December 20, 2018

News for the IET

Is India up for the IoT challenge?edit

The Financial Express

Countries such as Sweden, South Korea, Japan, and Estonia have actively embraced intelligent technology to conserve natural resources, reduce pollution, enforce traffic control, and digitise their services. The Indian government plans to leverage Internet of Things (or IoT) technology to improve water and electricity conservation, lighting, transportation, agriculture, and access to healthcare.

T V Ramachandran: Hon. fellow of the IET (London)
Smart technology: Is India up for the Internet of Things challenge?edit

Financial Express

The Indian govt can realise the dreams outlined in the ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ missions through sophisticated IoT technology.

T V Ramachandran: Hon. fellow of the IET (London)

News for other PEI

Energy conservation festival underwayedit

The Hans India

The Energy Conservation Mission (ECM) of The Institution of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre, in association with Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation Limited, organised ‘National Energy Conservation Week Celebrations2018.’ During the celebrations, ECM conducted a technical talk on Energy Conservation System Case Studies by Dr Pannala Krishna Murthy, Principal, SBIT, Khammam, today at Visvesvaraya Bhavan. Er T Anjaiah, Hon.

The Institution of Engineers (India)

Industry News: Information and Communications

Artificial Intelligence Trends to Watch out in 2019edit

CIOL

The confluence of Artificial Intelligence with the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought enormous possibilities into the light. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has progressed by leaps and bounds in the last decade, especially with advents in AI. Today, with nearly 2.5 billion smartphone users, the global internet penetration rate has reached 55.1%.

Artificial Intelligence
66% organisations ready to switch to 5G networks by 2020, says Gartneredit

Business Standard

According to a new survey by Gartner, Inc, a majority, that is, 66 per cent of organisations have plans to use 5G by 2020. These expect 5G networks to be mainly used for Internet of Things (IoT) communications and video.

5G
India must get on the IoT highway fastedit

The Hindu Business line

Over 30 billion ‘smart’ devices will be connected by 2020. That’s equivalent to every single person on this planet with not one, but four connected devices. These devices that communicate with each other in real time are known as the Internet of Things or IoT.

Internet of Things

Industry News: Future of Mobility

Govt may consider cess on conventional vehicles to promote EVs on Thursdayedit

Money Control

The meeting of the Committee of Secretaries on Total Mobility to be chaired by Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha is expected to take up the Feebate proposal by Niti Aayog to levy cess on polluting vehicles to subsidise zero emission ones, mostly electric vehicles.

Electric Vehicles
Opinion | India’s 1st step towards EVs raises concerns tooedit

Mint

The guidelines released recently by the power ministry for setting up charging infrastructure will go a long way in allaying the apprehensions of existing and prospective manufacturers of electric vehicles in India. The guidelines can be considered the first major step taken by India to push electric mobility but leave a lot of unanswered questions. However, let’s take a look at the positives first.

Electric Vehicles
Are electric vehicles really zero emission?edit

New Indian Express

Electric cars have generated a lot of discussion in recent years. Often hailed as the future of transportation – primarily due to growing environmental concerns around burning fossil fuels – their popularity has soared. But this doesn’t tell the whole story. Despite their reputation as ‘zero emission’ vehicles, there are many aspects that point to how electric vehicles need to improve before they are the final solution for environmental issues.

Electric Vehicles

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India still faces challenges to meet growing power demand: World Bankedit

The Economic Times

Despite ambitious programmes to promote renewable energy development, India still uses coal to generate 75 per cent of its electricity. Meanwhile, industries produce their own captive power, much of it from coal and small diesel generators, it said.

Power Demand
Haryana govt to install solar energy plants on gram panchayat landedit

ET EnergyWorld

A decision to this effect has been taken in the review meeting of New and Renewable Energy Department held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

Solar Energy
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