June 20, 2019

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5-day Faculty Development Programme conductededit

The Hans India 

This FDP will be a 5-day hands-on training programme, which is sponsored by the MEITy under the Ministry of ICT of the Government of India, is being organised jointly by the Electronics & ICT Academy at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna and the Department of ECE along with the Professional chapters of IEEE, ISTE, and IETE at VNRVJIET.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Internet of Things (IoT) security product market worth will reach US$ 50 Billion by 2027edit

CRN 

In its recent study, Future Market Insights (FMI) estimates that the Internet of Things (IoT) security product market revenues will grow from US$ 12 billion in 2017 to US$ 50 billion in 2027. FMI attributes potential growth prospects of the market to an upsurge in cyberattacks with the increased adoption of web based services and recent developments smart infrastructures.

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Indias data usage per smartphone highest in world at 9.8GB/month: Reportedit

Live Mint 

The findings come at a time when the government is in the process of finalising a roadmap for the rollout of 5G services, the nextgeneration technology for wireless communications that is expected to improve data speeds and propel the Internet of Things.

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How CTOs are combining blockchain with IoT, ML & AI to grow businesses in diverse sectorsedit

BW CIO World 

The newedge technologies like IoT, blockchain and AI have come a long way since inception. Although each technology has grown in their own definitive range, IT leaders are striving to reach a confluence for these technologies. While IoT has sensors with billions of connected devices, AI is the reasoning part that analyses and makes decisions and blockchain is responsible for creating a secure, indelible record of transactions and data exchanges.

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How businesses are implementing automation and analytics to reach their productive bestedit

Express Computer 

Now, with the rise in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics, companies are being able to automate processes across the board and obtain accurate insights from several data points at a fraction of the time. As per a report by PwC, it is estimated that, by 2030, AI will contribute close to USD 15.7 Trillion to the global economy

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Data Analytics Outsourcing Market in India is Worth $27 Billion: Study by AIM & Praxis Business Schooledit

Business Standard

I believe Data Science is poised for tremendous growth for the following three reasons: one, the data explosion that is yet to happen we are probably at the tip of the iceberg with IoT and social media yet to achieve their full potential; two, continued improvements in machine learning software and algorithms which will make data science increasingly easier to use and more useful to apply.

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As digital attacks surge, banks resort to cyber drillsedit

The Hindu Business Line 

With increasing incidence of digital frauds and malware attacks in financial transactions, banks are now queuing up for cyber drills to check their preparedness to tackle such problems. “There has been a perceptible increase in interest among banks to undergo mock cyber drills,” AS Ramasastry, Director, Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), an arm of the Reserve Bank of India, told Business Line.

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Artificial Intelligence needs to become less and less artificialedit

MINT 

AI (Artificial Intelligence) is everywhere and it’s here to stay. It now powers so many real-world applications, ranging from facial recognition to language translators and assistants like Siri and Alexa. Along with these consumer applications, companies across sectors are increasingly harnessing AI’s power for productivity growth and innovation.

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A more robust Digital India 2.0 to be unveiled soonedit

DNA 

Digital Inclusion will be about digital literacy mission, expansion of common service centers (CSCs), strengthening and expanding of digital villages, while Digital Economy will be about electronics manufacturing, BPO 2.0 (work from home), national center for Artificial Intelligence and others.

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A digi-manifestoedit

Business Standard

The adoption of cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, analytics among others is leading to re-calibration of workforce requirements in every sector of the economy. As a result, there is a demand for a workforce that is not only geared up for the new digital world, but also has the ability to constantly up-skill, re-skill and change gears as need be.

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5G is not Just Fast Internet, But Will be an Enabler of Manyedit

News 18 

With that, the scope for AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality) is also going to see a massive disruption. The definition of value added services would completely change wherein telcos could offer way more than before in a differentiated manner. Embedded communication solutions would also benefit from 5G especially IoT (Internet of Things), robotics, eheatlh and more.

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MIT-Developed Cryptographic System Is Helping Better Protect Your Dataedit

The India Saga 

In a paper presented at the recent IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, MIT researchers detail a system that, for the first time, automatically generates optimized cryptography code thats usually written by hand. Deployed in early 2018, the system is now being widely used by Google and other tech firms.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Government proposes no registration charges for electric vehiclesedit

Business Today 

The government has decided to waive registration charges for electric vehicles, a draft notification said Wednesday. The move, aimed at promoting electric vehicles (EVs) in India, comes at a time when the country plans high penetration of such vehicles by 2030.

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Eight charging stations for electric vehicles on Bluru highwayedit

The Times of India 

As part of its overarching plan to boost ecofriendly modes of transportation, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (Cesc), Mysuru has decided to set up eight stations where motorists can charge their electric vehicles along the Bengaluru highway. Cesc is hoping to complete the project before the end of the 201920 financial year.

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Are we ready for a battery powered futureedit

The New Indian Express 

Electronic vehicles will be well received by the environmentally conscious market. However, maintaining it will be critical and expensive. We dont want to repeat the mistake of not maintaining it well, like with the previous Volvo premium AC bus initiative. Another note is that only 10 per cent of the leadacid batteries can be reused. Others go waste and require safe disposal.

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Road ministry plans to ease EVs’ licensingedit

Business Standard 

Electric vehicles (EVs) might soon find it easier to get licences than their traditional counterparts. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed a set of non-fiscal benefits, such as creating an ecosystem for them in public transport and shared mobility by allowing easier permits.

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Industry News: Future of Work

Important To Train Indias Population With Relevant Skill Developmentedit

BW People 

Over the last few years, the world of business has tread into extremely unfamiliar territory: an era of the tremendous velocity of change. The emphasis on efficiencies has never been so profound. Look around you: many of the billiondollar companies that you cant do without like Airbnb, Amazon, Flipkart, Facebook did not exist 20 years ago.

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Why soft skills will be in demand amid automationedit

Live Mint 

Skills such as machine learning, data visualization and statistical analysis have seen a rise in adoption skills deemed relevant to job demands in the future. Automation is driving demand for those who know coding, cloud computing and artificial intelligence. The survey says demand for talent with emerging skills is three times that of the rest of the talent base.

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Robots might turn out to be great coworkersedit

The Print 

The idea that automation will drive up unemployment or drive down wages — in other words, that robots will take people’s jobs — has become almost an article of faith for many Americans. Everyone can point to instances of automation reducing demand for certain workers.

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Retraining and Retaining: The effect of Automationedit

Business Standard 

A recent study by LinkedIn mentioned machine learning engineer is the most demanding skill in the job market followed by data scientist, sales development manager, and customer success managers. Career paths such as automation ethicist and interactive chatbot designer will be most look after career paths by organizations soon.

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AI to improve HR efficiency; workforce, talent management to be automatededit

Business Standard 

According to Gartner, Inc., HR and recruitment leaders have begun using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve HR efficiency and enhance employee experience. Gartner, Inc. has identified the three most common use cases: In talent acquisition, voice of the employee and virtual HR assistants. (Artificial Intelligence)

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Industry News: Education

Opinion | For effective regulation of the countrys education systemedit

Live Mint 

Some of this is in the public domain, but a lot more seems to be happening in group consultations, feedback to the human resource development ministry, etc. The final policy will be richer for all this. I am extracting some of the salient features of the NEP, with the intent to address some of the issues raised in these responses, but specific knowledge of the responses is not necessary to read through these points.

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Emerging Technologies: The changemakers in higher educationedit

Careers 360 

Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) is using emerging technologies like Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence to make its students industry-ready. Prof. Dr. Manikrao Salunkhe, Vice-Chancellor speaks to Rajaram Sukumar about the new initiatives on the campus…Q. How are emerging technologies like Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) transforming higher education system to get more student participation and faculty engagement?

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