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Telecom Equipment Industry Cautiously Optimistic About 2019edit
Communications Today
2018 was an important year of change for the Indian telecom sector. There was much appreciation from multiple quarters for the first ever Digital Communications Policy (and the change from Telecom to a truly Digital Communications approach was commendable). India has the second largest mobile phone user base in the world and the growth and robustness of Telecom sector has a prominent role in our national agenda. Consolidation of the Indian telecom sector is now complete and now the large players can focus on delivering better value to subscriber base while also betting higher on enterprise solutions.
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IIIT-Delhi Professor Dr. Mayank Vatsa gets Awardedit
He was a recipient of several Best Paper and Best Poster Awards at international conferences. His areas of interest are biometrics, deep learning, machine learning, image processing, and information fusion. He is also the Vice President (Publications) of IEEE Biometrics Council where he started IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science (IEEE T-BIOM).
IEEEIndustry News: Information and Communications
IoT to unlock revenues worth $ 11.1 bn by 2022: Studyedit
In a hyper-connected India, Internet of Things has the potential to reach an estimated 2 billion connections, unlocking revenues of $ 11.1 billion by 2022, according to a new report.
IoTAI can help businesses stay ahead of the curveedit
Disruptive new-generation technologies are seen to have dramatically changed the way businesses run. Enterprises are considering realigning their strategies to retain their market position, and gain advantages through cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and IoT.
Artificial IntelligenceAdvances in artificial intelligence threaten health data privacy: Studyedit
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have created new threats to the privacy of health data, a study has found. The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, suggests current laws and regulations are nowhere near sufficient to keep an individual’s health status private in the face of AI development.
Artificial IntelligenceImpact of artificial intelligenceedit
Today’s modern technology has surely made a great impact on the whole globe. So has artificial intelligence (AI) created an astonishing impact on human interaction with machines and devices.
Artificial IntelligenceIT industry to infuse big bucks in automation, AI in 2019edit
It faces threats from rising protectionism, data flow curbs and fast-changing technological shifts, but the Indian IT industry is keeping its hopes high for the new year with plans afoot for big investments in automation and artificial intelligence.
Indian IT IndustryIndustry News: Future of Mobility
On Road To Clean Energy, Auto Sector Eyes Election Year Boost To Salesedit
While hybrids, CNG and biofuels found favour in 2018 among many carmakers including Maruti Suzuki, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Honda, others such as M&M and Tata Motors have shown full faith in electric vehicles.
Electric VehiclesAccelerating electric mobility: Could Delhi’s EV policy be a game changer?edit
The policy focuses on two key vehicle segments i.e. two-wheelers and public/shared transport. These segments together contribute to about 55 per cent of PM and 50 per cent of NOx emissions.
Electric VehiclesLocal EV makers drive ecosystem for green mobilityedit
Even as the Telangana government hunts for that one big name in the electric vehicle (EV) space that can help fire up the EV ecosystem in the state, many local players are revving up their game to cater to the growing demand for green mobility.
Electric VehiclesIndustry News: Education
Higher education 2018: Far from turning the pageedit
Despite all the good intentioned policy announcements, academicians and some of the business leaders involved with the running of some of the institutes argue that there are still a lot of grey areas.
Higher EducationChallenges and opportunities in Indian higher educationedit
While there is much talk of Industrial Revolution 4.0, it is important to recognise that India first should endeavour to ensure a basic international standard expected in its Universities or Institutions operating at National, State and Regional level.Indian universities are finding it difficult to grab a position among top 100 or top 200 Universities of the World. Some of the generic challenges observed are at level of operation or control of these universities or institutions and may serve as an input in prioritising going ahead.
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ICRA maintains stable year end outlook for conventional power sectoredit
ICRA has estimated a healthy 6% demand growth for the power sector during FY2019 and has maintained a stable outlook for the segment. During the seven months of FY2019, national power demand growth has remained at a steady 6.5% which is higher than the 5.5% reported in the first seven months of FY2018 and the full year growth of 6.2% reported in FY2018.
Power Sector
Karnataka now number one in renewable energy productionedit
With 12,640MW in cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy, Karnataka this year became number one state in the country in enhancing its renewable energy capacity. It is the only state to have added 5265.26 MW of installed solar capacity.
Renewable Energy