March 2019
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Amity University Noida becomes first in India to get International ReAccreditation from IET UKedit

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Amity University, Noida has become the first university in India to secure the IETs international Re Accreditation for six of its engineering programmes. IET accreditation is an internationally recognised benchmark, awarded to high quality programmes that provide an ideal preparation for aspiring professional engineers.

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Amity University becomes the First in India to attain Intl Re-accreditation from the IET – UK accreditationedit

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Amity University, Noida has become the first university in India to secure the IET’s international Re Accreditation for Six of its engineering programmes. IET accreditation is an internationally recognised benchmark, awarded to high quality programmes that provide an ideal preparation for aspiring professional engineers.

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IET formally launches fourth edition of IoT India Congress 2019edit

Careers 360

The Internet of Things (IoT) panel of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) held the formal launch of the 4th edition of the IoT India Congress, the Platform of Platforms for the Internet of Things in India. IoT India Congress 2019 will be held in Bengaluru on August 22 and 23, 2019.

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4th Internet of things India Congress to be held in Bengaluruedit

Current Affairs 

IoT India Congress, an event which will see digital technology leaders converge to discuss and explore business opportunities in mainstreaming Internet of Things (IoT), will be held in Bengaluru on August 22-23, 2019. The IoT India Congress 2019 will include tracks on segments such as healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, smart cities, energy, retail, cybersecurity, skills and development, IoT Standards, legal and regulatory, and agriculture.

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IoT Congress 2019 At Bengaluru Will Focus On Bringing IoT Into The Mainstreamedit

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The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has a lineage dating back to 1871 and was setup as a not-for-profit membership body with a purpose to advance the engineering community and facilitate the exchange of information and ideas among its members. IET India members setup the IoT Panel in 2015 under the leadership of Dr Rishi Bhatnagar, President, Aeris Communications. The IoT Panel has since evangelized an annual event IoT India Congress which is in its 4th edition and will be held at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru on 22nd and 23rd August 2019.

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Innovation (To achieve top 10 ARIIA Ranking). Commercially successful startups from students and facilities. To setup a International Research Park. Aspiring for Nobel prize by supporting the faculty’s core competence by all possible means. Establishing cutting edge technology laboratories. All departments of our University to be accredited by national and international agencies (ABET, AMBA, IAO, IET). This will make our University to be a hub for Global learners.

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Okinawa Scooters Enhances Customer Delight with Aeris Mobility IoT Platformedit

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At the IoT India Congress, Curtain Raiser 2019, New Delhi, Aeris, a preferred Internet of Things (IoT) technology partner for Enterprises, announced that it is providing Aeris® Mobility IoT Platform to Okinawa Scooters, an Indian electric two-wheeler manufacturing company established in 2015 for its B2B and B2C segments.

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Internet of Things India Congress 2019 to be held on Aug 22-23edit

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The Internet of Things (IoT) India Congress, an event which will see digital technology leaders converge to discuss and explore business opportunities in mainstreaming IoT, will be held in Bengaluru on August 22-23, 2019. The IoT India Congress 2019 will include tracks on segments such as healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, smart cities, energy, retail, cyber security, skills and development, IoT Standards, legal and regulatory, and agriculture.

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Direct Line Tasks Tin Man With Improving Automotive Engineering Diversityedit

Holmes Report

Tin Man founder Mandy Sharp added: “We know engineering is a misunderstood industry, particularly with teenage girls and minority groups. Our campaign is designed to showcase the unexpected and exciting side to mechanical engineering and prompt a gear shift within the target groups, while driving graduate scheme applications.”

The project is the latest in a series of wins for Tin Man, including Thomas Cook Airlines. The agency also works with The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Barclays, Unilever, Plenty of Fish and Ferrero.

Market failures could see Britain suffering five-day power cutsedit

E&T Magazine

Even in industrialised nations in the 21st century, the sort of electricity-grid system failure that’s been seen in parts of Australia in recent years is not uncommon. In the UK, the risk of total blackout or significant partial shutdown of the transmission network is increasing.

The rise in renewables is making failure more probable. Wind farm growth creates frequency-management issues arising from reduced system inertia, while declining network strength can cause longer, stability-risking, fault-clearance times. Then there are the challenges to match supply to demand following sudden variations in wind generation and the reduced one-hour notice of input variations from European interconnectors. Other risk factors include grid substation failure, lightning or overhead line faults and cyber attack.

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Plastic roads, prison tech, Nintendo Switch VR and more: best of the week’s newsedit

EandT

What are the issues that get the public most excited? I’d say Brexit is up there pretty high still – people say they’re sick of it but keep reading because it’s like watching a car crash in slow motion; very slow motion. Plastic is a big public issue right now, and rightly so. Our next issue is all about plastics – from the latest on the size of the problem to the pros and cons of alternatives and what engineering is doing to help with the growing pollution problem. It will also be our first issue to arrive in a compostable, starch-based wrapper, trying to do our own little bit to help.

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IET Venues celebrate International Women’s Dayedit

PWE Mag

This International Women’s Day IET London: Savoy Place are raising the profile of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) through two exhibits which celebrate female trail blazers by showcasing their discoveries and contributions to the field. The hope is to create new female role models and to inspire and empower the next generation of girls into careers in STEM.

Guests visiting the exhibits can read more about the rich history of women in STEM and discover more about women like Ada Lovelace, the British mathematician and writer of the world’s first computer programme, and Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson, the mathematician for NASA, which Hidden Figures was based upon. The exhibit will be running until Autumn ...IET

Call to celebrate inspirational female engineers on International Women’s Dayedit

Eureka 

To mark International Women’s Day, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched the call for entries for its 2019 Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards (YWE). The Awards celebrate women working in modern engineering – and aim to help change the perception that engineering is predominantly a career for men by banishing outdated engineering stereotypes of hard hats and dirty overalls.

 

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DRDO chairman G Satheesh Reddy conferred top US award for contribution to missile technology developmentedit

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Defence Research and Development Organisation chairman G. Satheesh Reddy has been conferred the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics award for his contribution to the field of missile technology development.

Dr Reddy also serves as the Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development, Director General of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA). He was also appointed as Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister in May 2015.

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DRDO chairman G Satheesh Reddy conferred top US award for contribution to missile technology developmentedit

Prime Times

Defence Research and Development Organisation chairman G. Satheesh Reddy has been conferred the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics award for his contribution to the field of missile technology development.

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DRDO chairman G Satheesh Reddy conferred top US award for contribution to missile technology developmentedit

Zee News

Defence Research and Development Organisation chairman G. Satheesh Reddy has been conferred the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics award for his contribution to the field of missile technology development.

Dr Reddy also serves as the Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development, Director General of Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA). He was also appointed as Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister in May 2015.

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Decoding WWW : IET Organizes Web Development Workshopedit

BIT MESRA

IET on Campus, BIT Mesra organised its much anticipated Web Development workshop from 20th to 25th February, 2019. The workshop, which spanned over a period of six days, was hosted for the upcoming and budding developers to make them ready to take on the world with their newfound expertise.

Day 1 commenced at 5:45 P.M. in two different rooms. The basic concepts were taught in Room 237 while the advanced ones in Room 236. Eager students, mostly of the 2k18 batch, arrived fully equipped, carrying their laptops preinstalled with required resources and softwares. The session started with a quick introduction and history of World Wide Web and HTML so that the students could grasp both simple and ...IET

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Two day skill development programme on coding in the right way held at GSSSIETWedit

City Today 

IEEE student branch, IEEE WIE Affinity Group and GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women organised twoday skill development programme on Coding in the right way for 6thsemester students of TCE.

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Blockchain can change the way we approach IoTedit

The Financial Express 

This may have been beneficial for the system for crosschecking of data and in terms of security, but with limited users, it can prove to be a costly affair. But Blockchain may have found another use case with increased technology penetration. According to a report by IEEE, Blockchain can also be used to protect InternetofThings (IoT) applications.

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Students learn trends in telecommunicationedit

Orissa Post 

The event was organised in association with Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), Bhubaneswar centre. More than 100 faculty members and students participated in the event, which delved into cuttingedge topics in the field of Telecommunication.

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Rs 24 lakh support to floodhit city schooledit

The Times of India 

By Laxmi Prasanna

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), Kochi chapter, has offered Rs 24 lakh to the flood-affected Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) at Kuttamassery in Aluva. The school will be provided with books, library, furniture, computer and other basic requirements. Situated opposite the River Periyar, GHSS was one of the worst flood-hit schools in Ernakulam. Entire ground floor, including inclusive education for disabled buildings, school office, kitchen, high-tech classrooms and toilets remained submerged in flood waters from August 15 to 18 last year.

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Illusions about distance education degreesedit

The Hans India 

Some distance education institutions like IGNOU and the Institution of Engineers offer courses with higher standards than our many regular universities. The completion of degrees in these institutions is far tougher than it is in our regular colleges. And it has been proved that the majority of our regular college students cannot clear the examinations and evaluation system of these institutions.

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PHE’s CCDU unit celebrates World Water Dayedit

The News Now 

Communication and Capacity Development Unit, WSSO, Department of PHE, I&FC Jammu today celebrated the World Water Day by organising a seminar here at Institution of Engineers (India), Centre. The event was organized in collaboration with Swarangan Meditation Charitable Trust (NGO) to highlight the UN theme on World Water Day ‘Leaving no one behind.’ Hundreds of students of Government College for Women Parade and Government College for Women Gandhi Nagar participated in the programme.

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Institution of Engineersedit

Star of Mysore 

Noted litterateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK) releases four books authored by Dr. K. Leela Prakash, Director of Dr. K. Krishnamurthy Research Foundation, and speaks on the book ‘Lekhanollasa’; Sanskrit Scholar Dr. H.V. Nagaraja Rao will speak on ‘Mohamudgara’; Retired English Professor Dr. C. Naganna on ‘Jeevana Sanjeevana’ and Music Professor Dr. C. A. Sridhar on ‘Satyam Sivam Sundaram, Institution of Engineers, JLB Road, 5 pm.

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First ankle exoskeleton that could be worn under clothes without restricting motionedit

Devdis Course 

The study was published online in the journal of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. The study has been built upon a successful and widely cited ankle exoskeleton concept from the other researchers in 2015. “We’ve shown how an unpowered ankle exoskeleton could be redesigned to fit under clothing and inside/under shoes so it more seamlessly integrates into daily life,” said Matt Yandell, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student and lead author of the study.

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CUSAT Intervention: Kuttamassery GHSS to get 24 Lakhs from IEEEedit

News Experts 

IEEE provides financial assistance against technologically supported proposals for immediate disaster relief and development projects in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Usually, five to ten projects, cost ranging from US $ 20,000 to 40,000 are sanctioned worldwide. Financial assistance for cyclone hit Haiti, aid for Nepal, damaged by earthquake, and help for Bangladesh reeling under the Rohingya refugees crisis are a few instances of IEEE help in the past years.

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Two atrong women were awarded with Late Shri Pralhad P Chhabria Awardedit

The Times of India 

The envelopes were opened by Dinanath Kholkar and Dr Radhakrishnan Pillai and the winners were announced. This years winners are Shubhi Sareen Best Outgoing Female Student (final year graduation) from B.Tech at Delhi Technical University and Dr Rajlaxmi Chouhan Best Woman Professional (early career stage) Rajlaxmi is currently working as Assistant Professor at IIT Jodhpur. They will receive the award and the prizes during the forthcoming IEEE Event.

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Saveetha Engineering College vice-principal, Senthil Kumar, dean A Gandhi, Iraq TISHK International University professor, Ganesh Babu, Singapore SAP Asia Private Limited director, Arun Akula Rao, Trichy NIT professor D Shriram Kumar, Saveetha, ECE-HoD, Srigitha Nath releasing the prospectus and CD of the sixth edition of the international conference, IEEE organised on the college premises recently.

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Two-day seminar on water and sanitation managementedit

The New Indian Express 

The Institution of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre in association with HMWS&SB will organise a two-day all India seminar on ‘’Water and Sanitation Management’’ at Institute of Engineers, Khairatabad from Tuesday. The seminar will be inaugurated by GHMC Commissioner and HMWS&SB MD, M Dana Kishore.

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Electronics Electrifying Education: How Indias Semiconductor and T&M Giants are shaping up the Engineers of Tomorrowedit

ELE Times 

In fact, Keysight Technologies announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with IEEE India to develop tools, programs and activities to help increase technical engineering capabilities In India. Their mutual interest is focused on workforce development, technical advocacy, and creating technical communities to assist the industry atlarge.

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Women’s day symposium at Ramaiah Institute of Technologyedit

Deccan Herald 

IEEE-Student Branch, Women in Engineering, Affinity Group, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, conducted a two-day symposium on the theme of ‘Accelerating entrepreneurship through innovation’ on the International Women’s Day on March 8.

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Course in embedded systemsedit

Deccan Herald 

The Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) will be launch a short-term course on embedded systems and design on March 17 for 8-10 Sundays at its Bengaluru centre located at Ballari Road, Ganganagar.

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Engineers association should provide constructive guidanceedit

Telangana Today 

Speaking at Valedictory function of the two-day national conference, which was organised by Institution of Engineers (India) held at Vishweshwaraiah Bhavan on Saturday, Chandrasekhar said was necessary that engineers association should give their suggestions with realistic perspectives in lots of changes which is bringing by the government in the matter of Minerals Industries Management, Permission for Mines and Environmental Permissions.

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Is online the missing dot that defines the future of educationedit

Live Mint 

In India, many private, deemed and state universities offer socalled distance education. Professional bodies like Associate Membership of Institution of Engineers (AMIE) and Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) advocate use of blended learning models for working professionals.

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IIT(ISM) develops 5G antenna for mobile phonesedit

The Times of India

He said a team comprising three students — T Shreenath Reddy, Tanjir Alam, Mohammed Ameen — and two professors — Raghvendra Kumar Chaudhary and Ravi Gangwar — developed the 5G antenna. It is expected that 5G will utilise three new technologies (Massive-MIMO, beam forming and cognitive radio technologies) to offer higher data speeds as compared to the current 4G technology. Chaudhary said once the article is published in the journal, it would be used by mobile manufacturers for commercial purpose.

 

 

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upGrad Launches First Fully Online Master’s Degree Program For Working Professionals In Indiaedit

India Education Diary

upGrad and Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) have introduced a first of its kind online Master’s degree program in Data Science. The learners enrolling in the program will get a recognised master’s degree equivalent to the on-campus degree from Liverpool John Moores University.

The 18-month program – first 12 months delivered by IIIT-B and the next 6 months by LJMU, will provide the learners with PGP in Data Science from IIIT-B and also a Master’s degree in Data Science from LJMU post program completion. The learners will get mentorship from postdoctoral fellows for the dissertation project and alumni status of LJMU, along with complete access to the university’s digital library. The program fee for Master’s in ...IEEE

What makes robots persuasive to humansedit

The Business Standard

Scientists are exploring how robots persuade and build trust with humans, which could guide the development of artificial intelligence (AI) in the next generation of socially assistive machines to aid health care and other fields.

“My research aims to uncover behaviours and approaches that cause robots to be more persuasive to people,” said Shane Saunderson, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto in Canada.

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The Road To Bluetooth 5.0: Key Differences Between All The Bluetooth Versionsedit

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The term Bluetooth was officially coined in the year 1998. It is a global wireless communication standard that is used for connectivity and exchange of data over a limited distance. Over a time period of almost 20 years, this technology is not an option anymore. It’s a necessity for all mobile computing devices, such as smartphones, Laptops and Tablets. Bluetooth 1.0 specification was released in 1999, and in the very next year, the first v1.0 enabled mobile handset and headset was launched in the market.

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Why AI Fuzzing could be next cybersecurity threatedit

The Economic Times 

Despite the hype, there are few examples of AI fuzzing being used, says LeighAnne Galloway, cybersecurity resilience lead at Positive Technologies. Nowadays, fuzzing without AI is more effective, she says.

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STPI to create 28 centers of excellence in emerging areas including AIedit

The Times of India 

By Rujuta Parekh  

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), which runs under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, is set to create 28 Centres of Excellence across the country in emerging fields like Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Clod, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, BLock Chain and others. Director of STPI, Sanjay Gupta said this while delivering the inaugural address at Bharti Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) College of Engineerings annual national tech festival Bhartiyam 2019.

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Security leaders look to AI to find the Needles in Data Lakesedit

Money Control 

BlackBerry Cylance, a business unit of BlackBerry, announced the findings of its global artificial intelligence (AI) security survey, commissioned with the help of the SANS Institute, which highlights that 85 percent of cybersecurity professionals surveyed believe that AI can improve security, now more than ever, given the vast amounts of available data captured and analysed in the Internet of Things.

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Organisations Lack a Solid Digital Transformation Planedit

Analytics Insight  

They found that half of the CEOs said they anticipated that the digital change should render their businesses unrecognizable in the coming five years. Whats more, Gartner concurs, indicating to enterprises that have as of late experienced a digital change from innovation such as selfdriving vehicles, the Internet of Things, blockchain banking and even ecigarettes.

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Opinion | The fading boundary between humans and machinesedit

Live Mint

To understand the future, it often helps to study the past. Sometimes, even the distant past. In fact, scientists draw parallels between the inflection point that humanity finds itself at today and a short window of time 500 million years ago, called the Cambrian explosion, which was a defining moment in the evolution of life on earth.

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NITI Aayog Joins Hands With Private Players To Help MSMEs Adopt Artificial Intelligenceedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Akshaya Asokan

This collaboration with Intel and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) was announced last year where the three establishments will be working towards setting up a Model International Center for Transformative Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI) for deploying AIled application based research projects.

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How data science will create a new future in the years to comeedit

Deccan Chronicle 

All of this has led to the creation of a rich storehouse of information, waiting to be churned to extract useful insights, not only about machines and systems but also about humans and their behaviour. Such information can only increase in the future, especially with the widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning, and other advanced technology.

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How CIO Can Navigate Cloud In A Hybrid Worldedit

CXO Today 

A CIO sitting in the office is trying to decide the most appropriate mix of cloud solutions and whether to use edge computing to manage the integration of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) or blockchain.

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Fourth Industrial Revolution: Societies in transition vulnerable to negative impactedit

The Hans India 

It is marked by emerging technology breakthroughs in a number of fields, including robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, quantum computing, biotechnology, the Internet of Things, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Blockchain, fifthgeneration wireless technologies (5G), additive manufacturing/3D printing and fully autonomous vehicles as defined by Wikipedia.

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Fintech startups paving way for a financially smart India with global recognitionedit

The Economic Times 

According to NASSCOM, things will continue to look up with Indian fintech market potentially touching 2.4 billion dollars by 2020. To add to the ongoing momentum and scale heights, fintech ecosystem will have to innovate and specialise in key sectors. That seems most plausible and promising with intelligent automation, artificial intelligence and blockchain.

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Digital payments will grow phenomenally despite risks, says Dilip Asbeedit

Live Mint 

By Nasrin Sultana

Cybersecurity and lack of consumer awareness are threats to growth of digital payments in India, said Dilip Asbe, managing director and chief executive officer of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

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Digital India: Technology to transform a connected nationedit

Deccan Chronicle 

To prepare for these changes, workers will need to be retrained at a massive scale from hightech workers trained in data analytics, artificial intelligence and blockchain, to workers who need functional digital skills necessary to operate in organized digitallyenabled value chains, such as in ecommerce, ridehailing, telemedicine, or IoTenabled plants and warehouses.

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Data is king!edit

The Times of India 

By Ashfaque Ahmed

Today, the biggest use of user data is in artificial intelligence (AI). These companies are building artificial intelligence programs which are being used in applications such as image recognition, speech processing, video processing etc. As we know AI is the hottest industry today and user data is invaluable to train and build AI programs. So data is indeed king!

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Cybersecurity Spend Tops US$10 Billion in Q4 2018 as New Deployment Models Gain Tractionedit

IT News Online 

Total cybersecurity investment in 2018 reached US$37 billion, up 9% from US$34 billion in 2017. Despite the high priority many organizations give to protecting their data assets, endpoints, networks, employees and customers, cybersecurity still only represented 2% of total IT expenditure last year. This will inevitably rise as new, more frequent and sophisticated threats emerge, which will give vendors further growth opportunities.

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Better collaboration, customer experience key to digital banking industryedit

Live Mint 

By M. Sriram and Prasannata Patwa

Technology such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and the internet of things, has made its way into digital banking. However, banks are raising more relevant questions now. While technology is exciting, banks have found the right balance behind the romance of technology, where they are asking what technology has done for the business.

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Automation: Why it can be a game changer for SMEsedit

The Economic Times 

Automation is the need of the hour, and is something that Indias vast SME sector needs to adopt in order to avoid inefficiencies and improve their productivity. By Vikash K Agarwal Since the turn of the new millennium, the business landscape in India has undergone a major change, and one of the key drivers of that change is digitisation.

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Artificial Intelligence Will Trigger Major Shifts in Value Pools Across the Health Care Industryedit

IT News Online 

Artificial intelligence is to some degree already being deployed across all incumbent sectors of health care today and will play an exponentially larger role in the years ahead, says BCG Partner Alexander Aboshiha, coauthor of the article. Companies need to move quickly to harness this rapidly developing technology including by ensuring they have access to the right data and the right talent to succeed.

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App to report poll info in real time using IoTedit

Express Computer 

An app fixed in a device will be installed in 10 polling stations in Assams Hailakandi district to report election related information on real time, an official said. Conceptualised by a scientist of the National Informatics Centre, Hailakandi, Monsoor Akhtar, the app named NICetr was based on Internet of Things to provide information to prevent malpractices during election.

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AI can help predict premature deaths: Studyedit

CNBC TV18

Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based system to predict the risk of early deaths due to chronic disease in middle aged adults. The study, published by PLOS ONE journal, found that the new AI Machine Learning models known as random forest and deep learning were very accurate in its predictions and performed better than the current standard approach to prediction developed by human experts.

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AI can cure you faster, but is not immune against bids to fleece youedit

The Times of India  

Last year, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a device that can capture an image of your retina and automatically detect signs of diabetic blindness. This new breed of artificial intelligence technology is rapidly spreading across the medical field, as scientists develop systems that can identify signs of disease in a wide variety of images, from X-rays to CAT scans.

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AI & ML Are Key To Hypersonalisation In The Banking Sectoredit

Analytics India Mag 

By Akshaya Asokan

While technologies like the Internet of Everything (IoE) and blockchain have made substantial inroads in the sector and have disrupted the way banks and other financial organisation offer their services, the next wave of change will be driven by emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning.

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93% of Indian businesses see the value of data, yet struggle with data protectionedit

The Asian Age 

For those who are struggling to find adequate data protection solutions for newer technologies, 71% in India said they could not find suitable data protection solutions for artificial intelligence and machine learning data, followed by cloudnative applications (58%) and robotic process automation (46%).

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7 ways cloud computing is shaping healthcare in 2019edit

The Economic Times 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) on cloud to facilitate better diagnostics Imagine a world where second opinions on cases can be taken at the click of a button, patient records can be shared with specialists who can collaborate with caregivers from afar, and algorithms can help identify characteristics of diseases, ultimately resulting in a far more accurate and reliable diagnosis.

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6 effective steps to IoT Security in a Digital Worldedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Kamalika Some

IoT security is concerned with safeguarding connected devices and networks in the world of the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT security refers to the prescriptive steps that are taken to beef up the security of IoT devices and reduce their susceptibility to attacks from unauthorized users.

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Will The Proposed National AI Market Address The Unavailability Of Public Data In Indiaedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Akshaya Asokan

From startups to NGOs, all the major players have acknowledged the importance of technology in deriving valuable insight. The government has also taken considerable measures to give requisite impetus for the large scale adoption the technology and on several occasions in boosting the economy. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Why is cybersecurity a must on the startup agendaedit

The New Indian Express 

With India transforming into a cashless economy through an upsurge in the number of online transactions via net banking, ewallets, debit and credit cards, cybersecurity risks should be taken seriously by every budding organisation. Startups have a cache of customer information including credit/debit card details, which is a goldmine for hackers.

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Telecom industry did no research on health impacts of 5Gedit

Down To Earth 

By Akshit Sangmola

Industry has performed no health studies on 5G. They do not need to as they have a stranglehold on legislation that allows them to arbitrarily place base stations where they went on streets close to homes and people have no recourse whatsoever. Dominique Bellepomme, an oncologist in Paris, calls this a crime against humanity.

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Opportunity for India to leapfrog in AI applicationsedit

Smart City ELETS Online 

Just as we have embraced AI in different formats for our regular lives from maps to voice search and its integration with other applications, we believe with the right innovative business models, it could add significant value to the MSME manufacturing sector, said Sanjeev Sharma, Managing Director, ABB India, while addressing the workshop organised jointly by NITI Aayog and ABB India recently. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Opinion | The boom and bust in telecom, aviation are worryingedit

Live Mint 

The effect of 5G on the battery life of devices is also likely to be significant, with increasing network control and data transmission ensuring that these gizmos dont have to stay in continuous communication with the network, which effectively reduces energy consumption drastically while extending the ability of customers to use their phones without charging for long periods. In addition, 5G is expected to finally kickstart the promise of Internet of Things (IoT) as disparate devices start talking to each other.

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How vital is automation in insurance industryedit

BFSI ELETS online 

Traditionally known to be cautious and changing inch by inch under heavy regulations, the insurance sector is now entering the age of automation. More than ever before, top insurers are finding it tougher to stay afloat, find newer ways to cut costs and increase profits. On the one hand, extraordinarily tough competition and operational inefficiencies have been eating into their profits.

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How technology is revolutionising hospitality industryedit

The Economic Times 

Technology has been the biggest driver in human lives and almost every business has been penetrated by it. Among others, hospitality industry has gained a lot with the technological advancements. From enhancing customer service to efficient energy usage, hotels that leverage on implementation of technology will have a direct impact on customer satisfaction. (Artificial Intelligence)

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How Indian Govt Can Leverage NLP To Get Value Out Of Unstructured Dataedit

Analytics India Mag 

Much as has been written about the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in shaping the economy of a country and how the technology has the potential to better governance. Due to the high rate of efficiency in bringing about the desired change at a large scale, governments across the world is mulling its application at a macrolevel within its various subsidiaries. (Artificial Intelligence)

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How AI Is Changing the PCedit

Pc Mag 

By Dan Costa

Were in the middle of the Internet of Things, we’ve got all of these smart home devices, but almost all of them have security problems. Part of it is because they’re just poorly designed. They were rushed to market, security wasn’t factored in.

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External group to monitor Googles Artificial Intelligence developmentedit

Times Now News 

Google has established an external advisory council to help the tech giant develop the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in an ethical and responsible way. The Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC) will consider some of Googles most complex challenges that arise under its AI principles, like facial recognition and fairness in machine learning, Google said in a statement

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Data mining, AI, social media fuelling sectarian dividesedit

News Nation 

Data mining, artificial intelligence (AI) and social media have strengthened sectarian identity, reinforced biases and sharpened societal divides. Data mining, artificial intelligence (AI) and social media have strengthened sectarian identity, reinforced biases and sharpened societal divides rather than promoting cross cultural understanding and dialogue, claims a new book.

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AI to aid persons with neuromuscular disabilitiesedit

The Times of India 

By Jisha Surya

The TCS incubation lab here has developed two hardware that would ease the life of people with neuro muscular disabilities. TCS VHAB (virtual habilitation) and Assisto, platforms based on virtual reality and artificial intelligence respectively, developed by TCS, are turning into major support for persons with cerebral palsy. (Artificial Intelligence)

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A potential game changeredit

Business Standard 

By Ashok Dhar

Implementing automated solutions can reduce processing costs and fraud or misreporting rate. Todays buyers are smarter, knowledgable and more informed. The old adage people buy from people, may still have some relevance, but it is fading fast. (Artificial Intelligence)

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5 Applications Of Big Data In Smart Citiesedit

BW Smart Cities

Smart cities are the new buzz word in infrastructure development. With a steadily increasing influx of populations into cities and a constantly growing need to better handle resources, several cities like San Francisco and Seoul are experimenting with upandcoming technologies to make their cities smarter. Among these new trending technologies is the Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data, which has revolutionised the way we analyse patterns and trends in human behaviour.

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Architects of deep learning at Google, Facebook bag coveted Turing prizeedit

The Hindu Business Line 

Two lead scientists at Google and Facebook and a computer scientist at Canada’s Montreal University, who gave conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that made deep learning — a technique that led to breakthrough in computer vision, speech recognition, natural language processing, and robotics — possible have been awarded the $1-million ACM A.M. Turing Award for 2018, a statement said on Wednesday.

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In tech we trustedit

Business Standard 

By Romita Majumdar & Shally Seth Mohile

“There are two great things happening in India. The first one is that this India is the disruption centre of the universe. Sectors, technologies and markets are changing at such a fast pace and when you add the scale factor to that, then it creates huge disruption. Given this, you don’t come to any Indian client and talk about the mild advantages of digitisation. (IOT)

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Worlds Fastest Supercomputer Aurora To Be Built Over The Next 2 Yearsedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Amal Nair

Ever since humans invented machines, the goal has been to make them as efficient and as powerful as possible. When we talk about machines, computers, in particular, we have come a long way in a relatively short period of time considering how powerful we made them since the invention of the very first one. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Why some young scientists are riding high on radio wavesedit

Live Mint

By Leslie D’Monte

Last week, seven Indian scientists including three women from the AsiaPacific region were awarded The International Union of Radio Science (URSI)Young Scientist Award 2019 in New Delhi for their substantial contribution to the field of radio sciencethe study of all aspects of electromagnetic fields and waves. (Internet of Things)

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Why India should focus on cyber security with increased digitisationedit

The Financial Express 

By Debjit Sinha

Digital India needs cyber security more than ever! Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been pitching for Digital India for bringing in a more transparent as well as easy to access system. Nowadays, from banking, credit, debit transactions, data related to PAN Card, Aadhaar card to other confidential details, our dependency on cyberspace has been growing exponentially.

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Revealed: This technology can change smart farms as we know itedit

The Economic Times 

By Vaishnavi Desai

Accounting for cloud cover, making high accuracy prediction of health of the farm, soil moisture content under the soil and many other such parameters are now possible with this technology explains Sriram Raghavan, VP, IBM Research.

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Over 400 genes linked to schizophrenia discoverededit

Business Standard

Scientists have used artificial intelligence to discover 413 genes linked to schizophrenia across 13 brain regions, a finding that may pave way for therapies to treat the disorder. Examining gene expression at the tissue level allowed researchers to not only identify new genes associated with schizophrenia, but also pinpoint the areas of the brain in which abnormal expression might occur.

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NITI Aayog and ABB facilitating adoption of Artificial Intelligence by MSMEsedit

CIOL 

Aligned with the national objective of AI for All, a workshop was conducted to discuss various facets of AI based technology adoption across certain sectors Manufacturing in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), a workshop organized by NITI Aayog and ABB India, brought together entrepreneurs, policymakers, state government functionaries and technology experts.

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Google is revitalizing its robotics division, according to report, but this time it will focus on AIsoftware instead of humanlike mobilityedit

Business Insider 

Google is getting back into robotics after giving up on earlier, highprofile attempts, according to a report in the New York Times.Today, Googles new effort known as Robotics at Google is led by Vincent Vanhoucke, who served as a key player in the companys artificial intelligence project, Google Brain. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Data mining, AI, social media fuelling sectarian divides: bookedit

Business Standard  

Data mining, artificial intelligence (AI) and social media have strengthened sectarian identity, reinforced biases and sharpened societal divides rather than promoting cross-cultural understanding and dialogue, claims a new book.

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China is Leading the World in Blockchain and AI Patentsedit

Tech Tree 

China leads the world in patents for both blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) The boom in patents in these cutting edge technologies could be attributed to the increased investment in Chinese technology companies. The following data was studied by the London based international accounting and consultancy network UHY.

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Batting for privacy: WhatsApp may oppose demand to trace messagesedit

The Economic Times 

By Anumeha Chaturvedi 

The company feels disclosing message origin will violate privacy and free speech rights. The company believes proposed changes and compliance with them could have global ramifications, threatening user privacy. (Cybersecurity)

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Artificial Intelligence and the future of healthcareedit

The Times of India 

Anyone reading this post would know how predominant has been the terms Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in this millennium. Though these fields have been under the research radar of scientists from a much earlier period, it is only in the last few decades that AI and ML have matured out of the testtubes to face realworld challenges.

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AI for energising SMEsedit

Telangana Today 

With improving access to capital, heightened ease of doing business and a galvanised ecosystem that provides mentorship and guidance to fledgling startup founders, the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector has been riding high over the past couple of decades. Now with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the mix, SMEs will be given another boost – through reduced cost and improved efficiencies in how they run, operate and succeed.

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AI based system to diagnose diseasesedit

The Hans India 

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here have developed an artificial…New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here have developed an artificial intelligence (AI)based lowpower electronic hardware system that can help in detecting malaria, tuberculosis, intestinal parasite and cervical cancer in a few milliseconds. (Artificial Intelligence)

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5G will better connect rural areasedit

Down To Earth 

By  Akshit Sangomla

5G will move us closer to being connected to everything, everywhere at all times and will enable the seamless interworking of different technologies and networks. The integration of satellites in 5G networks will pave way for new applications in domains like agriculture, health and emergency response for user communities living in rural areas.

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10 Industries That Could Be Affected By Automationedit

BW Smart Cities

Automation, driven by artificial intelligence, data analytics, and robotics, has begun changing the clockwork of almost all of the industries we know of. From the essentials to the advanced, AI is set to bring about a change to the way we live and breathe over the coming years. Let us look at 10 industries that are going to have a revolution in their businesses.

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AI to rescue diabetics and help aviationedit

The New Indian Express 

Researchers have created the world’s first machine intelligent artificial pancreas that could improve insulin dosing for diabetics. According to Nigel Greenwood, founder at Australia based firm Evolving Machine Intelligence, along with researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ), the artificial intelligence-based (AI) technique can also transform the way aeroplane engine’s wear & tear is monitored.

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How blockchain technology is revamping the logistics industryedit

CIOL

Logistics is the lifeblood of most of the businesses in the present era. From food to pharmaceutical, and consumer electronics to heavy machinery, it is the logistics that bridge the gap between manufacturer, distributor, retailer, and consumer. And, in the age of e-commerce where everything is fast and forward, the efficiency of the sector relies a lot more on supply chain and logistics. It is the logistics that helps businesses to deal with competitions and catalyses the economic growth of progressive nations. y.

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Opinion | The big picture of innovation is in the small thingsedit

Live Mint 

Going forward, artificial intelligence or AI is really being seen as the gamechanger the new electricity. One sees the eyes of VCs shine once again with the mention of AIas was seen in the previous two gold rushes of ecommerce and fintech. Just as we started to electrify the world through the electrical revolution, AI is poised to start an equally large transformation on many industries, perhaps barring hairdressing, they say.

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Opinion | Molecular biology could hold the key to data storageedit

Live Mint 

One of the main contributors to making Artificial Intelligence a powerful tool today is the advanced level of computing we have arrived at. Most of us hold smartphones in our hands that have more computing capability than it took to land Neil Armstrong on the moon 50 years ago. Efforts are on to keep increasing this capability, and the advances researchers are seeking to make in quantum computing is one of these.

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Neural network automation kicks speededit

Trinity Mirror 

A new area in artificial intelligence involves using algorithms to automatically design machine-learning systems known as neural networks, which are more accurate and efficient than those developed by human engineers. But this so-called neural architecture search (NAS) technique is computationally expensive.

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NASSCOM CoE for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Identifies Top Social Impact AI Solutions in The Country Through AI for Goodedit

CIOL 

The AI for Good program challenged participating organizations to present their best deployed and deployable solutions which leveraged Analytics, IoT, Computer Vision, Robotics, AR, VR and Natural Language Processing (NLP) in areas of healthcare, agriculture, education, public utilities, safety, smart cities, natural resources, transportation, governance, waste management and fiscal management from startups and corporates across the country.

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India needs a cyber security strategyedit

The Asian Age 

States are at different stages of maturity in terms of implementing the policies. Almost 1000 cyber incidents are happening every day, not all of which gets registered. We have to understand that cybersecurity is not a technology problem. Maharashtra has a Rs 1000 crore project where we are building cyber labs and cyber police stations in each district.

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In a world where data is everywhere, Businesses need always on protectionedit

Digital Terminal 

The rapid proliferation of embedded systems, loT, real-time data and Al-powered cognitive systems as well as new legislation like the European Union’s GDPRmeans that data security has to be a priority for businesses like never before. With data used, stored and analyzed at both the hardware and software level, we need a new and more nuanced approach to data security.

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How Voice of Cancer Patients Is Empowering The Healthcare Community With AIDriven Insightsedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Harshajit Sarmah

With a mission to empower patients with knowledge, Dr Alok Aggarwal founded Voice of Cancer Patients (VoCP) that organise and analyse this data to help patients make better decisions. Using Artificial Intelligence based techniques, the companys VoCP platform for cancer patients analyses millions of such patient conversations and provides meaningful insights for patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, and payers.

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GeoSpock and XLocations collaborate to deliver next generation location data analysisedit

Geospatial World 

Through the utilisation of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, XLocations accelerates the analysis and visualisation of big spatial data, enabling clients to make smarter decisions across multiple industries, including retail, real estate, manufacturing, and finance

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FinTech Conclave: RBI Governor delivers keynote address on opportunities, challengesedit

Devdis Course 

Mr Kant noted the need to evolve regulatory and policy paradigms keeping in mind the need of nearly 450 million millennials of India to access institutional credit and charting out the future of fintech in India in light of digital technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence.

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Digitisation proved to be a great democratiser in India: Telecom secretaryedit

The Week 

Digital is (also) throwing up as many challenges as answers, she added, referring to the growth of AI (artificial intelligence) and how it may make many jobs obsolete. In fact, another speaker at the conference organised by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) said that once AI comes into its own, as much as 70 per cent of the present jobs could get vulnerable.

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Community data in the draft ecommerce policy Parminder Singhedit

Media Nama 

With data being the most important economic resource, ownership and economic appropriation of datas value will determine how individuals, firms and countries fare in the formative digital economy. The latter will supersede the industrial economy paradigm, which can result in new winners and losers. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Banking the Unbanked: Technology the Gamechangeredit

BFSI ELETS Online 

Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), chatbots and blockchain are transforming the BFSI industry in unimaginable ways. Banks are almost becoming technology companies themselves, going by the sheer pace and volume of modern technology adoption in the sector.

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Automation in App Development: How AI is empowering the industryedit

CIOL 

By Ashok Pandey

Today we are in the fourth industrial revolution and that is the reality around us. There is a proliferation of mobile, proliferation of narration on digital transformation, the proliferation of IoT, Artificial Intelligence that is becoming important.

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Affle: Forging Digital Transformation with AI-Powered Consumer Engagement Platformedit

Analytics Insights 

In this rapidly converging digital age, everything has become digitally accessible for users. From food to grocery, clothes to furniture, almost every commodity is available online via apps and their marketing which has nurtured the competition between online market providers. In rush of this new ecosystem, to make the brand/company at the forefront, one has to flow with the wave of digital transformation.

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Advanced superspecial interventional methods vie for attention in cardiac space : Dr.Haresh Mehtaedit

The Economic Times 

With more and more cardiologists seeking personalized interpretations when it comes to maintaining health records of their patients, a lot of tech companies are investing in artificial intelligence (AI) to help usher in advancements in cardiac care.

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5G is unlikely to cause health concernsedit

Down To Earth 

By Akshit Sangmola

It is a paradigm shift in the sense that apart from enhanced mobile broadband experience, the technology will be tailored towards largescale machine to machine communications and ultra reliable and low latency applications, say, for advanced robotics and intelligent transportation.

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What is General Purpose Artificial Intelligenceedit

The Times of India 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hottest industry today. Billions of dollars are being spent worldwide to research and develop new technologies in the field of AI. One of the biggest goals of these researches is to develop General Purpose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI). What is GPAI (Artificial Intelligence)

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Is your home a smart homeedit

Express Computer

With the explosion of the internet, Internet of Things (IoT), the concept of Smart Homes or technology enabled homes is one of the most significant innovations in the real estate market; and it will drive the future. In the initial phase, smart homes in the Indian real estate market could predominantly be seen in the luxury segment. But today even the midsegment homes are equipped with smart home features. (Internet of Things)

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How Cloud Technology Has Transformed Data Storageedit

Analytics Insight 

We regularly hear (and say) buzzwords like big data, AI, Internet of Things (IoT)but the modern day individual might not realize just how much data they use and collect every day. Think about how many apps you use for todo lists and messaging programs, your daily exchange of videos and pictures, or all of your work and personal devices. (Internet of Things)

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Everything you need to know about the new Cloudera Data Platformedit

Computer World 

It has to support multifunction analytics: from streaming and big data ingest to IoT and machine learning It has to support every conceivable cloud delivery mechanism: private cloud, public cloud, multicloud, hybrid, onprem and containerised deployments, all with a common metadata catalog and schema.

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Embracing Digital Disruptionedit

Business World 

A universal phenomenon, digital disruption is driving economic and customer value across industries in India as well. A roundtable of industry stalwarts saw them welcome the impact of digital disruption as a positive for an evolving and growing economy like Indias. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Digital Dose For Pharmaedit

Business Today 

Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, 3D printing and blockchain are transforming the pharmaceutical industry world over. Indian pharma also undergoes similar changes, although at a slow pace.

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Preparation for The Futureedit

ELE Times 

By Devendra Kumar

The Policy envision to promote domestic manufacturing and exports; incentives for components manufacturing; incentives for high-tech mega projects such as semiconductor fabrication; to encourage new units and expansion of existing ones; to promote R&D in electronics, incentivize Start-ups and emerging technology areas such as 5G, loT, Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality, Drones, Robotics, Additive Manufacturing, Photonics and Nano-based devices and incentives for skilled manpower.

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IoT helps utilise waste water at in mall, flatsedit

The Times of India 

By Sunitha Rao R

less than 3.8 lakh litres of water is recycled at Orion Mall every day, thanks to the deployment of a Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart technology developed by a startup. Spread over 8.2 lakh sq ft and housing 200 commercial units, the mall requires 4 lakh litres daily and 3.8 lakh of this gets recycled and is used for cooler tower and the air-conditioning system. Fresh water consumption is halved every day.

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How To Apply Machine Learning And Big Data To Event Processingedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Ambika Choudhary

The rise of merging technologies is leading the globe towards a data-centric platform where Big Data is gaining more and more prominence. With the growth of cloud and Internet of Things (IoT), large amounts of data is stored every day in platforms like Hadoop. That is why the much-hyped big data frameworks are leveraged with machine learning frameworks to find meaningful patterns from these data.

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From IoT to Machine Learning, Latest Data Trends Enveloping Technology Landscapeedit

Analytics Insight 

By Smriti Srivastava

Internet of Things (IoT) IoT is no more a theoretical chapter to stay on the drawing board rather it has come into practical existence in the smart world with the emergence of cloud platforms, cheap sensors, and machine learning. Moreover, IoT enables automation with ML making split-second decisions based on real-time data. IoT in recent times will not only give smart factories but also voluminous data to back decision making in product management/engineering.

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Chennai can become destination for AI projectsedit

News Today 

Similarly, the next big disruptive force in the industry is touted to be blockchain. Chennai based AI and blockchain-based software products firm Intain recently launched two new products in the above mentioned fields. News Today spoke with Siddhartha S, the founder and CEO of the company to learn more.

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Big data analytics & AI can transform Indian agriculture, state expertsedit

FNB News 

Big data analytics, Blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) can spur the efficiency on Indian farmlands. “It can augment agricultural production, mitigate climate change issues, and make agri-supply chain management more efficient,” stated experts at the two-day international conference on Emerging scenarios in Agriculture, organised by Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM) They highlighted that agribusiness was challenged.

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India inching towards becoming a datarich country: Richard Healdedit

Live Mint 

By Kalpana Pathak

There is a lot of complementarity in the number of areas between the UK and IndiaOne of the aspirations that the Indian government has stated is that they want 40% of the service provision around AI to be delivered by Indian companies over the next few years (Artificial Intelligence)

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Free WiFi at coffee shop can put you in soupedit

Business Standard 

In fact, hackers often use public WiFi networks for the purposes of hacking into confidential information and data of users who log into these WiFi networks without understanding the cyber security ramifications of the same, Pavan Duggal, one of the nations top cyber law experts, told IANS.

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Automated tech can detect eye surface canceredit

Business Standard 

Researchers have developed an automated, noninvasive technique for diagnosing eye surface cancer, which may reduce the need for biopsies, prevent therapy delays and make treatment far more effective for patients. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Towards farms of the futureedit

Business Standard 

This is set to change. In a pathbreaking initiative, the Karnataka Agricultural Price Commission has got technology major IBM to develop a smart platform that will use artificial intelligence (AI), big data and machine learning to predict the price patterns of the tomato crop. Launched this month, the platform will help farmers in these three districts take decisions on when and where to sell their crop and at what price. (IOT)

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Top 5 Artificial Intelligence Apps of 2019edit

Analytics Insight 

A standout amongst the most prevalent platforms in the science and technology field is Artificial Intelligence. To take the necessary steps in less time frame with the assistance of a machine, AI gives personal assistance. With assistance from the best artificial intelligence application, it can mechanize the tasks of people throughout numerous businesses so that they can work in less time frame.

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Telcos plan to use AI, data analytics to make networks smarter, more efficient ahead of 5G deploymentedit

The Economic Times 

IMobile phone companies are geared towards reengineering their networks to make them smarter and more efficient, preparing for multiple use cases which will come with massscale deployment of 5G technology in future.

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Scientists develop robotic swarm for medical useedit

Business Standard 

The study, published in the journal Science Robotics, described the nanorobots fleet that have demonstrated potential for inbody diagnosis and treatment at the cellular or even molecular level. A single robot is two micrometre in diameter, 40 times smaller than a hair, thus capable of running through blood capillaries, lead author Xie Hui, Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology in China, reported Xinhua.

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Now, Google Maps shows speed cameras, accident spots in Indiaedit

News X 

As per the latest reports, Google is going to launch a new Augmented Reality (AR) navigation feature for the Google Maps app. The AR navigation feature of the Google Maps app will provide users with more accurate directions by combining AR with artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision.

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Leveraging Artificial Intelligence Innovations in Astronomyedit

Analytics Insight 

Maximum count of scientists is trying to grip the help from artificial intelligence. With minimum human contribution, a few major AI systems such as artificial neural networks computer simulated networks of neurons that reflect as a function of brains can pull out through mountains of data, detecting patterns that human could never have spotted including highlighting anomalies.

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Industry 4.0 Shifts from Buzzword to Reality, Says Hampleton Partners M&A Reportedit

IT News Online 

GreenPocket, a German smart metering provider, received 3.1 million in a growth funding round led by DEW21. GreenPocket uses technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science to deliver software for consumption visualisation and energy management. The company has already realised 125 smart energy projects for more than 75 customers in 12 countries worldwide.

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How Indian Public Healthcare Sector Can Leverage AI To Make Remarkable Progressedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Akshaya Asokan

The application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the healthcare sector has been practised for long and now more and more medical practitioners and institutions are leveraging the technology not just driving precision medicine but also for delivering better services.

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Google celebrates musician Johann Christian Bach with AI powered doodleedit

Business Standard 

Made in partnership with the Google Magenta and Google PAIR teams, the doodle, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), is an interactive experience encouraging netizens to compose a twomeasure melody of their choice.

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Evolution Of Artificial Intelligenceedit

Business Standard 

Deep Blue, a chess playing computer developed by IBM defeated world champion Garry Kasparov 2000: Kismet, a sociable machine capable of expressing emotions, launched 2011: IBM’s Watson beats two of the most successful human contestants on Jeopardy!, a longrunning US game show 2016: Introduction of virtual agents with Siri, Google Now and IPSoft’s Amelia.

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Candidates rely on Artificial Intelligence to strike a chord with votersedit

The New Indian Express 

As the general elections approach fast, the IT companies and startups have begun wooing candidates with their services to help them campaign online using Artificial Intelligence (AI), with analytics being the key. IT experts say the thrust to connect with voters is on AI as promotional SMS and recorded telephone calls have become outdated.

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Automation Anywhere unveils the industrys smartest IQ botedit

The Asian Age 

Automation Anywhere, the global leader in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), today announced major advances to IQ Bot 6.5, its artificial intelligence (AI) solution that greatly expands the global market for RPA

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Towards farms of the futureedit

Business Standard 

This is set to change. In a pathbreaking initiative, the Karnataka Agricultural Price Commission has got technology major IBM to develop a smart platform that will use artificial intelligence (AI), big data and machine learning to predict the price patterns of the tomato crop. Launched this month, the platform will help farmers in these three districts take decisions on when and where to sell their crop and at what price. (IOT)

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The Gift of AI that Keeps Givingedit

The Economic Times 

The role of newer technologies like artificial intelligence is viewed by decision makers and agents alike as a boon to customer and employee experience , according to a report by Salesforce. The ‘State of Service’ report says AI usage is set to grow exponentially in the next few years

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Telcos plan to use AI, data analytics to make networks smarter, more efficient ahead of 5G deploymentedit

The Economic Times 

Mobile phone companies are geared towards reengineering their networks to make them smarter and more efficient, preparing for multiple use cases which will come with massscale deployment of 5G technology in future.

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From 1950 to 2018: How Artificial Intelligence has evolved over the yearsedit

Business Standard 

The Golden Years 1956: Conference held at Dartmouth College where the term Artificial Intelligence was coined 1961: Samuels Checkers programme used Machine Learning to beat human players 1966: IBMs Shoebox performed arithmetic by voice command Shakey became the first mobile robot aware of its surroundings ELIZA, an artificial conversational … (Artificial Intelligence)

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Delhi gets IoTdriven garbage bins which informs authorities when fulledit

Geospatial World 

India: Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has launched Internet of Things (IoT)driven garbage bins across South and North Delhi Municipal Corporation area, which automatically sends a signal to the waste collection authority once the bins are full.

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Debunking myths and misconceptions about artificial intelligenceedit

The Financial Express 

By Sudhir Chowdhary

As Artificial Intelligence goes mainstream, it is imperative for companies to understand how it can create value for their business Information technology (IT) and business leaders are often confused about what Artificial Intelligence (AI) can do for their companies and are challenged by several AI misconceptions.

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Data is at the front and centre of everythingedit

The Times of India 

On a visit to Bengaluru, where the company has an engineering centre responsible for development of its core products, Mirchandani told TOI that Commvault is at a good place right now to take advantage of the rapidly evolving data landscape and help organisations create value from the avalanche of data. (EMC, AI, ML, DATA)

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Cybersecurity a key driver for AI market growth: Reportedit

Money Control 

The cybersecurity industry has recorded a growing number of fraud and malicious attacks, ranging from stealing personal data to important organizational information, in the past few years. Companies are looking to apply Al technologies to combat these threats more effectively

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China Telecom Global partners with Tata Communicationsedit

Business Standard 

To launch global Internet of Things (IoT) service in the Chinese marketChina Telecom Global and Tata Communications are working together to launch a global Internet of Things (IoT) service in the Chinese market. The partnership will allow companies to deploy and manage IoT devices easily and costeffectively within China and internationally across multiple industries, including consumer and industrial electronics manufacturing, automotive, transport and logistics

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Automation Key to Future Networksedit

The Economic Times 

Nishant Vora, CTO at market leader Vodafone Idea, said deep machine learning, wherein deep data analytics would drive planning, operation and design, was the key to future networks. Besides Sekhon and Vora, the panel consisted of Radhey Shyam Sarda, CTO Wireless Solutions, Huawei India; Rajan S Mathews, director-general, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI); and Manoj Kumar Singh, CTO of Indus Towers.

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Artificial Intelligence Revolutionizing Technology in Indiaedit

Analytics Insight 

By Priya Dialani

With insightful machines empowering highlevel cognitive procedures like reasoning, perceiving, learning, decision making and problemsolving, combined with advances in data collection and conglomeration, analytics and PC processing power, AI present chances to supplement and enhance human knowledge and improve the manner in which individuals live and work

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And now, AI to predict Cricket matches, assess the luck of the playersedit

Business Standard 

By Peerzada Abrar

Now these technologies are extensively being used to analyse the game of cricket as well. Sport media firm ESPNcricinfo, in partnership with the Indian Insitute of Technology Madras, unveiled a tech platform called Superstats, which helps analyse the sport.

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AI in Healthcare; Market size to be USD 44.24 billion by 2026edit

Devdis Course 

By Neeraj Mehta

Earlier we discussed the scope of Artificial intelligence and its usability in various fields. As data scientists and people working on AI are making progress, many possibilities for the application of Artificial Intelligence have been realized. Healthcare continues to be one the sector where it has truly made a major impact that goes beyond convenience and essentially affects human lives.

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A Closer Look at IoT Cyber Attacksedit

EET India 

IoT security is a complex problem, requiring a systematic approach for understanding possible threats and corresponding mitigation methods. We take a closer look at some of the more effective IoT cyber attacks to date.

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How are AI and ML bringing a Healing Touch to Healthcareedit

Analytics Insight 

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an incredible technology that has caused a disruption with its rapid growth and development in recent decades. AI technology has been applied to nearly all areas of life that involve technology including healthcare.

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Flipkart debuts Indiafirst automation initiative to improve efficiencyedit

Digit 

Flipkart has introduced an Indiafirst automation initiative under which it has debuted over 100 Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) at its sortation facility in Soukya, Bangalore that will help sort packages by pincode, leading to an increase in process efficiency.

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Data analytics to shape the future of earth observationedit

Geospatial World 

Given the two trends (and many more!) the future of earth observation is bright. Open data, big data and technology revolutions are stimulating for both businesses, governments, and citizens. Today, the industry is witnessing a wide variety of downsized technologies miniaturisation of sensors and satellites; a high number of private entrepreneurial missions, and adoption of new technologies such as AR/VR, artificial intelligence and machine learning, cloud, etc.

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AI can make eye doctors more effective: Google researchedit

Business Standard 

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help eye doctors improve the accuracy of their diagnoses, according to a study from the Google AI research group which shows that physicians and algorithms working together are more effective than either alone.

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The Right Artificial Intelligence Approachedit

CIOL

AI is among the most talked technology nowadays. It is being implemented by various industries and it has resulted in tremendous business growth. But without the right artificial intelligence approach, it won’t be possible. As we all know Artificial Intelligence has gripped our interest for much longer than it has been a part of pop culture – read; sci-fi books, shows and movies. Today, the only-limited-by-imagination-kind-of possibilities of AI is not only recognized but is becoming commonplace at most enterprises.

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How Blockchain Can Improve Cyber Securityedit

Krypto Money 

With many people and organizations relying on the internet and connected systems these days, it has not been easy to secure data and computerized devices. Cyber threats have been a major issue that has been costly to solve or eradicate for good. Access to effective database backup solutions has also not been a hasslefree journey.

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Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning and Machine Vision are heralding a new age of security solutionsedit

Electronics For You 

Our strengths include manpower, cost control and large local markets. And limitations include having fewer product companies and lack of knowledge of global customer requirements. Video surveillance and access control have huge scope for innovation. In particular, artificial intelligence, deep learning and machine vision are emerging areas heralding a new age of security solutions.

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Affordable and reliable Smart Electronics pave the way from idea to volume productionedit

ELE Times 

Many smart, connected systems, e.g. for Internet of Things applications, experience problems with electronics design and production. With its innovative approach, Screvle in Rotselaar, Belgium, executes these steps more rapidly, reliably and affordably. At the core is a modular electronics platform that the company develops since more than five years.

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5 Languages To Use For Genetic Programmingedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Shrishti Deoras

Genetic programming and algorithms are picking up as one of the most sought after domains in artificial intelligence and machine learning. These algorithms are used to study and analyse the gene modifications and evolutions, evaluating the genetic constituency. With the growing interest in the area, many tools and technologies are also picking up to facilitate faster and efficient research.

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15 Reasons why Israel will be a Global Leader of AI over the Next Five Yearsedit

Analytics Insight 

By Kamalika Some

Over the next five years, Israel could be considered as the global leader of AI Technologies. The country has already earmarked the largest AI exit to date with Mobileye at $15.3 billion and the fast developing country boasts of a substantial and growing cluster of startups utilizing AI technologies.

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How Much Tech in Healthcare is Too Much? Where to Draw the Line?edit

The Quint 

Enter information technology enabled services and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and you have a whole new horizon panning out in healthcare. Image is for representational purposes only. Image is for representational purposes only.

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E-pharma on fast lane as companies diversifyedit

The New Indian Express 

With the use of cutting edge technology like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Predictive analytics, pharma companies have built up capabilities to figure out patterns in the medicine purchasing history of customers and provide diet suggestions that would help in preventive healthcare and less dependence on medicines.

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Augmented Analytics to Recast Big Data to Smart Data for Improved Insightsedit

Analytics India Mag 

As the industry is realizing the growing importance of data, more and more data processing tools and next-generation technologies are coming out in the spotlight. Meanwhile, data analytics is also gaining much fame. Organizations, in order to thrive in the industry, need to adopt new data analytics innovations such as augmented analytics.

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Artificial Intelligence and Music Learnings for Talent Leadersedit

People Matters 

Spotify, Grooveshark, Pandora and others can today recommend music based on our listening habits and moods. Drawing examples from her research that lies at the intersection of machine learning and music, Dr. Herremans will share how Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, and other emerging technologies are radically changing the music industry and what it means in the context of work.

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Voice tech is changing our world: Anku Jain, MD, MediaTek Indiaedit

The Economic Times 

By Shelley Singh

Rich IoT and machine learning, will continue to grow in 2019. In India the potential is huge but we have our set of unique problems like multiple languages, accent, literacy and speed of technology adoption. Apart from this, other areas of concern, that companies need to take charge of, will be data security and privacy. The next level of adoption will also depend on the ability of smart devices in the local language powered by faster connectivity and smarter devices.

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Transforming businesses in the connected worldedit

ET Brand Equity 

Moreover, fresh disruptions are coming at breakneck speed. Theres lightning speed 5G around the corner, which will open up new opportunities for businesses to anticipate and exploit. Augmented and virtual reality is already finding more applications in manufacturing and services. It is also predicted that the Internet of Things (IoT) will connect some 28 billion devices by 2020 including cars, wearables and smart home devices.

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Smart cities on hackers’ radaredit

Deccan Herald 

Smart city projects in India are chugging along. Many cities are already running smart solutions managed through command and control infrastructure. When it comes to cyber security, however, we have our work cut out. Keeping these IoT solution deployments within layers of tough-to-crack security and using a multi-pronged security strategy are aspects still under discussion.

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Robots are gaining ground in India steadilyedit

Live Mint 

By Abhijit Ahaskar

Although India has only 3 robots for every 10,000 workers, enterprises are increasingly turning to robots to save manpower and cost. The adoption of robots has been slow in India. However, with more firms investing in digitization, the levels are set to increase

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Opinion | The absurdity of clubbing AI with blockchainedit

Live Mint 

The two cannot be objectively compared, and nor does anyone do it in the real world. Then why is it that artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain, two terms that are semantically and conceptually mutually exclusive, have become prevalent as a pair, and touted as the antidote to all business problems.

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Making Indian cities digitally smartedit

The Financial Express 

The Ministry Of housing and urban affairs, in partnership with Cisco, Quantela, ESRI and AWS have announced the inauguration of India Urban Observatory in NewDelhi. The observatory will leverage data analytics to optimise city operations, improve governance and enhance economic performance ofcities across India.“

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India business has delivered solid growth: Alok Ohrie of Dell Technologiesedit

Financial Express

By Sudhir Chowdhary

In India, we are hopeful that spectrum sales of 5G will happen sometime during the latter half of 2019. The 5G cellular technology, with its low-latency and high-bandwidth networks, will be the backbone for technologies like IoT and AI, says Alok Ohrie.

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How Disruptive Technologies are Transforming the Cyber Security Landscapeedit

Analytics Insight 

With an influx of prevailing disruptive technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and IoT, cyber security has attained yet another height of confidence in digital space. Rather than being a damage controller, it has become a prioritized commercial investment for a number of businesses.

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Household WiFi might be your worst nightmareedit

Business Standard 

By Nishant Aroara ( IANS)

There are over eight billion Internet of Things (IoT) devices today and by 2020, the installed base of connected devices is forecast to grow to almost 31 billion globally. According to FSecure, apply some mind into which router you purchase.

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Firms need to marry tech with creativity to achieve optimum results: Adobes Belskyedit

Live Mint 

By Nandita Mathur

On the debate between automation versus design and creativity, Belsky believes that creativity is a uniquely human trait and no one knows where it comes from. It is thus, the one industry that is safe from replacement from new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI).

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Can AI Usher In The Era Of Transhumanismedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Akshaya Asokan

While the knights from history are known to have perished in their long and arduous journey to locate the Holy Grail, researchers circa 2019 are looking at artificial intelligence and its various subsets to grant humanity the power of immortality.

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Artificial Intelligence is the Most Revolutionary Technology Seen in Decadesedit

Analytics Insight 

By Kamalika Some

With the rise of AI enabled chips, convergence of IoT and AI at the edge, and interoperability among neural networks, automated machine learning will gain prominence. It will automate DevOps through AIOps as Speech recognition, Virtual Agents, AIOptimized Hardware and Biometrics.

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1st robotic knee replacement surgery performed at Ojasedit

Daily Excelsior 

Busting popular myths, Dr Avtar Singh said, “It is still me, who is doing the surgery, not the robot. The robotics enabled artificial intelligence helps achieve more precision and accuracy in the surgery with the bone cuts which has not been possible until now with the manual method of performing surgery. At the end of the surgery the knee implant is almost a custom-fit for the patient and they forget they have even had a surgery.”

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Explained: How smart devices are changing the threat landscapeedit

Business Standard

By Payal Dhar

A complex digital web powered by the internet governs our lives today. Work or play, entertainment or communication, we depend on the internet to get by all the time. It is entirely possible that for the first time in the history of human civilisation we might have wholeheartedly embraced a technology for its untold conveniences without understanding much of it.

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Is India ready for $457 billion IoT opportunity?edit

Tech Observer

By M Kalam

The global IoT market is expected to reach $457 billion by 2020, attaining a CAGR of 28.5% with potential to impact almost all industries. And, that is why, it has become an important area of focus for IT products companies, businesses and government organisations. Different reports indicate that the number of global IoT connections could increase more than threefold by 2025, reflecting the magnitude at which these devices will be exposed to the Internet and the data that these devices can access and store.

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Indian, Malaysian industry, research bodies to work jointly on automation, roboticsedit

Business Standard 

Top industry and research bodies from India and Malaysia reached an understanding Thursday to take their manufacturing to the next level of automation with the help of robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and Internet of Things.

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How traditional restaurants can make use of AI to come to the forefrontedit

The Asian Age 

With the tremendous amount of innovation in the restaurant business, gone are the days when a food truck only meant simple street food. Today, even small entrepreneurs in the food sector have got business models in place that allow them to use the finest of ingredients in innovative ways (think, gourmet Asian fusion from a kiosk or a small kitchen). (Artificial Intelligence)

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How the internet travels across oceansedit

Live Mint 

The internet consists of tiny bits of code that move around the world, travelling along wires as thin as a strand of hair strung across the ocean floor. The data zips from New York to Sydney, from Hong Kong to London, in the time it takes you to read this word. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Cybersecurity Predictions 2019edit

Daily Pioneer 

2018 was an eventful year with regard to cybersecurity. The world witnessed some of the biggest data breaches yet with Facebook, Kmart, Amazon, and Cathay facing the brunt of it all. Facebooks CEO Mark Zuckerberg was summoned by Canada and the United Kingdom to answer questions of privacy infringement on Facebook.

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Be future readyedit

India Today 

Smart homes are all the rage right now. Heres all you need to know to make your space smarter and innovative. From setting the mood with the right shade of light to creating a sense of security, Philips Hue has many smart uses (Artificial Intelligence)

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Are we ready for AI As machines get smarter by the day, many policy and ethical issues remain unresolvededit

The Times of India 

Much like this, artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI, ML) and robotics technologies are silently but increasingly automating work tasks. Some of it is already in use. Email comes with filters and smart replies; maps and ride sharing apps use AI in route planning and pricing; online retailers use AI to understand your preferences and buying habits so they personalise your shopping experience.

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Who will be spending on artificial intelligence in 2019edit

Info Tech Lead 

Spending on artificial intelligence (AI) systems is forecast to grow at 44 percent to $35.8 billion in 2019, according to IDC report. Energy to invest in AI The report also said spending on AI systems will more than double to $79.2 billion in 2022 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38.0 percent over the 20182022 forecast period

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Globalisation 4.0 and proliferation of AI: Are we ready for thisedit

The Financial Express 

In the last two centuries, globalisation has been interpreted as being about the things that we make and send across borders via air, land and sea. Without reducing the importance of this usual notion of trade, future globalisation is also going to be concerned about the stuff that we do (services), not just the stuff that we make (goods). Specifically, globalisation 4.0 is the globalisation of automation and digitalisation.

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Five Smart City Development Bottlenecks and How to Overcome Themedit

CIOL

Urban population is bursting at its seams and the pressure on civic infrastructure for the provision of basic utilities is immense and growing. With their capability to deal with all of this efficiently, it is no surprise that Smart Cities are seen as technologys answer to all these woes. (Iot)

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DoT defers deadline for testing telecom equipment againedit

Live Mint 

By Navadha Pandey

The government had earlier planned to locally test parts such as modems, audio-conferencing equipment, fax machines, Wi-Fi access points, and radio and transmission products, including microwaves, from 1 January, and parts such as mobile devices, soft switch, base transceiver station and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices would need to be tested and certified from 1 April.

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Digitalizing the economy as the route to growth and prosperityedit

The Times of India 

The World Economic Forum has remarked that the relatively slow adoption of digital technologies in the region is often coupled with an insufficiently clear approach to governance. For example, just 20 percent of African nations have implemented any legal framework to address cybersecurity. Only 11 African nations have passed significant legislation against cybercrime.

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Automation an Area of Growth: Results of the 2019 SANS Automation and Integration Surveyedit

IT News Online 

More traditional systems under the direct control of the organization appear to have the greatest amount of automation, with industrial control systems, IoT devices or sensors, and other examples of operational technology (OT)such as smart sensors and wearables lagging behind

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Are Smart Cities Sitting Ducks For Crypto Minersedit

CXO Today 

In the last seven months, a new threat has emerged on the horizon. Smart cities around the world are reporting instances of crypto mining malware being discovered within their networks and IT infrastructure. The devaluation of bitcoins as a virtual currency has not affected this trend much as newer variants are being encountered at an alarming frequency. (Internet of Things)

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AI comes to rescue to spot early signs of gentrificationedit

Devdis Course 

From a new driveway to a freshly repainted home, artificial intelligence can spot early signs of gentrification, allowing cities to plan before soaring house prices push residents out of their neighbourhoods, researchers said on Wednesday

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76 per cent Indian organisations hit by cyber attacks in 2018edit

Daily Post 

Over 76 per cent organisations in India were hit by cyber attacks in 2018 as IT security continued to be a major issue across the globe, global cyber security major Sophos said on Wednesday. According to Sophos’ “7 Uncomfortable Truths of Endpoint Security” survey, IT managers are more likely to catch cyber criminals on their organisation’s servers and networks than anywhere else.

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Opinion | The automation anxiety looming over the worldedit

Live Mint

In an algorithmic world, it is but natural to get overwhelmed by Artificial Intelligence or AI-powered automated systems, whether in planes, cars or our homes. However, the crash of a Boeing 737 Max and the subsequent grounding of this aircraft model in India, China and many European countries, including Britain, Germany and France, has made many people wonder if we are adopting newfangled technologies a bit too prematurely or relying too much on computer software to keep us safe.

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Artificial Intelligence : Trouble or Opportunityedit

Analytics Insights 

Artificial intelligence (AI) works as the driver of exponential economic value creation by making its way into our lives. You can assume the development of AI through Amazon’s Alexa and Facebook’s M to Google’s Now and Apple’s Siri and thus you can track your future growth, incredible opportunities and expected problems.

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How Artificial Intelligence Is At The Heart Of Digital Disruptionedit

Analytics India 

Sounds simple? Most organisations focus on their customers through marketing activities, keep a strong tab on streamlining their operations and focus on their core competencies. Then why is it that some organisations fail to keep up to these basic principles and fall behind in this race while others succeed? What is the common theme that ensures that market leaders remain at the top of their game for years? What are the underlying success factors for organizations like Google, Amazon, MasterCard, AT&T, Walmart? What went wrong with Hindustan Motors, Kodak, Nokia, Yahoo, Blackberry and Atari who started off as industry leaders and gradually faded into oblivion?

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence in India Decodededit

Bloomberg Quint 

Artificial Intelligence will bring massive new capabilities as well as disruption to businesses as well as society. The term isnt new, and has been around for decades, but AI today has gone far beyond the realm of science fiction. AI comes into play each time you use a smartphone, or when a bank decides to pitch a new financial product to you, or for personalised medicine. And AI usage will only grow, which is what strikes fear among some too.

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I spy with my little AIedit

The Telegraph 

By Madhura Banerjee

Space is vast and peppered with galaxies, stars, planets, black holes and other celestial bodies. And while there are telescopes, both on earth and in deep space, taking constant readings of these and generating copious amounts of data, sifting through that deluge of information is a tedious and timeconsuming process. How do astronomers cope With the help of artificial intelligence.

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Experts express concerns as cyber security threats loom on Smart Citiesedit

Business Standard 

By Nirmalaya Behera

These smart solutions are powered by combination of heterogeneous enabling technologies such as smart cards, IoT (internet of things) based devices and wearable devices, autonomous systems devices at physical device level, integrated with intelligent mobile apps, cloud computing, open data and advanced analytics powered by new age AI (artificial intelligence) solutions.

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Automation to effectively utilize resourcesedit

The Times of India 

Automation, innovation and reengineering in all the processes are vital for effective utilization of resources and to minimize wastages, said R Rajamanohar, executive director, Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (Bhel) Trichy during the valedictory function of the productivity week organised at Bhel Trichy complex on Tuesday.

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Artificial Intelligence, IoT To Aid Puerto Rico In Rebuilding After Hurricane MARIAedit

Republic World

Puerto Ricos governor said Monday that he hopes a new technology center can help the U.S. territory incorporate artificial intelligence and internet connected devices as it rebuilds from Hurricane Maria (IOT)

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AI may be the future of music productionedit

The Asian Age 

I Am AI was released last fall by YouTube star Taryn Southern, who doesn’t know how to play any instruments. For my first music video in 2017, I had a lot of friction as a non-musician, the young artist told a panel discussion on Sunday at the festival running from March 8-17. “I wrote lyrics, I had a melodic line but it was difficult to compose and record the actual music

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AI is a huge opportunity for India despite challengesedit

Computer World 

By Vishal Chawla

Artificial intelligence (AI) has come out of the research labs and its applications being implemented both in the B2B and B2C domains.While businesses are excited about using AI, there are specific challenges that need to be overcome first to realize the fair potential of this technology. At the Women in Data Science Conference held at IIM Bengaluru, technology heads gathered to discuss how organizations can create responsible AI for the world.

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AI can help diagnose mental illnessesedit

Telengana Today

Artificial intelligence is finding new applications in a range of fields. Now, Indian and Canadian researchers have developed a machine learning-based tool that can diagnose schizophrenia with high accuracy. Although research on major psychiatric illnesses has been going on for decades, there are still no reliable methods to predict and diagnose many ailments. One of reasons is the inherent variability in biological systems. Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychotic illness where diagnosis is often difficult due to its numerous clinical forms and considerable overlap with other psychiatric disorders.

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How Telecommunications Industry Can Use Blockchain For Innovationedit

Entrepreneur

Telecommunications industry (telcos), once considered as the pinnacle of innovation, is under tremendous pressure to innovate. Over-the-top (OTT) players like WhatsApp, Netflix and Facebook delivered a strong round of disruptive surprise and pushed the telcos into a downward spiral. With 5G around the bend and setting the stage for the next round of disruption, can telcos leverage on blockchain to offer innovative and cutting-edge services and products?

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The truth about the 5G revolution – What we know and what we don’tedit

Business Today

The 5G technology has already set the stage for some monumental shift in the wireless industry and the global hype-machine is in full swing. Top smartphone makers like Samsung, OnePlus, Huawei have already spoken about a 5G phone and we could have one in our hands soon. Companies working on the 5G technology tell us that it will change the way we live. We are told about 3-D holographic video calls, Internet of Things (IoT), faster speeds, lower latency etc. So, with the new 5G phones coming in 2019, are we only few months away from the next digital age? Well, sorry for being the Negative Nancy but not all is great with 5G and more importantly, ...5G

The Role of Artificial Intelligence In Education System Marketedit

CSO

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a machine that works and reacts like human beings and helps in smooth functioning of overall educational process. Artificial intelligence demonstrates the main principle of education learning, reasoning, and problem-solving. AI in the education market is expected to be driven by factors such as integration of the Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) in the learning process. ITS is one of the advanced applications of AI aimed at providing immediate and personalized feedback and instructions to learners without the intervention of a human tutor.

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This is the futureedit

Pune Mirror

The Dobot Magician is an award-winning robotic arm that can can pick and place objects, write and draw, and can be programmed in 20 languages.

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Why 5G will arrive with a whimper, not a bangedit

The Indian Express

Not all 5G is created equal. That’s the takeaway from this year’s Mobile World Congress, the telecommunications industry’s annual confab. Set aside the furor around Huawei Technologies Co Ltd for now. I want to talk about how the next generation of mobile connectivity is being rolled out and used. The irony is that early 5G looks more like an extension of 4G than the cataclysm that has been promised. The full potential of the technology won’t be exploited until it finds its way into smart factories and power grids.

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Artificial intelligence to keep check on night traffic violations 08 MAR 201905:42Aedit

Herald Goa

Taking a cue from its Mumbai counterparts, Goa Transport Department is resorting to smart and tech-savvy methods to curb late night offences, currently going unchecked. Vehicular traffic during the night has been increasing in Goa, but violations during after-hours are going unchecked. Transport Department has thus decided to crack down on violations by proposing Artificial Intelligence (AI) CCTV device at susceptible junctions. The proposal has been moved to the government.Artificial Intelligence
HIDCO to install IoT device to cut down on power consumptionedit

Millenium Post

Kolkata: Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO) will install an IoT (Internet of Things) device to conserve power as a part of the ‘Green City Clean City’ project in New Town. The device will be installed in 100 lampposts to begin with. The objective is to optimise consumption of energy (each street light consumes 180 W) based on external conditions like less traffic or daylight. Installation on a 1 km stretch will be completed in a week’s time.

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Future of IoT in India – current market trends and use casesedit

Wire 19

As per a joint report by IAMAI (The Internet and Mobile Association of India) and Deloitte, Industrial IoT is expected to surpass the consumer IoT space in India by 2020. It also predicts a $12 billion IoT opportunity. The accelerated pace of IoT adoption in the country will make sectors like industrial manufacturing, energy, agriculture, utilities, transport, and logistics lead the market, per the same report.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROVES ITS EXCELLENT SERVICEABILITY IN IDENTIFYING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASESedit

Analytics Insight

According to a study carried out at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published in Nature medical journal Laboratory Investigation, scientists have created an AI-powered platform to identify a trajectory of the neurodegenerative disease in human brain tissue samples. This range also includes Alzheimer’s disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This will help researchers develop biomarkers and therapeutics which would lead to accurate diagnosis of complex brain diseases to improve outcomes.

Since the structure of the brain is so complex, the diagnosis of such diseases with accuracy is challenging and also requires highly trained specialists. The enhancement of abnormal tau proteins in neurofibrillary tangles of the brain is a factor of Alzheimer disease. This also ...Artificial Intelligence

5G deployment is more easy thanks to Infosys, HERE and Shieldsedit

Telecom Lead

The latest GSMA report said mobile operators will be investing around $480 billion between 2018 and 2020 in Capex – mainly driven by 5G mobile service providers because quality of 5G services will depend on hyper dense network.

5G networks will be ready in 64 new markets over the 2021–2025 period, bringing the total number of 5G networks to 116.

Telecom network engineers know that mobile operators will need to deploy small cells at every 200-250 meters on many types of infrastructure such as electric utility poles, street light poles, bus stands, roof tops, traditional cell towers, etc.

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Bahrain Invites Indian Fintech Firms to Set Up Blockchain, Cryptocurrency Industriesedit

Crypto News

While the Indian government ‘mulls over cryptocurrency regulations’, other countries are already taking steps towards the same. In order to promote Bahrain, and by extension, Middle East, as a hub for business enterprises, the country has invited Indian fintech firms to set up business in areas such as open banking, blockchain, crypto assets, robo advisory and remittances.

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Blockchain startup InsinoVentures raises funds to escalate their services to international marketedit

The Economic Times

Gurgaon based blockchain startup Insino Ventures has raised an undisclosed amount of angle funding from a pool of HNIs. The company will use the funds for expanding to new geographies, strengthening its product and developing technology. It is also looking to invest in international market by the end of this year.

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Wipro partners with RiskLens to offer cyber security related servicesedit

The Economic Times

WiproNSE -2.13 % said it has partnered with RiskLens to deliver quantitative cyber risk assessments to enterprise customers and government organisations. The Indian IT services major said the new services delivered through this partnership would meet the rising and urgent demand from enterprises for better insights into losses from cyber-attacks.

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Data localisation will lead to government control of user data, says expertedit

The Financial Express

The draft e-commerce policy that aims to restrict the cross-border flow of data generated through e-commerce platforms, social media, search engines or Internet-of-things (IoT) devices would lead to government control over user data, said Founder Secretary General of Cuts International Pradeep Mehta. Cuts is a non-governmental think-tank doing research, advocacy and networking on trade and regulatory issues.

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Piramal Glass Implements India’s First IoT Solution In The Glass Manufacturing IndustryPiramal Glass Implements India’s First IoT Solution In The Glass Manufacturing Industryedit

Express Computer

After implementing the Real Time Manufacturing Insights, (RTMI), the production efficiency has been enhanced by 1 percent, which means the production lines (each of the five plants) are able to manufacture 1 percent more, which amount to 20 crore in monetary terms, since the technology started working in all the plants over nine months back.

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India has capacity and talent to become leader in IoT: Ajay Prakash Sawhneyedit

Tech Observer

India has the capacity, talent and the opportunity to become the leader in IoT, said Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. While speaking at a conference, Sawhney asserted that IoT is not only a set of technology, it is a profusion of technologies which are all interconnected.

He said that there is a sudden surge in the number of data centres and they are valuable enough to be analysed and acted upon. It is this need of Data Analytics that puts India ahead globally because India is continuously innovating in this field.

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5G is hereedit

Telegraph India

At the recently-concluded Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, mobile phone makers counted on 5G to ignite growth. Last year, smartphone sales fell for the first time in the US since Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone in 2007. With people holding on to their devices longer, smartphone demand is taking a hit even though more than five billion people worldwide now subscribe to a mobile phone plan, according to GSMA, the industry trade group. Manufacturers are hoping people will pick up 5G devices once the ultrafast networks are made available.

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India Is Poised To Lead IoT Innovation In The World: Aruna Sundararajanedit

Express Computer

The Internet of Things (IoT) stands for ubiquitous connectivity, ubiquitous computing and ubiquitous Data Analytics, said Aruna Sundararajan, Secretary, Department of Telecom, Ministry of Communications, Government of India at the CII Internet of Things Summit organised today at New Delhi.

 She emphasised that as Indian business houses are readying themselves to become global, they are happily embracing the innovative technologies like IoT and Data Analytics. The Secretary added that the Government of India is working towards creating a viable model for private players to collaborate with the government initiatives and bring forth the holistic development. India, in last few years, experienced the fast transition from 3G to 4G. India is now ready to witness and guide ...IoT

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Micromax CoFounder Plans to Launch Electric TwoWheelers in Indiaedit

The Quint 

And looking to ride the wave or interest for electric vehicles, Sharma is keen to hit the ground running this year. According to a report in The Times of India, Sharma has been quoted saying that his upcoming brand will launch in the next few months, and mostly import its components from China.

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Ola to launch selfdrive service, to invest $500 millionedit

The Economic Times 

The move to enter the selfdrive rental category is in line with Olas broader strategy of expanding its bouquet of transport solutions beyond just cabs to include scooters and electric vehicles with a view towards ensuring sustainability and positive unit economics.

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Indias Electric Car Rollout Is Undergoing A Rethinkedit

Bloomberg Quint 

Carmakers anticipating the second round of bids to supply electric cars to the government may be up for disappointment. The state-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. will now focus on public transport, delaying the tender further.

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E-Mobilityedit

The Financial Express 

Standalone metro systems are not effective and need a holistic approach. Globally, the mobility sector is acquiring new paradigms. Shared mobility, electric vehicles, bicycles, connected vehicles are taking the centre sta e and India must also follow the same

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Electric car and hybrid vehicle makers raise concerns, say scheme prepared in hasteedit

The Financial Express 

As per the latest notification by the Department of Heavy Industries, under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid & Electric Vehicles (FAME) II scheme, twowheelers will need to have a minimum acceleration of 0.65m/s and fourwheelers would require an acceleration of 1.04m/s. Earlier, there were no norms for acceleration, one of the persons said.

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Are Electric Bicycles The Perfect Urban Commuter That Weve Been Searching Foredit

India Times 

Electric bicycles are a small segment of a still budding industry in India, that of electric vehicles. While the buyers are still weighing their options on whether to go for an EV instead of an IC engine vehicle, electric bikes comparatively take a back stage in consideration.

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The future of connected cars lies in the Internet of Moving Thingsedit

Computer World 

The future of connected cars lies in the Internet of Moving Things: Greg Moran, ZoomcarGreg Moran, cofounder and CEO of ZoomCar, brings to the spotlight the future of the selfdrive market in India, and why the Internet of Moving Things (IoMT) is the next big thing in the space. (E mobility)

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Ola will race Zoomcar in selfdrive car rentals with a $500 million betedit

Business Insider 

By Sanchita Dash

Earlier in March, Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation made their biggest combined investment to date of $300 million into Ola. Indian ridehailing startup Ola is rapidly moving beyond its core service of being a cab aggregator. After making inroads into emobility, it is now launching a selfdrive service. (E mobility)

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5 features of future connected cars that will change your driving experienceedit

Deccan Chronicle 

The leading industry incumbents, OEMs, and tech conglomerates are creating synergies to power up ones on road and in car experience. The confluence is reimagining the existing capabilities while leveraging artificial intelligence and digitalisation to give rise to newer, hitherto unimagined concepts in connected cars.

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India Should Adopt Smart Solutions Like Swappable Batteries To Popularise Electric Vehicles: Ashok Jhunjhunwalaedit

Swarajya Mag 

By N Muthuraman and M R Subramani

Adopting the swappable batteries standard can catapult India into a leading position globally, and could be adopted by various other countries given the countrys diversity and climatic conditions. In the late 1950s when India chose to supply cooking gas to households, the government of the day then chose to provide liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in cylinders instead of the more expensive piped gas connections. (Electric Vehicles)

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Heres Why Worlds Biggest Electric Car Market Has Decided To Cut Down Subsidies For Car Makersedit

India Times 

By Sarthak Dogra

After a prolonged period of offering subsidies and incentives on electric vehicles to both consumers as well as makers, China has now announced that it will put a stop to all such subsidies. Through this, the Chinese government wants to encourage local manufacturers to rely on innovation and not government assistance.

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Govt may ease norms for EVs to qualify for FAME incentivesedit

Live Mint 

By Malayaban Gosh

If these changes go through, most of the funds earmarked for electric vehicles under the scheme will remain underutilized or will now be used to incentivize other vehicles in other categories. According to one person directly aware of the developments, electric/hybrid vehicles meeting the price cap of 15 lakh may not have a range of 140km as that would require a more potent battery.

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Global car makers plan flurry of launches in Indiaedit

Business Standard 

By Shally Seth Mohile

Among the slew of planned launches, the MG Hector will be first off the blocks. Estimated to be priced between ~17 lakh and ~20 lakh, the premium SUV will compete with the Hyundai Tucson, Jeep Compass, Mahindra XUV500, and Tata Harrier, among others, and is likely to go on sale from June. A fully electric vehicle, expected in the last quarter of the current calendar year, will be the next.

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Only 2% automotive firms in India implementing AI, says reportedit

Express Computer 

Globally, just 10 per cent of major automotive companies are implementing AI projects, with many falling short of an opportunity that could increase operating profit by up to 16 per cent, said the report (Artificial Intelligence)

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Netflix For Cars: This Startup Will Offer Subscriptionbased Electric Carsedit

Republic World

Coming back to Canoo, it was announced only recently and previously it was known as Evelozcity. Canoo subscribers will have an option to select from the wide variety of electric vehicles. However, it is limited to subscriptiononly service. According to the company, there will be different subscription plans available for the customers.

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Karnataka’s action on Ola could slow down investor interest in mobility start-ups’edit

The Hindu Business Line 

By Sangeetha Chengappa

Olas’s temporary licence suspension by the Karnataka Transport Department last week for running illegal bike-taxi services that was revoked on Monday could slow down the pace of the ecosystem of nearly 200 mobility start-ups, especially with newer forms of micro-mobility solutions. “The inconsistency in State government rules is bound to scare away investors in the near term from placing their bets on mobility start-ups in the State.

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FAMEII scheme: Government invites bids for knowledge partneredit

Money Control 

The main objective of the scheme is to encourage faster adoption of electric vehicles by way of offering upfront incentives on purchase of electric vehicles and also by way of establishing necessary infrastructure.

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FAME 2: Electric 3 and 4 wheelers need to produce public transport permit to claim incentive benefitsedit

Over Drive 

The second phase of the FAME (Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric vehicles) will be implemented in India from April 1, 2019. It was announced that the subsidy on the EVs that will be offered from April 1 onwards, will be only applicable on commercial vehicles and public transport along with twowheelers.

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131 Public EV Charging Stations Planned in Next 3 Months For the Capitaledit

Saur Energy 

These chargers will provide people with easy access to recharging facilities and the locations of these charging stations have been decided so as to cater to the EV charging needs of consumers coming from adjoining areas like Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad.

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Modest AI implementation progress in the automotive sector: Capgeminiedit

CIOL 

A new study from the Capgemini Research Institute has found that just 10% of major automotive companies are implementing artificial intelligence (AI) projects at scale, with many falling short of an opportunity that could increase operating profit by up to 16%. The research also shows that fewer automotive companies are implementing AI than was the case in 2017, despite the cost, quality and productivity advantages, many report it delivering. (Artificial Intelligence)

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With No Money And Only Kindness Of Strangers, This Guy Travelled 90,000 Kms In His Electric Car To Put Across A Messageedit

India Times 

The journey was titled the Plug Me In project and Wakkers ride throughout was an electric Volkswagen nicknamed The Blue Bandit. The idea was to traverse across continents in an electric car to spread the word about electric vehicles and help in boosting the transition to a zero emission future. A purpose driven adventure with the aim to inspire, educate and accelerate the transition to a zero carbon future, mentions its website.

 

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Ford cars in India to feature Incar Alexa personal assistant next year Reportedit

Indian Autos Blog 

CarandBike reports that Ford will soon start offering an Amazon Echosourced incar Alexa personal assistant on many of its models. It is said that the new feature will be introduced in the carmakers Indian lineup by 2020. The network connectivity will be through either a SIM card or via a smartphone paired to the infotainment unit. (Electric Vehicles)

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Everyones looking for the magic halfprice EV battery but nobodys found it!edit

The Financial Express 

Bosch is the worlds leading automotive supplier and is betting big on the growth in the Indian market. This is partly on the back of upcoming safety and emission regulations. In this exclusive interview, we discuss the suitable technologies for Indian twowheelers and the shift to electric vehicles.

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Electric vehicles must produce public transport permit from April to avail FAMEII sops: Govtedit

Business Today 

Starting April 1, electric threewheelers and fourwheelers will have to produce a valid permit from a government agency stating that the vehicle will be used only for public transport purposes, to avail incentives under the Rs 10,000 crore FAME India scheme (Electric Vehicles)

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Delhi To Install 131 EV Charging Stations In Next 3 Months To Cater To Entire NCR Regionedit

India Times 

By Sarthak Dogra

The consistent efforts by the Delhi government to set up a viable infrastructure for an increased adoption of electric vehicles will now take the shape of 131 new public charging stations to be set up across the region.

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Aurora Is Not Building Autonomous Cars, Its Building Safe Driversedit

Pc Mag 

By Dan Costa

Aurora is the most important selfdriving car company youve never heard of. And its CEO, Chris Urmson, was building and racing vehicles long before Uber, Lyft, or Waymo were on the scene. Chris Urmson was designing selfdriving vehicles at Carnegie Mellon years before Uber, Lyft, or Waymo were founded, let alone hit the open roads. (Internet of Things)

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The Li-ion Battery In Your EV Could Be Unethically Sourced — Amnesty International Steps Inedit

Drive Spark 

Electric cars might be clean and green but as it turns out, their power source is not ethical. Amnesty International has sent a notification to manufacturers of electric vehicles, asking them to come up with an ethical battery within the next five years.

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India lacks ecosystem for electric cars: Volkswagen officialedit

News Nation 

India does not have a “clear vision” and “ecosystem” in place for the promotion of electric cars, German auto major Volkswagen’s senior executive said. Steffen Knapp, director of Volkswagen Passenger Cars (India), also said that the government needs to provide subsidies to make the electric vehicle (EV) segment attractive for the industry to invest in India.

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Automobile production, domestic sales decline marginally in Februaryedit

Business Standard 

By TE Narasimhan

“Although the government has announced the implementation FAME II incentives for electric vehicles, the overall sentiment of uncertainty for the short term has taken precedence. Vehicle manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has revised growth forecasts and reduced targets.

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Auto LPG body says govt missing out on low-hanging fruits amid EV-pushedit

ET Energy World 

“Auto LPG can gain immediate and significant traction if the government looks beyond EVs as well and reward clean transport holistically. Among others, there are a few key areas which could have an immediate impact on the rollout of this clean fuel: being a reduction of GST on this fuel, its kits, LPG vehicles and a tweak in the Type Approval Norms for LPG and CNG kits,” Gupta said.

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Electric bikes may get costlier under new FAME regimeedit

DNA 

As finer details of the second phase of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric & Hybrid vehicles (FAME) scheme emerge, twowheeler manufacturers are beginning to feel that the subsidy system under the new regime will end up making the vehicles more expensive in comparison to FAMEI. (Electric Vehicles)

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City to get 131 charging stations for electric vehiclesedit

The Times of India 

By Dipak K Dash

The capital will get 131 public charging stations for electric vehicles to address the concerns of potential buyers and to ensure that people have access to recharging facilities in their vicinity. (Electric Vehicles)

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Make ethical EV batteries: Amnesty to industryedit

The Hindu Business Line 

Amnesty International attacked the electric vehicle (EV) industry on Thursday for selling itself as environmentally friendly while producing many of its batteries using polluting fossil fuels and unethically sourced minerals. Manufacturing batteries can be carbon intensive, while the extraction of minerals used in them has been linked to human rights violations such as child labour, a statement from the rights group said.

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Lower GST on luxury cars will help Mercedes sell more, benefit Indian economyedit

Live Mint 

MercedesBenz India CEO Martin Schwenk says demand for luxury cars in India is likely to revive in the second half of 2019A higher GST rate on luxury cars, import duty structure impacts localization, says the CEO (Electric Vehicles)

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DNA EXCLUSIVE: Maharashtra government receives investment proposals of Rs 11,500 croreedit

DNA 

Electric vehicles Chinese player WanFeng Auto Holding Group plans to invest Rs 4,500 crore Maharashtra government has received investment proposals worth Rs 11,500 crore in the auto, electric vehicles and steel sectors especially after the recent announcement of its new industrial policy for 201924 which envisages attracting investment of Rs 10 lakh crore with creation of 40 lakh jobs.

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Toyota, Suzuki to collaborate on development of hybrid electric vehicles and compact vehicle enginesedit

India Today 

In March 2018, Toyota and Suzuki had signed an agreement for supplying several vehicles, including hybrids, to each other for the Indian market. Under the pact, Toyota had agreed upon furnishing its sedan Corolla to Suzuki, while Suzuki had given a nod for providing its premium hatchback Baleno and compact SUV Vitara Brezza to Toyota. (Electric Vehicles)

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Government defines criteria for electric vehicle subsidyedit

Auto Car India 

Subsidies under the FAME II scheme will be awarded to models that meet stated requirements, including battery capacity, rather than the standard 20 percent of vehicle factory cost. The Indian government has announced new criteria under which electric vehicles sold in India will be able to avail subsidies under the recently announced Rs 10,000 crore FAME II policy.

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What’s driving carmakers out of Europe?edit

Deccan Herald 

As carmakers channel billions of dollars into grabbing a portion of the electric car market, many are looking to China, which is the world’s largest maker and seller of electric cars. China wants one in every five cars sold to run on an alternative fuel by 2025,and officials have said the country will get rid of internal combustion engines in new cars altogether. The country’s rules also require carmakers to sell more alternative-energy cars if they want to continue selling regular models.

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Global carmakers widen reach, login into app-based mobility firmsedit

The Indian Express 

By Pranav Mukul

South Korean Automobile Major Hyundai Motor Group Has Invested $300 Million In Cab-HAILING firm Ola, following a global trend of car makers investing in app-based mobility companies.

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FAME II to fast track Indias eMobility aspirationsedit

Auto India 

While the focus in FAME II is still very much on subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles (EVs), the inclusion of charging infrastructure into the framework of incentives is likely to provide impetus to the establishment of public charging facilities across the country. (Electric Vehicles)

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The Future of Mobility in Indiaedit

Electronics For You 

Continuous regulatory pressures to stop environmental hazards associated with internal combustion engines (ICES) coupled with availability of advanced technologies for electric power trains and storage systems(batteries, etc) ensure better functionalities and enhanced demand for electric vehicles (EVs) worldwide.

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Panasonic sets up EV charging stationedit

UNI India 

Panasonic has developed the charging station in India at their inhouse R&D centre. The EV charging station was inaugurated in the presence of Panasonic India President & CEO Manish Sharma, BSES Yamuna CEO Prem R Kumar and Panasonic India Head Energy System Division Atul Arya.

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Ola, Telangana govt sign pact for mobility dataedit

The Financial Express 

Ola Signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Telangana to support its efforts towards strengthening the traffic infrastructure in Hyderabad.

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FAMEII: Govt sets up panel for monitoring, sanctioning of projectsedit

Business Standard 

The Rs 10,000crore programme under the second phase of the FAME India scheme will be implemented over a period of three years with effect from April 1, 2019The government has constituted an interministerial panel for monitoring, sanctioning and implementation of projects under the Rs 10,000crore FAMEII programme, aimed at incentivising clean mobility. (Electric Vehicles)

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Evaluation of Electric Vehicles for performance, safety and EMCedit

Electronics For You 

The Electric Vehicle (EV) industry is constantly improving its technologies to reduce carbon footprint and meet customer experience and a reasonable recharge time. These factors are driving EV manufacturers to develop efficient power converters, inverters, alternators, fast charging techniques/ batteries and improved battery performance.

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Industry 4.0 solutions for new age railways and airwaysedit

Electronics For You 

By Deepshika Shukhla

There is no established path for success of any emerging technology, but creating a roadmap can help the rail and aviation industries to bring a more digital and connected future. The nedd for these industries to be smart is there because Industry 4.0 or the fourth generation of industrial activity ensures reliability and safety to these sectors.(IoT)

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Impact of EVs may be felt only in long termedit

The Financial Express 

The Delhi Cabinet aims to introduce 1,000 electric buses by Jun’20. This is in addition to CNG buses (500 low-floor and 500 normal). We note that Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has not progressed much with the earlier order for 10,000 electric cars. More so, the recent tender for an additional 10,000 cars has been quashed indefinitely.

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Fortum to power Indias electric vehicles, plans 700 charging pointsedit

Business Standard 

Fortum, one of the worlds leading clean energy companies, is eyeing a signal role in powering a wide fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) on Indian roads. With a dominant presence in Nordic countries and the Baltic region, Russia and Poland, Fortum is looking to deepen presence in India by building on its network of charging points for EVs.

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Will cheaper batteries drive e-cars in India?edit

The Times of India 

On Saturday, Elon Musk tweeted Tesla would introduce its electric cars in India by 2020. And as prices for EV batteries continue to drop, more and more consumers are likely to make the switch to the green tech

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India Short on EV Parts Makers, to Rely on Chinese Importsedit

The Economic Times 

India, the world’s third largest automobile market, will rely more on China for components as the government steps on the gas to go for electric vehicles. In the financial year 2018 alone, Chinese exports to India touched $4.3 billion, up 27% over FY13, with the automobile industry executives saying that there’s no sign of slowing down in the future.

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Faurecia and Michelin to develop hydrogen fuel cell systems for light vehicles, UVs, trucksedit

Auto Car Professional 

Faurecia and tyre major Michelin have inked a Memorandum of Understanding to create a joint venture bringing together all of Michelins fuel cell related activities including its subsidiary Symbio with those of Faurecia.

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How the ride will replace the driveedit

Live Mint 

Some Silicon Valley entrepreneurs say things like “the home of the future will have no kitchen and no garage”. While this may seem far-fetched, in some cities it is possible to see how this might be true. The rise of ubiquitous connectivity and a generation that values convenience suggests that it is worth re-thinking the idea of the city of tomorrow.

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Hyderabad City to get more electric busesedit

Deccan Chronicle 

By Rajeswari Parasa

Commuters have been demanding the introduction of electric buses through social media platforms as well. With the vehicles getting older, the fuel efficiency decreases and large amounts of smoke is emitted, thus increasing pollution.

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ETrio rolls out retrofitted electric vehiclesedit

Telangana Today 

By Y V Phani Raj

Set up in May 2016, ETrio became the first company in India to get Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) approval for retrofitted car kits to go with Maruti Alto and Wagon.

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Andhra Pradesh Gets 2 Billion from Urja Global to Set Up EV Manufacturing Ecosystemedit

Mercom India 

By Nitin Kabeer

The Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) and Urja Global have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for setting up manufacturing units of lithiumion batteries and electric vehicles for the development of electric mobility ecosystem.

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Delhi to host the Mahakumbh of e-Vehiclesedit

Free Press Journal 

Between this announcement of the government, this will be special for the lover of second e-wheel show and TV show Expo India, which will be held from March 22 to 24 in Delhi, where they will be known by many renowned companies, Tata, Mahindra, Kinetic, Okaya, Ashok Leyland, Bosch, Essel, IOCL, G Group and many electric twowheelers, tricycles and four wheelers, new and improved battery technology for electric cars and get to know about it, explained Jaggi.

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Technology reinventededit

Bangalore Mirror 

By Sheetal Shrivastava

“It is a rare multi-benefit initiative, reducing the carbon footprint of transportation, air pollution and crude imports. Also, abolition of customs duty on components for assembly of lithium batteries for EVs in India and promotion of green-field EV battery capacity in India will drive Make in India.”

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Govt Notifies Phased Import Duty Hike on Electric Passenger Vehicle Parts, Lithiumion Cellsedit

News 18 

The notification is part of the road map under the phased manufacturing programme (PMP), and also entails doubling the basic customs duty on completely built units of electric buses and trucks to 50 per cent from April 2020.

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FAME-II: Subsidies for EV makers will come with ridersedit

Money Control

Electric automobile makers will be able to avail subsidies under the second phase of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric (& Hybrid) vehicles (FAME) scheme subject to a set of conditions including battery capacities and end-use of vehicles. According to the notification issued by the Department of Heavy Industries, the allocation of funds and number of vehicles being included under the scheme “may change from time to time” as approved by the Project Implementation and Sanctioning Committee (PISC).

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Govt notifies phased import duty hike on electric PV parts, lithium-ion cellsedit

Money Control

The government has notified phased increase in basic customs duty on parts of electric passenger vehicles to be assembled in India to 15 per cent from April 2020 and 10 per cent on imported lithium-ion cells by April 2021 to promote domestic manufacturing of EVs. The notification is part of the road map under the phased manufacturing programme (PMP), and also entails doubling the basic customs duty on completely built units of electric buses and trucks to 50 per cent from April 2020.

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India Offers $1.4 Billion In Subsidies To Support The Domestic Electric Vehicle Industryedit

Forbes

To encourage the growth of the electric vehicle (EV) industry in India, the government has developed a two-pronged strategy aimed at both buyers and manufacturers: $1.4 billion in subsidies are to be offered, followed by a hike on import tariffs within the next year to spur domestic companies to build the vehicles. The new policy, which was cleared by the cabinet late last month but the details of which were not available till now, kicks in with the new financial year in April. The scheme promises to lay out $1.4 billion in subsidies over three years for electric buses, three-wheelers, four-wheelers that are registered as commercial vehicles as well as private motorbikes and scooters.

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Cabinet clears Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage mission for phased manufacturing of EV batteriesedit

YourStory

Finally, the writing’s on the wall. The Union Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has come forward with a planned electric vehicle (EV) strategy. The government is planning to set up a National Mission on Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage to bring clean and connected technologies that can usher in an era of shared and sustainable EV infrastructure in the country. Apart from this, the government, which aims to have the country EV-ready by 2024, has introduced the Phased Manufacturing Programme (PMP) to set up integrated battery Giga plants in India to supply batteries for electric vehicles.

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Electric cars dominate Geneva Motor Showedit

Mint

The 89th Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS) was officially opened to the public, with many automakers rooting for electric cars for the industry’s future development. As the first annual European car show, GIMS is known as a vane of the automotive industry. Nearly half of the 150 world and European premieres launched at the show were pure electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles. The world’s major automakers such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz all unveiled their electric or hybrid models, Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Electric Cars upto Rs 15 lakh to get cheaper by 1.5 lakh! FAME 2 Details outedit

Financial Express

The Government approved the FAME 2 Scheme recently with a much bigger budget than was previously expected. However, while the news had outlined the scope of the FAME 2 Scheme not a lot was furnished in terms of details. Now, a notification from the government has revealed details of the benefits of the FAME 2 in full detail. Aside from aides for infrastructure and public transport the FAME 2 scheme also introduces benefits for consumer electric vehicles including cars, two-wheelers and three-wheelers.

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More Electric Vehicles in Pipeline, Not Just for Fleet but Also for Private Users: Tata Motorsedit

News 18

Tata Motors plans to bring a plethora of electric vehicles catering to not just fleet owners and government sales but also to private consumers with aspirational products going ahead, according to a senior company official. The auto major, which sells Tigor EV in the domestic market, mostly supplying for state-owned EESL’s orders, has also decided to adopt a focused market approach for its EV sales, targeting 20-25 locations across India.

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Government Readies Blueprint for EV and Battery Manufacturingedit

MerCom India

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the proposal for setting up a national mission on transformative mobility and battery storage initiatives.

Apart from this, the Cabinet has also approved the creation of Phased Manufacturing Program (PMP) to support the development of large-scale, export-competitive integrated batteries and cell-manufacturing giga-scale projects in India.

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Purely electric vehicle platform in long term, EV based on Ford platform on anvil: M&Medit

Money Control

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) foresees developing electric vehicle (EV) only platforms in the long term although it will continue to leverage on its internal combustion engine vehicle platforms to develop EVs in the short term, according to a top company official.

While the company is not betting big on personal use of EVs, according to Managing Director Pawan Goenka, M&M is looking to bring an electric car based on a platform of Ford with which it has an agreement to develop products jointly to add to its portfolio.

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With government as facilitator, industry can drive e-mobility faster in India: Deloitteedit

Auto Car Pro

Rapid urbanisation has stimulated mobility needs and in turn created a surge in demand for vehicles. This has not only impacted air quality but also increased the country’s dependence on crude oil, leading to higher import bills.

However, economic development often involves judicious trade-offs and call for a need for green mobility solutions. Given that India has pledged to reduce carbon emission intensity by 33-35 percent by 2030 (compared to 2005 levels), emerging automotive technologies and alternative fuels seem to be the way forward, says a study by Deloitte.

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Comment | Ola’s Rs400crore EV investment is putting the cart before the horseedit

Money Control

Last week, cab-hailing company Ola raised Rs 400 core for its electric vehicle venture Ola Electric Mobility that leads Ola’s Mission: Electric — a venture where Ola is working on developing solutions in partnership with vehicle makers, battery companies and its own drivers to make electric mobility viable at a commercial scale.

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BHEL installs first solar EV charging station on Delhi-Chandigarh highwayedit

The Economic Times

State-owned engineering and manufacturing giant Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) today announced it has installed the first solar electric vehicle (EV) charging station on Delhi-Chandigarh highway.

The first in a series of charging station on the entire 250 kilometer stretch was inaugurated by A R Sihag, secretary, Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) in the presence of BHEL Chairman Atul Sobti in Sonepat, Haryana. The project is covered under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) & Electric Vehicles in India (FAME) scheme of DHI.

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With Polls Round the Corner, Govt Stalls ₹7,500-cr EV ‘Feebate’ Planedit

The Economic Times

The government has put on hold its ₹7,500-crore ‘feebate’ plan to push electric mobility in the country, fearing that any additional financial burden on automobile and two-wheeler buyers could adversely hurt sentiments ahead of the general elections.

NITI Aayog, the government’s think tank, had proposed the levy of a fee of ₹500 on two-wheelers, ₹1,000 on threewheelers and an average of ₹12,000 on four-wheelers manufactured in the country to generate extra-budgetary resources of about ₹7,500 crore to be used to incentivise sales of electric vehicles. The fee was also expected to dissuade people from buying petrol and diesel vehicles and opt for electric vehicles.

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FAME-II to Help Commit Investments in Electric Vehicles: Auto industryedit

News 18

Automobile industry players said the government’s announcement of Rs 10,000-crore FAME-II scheme brings clarity and policy stability and will provide a big fillip to the popularisation of electric vehicles in India. Industry bodies SIAM, SMEV, along with companies like Mahindra & Mahindra and Tata Motors, lauded the phase-II of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME) saying it will create an environment for all players to commit investments on the journey of sustainability.

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₹10,000-crore India EV policy seen as the spark the industry needsedit

Live Mint

The second phase of FAME 2 scheme is expected to support more than 150,000 electric vehicles in the next three years The EV policy is seen as holistic, in a way that it lays emphasis on critical factors: lithium-ion batteries and charging stationsEV
FAME II scheme Puts Electric Vehicles in the Fast Lane: Mahindraedit

News 18

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has said that the FAME II scheme has removed policy uncertainty in the electric vehicles (EV) segment, a move that would encourage more manufacturers to launch environment-friendly vehicles in the country.

The Mumbai-based company, which is at the forefront of electric vehicle (EV) segment in the country, said the scheme puts electric vehicles in the fast lane.

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Deloitte India suggests road map for EV adoptionedit

Fortune India

As India focuses on clean energy, the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country is increasing, driving their sales. With the market for EVs expanding in India, Deloitte India, in its latest report on the future of mobility released on Thursday, suggests potential models for EV adoption in the country. According to the consultancy firm, appropriate business models would help create synergy among stakeholders, and leverage their competence and expertise towards a common outcome.

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Industry News: Future of Work

How AI and NLP bots can help redefine HR functionsedit

Computer World 

By Animesh Samuel

Technology can totally reform the way HR teams operate and how employees or prospective hires interact with the company. Humans are socially intelligent beings and it is in our nature to adapt with creativity. We are now at the cusp of another industrial revolution and it is expected that we continue to adapt, given the disruptions that come into play across industries and business functions within. (Reskilling)

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4 lesser-talked about challenges women face in the workplaceedit

People Matters 

Gone are the days when companies could roll out one-size-fits-all training programs and expect to see good results. To be effective, the experience needs to be as individualized as each worker and as dynamic as the evolving roles. And advances need to come faster, with significant buy-in from those who will ultimately be responsible for skills: employees.

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Top jobs in technology, analytics, cybersecurity to be most in demand in 2019, says surveyedit

CNBC TV18 

People with skills in technology, analytics and cybersecurity fields will be in high demand in 2019 as digital transformation emerges to be the top business agenda of organizations this year, according to a global survey by Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC).

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AI tools help tech firms find the right hand for the jobedit

The Economic Times 

By Priyanka Sangani

Companies that create artificial intelligence based solutions for clients globally are increasingly putting technology to greater use internally, particularly in functions such as hiring owing to the sheer numbers they handle.

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80% Indian engineers unfit for any job: Studyedit

The Hans India 

Sixty percent of faculty do not discuss how engineering concepts apply to industry. Sixty percent of faculty do not discuss how engineering concepts apply to industry. Only 40 per cent of engineering students in India perform internships and only 36 per cent undertake projects outside their assigned coursework.

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New Age Technology Driven HR Practicesedit

BW People 

The advent of technology is clearly visible in almost all sectors. HR departments of different organizations have decided to exploit the technological advancements for their good. Now, it is no longer a hassle to advertise vacancies, or store data. It can all be done with the smart-phone that sits in a pocket. Although there are several hiccups associated with the use of these technologies, it would be unfair if the boons they offer go unacknowledged.

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How IoT is building the business centres of tomorrowedit

The Financial Express 

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been the talk of the town during the last decade and its adoption has only made a positive difference in every industry. real estate, real estate in India, The Internet of Things, IoT, business centres, co working space,

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How CIOs Can Remake Company Culture For Digital Transformation Successedit

CXO Today 

By Sohini Bagchi

Needless to say, the CIO agenda today is getting bigger and bolder than ever, with a focus on automation, transformation, digitization, innovation and many more. Bringing about a culture change would certainly add to his already inflated portfolio.

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Future Recruitment Process: The Impact of Artificial Intelligenceedit

CIOL 

After taking the retail and banking and finance industry by storm, the cognitive technologies are all set to change the future recruitment process, revamping the traditional or outdated hiring and recruiting practices. In the IBMs 2017 survey, nearly 66% of CEOs said that cognitive computing has an immense potential to create value in HR and Recruitment. (Artificial Intelligence)

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AI tools help tech firms find the right hand for the jobedit

The Economic Times 

By Priyanka Sanghani

AI tools help tech firms find the right hand for the job Technology firms who build artificial intelligence based solutions for clients globally are increasingly using the tech to demonstrate its effectiveness internally, particularly in their people functions due to the sheer numbers they handle. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Online platforms have helped democratize the sectoredit

Hindustan Times 

From ordering vegetables online to ordering classes online, we have travelled a long way! The Internet of Things and digital transformations have given us shocks as well as pleasant surprises. Like any other industry, the wave of digital technology and improving band widths has affected the education sector as well

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Identifying Training And Development Needs Of Your Workforceedit

BW People 

From the perspective of employees, upskilling can help them grow and get opportunities to take over higher designations. Overall, it is good for their career in the long run. It is a onceinamillion phenomenon to join a company with all the desired skills and knowledge the work profile requires.

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75% women in tech in India feel diversity is a top priority for the industry: Reportedit

The Times of India 

According to research from Booking.com, 75% of women in technology sector in India feel that gender diversity is a top priority for the industry; and only 26% feel that their company does not prioritize gender diversity enough. The number compares to the global average of 54%. (Reskilling)

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2019 Lok Sabha polls: How Rahul Gandhis NyAY could bring the focus back to jobs and agrarian distressedit

Daily O 

Whether the scheme can bring political dividends would now depend on how the Congress cadres are able to take this message to the base line. Rahul Gandhi is a privileged politician he gets to relaunch himself and come of age every other year. He can announce new game changers at regular intervals. (Reskilling)

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Up To 70% Jobs May Become Irrelevant Due To AI, Says Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajanedit

Analytics India Mag 

At a time when the BJPled Central Government is pushing the effective use of technology across the country, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan this week sounded the alarm bells saying that emerging technology was making human jobs obsolete. Speaking at a national conference in New Delhi on the future of the Digital Economy, Sundararajan said that technology could render as many as 70% of jobs in India irrelevant. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Not just Modi! Any government will struggle to create jobs in futureedit

Business Today 

By Goutham Das

In series on unemployment titled Jobs Reality Check. Absence of reliable data has made unemployment a highly debated topic this election season. The series will try and answer some of the most prevalent questions related to the jobs scene in the country. (Internet of Things)

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Here’s how AI is powering HCMedit

People Matters 

The use of Artificial Intelligence is not only restricted to above areas, in fact, a number of AI technologies like machine learning, deep learning, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks and sentiment Analysis have the power to transform key dimensions of Human Resources and can mimic human thought processes that will help HR leaders to develop better workplaces and improve employees’ experience.

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5 companies helping employees in corporate learningedit

Deccan Chronicle 

In Deloittes 2018 Global Human Capital Trends Report, 47 per cent of respondents stated that their organizations are deeply involved in automation projects, with 24 per cent using AI and robotics to perform routine tasks, 16 per cent to enhance human skills and 7 per cent to transform work structure suited to global standards. In fact, 61 per cent of companies has already started redesigning existing jobs and profiles around AI, according to the report.

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AI Is The Global Force That Will Transform The Indian Workforce & Create Jobsedit

Analytics India Magazine 

Artificial Intelligence has majorly shifted the jobs statistics debate. At one point, while the world mulls over 30% of all jobs being siphoned off by 2030 ( a McKinsey report indicates) there is also an upside to AI. Despite all talks of doom and gloom, AI-led automation will also generate a new set of jobs that workforce has to be ready for, thereby ushering in a skills-based economy.

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India second most optimistic globally about executive job market in 2019: Surveyedit

MoneyControl

Senior management leaders in India are optimistic about growth of executive jobs in 2019, only second to Brazil. According to the 2019 BlueSteps Executive Career Outlook report, nearly 57 percent of India’s senior executives believe that there will be stellar growth in job market opportunities as compared with 2018 levels. In Brazil, 72 percent leaders are positive of growth. India is followed by Africa at 54 percent and France at 40 percent. The results are based on a survey of over 1,400 senior executives worldwide.

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Will you lose your job What are the signs and how to prevent itedit

The Times of India 

So what are the indicators that you could be replaced by a machine The roles that require manual intervention, follow a standardised procedure and are repeatable will be impacted. Machine learning and robotic process automation will reduce number of people required for customer service, backoffice and testing roles, impacting ITeS, IT and consumerfacing industries, says Dupuis.

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Why is agility critical for a Computer Science engineeredit

The Times of India 

In the modern world of computing, business and technology is changing rapidly. The introduction of modern technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, Blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), and many more have led industries to adapt to the change in technology and business. (Internet of Things)

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Real threat of Artificial Intelligence displacing jobs, says Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajanedit

Zee Biz 

While digitisation has delivered great benefits to the country, the threat of automation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) displacing jobs is real, Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said on Monday. Adoption of digital technology has proved to be a great democratiser and leveller in India, especially in doing away with many hierarchies in the Indian economy.

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57% desi professionals want to switch careers: Surveyedit

The Times of India 

By Avik Das

About 33% of Indians are career sleepwalking — they feel like they are on a treadmill going nowhere — while 57% are keen to pivot to build a more rewarding career, according to the findings of a survey by LinkedIn. The professional network also found that in spite of the urge to move to something more meaningful, more than half of those surveyed are apprehensive that such a move could impact pay packages and designations adversely.

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How To Help Older JobHolders Adjust To New Jobsedit

BW Smart Cities 

With changes in the over infrastructure of a number of industries by the advent of robots, technology, and artificial intelligence, there is a problem growing in the shadows. It is our responsibility to prepare employees and workers in these areas, lest we be faced with a massive unemployment problem we are unprepared for.

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How advanced analyticsdriven PLM can help you achieve more business valueedit

CIO 

But apart from that, they all vouch for the transformative power of having a cuttingedge product lifecycle management (PLM) approach in place to facilitate topnotch customer experience, boosts R&D, manufactures new goods, and fuels efficiency. (Internet of Things)

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Employability Survey 2019: Jobs slip away from the illequipped Indian engineeredit

The Economic Times 

At a time when artificial intelligence is taking root as the very basis of newage tech, just 2.5% of Indian engineering graduates have the relevant skills to make a career out of it. Tech industry now requires skills like machine learning and data science, things that are way beyond the vast majority of desi engineers, the findings underline.

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Conviction and courage are key to embrace something as profoundly disruptive as changeedit

Analytics Insight 

With Cloud migration, Service Management and the Internet of Things becoming core business and technology themes, this milestone development was a key step towards reiterating Trianz’ value promise of delivering measurable impact to our clients across their business value chain.

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80% of Indian engineers not fit for jobs, says surveyedit

Business Today 

The new Annual Employability Survey 2019 report by Aspiring Minds reveals that 80% of Indian engineers are not fit for any job in the knowledge economy and only 2.5% of them possess tech skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that industry requires.

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Digital India: Its Good to be WellConnectededit

The Economic Times 

The Digital India programme, launched in July 2015, has changed the narrative of India. Interventions like the BharatNet digital cable network have pushed digital connectivity to rural areas with 3,12,526 km of cable being laid over the last five years. (Reskilling)

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Emerging job roles in the field of autonomous vehiclesedit

The Times of India 

In India, firms like Infosys, KPIT and Ola are among the many players experimenting with parts of autonomous car technology and have already started to provide new solutions in this space. Besides these firms, newer names are also dipping their toes in the self-driving engineering and autonomous technology space such as Flux Auto, Fisheyebox, Netradyne, Swaayatt Robots, and Ati Motors, to name a few.

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Where are all the jobs goneedit

The Week 

Finding work has been a challenge in the current economic scenario. The Union governments efforts to try and suppress the job data numbers of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) for over two years have drawn political flak. For those who are wondering where all the jobs have gone, or could come from, this book offers certain plausible answers. (Internet of Things)

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Future Of Tech: AI Isnt A Danger To Society, You Can Train & Get A Job Without Degree Says IBMedit

India Times 

By Jayash Shinde

Animals can see danger better than humans. Elephants, particularly, can sense a tsunami hours before it hits. Can this insight be used to better predict tsunamis and setup alert systems that save lives One hundred percent. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Artificial Intelligence A boon or a bane for employmentedit

Devdis Course 

The time to time innovations in technology has resulted in the creation of new computer science, known as Artificial Intelligence. Artificial Intelligence can simply be scribbled down as the replica of human where the intelligence of a human is imbibed in it. The word intelligence is often mistaken and entitled for the highest scorer in class or the one pursuing smarter profession rather it is much more like a symphony of notes where every note is played on a different instrument of comprehension.

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A staggering 80% of engineers in India are unemployable: Reportedit

Business Insider 

According to a job assessment platform Aspiring Minds, over 80% of engineers in India are unemployable due to lack of advanced digital skills. Dominated by theory based assessments, only 40% of engineers opt for internships for practical knowledge. (Artificial Intelligence)

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AI will eliminate 80% of project management tasks by 2030: Gartneredit

Express Computer 

By 2030, 80 per cent of the work of today’s project management (PM) discipline will be eliminated as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on traditional PM functions such as data collection, tracking and reporting, according to Gartner. “AI is going to revolutionise how program and portfolio management (PPM) leaders leverage technology to support their business goals.

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Will you lose your job?edit

The Times of India 

By Riju Mehta

Automation and artificial intelligence have signalled distress for many employees. As per a survey on the future of jobs in India by EY and Nasscom, technology adoption will change the job scenario by 2022. So what are the indicators that you could be replaced by a machine? “The roles that require manual intervention, follow a standardised procedure and are repeatable will be impacted.

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Top Skills To Acquire In 2019edit

The Times of India 

Machine learning A firm uses data to profit through machine learning (ML) skills. It includes data science skills like R/Python, data modelling and validation techniques, and implementing machine learning libraries and algorithms

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How automation creating an opportunity to live and work betteredit

The Financial Express 

What will happen if we don’t rethink the way we design and make things? If you look at infrastructure in the developed world, there’s much that needs to be redone: Bridges are crumbling, roads are in trouble. In emerging countries, new infrastructure needs to be built including rail, roads, tunnels, and bridges. At the same time, we must confront the reality of less— fewer natural resources, less space, less waste — because there’s simply not enough raw materials or money available to do things the way they’ve always been done.

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Digital thrust propels Indias rise to become the most preferred offshoring location, says reportedit

The Financial Express 

The industry also has an increasing number of startups with 5,0005,200 new companies, making India the world 3rd largest startup hub. These new digital companies are working on very niche technologies like AI, blockchain, robotics, etc.

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Digital enterprise: Tech Mahindra reskilled over half of its workforceedit

The Financial Express 

As part of its TechMNxt charter, Tech Mahindra is investing heavily in reskilling its employees in digital and next generation technologies like blockchain, cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), robotics, automation and 5G. It is reskilling employees through a fourtier internal training programme and partnerships with online education partners like Pluralsight, edX.org and FutureSkills.

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Women Analytics Leaders Get Candid About Gender Disparity, The Need For Re-Starter Programmes & Moreedit

Analytics India Mag 

By Shrishti Deoras

In a world where technology changes fast, even a two-year break may make the skills and knowledge that a woman acquired prior to her break obsolete. This is one of the bigger challenges that women in tech currently face. In India, there are still many women who take much longer breaks and there is a dire need to upskill them and reintroduce them into the corporate industry through reskilling programs

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SKILL GAP WIDENS: 97,000 data analytics jobs remain vacantedit

The Times of India 

India is lagging in adapt ing to a new era of tech jobs as skills gap in data analytics records a 45% increase from last year

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How To Become A Successful Data Engineeredit

Analytics India Mag 

When data engineering teams implement a set of tools for data ingestion, sync, transformation, and models, they need to be aware of data governance concepts and be sure that the tooling and platform also support the need for good governance.

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Just 3% of desi techies have AI skills’edit

The Times of India 

The seventh annual report on employability by Aspiring Minds, one of the largest employability assessment and job credentialing companies in the world, sounds a tocsin for our technical institutions: The United States has a much higher proportion, almost four times, of engineers who can code than India.

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How Indias data labellers are powering the global AI raceedit

Factor Daily

Its in this village that Mujeeb Kolasseri, a highschool dropout, commands a team of over 200 employees working on artificial intelligence solutions for clients across America, Europe, Australia and Asia. At 28, Kolasseri is the oldest member of Infolks, a company he founded three years ago.

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Employability for newage jobs on average is mere 1.7 pc: Reportedit

UNI India 

Additionally, a mere 3 pc engineers have newage technological skills in areas like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science and Mobile Development. More NewsBJP drops at least nine sitting MPs: MoS Krishnaraj replaced from Shahjahanpur

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CFOs are becoming driver of Digital Transformationedit

Tech Observer 

By Sanjay Singh

The survey indicates that CFOs are keen to explore emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), drones and robots, blockchain and robotic process automation (RPA), among others for business growth.

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By 2030, AI Will Transform The PPM Market, Says Gartneredit

CXO Today 

By 2030, 80 percent of the work of todays project management (PM) discipline will be eliminated as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on traditional PM functions such as data collection, tracking and reporting, according to Gartner, Inc.

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4 mistakes CIOs make in the digitization journey (and how to correct them)edit

The Economic Times

By Vaishnavi J Desai 

Organizations need to simplify and rationalize their IT landscape, architect systems for integration and sharing, balance operational and capital expenses using the cloud. Adopting of technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT), deploying of Digital Marcom.

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If given a 4day work week, Indians would learn a new skill: Surveyedit

Wio News 

Learning a new skill or hobby is the top priority for 66 percent Indian professionals if they were to get a fourday work week, according to a recent survey. With more time wish lists, most Indian workers wished they had time to learn a new skill or hobby followed by watching TV, movies or listening to music, according to a Kronos Incorporated survey in its Future of workplace series. (Future Workplace)

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Over 80% Indian engineers unemployable, lack newage technological skills: Reportedit

Money Control 

Moreover, only 3 percent of engineers have newage technological skills in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science and mobile development. The employability in newage jobs is pegged at an average 1.7 percent.

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How Great Learning Is Building Indias Data Science Talent Pooledit

Analytics India Mag 

Our report indicates a massive talent shortage for data science and analytics professionals in India, with 97,000 vacant job openings. This demandsupply gap in the data science field translates to a huge opportunity for freshers and midlevel professionals looking to transition to artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, across industries like IT, finance, healthcare and ecommerce.

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How AI and Machine learning helps in up skilling to better career opportunitiesedit

The Asian Age 

There are at least two clear trends that show a demand supply mismatch in tech jobs in cuttingedge IT fields such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. One is via industry predictions that estimate growth in the AI market from USD 21.46 billion to USD 190.61 billion between 2018 and 2025.

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Campus placement: Skill gap and lack of internship major hindrances in getting jobsedit

Careers 360 

By Aeshwarya Tiwari 

Latest Technology knowhow: Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics, Design (Software, Hardware, Concepts etc.), Research and Development, Cyber Security & Other skills like Cognitive technologies, VR / AR.

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AI to eliminate majority of project management work by 2030edit

CIO 

Artificial intelligence will eliminated traditional project management functions such as data collection, tracking and reporting, according to Gartner. Gartner Mar 20th 2019 AA+automatework. jpgBy 2030, 80 percent of the work of todays project management (PM) discipline will be eliminated as artificial intelligence (AI) takes on traditional PM functions such as data collection, tracking and reporting, according to Gartner.

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The widening earnings gapedit

The Financial Express 

A particular characteristic of Indian labour force is that while the higher skill levels are dominated largely by higher educated workers, casual jobs are offered to those with lower educational qualifications. In the past, there was no advantage for female workers to be highly educated, as it did not translate into higher wage earnings when compared to their not so well educated counterparts.

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Spotting Talent: Through People And Techedit

The Times of India 

By Nishita A Chandak

AI can also simplify the hiring processes. Pearson’s Agast says, “Since we are not a volume hiring company, we use AI to assess competency and personality of the candidates through psychometric assessment tools like Watson Glazer and SOSIE.”

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Tech Mahindra trains 70% of IT workforce digital and future skillsedit

Express Computer 

By Mohit Rathod

In line with the industry demand for digital services, the technologies range from robotic process automation (RPA), AI, Internet of Things (IoT), cybersecurity, blockchain, virtual reality (VR), social and mobile, big data analytics and cloud computing.

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HR In India: A FastGrowing Market Focused On People Developmentedit

BW People 

While established international companies like Oracle, SAP and LinkedIn have footholds in the industry, there are also many homegrown companies like Keka and Darwinbox who facilitate cloudbased Human Resources Management to companies locally. Many such companies now employ Artificial Intelligence among their many tools to identify and evaluate employee engagement.

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Billionaire Has a New Goal for His 17,000 Workers: Learn to Codeedit

Bloomberg Quint 

The minimum set of digital skills already goes beyond productivity software such as Microsoft Office to include collaborative chat applications, customer relationship management databases and social media etiquette. In the coming years, an average employee may also need to know the basics of data science and understand the different flavors of artificial intelligence to get through the day.

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AI will not destroy jobs but create new opportunities in India to deliver services in health & educationedit

The Times of India 

Global technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) would help create new opportunities in India for delivering services, needs and priorities in sectors like education, health, management and others through smart thinking a top government official said at an ASSOCHAM event held in event held in New Delhi today.

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Tragedies of the educated unemployededit

Business Standard 

We consider five groups of individuals by the maximum level of education they obtained — those with no education; those with education up to fifth standard; those with education between sixth and ninth standard; those who cleared tenth, eleventh or twelfth standards; and those who completed graduation or any higher level education than graduation.

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Up to 1/3rd of existing jobs will be automated in three yearsedit

Millennium Post 

Further, about 45.5 percent of the HR professionals said they plan to adopt technology-driven tools such as AI tools, virtual reality and hiring tools within their organisations in the coming 12 months, it said.

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People At Every Level Willing To Learn Skills For Their Career: CEO, Degreededit

Business World 

How different is training and upskilling midlevel managers who might not be so willing to learn things. The key to most learning and training strategies is that the knowledge of your staff is your greatest strength. If CEOs and business leaders rely on any one group over others to get talent with the skills they need for their future, they wont succeed.

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Unlearn and upskill: Currencies for sprinting the industry 4.0 transformationedit

People Matters 

Change, howsoever vast, is an inevitable necessity. It has transpired across generations to transform the way we perceive the world around us. In resonance to this fact, the incoming age of Industry 4.0 has quite subtly molded itself to further strengthen this constant line of change.

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Skilling Workforce In Artificial Intelligence CloudxLabedit

BW Disrupt 

Recently, while referring to the imminent industry 4.0, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said new technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoTs), the blockchain, big data, and others will change the nature of employment and help in generating more opportunities in the country.

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Recalibrating Engineering Education: Making India Globally Competitiveedit

Digital Learning 

While the quantum of workforce available is helping India in IT services segment, our competitiveness in the product side is low. And the current technology products are automating coding and need for solutions. The result is quite evident with regard to new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning etc. India is well behind the curve and USA and China are leading the pack.

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Focus on circular economy for job creation and climate change goalsedit

Money Control 

Such technologies combined with artificial intelligence could fundamentally change the way in which materials and natural resources are accounted for, valued and traded, incentivising individuals, companies and governments to unlock financial value from the so called waste materials.

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1/3rd of Existing Jobs Likely to Get Automated in 3 Yrs: Surveyedit

The Economic Times 

Expertise in areas such as data compliance and cyber security will also be much sought-after, given how critical data privacy and information security have become in the global business discourse, he said. I also foresee organisations collaborating with reputed online learning platforms to undertake large-scale upskilling and reskilling of their in-house talent, he added

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The Skilling Imperative: Developing Human Skills for the Digital Economyedit

Business World 

Yet this cannot be achieved without the right investments in skilling. The NITI Aayog highlighted this in its National Strategy for AI last year, and a recent Accenture research estimates that inadequate investments in skilling could put nearly US$ 2 trillion of gross domestic product (GDP) at risk over the next decade.

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Managing millennials in IT workforceedit

Express Computer 

There are a lot of things that the sector can do to nurture and transform millennials into becoming the tech leaders of tomorrow. One such effective initiative is mentoring. Its important for companies to invest in mentoring because millennials expect a personal touch. A recent Future Workplace survey shows that millennials like to communicate facetoface, particularly when it comes to more senior or experienced colleagues.

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The Skilling Imperative: Developing Human Skills for the Digital Economyedit

Business World 

The interim budget 2019-2020 reiterated the role of technology in driving India’s socio-economic progress. It invoked the contribution of the start-up ecosystem and reiterated the important role of artificial-intelligence in the digital economy. Broadly, it reaffirmed that just as technology services put India on the path to prosperity in the early 90s, advanced digital technologies could usher in the next phase of growth and development for the country

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No Country For Intellectually Disablededit

DNA  

“We focus on giving them jobs that concentrate on visual data entry or provide backend support for Artificial Intelligence services. IT has revolutionised the way we train them,” Sukrutaraj says, adding that 8,000 people, who are under training right now, will soon join the workforce.

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Why Technology Needs Women Leadersedit

Business World 

Hiring more women in tech also means that the company has the ability to tap into a large single economic force of the Indian women community. As technology continues to enter the average Indian household (think: all smart homes and the IoT devices), this consumer base and where they decide to spend their money could greatly impact the continued or future success of some techdriven companies.

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Future Workplaces Will Be Far More Networked, Flexible, Integrated, Open & Innovative: Sanjay Behledit

Business World 

By Sunandan Bhanja Chaudhury 

The erstwhile concept of disruption has evolved to become destruption today wherein we are witnessing a combination of destruction and disruption simultaneously. Newer business models across diverse industries on the back of open APIs and internet of things are leading to destruction of traditional business models, ranging from public transportation (Uber, driverless cars) to hotels (Air BnB) to retail platforms (Amazon).

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Artificial intelligence helps to overcome many of the biases in hiring, but doesnt replace the human factor, Arenas Norton and others tell a big crowd at South by Southwest conferenceedit

IT News Online 

Talent is equally distributed, but opportunity is not, and data can help us navigate away from unconscious biases.With that statement during a panel discussion on day 2 of the huge (75,000 attendees) South by Southwest Conference & Festival here, Myra Norton, President and COO of Arena, got to the heart of how artificial intelligence (AI) can help organizations such as health systems, private companies and governments create a more diverse and productive workforce.

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90% of developing economies lagging in critical skillsedit

Business Standard 

Ninety per cent of developing economies, including India are falling behind or are at risk of falling behind in critical skills related to business, technology and data science, revealed a report by US based online education company Coursera on Thursday. (Artificial Intelligence)

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75% developers want to selflearn; participate in competitive codingedit

The Asian Age 

Automation is one of the biggest concerns most developers fear that such technologies would eventually displace them from their jobs. TechGig, Indias leading online technology community, today announced the findings of its annual TechGig Developer Survey 2019. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Indians lack skillsets to be employed, says IBM chiefedit

Telangana Today 

Global tech major IBM chief Ginni Rometty has said Indians lack the required skillsets even as new-age jobs galore, and exhorted all to look at education beyond obtaining/giving away degrees. The $180-billion domestic software industry directly employs 4 million.

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Talk Show: Re-thinking the way work worksedit

People Matters 

What does the future of work hold for us? During People Matters TechHR Singapore, technology entrepreneur and investor, Rudy Karsan shares how to navigate through the new contours of work.

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On Digital Skillsedit

The Financial Express 

Fostering digital skill-set is an essential building block for shaping the future of a new, technologically empowered India.

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Future of workplace: 66 percent Indians keen on developing new skills if they had an extra free dayedit

CIOL 

While all nations rate spending time with family and travel as their top two desires, the remaining top five more time wish lists vary by country. Employees in France, Germany, U.S., and the U.K. listed sleep more as a top fivepriority; U.K. and India workers wish they had time to learn a new skill or hobby; people in Mexico.

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3 Crucial Trends In Learning And Development Technology For HRedit

BW People 

A study conducted on the Evolution of Work stated that over half of all employees involved in the study consider social collaboration as an important tool for organisational purposes. The main benefits of implementing such platforms include more efficient team development and improved relationships between employees working together. Such a platform facilitates the easy transfer of knowledge between employees and subsequently results in better skill development

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Microsoft introduces free Artificial Intelligence Courses for industry leadersedit

Digital Learning 

Microsoft is releasing a new set of artificial intelligence courses framed for business leaders which will involve free instructional videos and case studies. These videos and case studies will be focusse on the less technical aspects of the technology as it applies to top executives who are trying to integrate AI, including strategy, company culture and ethical responsibilities, into their operations. (Iot)

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Fixing The Industry Academia Gap To Prepare Tomorrows Workforceedit

BW Education 

By Manish Bahl 

Learning in todays digital age has become extremely fastpaced and dynamic. However, there is a widening gap between the industry and the academia in formulating and executing digital skills. While 43% of businesses currently update their learning content on an annual or a biennial basis, 71% of higher educational institutions (HEI) update their curriculum every two to six years. (Iot)

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View: India can meet the unemployment challenge only if it adapts to new reality of a digital economyedit

The Economic Times 

By Hema Ramakrishnan

Jobs — or, rather, joblessness — is this election season’s hot potato. So far, the debate has focused largely on aggregate numbers, rather than change in sectoral figures or the influence of information technology (IT) on the changing profile of jobs in the country. This is surprising, especially when you consider the findings of a March 2018 study that shows a steady drop in manual jobs and growth in cognitive jobs over the last two-and-a-half decades in India.

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India’s engineers struggle for work as job crisis worsensedit

The Economic Times 

He did a shorter and cheaper diploma course in engineering. “I watch some English movies and read the newspapers to improve, but most employers want graduates,” he said. “They (also) want English speaking skills, which I don’t have.” Gayatri, a 24-year-old woman who goes by one name, gained a master’s degree in eng ..

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Why Legal System needs Super Lawyers Leading legal brains deliberate at JGLS annual conferenceedit

Careers 360 

With Artificial Intelligence (AI), block chain and Internet of Things (IoT) changing the world around, the judiciary is bound to evolve dramatically by 2030. And so will be the demand of service from lawyers. With all the information and technological support at hand, the client will already have the data analysis and insights.

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New Jobs That Could Exist In Smart Citiesedit

BW Smart Cities 

Digitalization, which was an ambitious target barely a few years ago, has become mainstream and is moving extremely fast towards becoming the way of life. A primary example of this is the concept of smart cities, which until recently was limited to grand plans but is now slowly becoming a reality. With governments pushing towards smart cities and ushering in a new era of urban planning and development, there are high expectations in terms of the job opportunities such initiatives bring.

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Meet Tengai, The Unbiased Job Interview Robotedit

Coastal Morning Star 

The worlds first robot intended to complete an impartial job interviews is being tried by Swedish recruiters. Her name is Tengai. Estimating 41cm (16in) tall and weighing 35kg (77lbs) shes at eye level as she sits over a table specifically opposite the candidate shes going to meet. Her shining yellow face tilts somewhat to the side.

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Is Artificial Intelligence redefining Women Poweredit

Digital Learning 

Artificial Intelligence is nowadays one of the most popular topics to discus upon. It only continues to significantly increase in its role in business and daily life in general. It is important to discuss that what role women are likely to play in the world of Artificial Intelligence, writes Nandita Koshal, Research Associate, International Institute for Higher Education Research and Capacity Building, O P Jindal Global University.

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Impact of artificial intelligence on roles of business leaders: Microsoft researchedit

Wire 19 

Microsoft recently surveyed around 800 leaders across seven European countries and the US to learn about their plans to use artificial intelligence (AI), relationship between AI and leadership, and their thoughts on how successful leadership changes as organizations use more AI

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Banking sector to become less labour-intensive, automation the way forwardedit

Financial Express

The creation of jobs has always been the focal point of debates in the country. The banking sector has been a large employer with a 1.3 million workforce in 2017-18, up from 1.1 million in 2012-13. The question is whether or not this number has been increasing at a significant pace and, if there has been any change in the composition of the same. A five-year period has been considered from 2012-13 to 2017-18. The CAGR was 4%, which is just about the industry standard given that services tend to involve more jobs. The banking business, on the other hand, has been increasing at a far higher rate than that in the stock of workforce.

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Future jobs will be different: Shawedit

Asian Age

Now is the time for design thinking that will help us to be global leaders. Some 65 per cent of today’s school children will be engaged in jobs that we haven’t yet envisioned, said Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director of Biocon India.

Addressing the CII Karnataka Annual Meet 2019, Mazumdar-Shaw said, “We need to build capability and competence in new and emerging technologies, be it in government or in the private sector. For instance, we can use robotics to end manual scavenging and Bengaluru being the IT capital of the country should take the lead in this.”

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Cabinet approves National policy for software productsedit

The Economic Times

The Cabinet on Thursday approved a national policy on software products that aims to position India as a hub for software products development and creating 65 lakh jobs by 2025.

“India’s IT revenue is USD 168 billion but most of it is services. Software product component is less, it is just USD 7.1 billion. Most of the software products are imported. The software product policy is designed to make India a big centre of software products by 2025,” IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said after the Cabinet briefing.

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Underprivileged girls in India are now learning robotics, codingedit

Money Control 

Aditi Prasad, a 33yearold woman from Chennai is on a mission to teach robotics and coding to girl students from underprivileged backgrounds, who barely ever have access to such innovative and creative learning processes. There are seven programmes on now in Tamil Nadu under her initiative Indian Girls Code. Prasad traverses across the state to groom young girls in a way they can become innovators in the future.

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Top 10 strategic technologies impacting higher education in 2019edit

Computer World 

There are a variety of factors global regulatory compliance, growing Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, expanding software as a service (SaaS) portfolio that are starting to force higher education institutions to address security and risk matters with a multidimensional strategy.

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Indian higher education system must be reoriented: VicePresidentedit

Digital Learning ELETS Online 

Addressing graduating students at the 16th convocation ceremony of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai on Tuesday, the VicePresident said knowledge would drive the Indian economy and play a vital role in improving the living conditions of the people.

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Companies that are changing the way education is being delivered to studentsedit

The Asian Age 

Imarticus Learning: Imarticus Learning is Indias leading professional education company that helps in upskilling and reskilling of students and professionals pursuing a job in sectors such as financial services and analytics. Their programs are tailored as per the industry requirement and taught by experts which brings real value to the courses.

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How Indian schools are adopting cloud computing, AR and VRedit

The Economic Times 

Over the past few years, the adoption of technology has transformed every aspect of our lives. India being an IT leader has remained on the front line of this technological movement with unification of technology in domains ranging from banking to governance to farming and even in regular activities like shopping and food delivery. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies Impacting Higher Education in 2019edit

Express Computer 

There are a variety of factors global regulatory compliance, growing Internet of Things (IoT) landscape, expanding software as a service (SaaS) portfolio that are starting to force higher education institutions to address security and risk matters with a multidimensional strategy.

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Over 50,000 engineering seats may fall in 201920 academic yearedit

Careers 360 

By Prabakaran K

According to AICTE chairman Anil D. Sahasrabudhe, the number of BE/B.Tech seats in engineering colleges across India may fall by 50,000 or more in the upcoming academic year, 201920. Earlier, 16.5 lakh engineering seats were available across 10,000 engineering colleges and now it was decreased to 14.5 lakhs, He said. Only 8 to 9 lakhs students are admitted now in the engineering colleges, he added.

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Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technologies Impacting Higher Education in 2019edit

Silicon India 

Gartner, Inc. has identified the top 10 strategic technologies impacting higher education in 2019. Gartner highlighted the technologies that higher education CIOs should have on their radar this year, especially as they look to enhance their competitive advantage and support emerging business models.

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Edtech Startups Speak Local for Better Reachedit

The Economic Times 

By Prachi Verma

Going local is the way forward for educational technology firms such as Byju’s, Simplilearn, Toppr and Brainly as they are focusing on new offerings and developing solutions in various Indian languages. Such companies are also making use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and bots to enhance their education delivery models and automate their backend processes, according to experts.

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Indore: Youngistan wants education, infrastructure, empowermentedit

Free Press Journal 

Every vote counts and if it is in the hands of youngsters in the city, they expect rural development along with urban, and most importantly improvisation in education level with increased opportunities to get wellpaying jobs. This was concluded based on interaction with several youngsters in the city, who are studying in renowned colleges and institutes. When it comes to female students, safety is their prime concern.

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CBSE directs school principals to act as pedagogical leadersedit

The Indian Express 

CBSE, Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE school principals, school principals, Central Board of Secondary Education school principals, CBSE principals Besides formulating and executing teaching as well as learning plans, the principals will be responsible for evaluating the effectiveness of the learning program and meet standards established to optimise learning environments

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Atal Tinkering Lab opens at Dayanand Public Schooledit

Avenue Mail 

Dayanand Public School (DPS) got its own Atal Tinkering Lab on Saturday. The lab will let students explore skills of future such as design and computational thinking, adaptive learning and artificial intelligence and will help encourage innovation skills and develop ideas.

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A 2-wheeler ride that helped Prabha take AI to villagesedit

The Hindu Business Line 

By Narayanan V 

Prabha wasted no time to express her bigger ambitions to her husband. She had an idea of taking artificial intelligence (AI) to an unusual audience children in remote villages. A supportive husband that he has always been, Karthik Kannan (36) not only helped her launch ‘Youcode Intelligence Solutions’, but also taught her technology.

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VP Naidu calls for reorienting of higher education system to make globally competitiveedit

Devdis Course 

Asserting that knowledge would be the driver of Indian Economy, he called for reorienting of the higher education system to make it globally competitive. ‘The overhauling of the education system should totally eliminate the colonial mindset and teach real history, ancient civilization, culture and heritage and instil the values of nationalism among the students,’ he said.

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Is Computational Thinking a skill of futureedit

The Times of India 

The most important function of education is to prepare our students for a future, about which we know a little. “The ways in which the upcoming generations work, interact, and communicate with technology will continue to evolve at a rapid pace.

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Education should be based on conceptual learningedit

The Hans India 

Before writing the book Comprehensive physical science, I have visited many educational institutions (…Before writing the book Comprehensive physical science, I have visited many educational institutions ( College, school and coaching centre) where I have observed that teaching strategy of the faculties and learning method of students are based on rote memorisation of concept.

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Kerala government dragging its feet on including AI in the school curriculumedit

The New Indian Express 

By Krishnachand K

Even as the CBSE schools took one step ahead by introducing the future technology Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the curriculum of Class 8, 9 and 10 from next academic year, the state schools are lagging in introducing the technology as a subject in the curriculum.

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CBSE to introduce artificial intelligence, yoga as new subjectsedit

Live Mint 

Tje CBSE will introduce artificial intelligence (AI), early childhood care education and yoga as new subjects in school curriculum from the upcoming academic session, an official said. A decision to introduce the three subjects was taken at a recent meeting of the board’s governing body, he said.

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Higher Education Bill: Unshackling education from power gamesedit

The Financial Express 

The Indian higher education system is not yet prepared to develop leading professionals, innovators and entrepreneurs for this world. It needs a major upheaval. Ultimately, the market and the principles of economics must be allowed to reform and restructure the higher education sector, not a Bill.

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Getting ready for the 4th industrial revolutionedit

The Hindu Business Line 

Last month, Microsoft India said it plans to train five lakh youth in artificial intelligence across the country over the next three years and set up AI labs in 10 universities. There is no doubt that the announcement is being seen as a potential game-changer for the fledging sector in India. It also indicates the direction higher education in the country should be taking in the next decade.

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Access, equity key challenges to improving quality of higher education, say scholarsedit

Business Standard 

Access, equity and excellence are key challenges to improving the quality of higher education in India, and institutions are obliged to address these issues through inclusive processes, scholars said at the launch of a report on higher education.

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Indias first feeder school offers skillbased curriculumedit

The Times of India 

By Shivangi Mishra

CBSE recently gave its approval for a feeder school in Palwal district of Haryana, which offers skillbased education right from class IX. One of the aims of this school is also to control the increasing dropout rate at the secondary level. As per the school authorities, most students studying in state government schools dropout because of financial constraints or due to their inability to cope with higher education syllabus.

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India’s computer science graduates: High in quantity and low in quality, finds studyedit

Research Matters 

The study found that graduate students in the US substantially outperformed their peers from China, Russia and India, including those from elite institutes of these countries. The findings of the study are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), and the study was partly funded by India’s All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Russia’s National Research University Higher School of Economics.

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Ruralurban divide is hurting skill initiativesedit

The Times of India 

The country, he says, is not yet ready to face the automation challenge. Government must facilitate industry and academia collaboration to give a push in reskilling the workforce by adopting artificial intelligence (AI).

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What went wrong with Indian higher educationedit

Business Today 

Quality education is expensive. India has severely underinvested in education over the last 40 years. Pankaj Chandra, former Director of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The first generation of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) came up between the 1960s and 1990s, a different world.

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Telangana Marching Towards Excellence in Higher Educationedit

Digital Learning 

Telanganas capital city of Hyderabad today enjoys a world class reputation for its nationally and internationally known educational and research institutes. Topclass infrastructure and the Government initiatives are laying the foundation of a solid economic growth model, creating finest possible educational opportunities for all, observes Sudheer Goutham of Elets News Network (ENN).

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Recalibrating Engineering Education: Making India Globally Competitiveedit

Digital Learning 

India has over ten thousand engineering institutions and over fifteen lakh students graduating from these institutions every year. Factually, a large number and a lions share of global engineering talent. Leading global companies seek to hire top talent from India. Indians in top management roles of tech giants and most IT Product Development teams have a good proportion of Indian Engineers, writes K Sridhar, Chief Business Officer, TalentSprint.

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Primary Education in India will be a Game Changer with these Futuristic Trendsedit

Youth Inc Mag 

As the population of India exploded, the youth occupies the largest share in the demographics of India which make education the most vivacious aspect for India. With the world average of 86 percent, the rural literacy continues to stand at just 69 percent according to the Census of India.

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Niti Suggests Raising Monthly Training Stipend to Rs 5,000edit

The Economic Times 

Initially the programme was run by the director general of training under the skill development and entrepreneurship ministry. However, owing to the poor response from private players, it is now being operated partly by the National Skill Development Corporation and the Sector Skills Councils in its fold so as to increase the role of private players in imparting apprenticeship training to the youth.

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IIT Kharagpur to adopt AWS Educate programmeedit

Express Computer 

The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur will adopt Amazon Web Services (AWS) Educate programme to help students gain cloud computing skills including hands on experience in artificial intelligence (AI), a top official of the institute has said.

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For a smart generation, smart teaching is needed, says Atul Temurnikaredit

Deccan Chronicle 

Atul Temurnikar is cofounder and chairman of Global Schools Foundation (GSF) Singapore and a prominent member of the education industry. GSF recently launched Global Indian International School (GIIS) Smart Campus in Singapore which has several smart features including academic and sports data analytics, location mapping for students, teachers, smart classrooms and studios to teach robotics and artificial intelligence.

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CBSE to introduce Artificial Intelligence, Early Childhood Care Education and Yoga as new subjectsedit

Careers 360 

By Dinesh Goyal

Central Board of School Education(CBSE) has decided to include three new skill subjects for the academic session 20192020. Students can choose Artificial Intelligence as an optional 6th subject in Class IX from the Session 20192020 onward. For Senior Secondary level students, there will be a provision to choose Yoga and Early Childhood Education as an Elective subject.

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India, Afghanistan collaborate on digital education initiatives, rope in IITs to design programsedit

The Economic Times 

The MoU will facilitate assisting the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to carry out the curriculum development process including sharing of curriculum developed by MHRD.

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90% of developing economies are lagging in critical skills: Reportedit

The Economic Times 

90 percent of developing economies are falling behind or are at risk of falling behind in critical skills, according to Global Skills Index: 2019 (GSI) report by Coursera. The report revealed skill trends and performance data for 60 countries and 10 industries across data science, technology, and business.

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Universalisation of education vital for future of nation: Priya Sethiedit

State Times 

The function started with Ganesh Vandana and lighting of the ceremonial lamp by Chief Guest, Priya Sethi, former Minister Education and State Spokesperson BJP, who is the Chairperson of the Group. A dance item was also performed by kids which was appreciated by the audience. Parents of UKG kids were made to participate in a fun activity too. Priya Sethi, while addressing the kids and their parents, said that she could see the change in the kids during their journey of four years in the school.

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Rural-urban divide is hurting skill initiativesedit

The Times of India 

“Rural and urban divide in India is leading to a lack of opportunities for the youth. It is hurting skill initiatives, as limited access and opportunities are the basic impediments faced by youth in small towns and vil-lages. Even though roads are linking villages today, the industry is not moving closer to rural areas forcing the local youth to migrate to cities,” says Chockalingam Valliappa, CEO, Sona Yukti.

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Nationbuilding starts with education and women empowerment, says G Viswanathanedit

Deccan Chronicle 

The VIT Chancellor said free and compulsory education is a constitutional right to children below 14, but this is applicable only to students of government schools. The VIT Chancellor said free and compulsory education is a constitutional right to children below 14, but this is applicable only to students of government schools.

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Automation is the future for engineers, says Narayana Murthyedit

The Times of India 

Infosys co-founder, NR Narayana Murthy has stressed that education institutes should gear up to equip students with skills required for taking up the challenge of automation. “Automation is the future for engineers, not just mechanical but all other streams.

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Why Schools Should Turn to Edutech Roboticsedit

BW Education 

By Tarun Bhalla

Schools are taking strides to assimilate edutech robotics within their ecosystem. Robotics classes are being held regularly and have been assimilated as an intrinsic part of school curriculum. As a matter of fact, Avishkaar, an ed tech startup, conducts robotics sessions (through its network of trainers) across 700+ schools in India.

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Now solve math problems with AIedit

Telangana Today  

The solution allows students from class 1 to 10 to learn Math, using Artificial Intelligence (AI). This also makes beGalileo Indias first Math learning programme for K12 education to be available as a Windows App.

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CBSE Class X Students Can Now Opt For Extra Skill Subject; Yoga, AI Among The Newly Added Choicesedit

Swarajya Mag 

Class IX students can pick Yoga, early childhood care and education (ECCE) or artificial intelligence as optional subjects, reports India Today. The CBSE circular says, To enhance the multidisciplinary approach in teaching learning and also to sensitise the new generation, it was decided that School may start AI Inspire module of 12 hours at Class VIII itself. In the subject on artificial intelligence, the focus will be on its geostrategic importance.

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How online education is leveraging AI to offer greater benefitsedit

CIOL 

By Ashok Pandey

Online education has managed to reform classrooms and teaching methods. Yet expecting to see true disruption of education. Artificial Intelligence has proven its role in various industries including manufacturing, healthcare and education. AI can bring unimaginable transformation

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Education should boost industry academia ties: VPedit

The Hans India 

VicePresident M. Venkaiah Naidu said, here on Wednesday, the education system should ensure greater linkage between academia and industry so that students are employable.

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How is Robotics helping kids in educationedit

India Today 

Robotics has a bright future ahead that’ll help our children learn the skills of tomorrow and carve out their path in this world. Think of robots and nine times out of ten, an image of a humanoid android would pop up in your head. That is how they’re depicted in movies, no But there’s so much more to robots. Did you know that robotics plays an integral part in education.

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Online education push reformative but policy lacks clarity, structureedit

Live Mint 

Only 60,000 of the 3.9 million learners enrolled in 1,600 online courses as of 31 December have completed the courses, according to official data. This is a completion rate of less than 2%. “Colleges and universities need to have an industry focus in any course and more so in an online course.

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How students in Tier-3 cities can access quality education the Ed-Tech wayedit

Deccan Chronicle 

A strong education system is one of the pillars of any civilized society. The Indian education sector is, however, riddled with multiple infrastructural holes. The case is especially grim in Tier-3 cities where students are mostly underserved on account of the unavailability of basic educational resources, the presence of poor or no physical infrastructure, and the absence of committed teachers and reading materials.

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Calcutta University English course for tech studentsedit

The Telegraph 

On its website, CU has stated that the course in Communicative English would help students “acquire skills in presentation, decorum, grooming, courtesy, appropriate pronunciation and acquire better verbal ability….” Education minister Partha Chatterjee had in May last year urged the engineering institutes to conduct a six-week course in English so the students scored well in job interviews.

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Online platforms a step towards democratizing the education sectoredit

Live Mint 

From ordering vegetables online to ordering classes online, we have travelled a long way! The Internet of Things and digital transformations have given us shocks as well as pleasant surprises. Like any other industry, the wave of digital technology and improving bandwidths has affected the education sector as well. Both the demand and the supply side are witnessing an impact

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SETTING STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATIONedit

The Times of India

The best gift that you can give your child, is the gift of education. Some of the best moments of childhood are spent on the campus of an educational institution and parents would like their children to enjoy their growing years. Besides offering a futuristic curricullam that gears children to excel in their respective choice of fields.

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Prince Charles charity strikes new pact for girls’ education in Indiaedit

The New Indian Express

A charity founded by Britain’s Prince Charles on Wednesday announced a new partnership with British Telecom (BT) to launch a three-year programme to use digital technology to help improve education and life skills for adolescent girls in India.

British Asian Trust, founded by the royal in 2007 to fight poverty in South Asia, said the pact with one of the UK’s leading telecom companies will explore the different ways technology can be used to break down social barriers and help enhance employability, health choices and autonomy for the target group of largely young girls in India.

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BFSI Apprenticeships: A promising future for studentsedit

The Financial Express

Owing to the geographical spread of universities, through their affiliated colleges and distance education, these programmes also have a unique advantage—the ability to train a large number of students spread across smaller towns and villages alike.

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80% engineers are unemployed: How can we prepare engineers for the jobs of tomorrow?edit

India Today

One of the biggest apocalyptic cries in the global economy today is the loss or obsolescence of existing jobs due to automation and rapid changes in technology. But every change also brings with it a unique opportunity one that we must grasp with both hands and understand fully to exploit.

Technological progress, while making a few profiles irrelevant, has also introduced a diverse array of new roles and responsibilities which require a greater application of human creativity, analytical knowledge and intuition.

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‘Standard of engineering education declines’edit

The Times of India

The percentage of employable engineers in Kerala is not even half of what is produced from the institutions, said Metroman E Sreedharan.

“This is a sure sign of deteriorating standard of engineering education in our state. Professionals must keep on learning from different experiences in life and continue their upward growth,” he said, while speaking to students at Mar Athanasius Engineering College, Kothamangalam, on Friday.

 

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Engineering seats will cost more from this yearedit

Bangalore Mirror

Students will have to pay Rs 58,800 a year for government quota seats at private colleges and Rs 2,01,960 for seats under COMED-K. Engineering aspirants will have to shell out even more from  the coming academic year for their courses.

 

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Amazon to promote STEM educationedit

The HANS India

Amazon India is to promote STEM education and is in the process of setting up Atal Tinkering Labs in government schools in Telangana and Karnataka as part of its CSR programme.

Atal Tinkering Labs, an initiative under the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog, was set up with an objective to create opportunities to develop Neoteric Child Innovators in India. ATLs are dedicated work spaces where students (Class 6th to Class 12th) learn innovation skills and develop ideas that will go on to transform India.

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The skill vantage: Channel partners bet big on skilled talentedit

CRN 

Channel partners are increasingly focusing on hiring and retaining talent with specific technical skills to grow in a highly competitive market. It is true that digital transformation is revolutionising every industry, business, customer and workforce. On account of this, the business environment is increasingly becoming competitive and businesses are expected to transform themselves in order to stay relevant and profitable for partners.

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MeitY may fund a part of NASSCOM’s FutureSkills platformedit

People Matters

In 2018, the National Association of Software and Services Companies launched the FutureSkills platform to help companies to skill their employees in new skills. The platform offers training in the internet of things (IoT), robotic process automation (RPA), virtual reality, big data analytics, cloud computing, and 3D printing, among others to participants from NASSCOM member companies. Now as NASSCOM plans to open up the platform for general use, it is in discussion with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to fund this part of the skilling service platform.

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Indian workers need skill boostedit

Deccan Chronicle

A recent report by the World Economic Forum has revealed that at least half of the Indian workforce will need re-skilling by 2022, to meet the talent demands of the future. Every worker will require an extra 100 days of learning, on an average, according to the report. Currently, there are more jobs in the informal economy than in the formal economy, which constitute 80 per cent and 20 per cent of our economy respectively. This is projected as one of the major challenges pertaining to employment skills in the country.

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Upgrade your skills constantly to keep your job secureedit

The Economic Times

Upskill at office – Constant change and disruption in the market is affecting your employer’s business and your career. Both can evolve to face the challenges by upgrading capabilities. Since most employers prefer to upskill their existing workforce rather than hire new employees, your office is the best place to start your learning journey. Choose from the compulsory and voluntary training options, including e-learning courses. In addition to formal courses, practical learning at office comes from finding a mentor and mentoring others.

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How AI And Machine Learning Helps In Up Skilling To Better Career Opportunitiesedit

Inc42

There are at least two clear trends that show a demand-supply mismatch in tech jobs in cutting-edge IT fields such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. One is via industry predictions that estimate growth in the AI market from $21.46 Bn to $190.61 Bn between 2018 and 2025.

Year on year growth is projected to be an impressive 36.62% during the same period. The second trend is more subtle. Big Indian IT firms in the US are reportedly ‘hoarding’ employees in these two fields as they foresee a shortage of skilled experts. They also fear a corresponding rise in the cost of hiring employees for tech contracts they have bagged for the future.

International Women’s Day: India witnesses sharp plunge in female employmentedit

News Nation

The employment ratio of women remains low despite the increasing focus on reskilling and upskilling of workforce in general and women in particular, in line with the evolving industry needs, notes the report.

Globally as well as in the country, there is a declining trend of women’s participation in the workforce due to a litany of challenges, including lack of quality education, increasing digital divide which all hinder them from gaining employable skill sets and entering the workforce or set up an enterprise, says the report.

The report blames the underlying social, economic and political barriers this anomaly facing women and suggested that evolving a stronger ecosystem around women entrepreneurs to help them complete the entrepreneurship life-cycle ...Upskilling

It is becoming an absolute necessity to create a large pool of talents with new technology skillsedit

CRN

LDS Infotech is one of the leading system integrators and managed infrastructure service providers in Mumbai. The company has been venturing into new areas of growth including cloud technology like MS Azure, AWS, Security, and virtualisation and at the same time the company has been investing at all levels, right from the manpower, skill sets to technology-based products and solutions. In a conversation with CRN,  Amarnath Shetty, Managing director, LDS Infotech talks about the importance of skilling and reskilling.

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How Technology Is Driving NSDC’s Skill Development Missionedit

Express Computer

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) aims to promote skill development by catalysing the creation of large scale, quality and for-profit vocational institutions. Dr Manish Kumar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, NSDC highlights the diverse technology interventions enabling them to reach the objective of skilling up the people in India

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The Effect Of Training And Development On Employee Performance In The Long Runedit

BW People 

In terms of business, training and development is designed for providing relevant information to the employees about the company and its objective. It also includes the upskilling of the workforce. This process allows the employees to contribute to their career as well as to the company in a positive way.

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