedit

The Weekend Leader

Paul Whitney, Market Development Manager, Integrated Architecture, explained that several innovative ideas were in the pipeline at Rockwell, in partnership with PTC -an augmented reality (AR) and IoT solutions provider -and Microsoft, some of which may or may not become final products. Rockwell entered into an equity relationship with PTC a few months ago.

Automation
Transformation of Healthcare: How Technology Redefines One of the Oldest Industries in the Worldedit

Analytics Insight

Modern healthcare is heavily influenced by the following technologies: the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Big Data. Each of them offers unique solutions that eliminate risks, decrease the possibility of an error, increase the efficiency of work processes and contribute to medical research.

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The Power of Digital Learningedit

Entrepreneur

According to a joint Whitepaper on the Digital Learning Market in India by Technopak and Simplilearn, the online professional education market in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 30% to reach US$5.7bn by 2020, from the current US$2bn. This is setting the foundation for the increasing number of IT jobs that will open up in the next few decades, in fields we cannot even imagine today. Digital learning is definitely a game-changer for education in India but the key to success in this industry will be scalable growth that is based on sound engineering and technology benefits.

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How Digital Tech Is Transforming Business Ecosystemedit

CXO Today

With the advent of cyberspace-based disruptive services, India is rapidly progressing on the path of digital transformation. Digital services, such as IoT services, have become a crucial part of enterprises helping create a 24×7 connected world. As per TRAI’s recommendation in 2018, Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) services would reinforce the evolution of Industry 4.0. TRAI also spoke about the development of 5G services, IoT/ M2M systems, and their security framework and the need to convert the proposed recommendation into action.

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Precision Farming to make agri an ultra-tech activityedit

The Hans India

A recent report from Goldman Sachs pegs the Precision Farming domain to around $240 billion. A lot of tech firms and startups have begun to explore this business opportunity as the next big area of growth. There is an enormous opportunity to apply artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), drone technology, Internet of things (IoT) and robotics to Precision Agriculture Mankind continues to be super creative in being prepared for any upcoming food short ages all through history like introducing steel plough and reaper in the 1800s to modern day advances like trickle irrigation, Genetically modified seeds and such to feed the world’s growing population.

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E-waste: It needs to be addressed urgentlyedit

Business Standard

With an end-to-end value chain for management of e-waste, the organisation is working closely with MNCs such as Apple, Lenovo, Dell and HP. It also focuses heavily on engaging citizens in proper treatment of e-waste throughout the country. Till now it has successfully kept 3,000 MTs of e-waste away from the landfill for responsible recycling.

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Spectrum Usage Charge or Surely Unjustified charge?edit

The Financial Express

Since The Inception of mobile phone service in India in 1994, 4.4 MHZ of spectrumwas bundled with the licence and allocated to operators, but soon, by 1996/97, it became evident to the government that incremental amounts of spectrum would need to be allotted to operators as more subscribers adopted the service. (IET)

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IT jobs more in demandedit

Telangana Today

Students with certification in new emerging domains like artificial intelligence, data science, big data analytics, mobile app development, cloud computing and internet of things (IoT) are all set to land jobs much easier. According to a recent Cisco study, domains like artificial intelligence, data science, big data analytics, mobile app development, cloud computing and internet of things (IoT) are fast growing within the information technology ecosystem and there is a huge demand for professionals with relevant skills in these areas.

 

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How IoT is keeping the story alive for IT services companies in Indiaedit

ET Tech

More than half of the 100 million patients of a US-based hospital interacted with their physicians online last year. IT services major Cognizant’s internet-of-things (IoT) solution made this happen using information from smartphones and other devices such as glucose meters.

 

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Are connected tech toys too smart for their own good?edit

Live Mint

In today’s connected world comprising the Internet of Things (IoT), smart tech toys are here to stay. These toys, for instance, can make learning fun for children and help parents keep track of their whereabouts.

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18% Hike in global companies monitoring IoT security: Studyedit

ET CIO

Enterprises are driving a performance edge with real-time guidance. 52 percent of respondents globally say information from their IoT solutions is shared with employees in real or near-real time. Asia-Pacific companies are more advanced in this area, with 58 percent of companies sharing data with employees in such frequency.

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MACHINE LEARNING IS THE NEW PARADIGM OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONedit

Analytics Insight

Machine learning has moved into the realms of everyday life and occupies center stage in influencing every aspect of business and individual’s decision-making process today. The technology is growing exponentially along with its counterpart artificial intelligence. IDC predicts the investment in artificial intelligence and machine learning will jump from $12 billion in 2017 to $57.6 billion by 2021. Machine learning is behind the new breed of companies making an industrial change, from medical research to agriculture. In the years to come, machine learning will not be restricted to top-notch companies and business bigwigs alone, start-ups are all set to take the competition to new heights.

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Older PCs put 3 in 10 Indian SMBs at cyber risks, productivity loss, says studyedit

Financial Express

While digitisation and automation has helped small and medium businesses (SMBs) to a great extent, three in 10 SMBs still use old-generation personal computers (PCs) putting them at increased cyber risks and massive productivity loss, a joint Microsoft and Intel study said on Thursday. According to the research by SMB and mid-market research firm Techaisle commissioned by Microsoft and Intel, PCs which are older than four years significantly increases maintenance costs of up to $1,279 (over Rs 90,000) per device — enough to replace the ageing hardware with three or more new PCs.

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Tech hiring set to make comeback in 2019: Reportedit

The Economic Times

Hiring intent in 2019 is expected to be strongest after a gap of four years on the back of bullish employment opportunities in IT, automotive, travel and hospitality sectors, a report said Thursday. According to India Skills Report, almost 64 per cent employers have a positive outlook on hiring, 20 per cent said they will hire the same number of people as 2018 and only handful have a negative outlook for 2019.

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MACHINE LEARNING IS THE NEW PARADIGM OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONedit

Analytics Insight

Machine learning is behind the new breed of companies making an industrial change, from medical research to agriculture. In the years to come, machine learning will not be restricted to top-notch companies and business bigwigs alone, start-ups are all set to take the competition to new heights.

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What is Adversarial Artificial Intelligence and why does it matter?edit

QRIUS

Artificial intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a critical component in how government, businesses and citizens defend themselves against cyber attacks. Starting with technology designed to automate specific manual tasks, and advancing to machine learning using increasingly complex systems to parse data, breakthroughs in deep learning capabilities will become an integral part of the security agenda. Much attention is paid to how these capabilities are helping to build a defence posture. But how enemies might harness AI to drive a new generation of attack vectors, and how the community might respond, is often overlooked. Ultimately, the real danger of AI lies in how it will enable attackers.

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Companies Should Build Customer Trust In IoT Products, Says Studyedit

 

CXO Today

An initiative of the Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau, the Internet Society Survey on Policy Issues in Asia-Pacific focuses on the security and privacy of IoT that promises convenience, efficiency and insight, but it has also made vast quantity of data available. The survey poll answered by 951 Internet users across 22 Asia-Pacific economies, examines how consumers in the region to perceive and deal with IoT security and privacy risks also seeks to identify the top Internet-related policy concerns in the region.

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APAC consumers lack confidence in IoT manufacturers: Surveyedit

COMPUTERWORLD

The Internet Society, a global non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet, unveiled the fifth installment of its APAC survey on policy issues. This year’s edition of the annual survey by the Internet Society found that Internet users in Asia-Pacific want security and privacy guarantees for the Internet of Things (IoT) — the rapidly expanding network of devices, physical objects, services and applications that communicate over the Internet.

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APAC consumers lack confidence in IoT manufacturersedit

CIO

This years edition of the annual survey by the Internet Society found that Internet users in Asia-Pacific want security and privacy guarantees for the Internet of Things (IoT) -the rapidly expanding network of devices, physical objects, services and applications that communicate over the Internet.

IoT
An industrial revolution with digitalisation & IoT at its coreedit

Financial Express

The average annual spend on Internet of Things (IoT) among enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region reached $4.8 million, up 12 per cent from 2017, shows a new report on Wednesday.

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Cyber security insurance hits missing data roadblockedit

ET Tech

Actuarial data helps insurance companies evaluate financial implications of risk and uncertainty by applying mathematical and statistical methods, while devising solutions to reduce chances of any future risks and occurrence of any undesirable events. In case of cyber security insurance, actuarial data is scarce as it is a new line of business. And the little data that insurance companies have loses relevance because cyber threat keeps getting deadlier.

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Tech Trends 2019: Robotics is progressing to live up to the hype around it, says GlobalDataedit

TechObserver

In the developed world, robots are increasingly seen as a solution to many of the structural problems such as sagging productivity, aging populations, swelling healthcare budgets, and even epidemics of depression in an increasingly fragmented society. In developing countries, where labor costs are low usually, the use of robots is becoming popular in tasks that are difficult and endangering to the workforce.

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ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION WILL GROW TO 2.4$ BILLION BY 2022edit

Analytics Insight

Worldwide spending on robotic process automation (RPA) programming is evaluated to reach $680 million in 2018, increasing by 57% year over year, as per the most recent research from Gartner, Inc. RPA programming spending is poised to add up to $2.4 billion in 2022. As indicated by Gartner, RPA is a business procedure mechanization solution for lessening costs, taking out errors and accelerating procedures.

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An Introduction to Tomorrow’s Tech – Artificial Intelligenceedit

Techstory

As we grow, we get smarter. In order to keep up with the pace and the constant growth, even our computers need to get ‘smarter’. This is exactly the reason why Artificial Intelligence was created. The purpose of AI is to make computers ‘think’, ‘learn’, and get smarter, so that they can utilize those lessons and solve problems like humans or maybe, better than us.

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THE FUSION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CLOUD COMPUTINGedit

Analytics Insight

Probably there is no such industry where Artificial Intelligence (AI) has not been a part of. Ranging from healthcare to travel and tourism, we all have witnessed how AI is transforming all fields giving ease of life to every individual. This growth is driving genuine change wherein the overall spending on intellectual and AI frameworks is relied upon to increment at a yearly development rate of 50.1% through to 2021. What’s more, one space in which the effect of AI is as of now being felt is over the worldwide cloud computing market.

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Internet of Things spending in Asia-Pacific reaches $4.8 million: Reportedit

Devdiscourse

Globally, the average annual spend on IoT increased four per cent year-over-year, showed the findings of the “Intelligent Enterprise Index” report released by Zebra Technologies, a global leader in providing solutions and services to enterprises.

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An industrial revolution with digitalisation & IoT at its coreedit

Financial Express

With the digitalisation wave generating potential for almost $100 trillion of growth, India is in a strong position to boost its GDP with its emphasis on government programmes such as ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’. The next decade of manufacturing will focus on cognitive solutions that infuse intelligence in all its processes with digitalisation playing a big role in this transition.

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India may impose higher penalties to ensure companies report cyber security breachesedit

economictimes

The government wants to impose higher penalties on companies that fail to immediately report incidents of data breach of Indian users to the authorities, a senior government official has said adding that the current ones are too low.

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Emerging opportunities for growing Indian mobile device manufacturing ecosystemedit

ET Telecom

5G can become a catalyst for innovation across various technologies like industrial adoption of Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Augmented Reality (AR). This will further open up new channels for business growth and development for the mobile device industry.

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Is India’s construction industry ready to build smart cities?edit

Deccan Chronicle

While IOT is useful during the construction of a building, its value is fully realized when a building is in actual use. Sensors embedded in a building’s elements like ventilation or air conditioning ducts, elevators and escalators can monitor patterns and raise alerts in critical stress situations. If abnormal patterns are detected in any structure, building maintenance can be triggered automatically to intervene before an actual failure happens.

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Our Life Is About to Be Made Easier With IoTedit

Newspatrolling

In this digital era, the advancement in technology has taken the Internet of Things (IoT) to the next level and it has also the standard of living. Due to a great impact of IoT, our lives have become easier. No doubt, this gigantic one has bought a secured lifestyle. Day by day the world is getting more violent and hence security is the major concern especially for the people who are living in the metros and also in the small town. With the help of this technology, it is possible to overcome all the potential threats.

 

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Retail IoT is still coming into its own in 2019edit

computerworld

Some of IoT’s presence in the retail world isn’t retail-specific. Companies use asset-management systems, integrated HVAC and other smart-building tech just like many other industries, according to analysts, but physical retailers have been having a tough time across the board lately, and investments in new technology can quickly fall down priority lists.

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How AI will shape the future of digital paymentsedit

Fortune India

AI is being used to identify users by the way they hold and use their phones. If anyone else apart from the user keys in the user’s password, the AI powered platform can recognise whether the person keying in the details is the actual phone’s user. AI not just about the IoT (Internet of Things) but different devices using high-level information analytics to make predictions about behaviour.

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Accelerating health care innovation by connecting engineering and medicineedit

India TV News

In an era of big data, personalized medicine and artificial intelligence, the importance of engineering, especially in medicine, is increasing. In my own field of cardiovascular bioengineering, engineers now routinely build and run sophisticated, patient-specific computer models of blood flow in just a few hours, helping doctors diagnose and treat heart disease.

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3D modeling 2.0: Re-imagining the contours of constructionedit

Geospatial World

With increasing uptake of BIM and 3D modeling, there would be a rise in IoT-based construction platforms as well. IoT is expected to transform the construction industry forever. Currently, it is in nascent stages but with ongoing research, it is expected that advances would be made at a rapid pace.

IoT
Database Automation Market Rising Best Technology Trends and Development Research 2018 to 2023edit

Leading Journal

The Database Automation industry inquires about report investigations the supply, deals, creation, and market status completely. Generation pieces of the overall industry and deals pieces of the pie are breaking down alongside the investigation of limit, creation, deals, and income. A few different factors, for example, import, trade, net edge, value, cost, and utilization are likewise investigated under the area Analysis of Database Automation generation, supply, deals and market status.

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AI can tell you which medical treatment is better: Research explainsedit

IndiaToday

Artificial intelligence could tap into the enormous volumes of data not only on our bodily systems and genetic heritage, but also on various pharmaceutical substances — and help physicians design our treatments individually.

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The Technology Behind An Artificially Intelligent TVedit

Analytics India

Researchers and companies are exploring ways to integrate artificial intelligence with design, cinematography, editing, as well as the type of content one will consume. Researchers are trying to infuse machine learning algorithms to ensure voice recognition, identify and act to voice command, translate it into digital signals to make things happen on screen in real-time.

Artificial Intelligence
Researchers use artificial intelligence can create fake ‘master’ fingerprints to unlock multiple smartphonesedit

BGR India

Fingerprint authentication is one of the primary ways that most security conscious smartphone users opt to protect their devices against unauthorized access. The inclusion of Touch ID pushed Android device makers to widely adopt the authentication method as an essential feature. Now as the industry is gradually moving to facial identification as the primary authentication method, fingerprint authentication and fingerprint scanner have gradually gained a prominent space in the budget and entry-level Android-powered devices. However, a new report has indicated that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to create something like a ‘master’ fingerprint to break the fingerprint authentication.

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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Applications and legal implicationsedit

Economic times

There are several ways in which AI is being used or proposed to be used in the healthcare industry which mainly include data collection, data storage, data analysis, monitoring conditions, prescribing treatments, AI assisted robotic surgeries. Hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, diagnostic companies, fitness wearables and telemedicine are some of the businesses in the healthcare sector which use AI.

AIHealthcare
Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Humans In Creativity?edit

CIOL

Due to advances in Artificial Intelligence, education researchers and computer scientists have come up with ways to create smart systems that can observe and listen in on classrooms, and instantaneously analyze the quality of a teacher’s classroom delivery. This technology has gone through several enhancements as a result of improvements in natural language processing and automatic speech recognition. With current technology, however, it takes a huge amount of work simply to teach these robots how to observe one micro aspect of a classroom at a time.

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DECODING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AI-POWERED ROBOTICSedit

Analyticsinsight

Robotics brings together a wide range of different machines including Pepper partnering with soft-bank; the Boston Dynamics humanoid robot Atlas, which can do backflips in movies and television and a plethora of humanoids and Bots that leave the human mind with awe and inspiration to achieve new tech heights. Much that the technology that powers robotics continues to achieve new pinnacle; people not familiar with the developments tend to hold polarized views, ranging from unrealistically high expectations of robots with human-level intelligence, or an underestimation of the potential of new research and technologies.

 

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What is Artificial Intelligence marketing?edit

Economic times

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made the transition from once being a glorious manifestation of sci-fi imagination to today emerging as a technological reality capable of disrupting industries. In an increasingly hyper competitive business environment, the marketing function is no exception to the application of AI. In fact, in a recent PwC study, 72% of the marketers interviewed, consider AI as a “business advantage”.

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Four Key Steps To Enhance Customer Experience With Artificial Intelligenceedit

Business World

From finance to sales to operations, artificial intelligence (AI) and other self-learning automation are impacting every part of the business it comes across. AI is perhaps the biggest revolution of the modern age. Previously, a computer would blindly follow rules and the commands given to it by the user. However, with the use of AI, and Machine Learning, a computer can now find its own way forward. But what about customer experience (CX)?

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The AAA+ Future of Manufacturingedit

Business Today

The fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0 is transforming the world of manufacturing. As digitisation becomes the norm in manufacturing, industries across the globe are adopting technologies that are disrupting traditional manufacturing. The technologies being adopted include artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, 3D printing, industrial internet of things, digitisation, big data analytics and cloud computing.

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CERT-In, other Internet security companies to deliberate on attacks on govts, industries at AVAR 2018edit

Financial Express

Speakers at the AVAR 2018 international cyber security conference will discuss advanced persistent targeted attacks on governments and industries to security for smart cars in the Internet of Things (IoT), said a city-based cyber security major. India’s K7 Computing will host and organise the three-day conference in association with CERT-In (India’s Computer Emergency Response Team), the company said in a statement issued here on Friday.

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Spectrum sharing may help telecom firms shift to 5G in Indiaedit

MINT

]The much-anticipated fifth generation (5G) networks are expected to roll out across the world by 2020, and are expected to offer faster speeds and more reliable connections, thus powering Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Some estimates peg 5G data rates to reach a peak of 20Gbps (gigabits per second).

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Top 10 Cybersecurity Trends for 2019: AI, Supply Chain and IoT are most vulnerableedit

technobserver

Experts say that all these incidents, their media coverage and courts interventions have increased the awareness level among general public about the importance of data and their privacy. They believe that although the handling of the data and privacy will improve but with digital transformation of businesses and governments, the space for cyber attack will also increase.

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IoT: Oh, here come cybersecurity vulnerabilitiesedit

Deccan Herald

Cisco Connection Counter estimates that more than 50 billion devices will be connected to the IoT by 2020, accounting for only 2.7% of the world’s total objects. That’s just the beginning. Most devices will connect by bluetooth, such as Fitbits, and a variety of other medical, health, and home monitors and often receive software updates the same way

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Disruptive tech transforming the IT landscapeedit

The Asian Age

The popularity of smart sensors and emergent data analytics is projected to deliver further advancements to the factory tomorrow. Greater use of automation in processes monitored by AI, and cutting-edge robotics, along with IoT is likely to play a major role in the schemes of Industry 4.0. Alternatively known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0 is a blueprint for a more connected world in which machines carry out routine tasks.

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Digital disruption to add 1.4 million new IT jobs in India by 2027edit

The Economic Times

India is likely to add over 1.4 million new IT jobs by 2027 finds a joint study by Cisco and International Data Corporation (IDC). This represents a 46% growth in jobs primarily driven by emerging technologies like cybersecurity, Internet of things (IoT) and Big Data, which are the digital transformation skills that organizations are seeking.

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Nuclear Robotics Market 2013-2023 Industry Status and Forecast by Downstream Industryedit

Leading Journal

Nuclear Robotics Market provides detailed analysis with market overview, types, regions, players, consumer, top players profile, industry chain and supply chain, market size forecast, development trend and research conclusion, methodology and data source.

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IS AI PAVING THE WAY FOR AN IMPROVED INDIAN HEALTH SECTOR?edit

Analytics Insight

When it comes to the question of saving lives, the infinite possibilities that AI opens up to improve medical outcomes cannot be ignored. With about 70% of deaths occurring due to medical negligence in India, the need to integrate AI within the healthcare sector seems all the more crucial.

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A complete overview of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture Marketedit

Krishi Jagran

Artificial Intelligence (AI) with simulated algorithmic computer models that mimic human behavior can be considered. In this process an installed application guides farmers through the process of growing, sowing, harvesting and sale of produce.

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Regulatory Innovation: The Key to Achieve 5 Billion Connected Devices by 2022edit

CIOL

Quite often we come across references questioning whether M2M / IoT is a new technology, an IT service, or part of the telecom domain? The moot question is how can a smart city, a connected car or a garbage management service be classified as any of the above? IoT services have evolved through the integration of multiple individual services viz, Telecom, IT, Cloud computing, etc. to create a homogeneous solution.

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India to add 1.4 mn jobs in Big Data, IoT & cybersecurity by 2027: Ciscoedit

Business Standard

Driven by demand for a skilled workforce in emerging technologies such as cyber-security, Internet of things (IoT) and Big Data, India will generate over 1.4 million new IT jobs by 2027, a Cisco-led study said on Thursday.

This represents a whopping 46 per cent growth in jobs primarily driven by essential digital transformation skills that organisations are seeking today, said the global networking giant Cisco who commissioned International Data Corporation (IDC) to conduct this study.

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The role of digitization & integration across industrial IoTedit

MINT

IoT plays a crucial strategic role and provides a powerful competitive edge to organizations. The Industrial Internet of Things – also popularly known as Industry 4.0 and often referred to as 4th Industrial Revolution (the 4IR) – is fundamentally changing the very characteristics of traditional Value Chains, Business Models and the conventional ideas of Products and services.

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How 5G technology will help power a connected worldedit

Mint

While previous generations—1G to 4G—of wireless networks enabled human to human and human to machine interaction, 5G will see machines communicating with machines.

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How the Internet of Things is being used to solve India-specific problemsStandardedit

Business Standard

Research and consultancy firm KPMG estimates that the country already has about 120 players selling IoT solutions of which 60- 65 per cent are start-ups

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The Race to Harness AI Technology in Asiaedit

BW CIO World

As the race to harness new technology heats up across the globe, we’ve already seen signs that Asia is at the forefront of integrating automation into our everyday lives.

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Artificial Intelligence to create challenges for policymakers in future: WIPO DGedit

The Economic Times

Growing use of Artifical Intelligence will create challenges for the policy makers dealing with intellectual property rights in the times to come, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry said Tuesday.

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IoT Is Becoming A Major Burden For CIOs: Studyedit

CXO Today

Over two-thirds of CIOs say IoT will become a major burden as IoT multiplies the complexity of enterprise cloud ecosystems. And could derail operations thereby significantly damaging revenues, according to Dynatrace, Software intelligence company, today announced the findings of an independent global survey of 800 CIOs, which reveals that nearly three-quarters (74%) of IT leaders are concerned that Internet of Things (IoT) performance problems could directly impact business operations and significantly damage revenues.

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Disruptive technologies are transforming the IT landscapeedit

The Asian Age

Enterprise Resource Systems, which were simple repositories of information, now brandish AI-enhanced smart decision-making capabilities based on automated data discovery, machine learning and Big Data analytics. Automation, robotics, digital interfaces and IoT convergence have considerably enhanced human and organizational capabilities. Given below is a quick look at the way various technologies have impacted the IT worker’s landscape in 2018.

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Global Industrial Automation Motion Control System Market 2025: Opportunities and Challenges Explainededit

leadingjournal

The Industrial Automation Motion Control System market research provides a complete analysis of the market which brings out the complete understandings of the industry, the report aims to deliver an opportunity for companies to recognize the modern trends, present Industrial Automation Motion Control System market situation, government initiatives, and technologies related to the market. In addition, it helps the venture investors in understanding the businesses well and take good decisions.

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How retailers can deliver personalised experience?edit

indianretailer

Data + IoT – Real Time Improvements: Simply defined, the term Internet of Things (IoT) is used to describe the connection of people and things – such as appliances, automobiles, electronics, and consumer goods – to the internet in order to report on configuration, usage, condition, and much more. Even better, it reports problems back to the “mothership” to make real-time improvements on the product itself or others’ use of it. The IoT is the reason you’re able to raise your home thermostat via a mobile app, wear a smart watch that tracks your health and suggests lifestyle changes, and watch a car drive by without a driver.

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5 Trends to Dominate the Digital Future of Enterprises in 2019edit

IT News Online

Evolving technology and data trends such as 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, data privacy and cloud are paving the path for significant IT and network architecture changes in 2019, according to Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, which today released its top five predictions for 2019.

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PwC India Commits Investment Of 100 Crore For Developing New Tech Solutionsedit

Express Computer

PwC India today announced an investment of INR 100 Cr towards development of digital solutions and is expected to hire 1000 digital technology experts over the next three years, in order to strengthen their capabilities to deliver tech solutions that will help clients address real-world business challenges. This will be in addition to ongoing investments towards innovation, Digital R&D and talent for building new tech-enabled solutions.

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Automation will create new job roles, says Mindtree CEOedit

The Week

Digital business is growing and it has become very important for Indian IT services companies to offer services around this space as customers are demanding specialised services around it. We were one of the earliest ones among the IT services companies in India to realise the importance of the digital business space.

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Top 10 strategic IoT technologies and trends: Gartneredit

CIO

Gartner highlighted the top strategic Internet of Things (IoT) technology trends that will drive digital business innovation from 2018 through 2023.

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IoT to bring transformation: Expertsedit

Telangana Today

India is creating smart cities and internet of things (IoT) will play a crucial role in this transformation. Smart applications driven by IoT will not only bring scale but also revolutionise the way certain sectors had been functioning be it urban planning, traffic management, healthcare or energy management.

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Now, AI anchor is breaking newsedit

Mint

The world’s first artificial intelligence (AI)-powered news anchor, jointly developed by the news agency and Chinese search engine company Sogou.com, is officially a member of Xinhua’s reporting teamAIMedia
HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS INFLUENCING OUR DAILY LIVESedit

Analytics Insight

The word artificial intelligence (AI) brings the pictures of robots and machines in our mind. Surprisingly AI has already melded as a part and parcel of our daily lives. “Some people call this artificial intelligence, but the reality is this technology will enhance us. So instead of artificial intelligence, I think we will augment our intelligence”- Ginni Rometty.

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HOW CONNECTED DATA IS TRANSFORMING RISK MANAGEMENTedit

Analytics Insight

Devices that can connect to Internet sources or even to other devices are considered IoT devices. Smart home devices including electric lights that can be controlled via your smartphone fall under this category. IoT devices have permeated all industries, since they enhance efficiency.

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Consumer IoT to attract more investments among Internet of Things technologies, says GlobalDataedit

Tech Observer

Internet of Things (IoT) is widely recognized by enterprises as one of the most important emerging technologies. Increased levels of investment can be expected across all IoT technology areas in the next phase. However, consumer IoT (ambient commerce) will attract more investments among all IoT technologies over the next three years, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData.

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Top 10 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2019edit

BW CIO

With the ongoing failure of significant national, international or UN level response and repercussion, nation-state sponsored espionage, cyber-crime and sabotage will continue to expand. Clearly, most organisations are simply not structured to defend against such attacks, which will succeed in penetrating defences. Cybersecurity teams will need to rely on breach detection techniques.

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Artificial Intelligence’s Role in Tele-Healthcareedit

e-Health

Technology is fast making inroads in every sphere of life. The biggest example is the existence of computers. Thinking of leading the life away from computers’ influence may be unfathomable at least in cosmopolitan cities.

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4.0 new-age tech & jobsedit

Financial Chronicle

Industrial 4.0 new-age technologi­es are disrupting the jobs around the global. This is likely to have a marginal impact on labour surplus economy like India, where more important concerns are creation of more formal or decent jobs and rising non-standard form of work, whi­ch is replacing the limited formal or regular work in the organised sector.

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Transforming Digitally In Indiaedit

Business Standard

Recently, the index was released for India after surveying 200 businesses in 2018 and calculating the companies’ perceived performance in the following areas: Delivering against the core attributes of a digital business, existing IT strategy, workforce transformation strategy and planned investments. (IoT)

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5G in India: DoT mulls more bands for launchedit

The Financial Express

The DoT also expects this would incentivise growth of M2M communications and IoT, which will be supported in a large measure by the forthcoming 5G technologies, the official said. This also is in line with the department’s work in the last few months on launching of 5G services.

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AI is Changing the Landscape of Cybersecurityedit

BW CIO World

It’s no surprise that artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most searched technological terms in Google; however, ironically this function itself is also executed by AI. This emerging technology has made its presence felt in every conceivable domain. Automation is changing the way businesses operate — from the factory floor to back-end IT — automated services and machines are increasing speed and productivity while freeing workers up to focus on more skilled tasks.

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Business leaders vow to address challenges in new economyedit

Global business leaders on Wednesday vowed to address challenges brought by rising new economy after a two-day discussion here over solutions to key issues facing the changing global economy like remaking global trade, managing supply chain threats and artificial intelligence (AI).

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Are we prepared for the rise of AI?edit

The Hindu Business Line

When most of us think about Artificial Intelligence (AI), our minds go straight to robots and sci-fi thrillers, where machines take over the world. But the fact is AI is already existing among us — in our smartphones, fitness trackers, refrigerators, etc. It can also drive cars, trade stocks and shares, and cook simply by watching YouTube videos. And this is just the beginning.

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How India can be the world’s most powerful country even after robots take away our jobsedit

India Today

Automation is upon us and technology is fast replacing routine jobs. Only those who can use their exclusive human skills of empathy and creativity will keep their jobs. So how will India win?

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How AI Is Changing The Cybersecurity Landscapeedit

CXO Today

It’s no surprise that artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most searched technological terms in Google; however, ironically this function itself is also executed by AI. This emerging technology has made its presence felt in every conceivable domain. Automation is changing the way businesses operate — from the factory floor to back-end IT — automated services and machines are increasing speed and productivity while freeing workers up to focus on more skilled tasks.

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How AI will transform India’s job sceneedit

The Hindu Business Line

We live in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) that has provided us with immense processing power, storage capacity, and access to information. The exponential development of technology gave us the spinning wheel in the first, electricity in the second, and computers in the third industrial revolution. In 2016, the World Economic Forum called AI “the fourth industrial revolution” that has radically transformed the way we live, work, and connect with each other.

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Artificial Intelligence will match human intelligence by 2062: Expertedit

Financial Express

In less than 50 years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will match humans on traits like adaptability, creativity and emotional intelligence, an expert has predicted.

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IT, infra sectors key to India’s growth to $10 trillion economy: Reportedit

ET Energy World

India’s information technology and infrastructure sectors will be central to its journey of becoming a USD 10-trillion economy by 2030, according to a new report released in London.

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Will Robots eat your job in future? No. Here’s whyedit

Financial Express

Automation has been happening for centuries—machine tools, steam shovels, word processors, street sweepers—as some jobs get automated, others will be created to take their place.

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Why govts need to support workers during their transition to automationedit

Business Standard

We are living in an age of insecurity, with the values of the global liberal order under fire despite the progress they’ve delivered for the vast majority of people. The rise of populism in politics, fears over slowing economic progress in advanced economies, and worsening prospects for future generations, as well as mounting evidence of declining subjective well-being and trust in many countries, are all expressions of this. Those who don’t feel they’ve benefited from the current order are understandably agitating to change it.

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5G: How It Will Change The Network World?edit

Express Computer

The exponential advancement in the telecommunications trajectory is entering it next paradigm shift with 5G technologies. From the 1G analog phones; human have pushed ahead with the mobile revolution through 2G, 3G, and the current 4G standards. The decade-old fourth generation has exploded into our consciousness with high-speed internet at 100 kbps with information, entertainment and connectivity at our fingertips.

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Predicting The Future Of Internet Of Things (IoT) And Blockchainedit

Josic

No organization wants to commit to a technology that a) doesn’t work appropriately for the expected use case (because of moderate approval times or equipment requirements on the IoT device), or b) could be obsolete in a half year. Nobody knows which distributed ledger technology (DLT) will be the best one for X use case in Y years.

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AI may have arrived but new blue-collar jobs may survive its riseedit

Business Standard

The new blue-collar labor force will need four “distinctively more human” core competencies for advanced production: complex reasoning, social and emotional intelligence, creativity and certain forms of sensory perception

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India and Japan Collaborate for AI, IoT and Security Tech To Co-Develop Unmanned Ground Vehiclesedit

IndianWeb

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have agreed on enhanced cooperation in security and digital technology including working together on next generation technologies such as Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV).

 

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IoT, 5G To Usher In A New Era Of Automated Testingedit

CXO Today

A new report by NI examines the most crucial engineering trends and challenges of the changing technology landscape, including the Internet of Things (IoT), the progression of 5G technology from prototyping to commercial deployment and autonomous driving for the masses.

 

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How India Inc can embrace digital transformation at every part of the value chainedit

Money Control

With disruption becoming the new game in modern times, India Inc’s digital transformation has also picked up rapid pace, and it is no more about a customer-first challenge. However, it has become an utmost important necessity for businesses to decode their digital progress and make an informed decision on realizing the future steps.

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Don’t Expect Robots to Take Everyone’s Jobedit

Bloomberg Quint

How many jobs are vulnerable to automation? Plenty of people ask that question, and plenty of people try to give numerical answers. A recent study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said that about 46 percent of jobs have a better-than-even chance of being automated.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Conventional vehicles continue to have formidable share, says industry leaders at ETAuto GABSedit

The Economic Times

Even as connected, autonomous, shared and electric mobility solutions are disrupting the automotive landscape globally, vehicle makers cant afford to take their eyes off conventional vehicles which will continue to be a formidable part of business in the future.

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Fresh push to subsidy plan linked to battery capacityedit

The Times of India

However, the heavy industries ministry has reportedly given a fresh push to the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles (FAME)-II proposal which could require government investment of about Rs 5,500 crore. The proposals include direct subsidy, setting up of charging stations and other allied facilities to put in place a complete eco-system

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Electric Charging Stationsedit

Deccan Chronicle

EV Motors India on Wednesday said it plans to set up 6,500 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations over the next five years in partnership with DLF, ABB India and Delta Electronics. $200 million is likely to be invested in the project.

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Auto firms laud EV draft policy, but flag infra, incentive concernsedit

Business Standard

Mahesh Babu, chief executive officer at Mahindra Electric Mobility, said the company would give its inputs on including cars in the fleet segment to be made part of the policy. It looks very promising and we see ourselves playing an important role in it, ❠he said. Adding that his companys electric auto rickshaw had been received very well in Delhi and adjoining areas.

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All charged up, but where is the infra?edit

The Times of India

Delhi’s new draft electric vehicle policy which aims to make every fourth registered vehicle in the capital an electric one by 2023 has been described as “strong” and “comprehensive” by experts. They, however, add a word of caution — the key to making it successful would mean developing a strong infrastructure beforehand. Otherwise, it will be a repeat of the scenario at CNG stations which witness long queues, they feel.

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25% of New Vehicles Registered in Delhi to be Electric by 2023: Draft Policyedit

Weather

In 2013, the government of India launched a National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020. Under the plan, FAME was launched in March 2015 for two years as Phase-I, which was subsequently extended up to March 2019.

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Centre to soon subsidise hybrid cars: Reportedit

Money Control

Electric vehicles: Government raises incentives under FAME-II to Rs 5,500 crore “Electric vehicles alone will not be able to solve the problems of oil imports and rising pollution,” Bhargava said adding that if “10-15 percent of cars are converted to.

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25% of all vehicles in Delhi to be electric by 2023: Draft policyedit

Business Standard

In 2013, the government of India launched a National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020. Under the plan, FAME was launched in March 2015 for two years as Phase-I, which was subsequently extended up to March 2019. Several states, including Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, have also announced an electric vehicle (EV) policy to complement the national policy and address state-specific needs.

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In U-turn, govt now proposes subsidies for hybrid vehiclesedit

MINT

In a meeting with the committee on 23 August for the second phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric and Hybrid vehicles (FAME) scheme, the department sought incentives for potential buyers of 10,000 hybrid cars fitted with lithiumion batteries of 0.5-2 kilowatt hour (kWh). The minutes of the meeting have been reviewed by Mint.

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Government hikes FAME India phase-1 outlay to Rs 895 croreedit

MINT

The government has increased the outlay byRs 100 crore to Rs 895 crore for the first phase of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME India) scheme to promote mass adoption of electric vehicles having extended the scheme four times, according to an official notification

 

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Electric vehiclesedit

The Telegraph

The govern ment has increased the outlay by Rs 100 crore to Rs 895 crore for the first phase of the FAME India scheme to promote mass adoption of electric vehicles, having extended the scheme four times, ac cording to an official notification.

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Electric Vehicle Telematics Market 2018 Size, Top Manufacturers, Product Type, Application and Specification, Forecast to 2022edit

Leading Journal

The Electric Vehicle Telematics Market reports gives Quick Overview on key rising opportunities of the fastest growing Electric Vehicle Telematics Market including, Product description, Key Manufacturers, Application, Classification, capacity, Electric Vehicle Telematics Market Price. The report provides an in-depth overview of Product Specification, Technology, Product type and production analysis considering major factors such as Revenue, Cost, Gross and Gross Margin.

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2-wheelers, e-rickshaws lead EV adoption as infra remains pooredit

The New Indian Express

According to the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), EV sales doubled in volume in 2017-18 compared to the previous year, and is maintaining momentum. EV sales this year have already achieved the 2017-18 level, which saw 56,000 units sold. However, almost all the growth is being driven by e-scooters.

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Industry experts debate aftersales best practices in Indiaedit

Auto Car Professional

The forum also spoke about the emerging megatrends wherein up to 2050 industry strives to offer sustainable mobility solutions, which will help stem and then improve the degrading air quality around the world, eventually targeting full vehicle electrification and bringing a paradigm shift to the century old automotive ecosystem. Vehicle autonomy and IoT are the given technological add-ons, which will further accelerate the industry’s march towards the new future.

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India’s Electric Vehicle Push Must Integrate Major Thrust on E-Bikesedit

Financial Express

With India planning to shift one-third of its vehicles to electric fleet by 2030, the government has launched a series of policy measures and incentives to promote electric and hybrid cars. The policy thrust on electric vehicles is aimed at enabling the country cut down on its excessive oil imports as well as address concerns over poor air quality across major cities. Notably, 14 of the world’s most polluted cities are in India.

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Govt needs to invest big in EV charging infra to boost e-mobility in India: TERI DGedit

ET Auto

The government needs to make large investments for setting up electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and facilitate research to boost e-mobility in the country, TERI Director-General Ajay Mathur said Tuesday. “The government has intended to boost e-mobility in the country. But, it is a chicken-and-egg story. Here, charging infrastructure is the egg.

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Here Is What Happens To The Old Lithium Ion Batteries When Electric Cars Are Retirededit

Indiatimes

While electric vehicles themselves might not be ‘bad’ per se, the corresponding increase in the demand for lithium-ion batteries powering them is poised to be a real issue. A fraction of this problem is how the batteries will be discarded after they are inefficient for these vehicles.

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EV is the way to go for Indiaedit

Deccan Herald

The electric vehicle market is set to grow in a big way due to the ambitious plans and initiatives of the government. The government has taken many steps to incentivise and promote the deployment of electric vehicles and public charging infrastructure to achieve significant electrification by 2030.

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Silicon eyed as way to boost electric car battery potentialedit

ET Auto

About 500,000 electric vehicles (EVs) were sold globally in 2016, a figure that is expected to jump sevenfold by 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

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Wireless EV Charging Market 2018-2023 Growth Rate, Manufacturers, Market Shares, Sales, Production, Consumptionedit

Leading Journal

Wireless EV Charging market report one of the best source of knowledge, experts in the Wireless EV Charging industry shares their knowledge with the research in the field with geographical segmentation. Wireless EV Charging market report geographically stated the growth rate, revenue, market shares, sales, production, consumption, manufacturers in particular areas.

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Electric Vehicles Battery Market Analysis, Latest Trends and Regional Growth Forecast by Types and Applicationsedit

Leading Journal

The Electric Vehicles Battery Market reports gives complete Information about Industry including its Definition, Applications and Manufacturing technology, company profile, product specifications, capacity, production value, Contact Information of Manufacturer and Market shares for company This Electric Vehicles Battery Market report also provides information about Capacity Utilization Rate, Price, Industry chain, Manufacturing Process, Cost Structure, Marketing Channel that will exponentially accelerate your business.

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Electric cars, clean fuel to hit global oil demandedit

DNA

Electric vehicles and more efficient fuel technology will cut transportation demand for oil by 2040 more than previously expected, but the world may still face a supply crunch without enough investment in new production, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.

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China Is Leading the World to an Electric Car Futureedit

Bloomberg Quint

The world’s biggest market for electric vehicles wants to get even bigger, so it’s giving automakers what amounts to an ultimatum. Starting in January, all major manufacturers operating in China—from global giants Toyota Motor and General Motors to domestic players BYD and BAIC Motor—have to meet minimum requirements there for producing new-energy vehicles, or NEVs (plug-in hybrids, pure-battery electrics, and fuel-cell autos). A complex government equation requires that a sizable portion of their production or imports must be green in 2019, with escalating goals thereafter.

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Electrifying the world no panacea for global warming, IEA saysedit

 Mint

Driving electric cars and scrapping your natural gas-fired boiler won’t make a dent in global carbon emissions, and may even increase pollution levels. Higher electrification may lead to oil demand peaking by 2030, but any reduction in emissions from the likes of electric vehicles will be offset by the increased use of power plants to charge them, according to the International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook, which plots different scenarios of future energy use.

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Why electric cars may not reduce pollutionedit

economictimes

“Electrification is a necessary part of deep decarbonization because it is relatively easy to decarbonize the power sector,” said Lauri Myllyvirta, a senior analyst at Greenpeace’s air pollution unit. “But electrification only helps if the power sector moves rapidly towards zero emissions.”

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You can soon set up EV charging stations for commercial use: Infra policy for electric vehicles in worksedit

Financial Express

R K Singh, Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister said that the current policy for Electric vehicle infrastructure that includes setting up of charging infrastructure is in works and currently being circulated with various government departments and ministries for comments.

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Future of electric vehicles in India is not cars but two-wheelers and public transportedit

India Today

The EV charging infrastructure is required to boost EVs in the country. India intends to have a sizeable share of EVs in the vehicle strength by 2030, which is in line with its commitment to reduce emission intensity by one third from the level of 2005.

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Challenges of electric mobility: Metal-air tech can emerge as a viable option for EVsedit

Financial Express

For electric vehicles (EVs) to gain momentum, India needs to promote R&D of alternative battery technologies to address issues such as range anxiety, total cost of ownership and the lack of proper charging infrastructure.

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Business idea: You can set up EV charging station – no need for a licenceedit

Business Standard

In a move to encourage electric vehicles (EV) on road, individuals may soon be able to able to set up charging stations without applying for any licences, according to a report in The Economic Times. However, there will be a limit on the tariff they can charge from electric vehicle owners.

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EV infra policy soon; individual can set up charging station for commercial use: R K Singhedit

ET Auto

India intends to have sizeable share of EVs in the vehicle strength by 2030, which is in line with it’s commitment to reduce emission intensity by one third from the level of 2005.

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India’s Electric Vehicle Revolution Takes Off, Public Transport Options Finally Get Priorityedit

India Times

The National Capital Region (NCR) of India has been experiencing ‘hazardous’ levels of air pollution over the last few weeks. While this is majorly being accredited to the cumulative effect of farmers of Punjab and Haryana burning paddy and the ongoing festivities involving bursting firecrackers, there is another, permanent factor in this equation. The exhaust from millions of vehicles running on fossil fuels on the roads of Delhi.

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Auto industry will see a roller-coaster ride during BS-VI transition: Bosch MDedit

The Hindu Business Line

The country’s leading automobile products’ company Bosch Ltd has quite a task on hand during the next few years as the Indian auto industry transitions to BS-VI norms. In an interview with BusinessLine, Soumitra Bhattacharya, Bosch Ltd’s Managing Director and President, Bosch Group, India, shares the company’s roadmap on helping the industry to successfully make the transition.

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India’s Electric Vehicle Push Must Integrate Major Thrust On E-Bikesedit

Business World

Electric bikes are an evolved version of the regular bicycles, fitted with an electric motor to enable motorized pedaling along with manual pedaling

Electric Vehicles
Self-driving car industry needs standards and security: execsedit

Business Standard

Automakers need standards for key equipment, a wide-reaching 5G broadband network and strong partnerships to make self-driving cars and electric vehicles a success, top European car industry executives said on Wednesday.

Self Driving
Arvind Balaji: ‘Adoption of EVs in India may happen sooner than we may realise’edit

Auto Car Professional

Right now, it is too early to predict what the right combination will be in future but I don’t dismiss electrification as a technology. Adoption of EVs in India may happen faster than we may realise. Challenges like EV infrastructure and battery do exist but there are solutions; while these may not be mass market solutions but they are suitable for some segments like e-rickshaw.

Electric Vehicles
This Made-In-India Electric Bus By Ashok Leyland Has A Neat Trick That Gives It An Unlimited Rangeedit

India Times

Ashok Leyland showcased its all-electric bus at the Auto Expo 2018 back in February. The 31 seater bus, named as Circuit F, reflected a partnership between Ashok Leyland and Sun Mobility, an electric vehicles solutions firm. As per recent postings online, the bus has now been spotted undergoing test on the roads and hence might make its debut to the Indian market soon.

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India has potential to become the largest market of electric mobility by 2030, says Mahesh Babuedit

ET Auto

CEO of Mahindra Electric, India’s first EV manufacturing auto firm, Mahesh Babu is optimistic about the mobility transformation happening in India at the moment. In a conversation with ETAuto he said that the country has immense potential to realize this new opportunity. He believes that with the proper sync of government and industry, the country can become one of the largest electric vehicle markets by 2030.

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Alternative technologies to pave the way for future urban mobilityedit

Geospatial World

As per McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance 2016 report, there would be a rapid transition to advanced mobility solutions that would contribute colossal $600 billion dollars in societal benefits till 2030.

Urban Mobility
Delhi launches e-bus trial run amidst worsening pollution levelsedit

Times Now

 In its effort to promote pollution-free public transport, the Delhi government on Friday conducted a trial run of its low-floor electric bus and said it is in the process of procuring e-buses to ply on roads by 2019. During the three-month trial, the e-bus will make trips between Ambedkar Nagar and Inderpuri to test its operational feasibility on different road conditions.

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The $6 trillion barrier holding electric cars backedit

Mint

The good news is the death of the internal combustion engine is nearing and electric-vehicle sales are on a tear. Countries that together account for more than 10% of global auto sales have detailed plans to phase out conventional gasoline-powered cars. Include China, and that jumps to 40%.

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DATA STORY | 80% Indians feel last mile connectivity key to improve public transport ridershipedit

Money Control

At a time when mobility is driving economic growth in the country, 80 percent of commuters feel first-and last-mile connectivity holds the key to improve public transport ridership, according to an Ease of Moving Index 2018 report by Ola’s Mobility Institute.

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Smart Mobility with Intelligent Traffic Management System & Smart Parkingedit

Business World

Moderator Sanjiv Saran, Chairman, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation in conversation with panelists discussing smart mobility and traffic management system in smart cities at BW Envision 2018.

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Industry News: Education

Most firms will adopt hybrid infrastructure management by ’20: Surveyedit

The Asian Age

First, and most directly, it increases the productivity of businesses at lower operational costs. Second, companies leverage the power of cloud computing the amalgamation of cloud powered technologies AI, analytics and IOT, combined with their data centres to build smarter operations that create value for their customers.

IT
Cyber space needs to develop its own AI, radarsedit

DNA

Many of us who had joined the workforce in the early eighties were by then just getting to know what a computer looked like and what it did for businesses. Internet was yet to be born in its true form. On the mobile communication front, by-now forgotten pagers were all that the world knew of. Thirty years later, Smart Phones are endemic, 4G is on the verge of being passé and IOT is a reality.

Cyber space
Big data and analytics may be the hottest sector, but India has a serious dearth of data scientistsedit

Business Insider

Pareekh Jain, an independent IT outsourcing advisor, reportedly said that data scientists form the backbone of industries that rely on technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Big Data
Time To Unravel The Future Of Educationedit

BW Education

The problem roots back to an elementary level lack of quality education. Most fresh graduates, especially from the engineering background, do not possess industry-relevant skills to make it big in the ruthlessly competitive professional sphere. As per the latest report by All India Survey of Higher Education (AISHE), enrolments in colleges have risen from 32% in 2013-2014 to 36% in 2017-2018, but employability score (i.e. students employable by companies) remains low.

Higher Education
5G poised to reach 1.5 billion subscriptions in 2024edit

The Asian Age

The uptake of NB-IoT and Cat-M1 technologies is driving growth in the number of cellular IoT connections worldwide. Of the 4.1 billion cellular IoT connections forecast for 2024, North East Asia is expected to account for 2.7 billion – a figure reflecting both the ambition and size of the cellular IoT market in this region.

5G
Indian IT market to grow 6.9% to reach $12.9B: IDC reportedit

ET Tech

The demand for services around emerging technologies, such as Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Automation, and the Internet of Things (IoT) will be boosted in the next 3-5 years,” he added. IDC estimates that the IT Services market will grow at a growth of 8.2% between 2017-2022, to reach $13.7 billion by the end of 2022.

 

IT
Digital business forces infrastructure service providers to deliver beyond Edge: Gartneredit

Channel World

By 2022, Gartner estimates that half of large organizations will be integrating edge computing principles into their projects. This is partly because, by 2022, $2.5 million will be spent every minute in the Internet of Things (IoT), and 1 million new IoT devices will be sold every hour.

IoT
Difference between plain graduation degree and a vocational degreeedit

Deccan Chronicle

There are so many trades where vocational courses are offered, some of them are namely: Electrical skills, Carpentry Skills, Construction skills, AI and networking Skills, IoT and embedded skills, manufacturing skills, automotive skills, HVAC skills, etc.

Higher Education
5G estimated to reach 1.5 billion subscriptions in 2024: Ericsson Mobility Reportedit

Tech Nuter

The uptake of NB-IoT and Cat-M1 technologies is driving growth in the number of cellular IoT connections worldwide. Of the 4.1 billion cellular IoT connections forecast for 2024, North East Asia is expected to account for 2.7 billion – a figure reflecting both the ambition and size of the cellular IoT market in this region

5G
Opinion: Right to higher educationedit

Financial Chronicle

About 99 per cent of India’s MBAs and 80 per cent of its engineering graduates are unemployable as per industry standards. The imperative to follow a career path based on personal interest and aptitude is impeded by the economic environment within the nation. Mechanical and Electronics engineers often find themselves working in Information Technology companies.

Education
Low rates, fewer projects signal slump in clean energy spaceedit

Mint

The renewable energy sector in India has had a sobering year in 2018 with the number of new projects slowing down and investors finding that the sector is generating both lower power and financial returns than they expected. A Crisil report in August projected solar installations in FY19 would fall to 7,400 megawatts (MW) from a decadal high of 9,363MW in FY18.

Clean Energy
IT Sector: Not a growth story but attractive valuation to limit downsideedit

Money Control

The digital share of revenues has increased to the range of 30-50 percent for most companies wherein there is continued demand in the cloud, IoT, cyber and data and analytics.

IT
IoT keeps the story alive for IT services companiesedit

Gadgets Now

IT services major Cognizant’s internet-of-things (IoT) solution made this happen using information from smartphones and other devices such as glucose meters. This is not a one-off example of adding value in services using IoT.

IoT
India cannot afford to ignore Data Scienceedit

The Economic Times Blogs

The world is waking up to the vast possibilities of emerging technologies. With numerous breakthroughs within the past few years, terms such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) that were relatively unknown terms, have become buzzwords.

Data Science
How New Age Academic Programs In Exponential Technologies Will Redefine Future Of Educationedit

Business World

In my previous articles in Business World; I have written extensively about the future of education and how we can improve the efficacy of academic institutions with an introduction of topical programs in exponential technologies Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Blockchain, cybersecurity, RPA etc.

Education
From AI to Drones, Smart Technology is Firing Up Wildlife Conservation Globallyedit

The Weather Channel

This amazing conservation effort was made possible with a combination of technologies like digital data mapping of tourist traffic, thermal imaging, closed circuit TV cameras, biometrics, connection of rangers via multiple devices, the use of IoT (the Internet of things) to share and control information, and cloud backup of all the data.

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European Union to Join Hands with India for the Growth of Sustainable Technologiesedit

Mercom India

A few weeks ago, five Indian projects were selected to be presented at the Paris Peace Forum, new annual event based on the idea that international cooperation is key to tackling global challenges and ensuring durable peace. Recently, India hosted the second edition of Global RE-Invest which highlights the dire need for the entire global community to come together to combat climate change and the importance of political commitment in driving the green energy revolution.

 

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Engineering graduates are more employable than MBA graduates, according to a recent surveyedit

GQ India

The general belief is that the more educated you are, the higher are your chances of getting a better job. Of course it makes sense except, as a recent study reveals, not always. According to the annual India skill survey 2019, undergraduates stand a better chance at employability than post graduates.

Education
Companies in Asia-Pacific invest more in IoT, says surveyedit

The Week

Companies in India as well as rest of the Asia-Pacific region are leapfrogging in the ‘Intelligent Enterprise Index’ to become truly digital and connected. According to a Zebra Technologies study conducted globally, countries in Asia-Pacific, including India, have scored the highest rise in the number of companies that have applied the Internet of Things (IoT) standards of digitising their physical activities.

IoT
12 Questions Answered on 5G Networksedit

ET Telecom

Will the Internet of Things (IoT) generate video traffic? Brian: It depends on what you classify as a “thing”. If it includes HD surveillance camera, for example, that runs on a cellular network, then yes, and lots of it. Smaller things, such as temperature sensors, will generate far less traffic, but there may be billions of them deployed, so it adds up quickly. For the most part, the challenge of IoT will likely be about the number of individual services, not capacity.

5G
Innovation to be key for engineering college rankingsedit

Bangalore Mirror

In the reference manual AICTE has also proposed an open book examination for engineering courses, but VTU’s Vice-Chancellor said this can be done only after the next revision of syllabus, which will be after four years from now. Meanwhile, VTU has launched a digital library for its students.

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Council clears confusion over aptitude testedit

The Times of India

The All India Coun cil for Technical Education (AIC TE) clarified that the Graduate Apti tude Test in Engineering (GA TE) was not mandatory for get ting an engineering (BE/ BTech) degree. In a public notice, the apex body for engineering education clarified that no such condition was imposed till date and the students shouldn’t believe in rumours. “AICTE has noted with concern that some new spapers carried an item, stating that it has decided to make GA TE as mandatory exit examina tion. AICTE hasn’t issued any such notification. This is issued to clarify all stakeholders,” the notice issued on Tuesday by vi ce chairman MP Poonia on AICTE website mentioned.

AICTE approves open book exam for engineering courseedit

The Times of India

Similar to time-constrained examinations, open book examinations are designed in a way that allow students to refer to their classnotes, text-books, and other approved material while answering questions. They are useful in testing the skills in application, analysis and evaluation, the reforms policy stated. Engineering colleges in Karnataka have lauded the AICTE’s recommendations. The colleges had been demanding it for long.

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AICTE Will Allow Books During Engineering Exams; GATE Isn’t Mandatory For Engineers!edit

Trak.In

National-level council for technical education in India: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has unleashed an educational reform in India when it comes to engineering exams. In a landmark decision, AICTE has decided to allow books inside the examination hall. Will this help engineering students? Meanwhile, AICTE has confirmed that GATE is not mandatory for engineering students, for exit exam.

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Technology steps in: Welcome! to brave new world of industrial automationedit

Devdis Course

Paul Whitney, Market Development Manager, Integrated Architecture, explained that several innovative ideas were in the pipeline at Rockwell, in partnership with PTC  an augmented reality (AR) and IoT solutions provider  and Microsoft, some of which may or may not become final products. Rockwell entered into an equity relationship with PTC a few months ago.

Automation
Recruiters Look for Niche Tech Skill Sets in Top Engg Schoolsedit

The Economic Times

We are constantly looking for talents with these niche skill sets through multiple channels inclu ding visiting IITs, NITs and other engineering colleges,” said Jaide ep Chavan, head of talent acquisi tion, India, Capgemini. Digital and cloud are key focus areas for Capgemini; these contri bute 35% to its revenue. Richard Lobo, head of human resources and executive vice-president at In fosys, said that this year’s hiring would be mostly in domains such as automation, AI, ML etc.

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AICTE chief: Higher education teachers must be trained properlyedit

The Times of India

It’s is also important from an employer’s perspective,” said Sahasrabudhe, while pointing to the 2018 Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) circular on NBA accreditation for engineering courses, which put jobs of Indian engineers in Kuwait in jeopardy, as an example.

Higher Education
Emerging Course: Why do Indians opt for ‘safe engineering’ optionsedit

Times of India

A technology can enable its users to perform actions in a virtual world before performing them in reality. This enables to foresee and evaluate the outcome of the action in advance. For instance, what would be the result of reacting two elements or what would happen if a function in a manufacturing unit is changed? Answers to such questions can be comprehended before performing the task on a digitally created model. This is technology is called Simulation Technology.

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India’s higher education system needs drastic changesedit

City Today

As the world stands on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, powered by a wide range of new technology breakthroughs such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), advanced robotics, Internet of Things IoT), Cloud computing and 3D printing, major changes are expected in the labour market globally.

Education
Engg graduates more employable than MBAsedit

The Times of India

The survey showed that most of the hiring would happen for lateral positions but 15% to 20% hiring would be for freshers. “Almost 40% to 50% of existing jobs which are transaction heavy would get automated. The key sectors are IT, financial services, manufacturing, transportation, packaging and shipping,” it said.

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Indian IT industry is making convincing strides as their clients demand digital transformationedit

Economic Times

Predictions about the demise of India’s IT industry were hardly new though. They started appearing a decade or so ago, when it became clear that the labour arbitrage enjoyed by India’s IT companies was vanishing, and business was moving elsewhere, to the Philippines and Ireland, among others, as western corporations embraced a global delivery model, where vendors located in different time zones maintained and serviced their systems round the clock.

Digital TransformationReskilling
Need to shift objective of Indian education from ‘granting degrees’ to ‘enhancing employability’edit

Devdiscourse

The IT industry body Nasscom’s reports point to the inadequate technical skills and low employability rate of India’s engineering graduates. The effort money that the $167 billion Indian IT industry has to invest in imparting months of intensive training before fresh engineering graduates can become productive on basic software jobs brings out the deficiency of our higher education system in creating job ready engineers.

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India ER&D market to grow to USD 42 bn by FY22: Reportedit

Business Standard

It was also expected that young technocrats would also achieve a new high in Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) as they had the required level of quest and expertise to do so, he noted.

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India’s higher education system needs drastic changesedit

Nagaland Post

In India, over 80 per cent of the working population is engaged in low-skilled jobs in the unorganised sector. These low-skilled workers aspire to join the middle-skilled workforce in the organised sector to raise themselves from poverty. However, the changing nature of work due to technology advancements in the organised sector prevents their upward labour mobility and any improvement in their incomes.

Higher Education
MHRD launches faculty development programmes – LEAP & ARPITedit

A unique initiative of online professional development of 15 lakh higher education faculty using the MOOCs platform SWAYAM, Annual Refresher Programme in Teaching (ARPIT) was launched on Tuesday. The ministry of human resource development also launched Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) which will be implemented through 15 top institutions like IITs, TISS, DU, JNU and IISERs and also include a week training in a foreign campus of the likes of Harvard University, Oxford University, Purdue University and NTU Singapore, among others

Higher Education
Is India’s higher education system future ready? Here’s a viewedit

The Economic Times

As the world stands on the brink of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, powered by a wide range of new technology breakthroughs such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), advanced robotics, Internet of Things IoT), Cloud computing and 3D printing, major changes are expected in the labour market globally.

Higher Education
Employability of engineers-a nightmareedit

The Hans India

India is one of the largest producers of engineers in the world and approximately 1.5 million engineering graduates are arriving into the job market every year. But, the rate of employment is still appalling and is not in coincidence with the number of candidates passing out.

Engineering
To beat job crunch, engineering graduates rush for teaching postsedit

With deficiency of core jobs in the market, many engineering graduates in Telangana are becoming teachers. There are over 8,000 teachers’ vacancies in government schools. International schools, too, are scouting for engineers with bachelor of education (BEd) qualification.

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Here’s how Indian IT firms are overhauling employee training processedit

The Economic Times

For nearly three decades, Indian IT services firms such as Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys and WiproNSE -2.17 % hired thousands of engineering graduates from colleges and brought them to their training facilities. There, the new hires were put through 12-16 weeks of intense training – a mix of basic computing concepts and programming skills, along with some soft skills–using cutlery and general etiquette. After an assessment, some were let go but a majority were assigned to projects.

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Online Education Vs Traditional Degrees: Students Armed With AI/ML Skills Have An Edge Over The Othersedit

Analytics India Magazine

In the last few years, India has witnessed rapid changes in the educational technology landscape. The spurt of jobs in emerging technologies — artificial intelligence and machine learning has spurred the growth of EdTech companies which are at the forefront of providing cutting-edge skills to young college professionals and undergraduates keen to upskill and re-learn.

Upskilling
India’s government is mulling a plan to give the country’s top engineering institutes more autonomy — here’s what that would entailedit

Business Insider

Last week, India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) formally instituted a panel to assess the viability of reducing the government’s control over all 23 Indian Institutes of Technology(IIT), according to a report in the Indian Express.

Engineering
How online learning is doing away with traditional learning methodsedit

India Today

Online learning is slowly but surely taking over traditional learning methods. Where does India stand in e-learning?

Online Learning
In an AI future, our main job will be to relearn, unlearn and keep on learningedit

Mint

Technology takes unexpected turns, and the ripple effect of one innovation reaches unimagined corners of society and business. Take the creation of the internet browser by Netscape, for instance.In technology, there is arguably no bigger debate today, than the impact on employment of artificial intelligence (AI). Will we fade to irrelevance as machines take over? Or are our uniquely human capabilities irreplaceable? There are valid arguments on both sides, and the truth is, no one really knows.

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More than 50% of e-learners quit before completing the course: Edureka studyedit

The Hindu Business Line

Edureka’s study was aimed at understanding the modern Indian IT professional’s relationship with learning on the job and their behaviour when it comes to learning. The online survey was conducted among 339 Indian IT professionals who were interested in online courses.

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GATE might be compulsory for engineering students as exit examedit

New Indian Express

Interestingly, for candidates who have completed their engineering course, the degree certificate will be awarded only after they clear GATE, said AICTE officials.

Engineering
40,000 engineering students to be trained in advanced robotics in Andhra Pradeshedit

New Indian Express

In a first, the Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC), under the guidance of European Centre for Mechatronics (ECM), has decided to provide training in advanced robotics to over 40,000 engineering students from colleges across the State.

Skill Development
AICTE has finalised curriculum for training technical faculty, council chairman saysedit

The Times of India

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has finalised the curriculum for the training programme for faculty members of technical institutions and it would be officially launched in 15 to 20 days by the minister of human resources development, said AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe on Thursday.

Enginnering
Higher education still faces many challenges in India: Pranabedit

Business Standard

Former President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday the spread of higher education still faces many challenges in India despite several measures taken by the central and state governments.

Higher Education

Uncategorized

India’s Solar Exports Jumped by 223% While Imports Increased by 38% in Q3 2018edit

Mercom India

Indian solar imports spiked considerably in the third quarter (Q3) of calendar year (CY) 2018. According to the latest data from the Department of Commerce, solar modules and cells worth $602 million (~?42.96 billion) were imported by India in the third quarter of 2018.

Solar Energy
2018 a sobering year for renewable energy in Indiaedit

Live Mint

The renewable energy sector in India has had a sobering year in 2018 with the number of new projects slowing down and investors finding that the sector is generating both lower power and financial returns than they expected. A Crisil report in August projected solar installations in FY19 would fall to 7,400 megawatts (MW) from a decadal high of 9,363MW in FY18.

Renewable Energy
Sunny future: Digital dividend for India’s renewables visionedit

The Financial Express

When combined with the vexing issues of renewable sources, like fall in wind velocity or periods of cloudy weather, efficiency of consumption becomes imperative. IoT and cloud-based technologies are increasingly solving such issues.

EnergyIoT
In addition to making energy, what if solar panels could save energy?edit

India Today

Today, such arrays do one thing – they turn sunlight into electricity. But Fan’s lab has built a device that could have a dual purpose – generating electricity and cooling buildings. The sun-facing layer of the device is nothing new. It’s made of the same semiconductor materials that have long adorned rooftops to convert visible light into electricity.

Renewable Energy
How India Inc can help unmask our cities, make the air cleaneredit

Deccan Chronicle

A World Bank report highlights that environmental damage due to air pollution not only causes health hazards, but also costs three per cent of India’s GDP, with outdoor air pollution accounting for 1.7 per cent and indoor air pollution adding up to 1.3 per cent. It is important for all stakeholders to come together to find solutions to the major sources of air pollution in the national capital region. These sources may be primarily classified under transportation, industries, fuel, crop residue burning and domestic sources.

Green Energy
Positive changeedit

Business Standard

Barring the subpar performance in the forestry sector, India’s showing on other fronts of global warming mitigation action has been quite impressive. The country is on track to fulfil its commitments made under the Paris climate agreement to slash the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity of its economy by 33 to 35 per cent from the 2005 levels and also raise the share of clean energy in its power output to 40 per cent.

Clean Energy
A case for accelerated deployment of renewable energy capacity in Indiaedit

The Economic Times

India is transforming its national electricity system by incorporating deflationary renewables.In doing so, it is improving energy security, reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels, addressing air pollution, and lowering emissions intensity. The timing of this transformation is spot on.India’s economy is set to double by 2030. Even with improved energy efficiency and lower grid losses, an investment exceeding US$500 billion is required to deliver a near 70 per cent expansion in total electricity generation.

Renewable Energy
Fast pace digitisation may not be good for environmentedit

The Hindu Business

Most of our days start with replying to messages on social messaging platforms and probably end with viewing videos on Netflix, but do we realise these activities contribute to climate change? According to studies on climate change, data centres account for about 3 per cent of the total electricity consumed globally. Every search leaves a carbon footprint of 0.2g. Ten minutes of video streaming releases 1 gm of carbon dioxide.

 

 

Clean Energy
Clean energy can combat climate change dangersedit

The Hans India

The dangers that climate change poses to life on our planet are becoming more acute. According to a report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), mean global land-sea temperatures have already risen above 1 degree Celsius compared to pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels. It is feared that the earth could pass the 1.5 degree C threshold as early as 2030 if greenhouse gas emissions continue at the current level and measures to reduce CO2 levels continue to remain ineffective.

Clean Energy
Current clean energy efforts seem incomplete as carbon emissions are only going to increase till 2040edit

The Financial Express

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook not only envisages a future where coal, oil and gas continue to play leading roles in all of its scenarios, it also, at the same time, finds that carbon dioxide emissions are on the rise (by 1.6% in 2017), “after three flat years”, and that they are likely to continue rising “on a slow upward trend to 2040”.

Clean Energy
Clean energy can combat climate change dangersedit

The Hans India

Globally, fossil fuels continue to be the biggest source of energy production and renewable, low-carbon power sources like wind, solar and biomass can neither be developed quickly nor can be scaled up to levels that can truly combat the threat of climate change. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that renewable energy is not being adopted quickly enough to achieve climate and sustainability goals.

Clean Energy
Solar power booming in Kochiedit

The Times of India

Solar power generation has gone up significantly in Kochi with many big firms switching over to solar energy. Kochi Metro, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), Government Medical College, Ernakulam are some of the big institutions installing solar plants. Moreover, a majority of the 10,000 applicants who have registered with the Kerala State Electricity Board’s (KSEB) Soura rooftop solar power plant project are from Kochi.

Solar Power
55% of India’s commercial, residential realty will go green by 2021: Studyedit

Business Standard

According to the Dodge Data and Analytics World Green Building Trends 2018 Smart Market Report, India anticipates strong growth in several building sectors including new commercial construction, new high-rise residential, commercial interiors, new institutional construction, and green communities.

Green Energy
As India fails to clean up its air, China is winning war on pollutionedit

Economic Times

While New Delhi and other Indian cities choke amid worsening air conditions and half-hearted government measures, neighboring China — the world’s largest polluter — is slowly winning its war against pollution.

Clean Energy
41% rise in renewable energy sourced by companies: RE100 reportedit

Economic Times

India sees more renewable electricity being sourced. In 2017, 32 per cent of all electricity sourced by RE100 Indian members was from renewable energy sources compared to 21 per cent in 2016.

Energy
The hidden costs of green energyedit

Hindu Business Line

The focus on green energy is extremely laudable and India is on its way to achieving its 100 GW of solar energy by 2022. Other developments in the recent past have also been very encouraging. Tariffs of solar energy have plummeted to ₹2.44 per unit from high of ₹14 per unit not very long ago. The energy sector may well be under stress but solar power seems to be on the rise.

EnergyGreen Energy
India’s wind energy capacity addition to grow 76 per cent to 3,000 Mw in current fiscaledit

ET EnergyWorld

The bid tariffs discovered in the recent wind power auctions increased slightly from a low of Rs 2.43 per unit to Rs 2.77 per unit discovered during August 2018 to September 2018, though continuing to remain less than Rs 3 per unit

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India to attract investments worth $80 bn in renewable energy: Reportedit

Business Standard

India’s renewable energy space is turning out to be an attractive domain for foreign investors. In total, this sector has drawn $6.84 billion FDI from April 2000 to June 2018.

Renewable Energy
India offers renewable energy expertise to island nationsedit

Mint

ndia is ready to share its expertise in renewable energy with small island nations, Union Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh said Wednesday. “India has chosen the path of sustainable growth and we want to leave a green planet for our future generations. That is why our focus is on renewable energy.

Renewable Energy
Green energy addition double that of thermaledit

The Times of India

From being a fledgling sector till not very far back, renewables are emerging as a rapidly expanding source of the world’s energy needs. India, too, looks primed for a switch to clean energy and added 15.7GW renewable energy capacity in 201617 compared to 7.7GW coal installations. A look at the big numbers driving the renewables market.

Green Energy
India’s solar power capacity addition down 44% in first half of current fiscaledit

ET EnergyWorld

The generation capacity of 1,200 MW added in the quarter ended September, too, was 43 per cent less than the capacity addition achieved in the corresponding quarter last fiscal

Solar Power
BBMP plans to convert waste to energy on a trial basisedit

The Economic Times

Following an inordinate delay in developing waste to energy plants to address municipal waste issues of Bengaluru, the city corporation has now planned to install these plants on an experimental basis in two of its existing waste processing units.

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India’s renewable energy share to triple by 2023: IEAedit

The Week

According to global energy adviser, International Energy Alliance (IEA), nearly 40 per cent of the world’s energy needs would be fulfilled by renewable energy sources by 2023. An IEA study also suggests that the share of renewables in India’s energy sector would rise to 16 per cent from the present 5.3 per cent over the next five years.

Renewable Energy
India needs a robust ancillary services framework to ensure grid stabilityedit

The Hindu Business Line

India’s ongoing mission to substantially increase renewables in its energy mix poses some pertinent challenges, such as the daily intermittence and seasonal variability of renewable power on grid stability. India plans to increase the share of non-fossil fuel in its total installed power capacity to 40 per cent by 2030.

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Solar energy to add power to NMRC’s metro stationsedit

Daily Pioneer

Solar energy would add power to all stations of Noida-Greater Noida Metro Rail corridor’s Aqua Line that would be operational soon, the Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) said on Monday.

Solar Energy
Meeting climate change targets for 2020-30 a task cut outedit

Business Standard

Preliminary reading of the numbers indicate this was achieved by unprecedented structural changes in the economy. There was not a lot of renewable power capacity addition that played a role in this,” an expert involved in the setting of India’s Paris agreement targets said.

Renewable Energy
India says nuclear energy should be promoted to meet climate change problemedit

Business Standard

Nuclear reactors do not produce greenhouse gases like power plants using coal and, therefore, can increase electricity generation without contributing to climate change

Nuclear Energy
Centre raises ceiling tariffs for renewables project auctionsedit

The Hindu Business Line

After several aborted attempts to lure players to participate in the auctions for wind, solar, and hybrid projects, the Centre has now hiked the tariff ceilings in an attempt to elicit a better response from the renewable energy industry.

Renewable Energy
Wind turbines—causing more harm than good?edit

Research Matters

Hailed as ‘clean’ energy, wind energy is seen as an affordable solution to satiate the ever-growing global energy demands. However, a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, claims that wind turbines, installed to harness renewable energy from the wind, are instead creating deleterious effects on predatory birds and their prey.

wind energy
IEA finds India’s rural electrification one of greatest success stories this yearedit

The Economic Times

India’s move to energise every village in the country with electricity is one of the greatest success stories in the world this year; providing clean cooking fuel to people is another laudable achievement that will reduce premature deaths from pollution, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.

Rural Electrification
Falling solar power cost lead to pricing disputesedit

The Economic Times

The steep fall in the cost of producing solar power in recent years is now causing conflicts between different arms of state and central governments over the buying price of solar power.

Solar Power
Industry pressing for removal of Rs 2.6 per unit tariff for 1.2 GW auctionedit

Business Standard

The auction scheduled for October 26 was postponed till November 14. The successful bidder would set up solar and wind capacities of 12,000 MW together

wind energy
India’s wind power pipeline loses 9 gwedit

DNA

India’s wind power pipeline to 2022 has contracted by almost 9 gigawatts due to cancellation of auctions, grid connection delays and a lack of appetite for new purchases from the power distribution companies, according to a note from Bloomberg NEF.

wind energy
Eight things you need to know about the future of energyedit

GQ India

Energy users might be the people that end up driving change “Consumers are actually far more forward-thinking than government can sometimes be,” says Juliet Davenport, CEO of renewable energy firm Good Energy. “We’re going to have to make it easier if we’re going to get massive uptake of renewables.”

Renewable Energy
India’s Floating Solar Panel a Gateway To Clean Energy For Asiaedit

Newsgram

India already makes the solar panels it needs, and is now setting up manufacturing for the floats and anchors needed for floating solar systems.

Solar Energy
Blockchain now in green energy tradeedit

DNA

Companies in Singapore can now engage in renewable energy certificates trading on a blockchain-powered system from utilities provider SP Group. The idea behind the asset is that firms seeking to offset their non-green energy production can purchase RECs from a company producing excess green power. The use of a blockchain is more than a gimmick.

Green Energy
How to turn around the power sector and solve the coal supply issuesedit

Financial Express

Power-generating companies should not be saddled with the burden of cross-subsidising the renewable sector. Promoting renewable energy is laudable, but it has a cost. This has to be borne by the society through taxation

Renewable Energy
CM inaugurates 1230 kW solar power plantedit

The Pioneer

Inaugurating a 1230 kW solar power plant in Gorakhpur, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said it would give impetus to the green energy drive of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and would not only help in lighting up many houses but also conserve environment.

Solar Power
Solar power to charge cars, buses soon: Bangalore Electricity Supply Companyedit

New Indian Express

Solar panels installed at apartments, offices and malls can generate electricity during the day and reduce the carbon footprint. She addressed a gathering on the importance of solar energy and BESCOM’s collaboration with Bangalore Apartments’ Federation (BAF) to reach their target of 1000 rooftop solar-powered apartments in the next two years.

Solar Power
Solar Power consumers to bear cost of solar pumps for farmers: Maharashtraedit

ET EnergyWorld

The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company has applied a 10 paise per unit surcharge from November 1 to collect funds for the farmers.

Solar Energy
Only 80 buildings in India certified as green: Chief of rating system GRIHAedit

Business Standard

India has less than 2 per cent green buildings but there is a huge opportunity to increase that number as about 60 per cent of the infrastructure of the country is yet to be put in place in the next 20 years, chief of the green rating system GRIHA said.

Green Buildings
Smart Grids emerging as critical enabling infrastructureedit

United News of India

Smart Grids are emerging as the critical enabling infrastructure for all flagship Government of India programs such as 24*7 power for all, 100 smart cities, 175GW of renewable energy by 2022, National Mission on Electric Mobility with a target of 6-7 million electric vehicles by 2022 and smart metering for all electricity consumers on fast track.

Smart Grid
‘Renewable energy will keep growing out to 2023 led by growth in bioenergy consumption’edit

Devdiscourse

“In the last few years the investments in new projects are much more in renewable than in fossil fuel,” Frank Rijsberman, Director-General of the Seoul-based Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), told the Reuters Global Commodities Summit on Thursday.

Renewable Energy
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