November 26, 2018

News for the IET

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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News for other PEI

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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Industry News: Information and Communications

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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Industry News: Future of Mobility

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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Industry News: Education

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.

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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.

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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.

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