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Global Transportation Electrification Stakeholders To Gather In Bengaluru for ITEC 2019edit
Jointly organized by SAEINDIA, IEEE IAS and ARAI, the 3rd edition of ITEC India conference focuses on the theme eMobility for Community and comes at a critical time when India is planning the move towards emobility across sectors.
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Machine learning, AI & drug developmentedit
Organic life depends on proteins, complex molecules, which perform many functions. Proteins are made up of amino acids combinations. Amino acids are simple molecules paired and wrapped around each other in three-dimensional configurations. Mis-folded proteins can cause horrible conditions like Alzheimer, Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, etc.
HealthcareMachine LearningPharmaIn tune with technologyedit
Developments in genetics, artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology, 3D printing and biotechnology are happening around us. This will lay the foundation for a revolution more comprehensive and all encompassing than anything we have ever seen. In many industries and countries, the most in demand occupations or specialties of today did not exist 10 or even five years ago, and the pace of change is set to accelerate.
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The big obstacle on the road to electric vehiclesedit
The lithium-ion battery is a complex industrial product, not just another component in the consumer electronics supply chain. This inconvenient truth is a major obstacle on the global auto industry’s road to an electric future.
Electric VehiclesLithium ion batteryStates Asked to Form ‘Preferential Policies’ For Adoption of EVsedit
The ministry of road transport and highways has written to state governments, asking them to create “preferential policies” for adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) through incentives including waiving of road taxes and land allotment for setting up charging infrastructure. States have also been asked to encourage induction of EVs in shared mobility and public transport operations.
Electric VehiclesLeadAcid Battery market will grow explosively with EVs, says Deepak Ojha, MD, Waldiesedit
Growth in the leadacid battery market is led by increasing industrialization and urbanization, rising inclination towards electric vehicles, coupled with technological advancements. The next wave of lead battery adoption could come from EVs, but it would mean auto manufacturers opting for lead charge batteries over lithium ion battery.
battery technologyIndia Might Miss out on 2030 EVs Target: Ajay Mathuredit
EVs could be a better alternative, but the governments target to switch to them in the next 10 years is hard to achieve, TERI Chief Ajay Mathur said EVs Ajay Mathur Electric Vehicles (EVs) could be a better alternative to fuelbased automobiles to mitigate air pollution but the governments target to switch to evehicles in the next 10 years is hard to achieve, TERI Chief Ajay Mathur said, pointing out that consumers would need time to accept the change.
Electric VehiclesElectric vehicles a huge opportunity for India: Twowheelers low hanging fruitedit
Electric vehicles are a sunrise opportunity as India has over 72 per cent twowheelers; our endeavour should be to make these electric, and also manufacture EVs for the world, in India, Kant said. The Niti Aayog has proposed that twowheelers below the capacity of 150cc sold in the country after March 31, 2025, should be electric ones only.
electric two wheelersElectric VehicleNITI AayogBy When Do You Think The Road to Electric Vehicle Transition is Realisticedit
The Government has been consistently pushing forward the EV mobility agenda and making efforts towards driving the shift to an EVled transport and logistics ecosystem. While a transition to electric vehicles by 2030 is a daunting challenge, it is not impossible if all stakeholders come together to make it feasible as electric vehicles are gradually gaining growing popularity among people and corporates alike.
Electric VehicleAfter budget’s boost, Centre asks states to help give EVs a pushedit
Close on the heels of unveiling a host of incentives for electric vehicles, the Union government is now urging states to promote eco-friendly vehicles in an effort to curb rampant pollution afflicting most of the major cities. The ministry of road transport and highways has asked all states and Union territories (UTs) to provide incentives for electric vehicles (EVs).
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Upskilling is key to meeting demand for analytics talentedit
An exhaustive NasscomZinnov report released last year flags a huge talent demand-supply gap in the artificial intelligence (AI) and big data analytics (BDA) family of jobs. By 2021, the total AI and BDA job openings in India is estimated to go up by 2,30,000.
AIAnalyticsBig DataUpskilling25% Indians had a tough time finding their first job: Surveyedit
Respondents were also asked if they believed their education had prepared them for the working world. The vast majority of workers believed their university education prepared them well enough for the working world, with only one quarter of respondents saying they were not prepared at all.
EducationFuture of JobsImplementation of technology bringing massive talent shortage in automotive industry: Surveyedit
This is because its so rapidly changing, says MSI president Eric Egnet. Technologies like autonomous robots, the Internet of things, artificial intelligence, and Blockchain are creating whole new possibilities to dramatically optimize the lifecycle, from production to sale.
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AICTE drafts blue print to customize engineering courses to serve industry betteredit
With unemployabilty of engineers at a high, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under the human resource development ministry has crafted a blue print to make engineering colleges and universities offer customized, localized engineering education to serve the needs of local industries.
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