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NIT Trichy director Mini Shaji Thomas gets best teacher award from IEEE Kerala Sectionedit
NIT Trichy director Mini Shaji Thomas received the best teacher award for the year 2019 from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Kerala Section on Sunday. She was presented the award at a function held in Kozhikode.
IEEEIndustry News: Information and Communications
Here’s How Blockchain is Poised to Disrupt Business Operations in 2019edit
Technology is evolving at a rapid pace and what market experts believe is that 2019 will be the year when Blockchain – the backbone of crypto-currencies – establishes itself as the fastest-growing digital technology. For those not much familiar with Blockchain, it’s a distributed incorruptible digital technology responsible for maintaining a fully encoded database that serves as a ledger where all transactions can be recorded and stored.
BlockchainAutomation And Digital Technologies Enabling Faster Time To Marketedit
Manufacturing continues to serve as backbones of markets, societies and communities. Nations and Governments have recognized its potential to exert a wider impact on their business and social fabrics. Hence, efforts are made from time to time to promote local manufacturing. Most recently, USA’s “Make America Great Again” and India’s “Make in India” are examples of targeted campaigns. Manufacturers attempt to ride on the wave of an external stimuli and capitalize on the ensuing disruption.
AutomationArtificial Intelligence trends and predictions to watch out for this 2019edit
Artificial Intelligence: The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Intelligence is no more an unknown or unexplored concept to us and all the thanks go to Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and Google Assistant for being live examples. Even though these assistants evolved recently, but AI was there for a quite some time.
Artificial IntelligenceBattling cyber crime: Keeping data safe from prying eyesedit
Crime has been transforming itself to match the technological development happening across the globe. Since the invention of computers and internet, crime has evolved from its physical version to a digital one. Introduction of IT Act in India in 2000, amended in 2008, was the turning point where the government started focusing on the digital side of crimes, that is, cybercrime.
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Botnets: Quiet threat inside IoT devices with lack of security protectionsedit
The number of these “internet of things” devices is climbing into the tens of billions. They’re creating an interconnected world with the potential to make people’s lives more enjoyable, productive, secure and efficient. But those very same devices, many of which have no real security protections, are also becoming part of what are called “botnets,” vast networks of tiny computers vulnerable to hijacking by hackers.
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Industry News: Future of Mobility
Will electric mobility scupper India’s multi-billion dollar oil refinery expansion plans?edit
An ambitious projection by a government panel on electric vehicles over the next decade has created jitters among the oil refining industry which has lined up billions of dollars to ramp up capacity in the world’s fastest growing major economy.
electric mobilityIndia invites Chinese participation in its plans to expand Electric Vehiclesedit
Electric Vehicles
Industry News: Education
Does early education impact employability? Here’s what you will like to knowedit
Employability refers to the attributes—ability to understand, process, perform and think—that help a person gain and maintain a job. Employees who reflect, reason and act are an asset to any organisation. Progressive employment typically requires upskilling (ability to learn more) and reskilling (ability to adapt).
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Headwinds for solar energyedit
India’s enthusiasm as a key proponent of the historic Paris Agreement created an ambitious target of ‘100 GW solar power generation’ for the country. The trends in renewable energy and specifically the solar energy, over the last few years have been driven majorly by this target.
Solar Energy‘Renewable industry needs policy push’edit
While India remains one of the most attractive markets when it comes to renewable energy, the industry needs a better regulatory environment and clarity on policies, industry players argued at the CII partnership summit in Mumbai on Sunday.
Renewable EnergyGlobal solar sector sees corporate funding worth $9.7 billion in 2018edit
he global solar sector witnessed a total corporate funding activity worth USD 9.7 billion in 2018, a 24 per cent drop compared to the year-ago period, according to a report.
Solar Energy