October 18, 2019

News for the IET

BIT set to find innovative hacks on world issuesedit

Daily Pioneer

This edition of Hack-A-BIT is supported by Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP). It will be organized by the Institution of Electrical and Electronics (IEEE) Student Branch, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), BIT Mesra and Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), BIT Mesra.

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News for other PEI

Worlds first robot citizen attends conference in India; makers reveal Sophia can draw nowedit

The Economic Times

Sophia, dressed in a black skirt and a grey metallic shirt, was part of several industrial and social robots, including Professor Einstein, exhibited at the 28th IEEE Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN 2019) here.

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Industry News: Information and Communications

Using EDR for layered securityedit

Tech Radar

The advent of cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT) has created inter device connectivity on a scale previously unseen. With an expanse of new devices equating to a wide array of new entry vectors; a defensible perimeter is now insufficient in isolation.

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The Internet of Things Cant Stop Killing My Gadgetsedit

Mashable

By Chris Taylor

If you harbor fears about the socalled internet of things, or IoT that fancy term for all those chattering online devices currently burrowing into every crevice of our homes then your concern likely has to do with privacy. Indeed, the potential for smart assistants like Amazons Alexa to listen in on us is undeniably creepy.

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The Automobile And Pharmaceutical Industry Will Take The Lead In IoT: ASUSedit

Electronics For U

By Baishaki Dutta

The Internet of Things (IoT) is emerging as the third wave in the development of the Internet. Vinay Shetty, regional head ASUS Technology Pvt Ltd India and South Asia in an interaction with Electronicsforu.com Network shares how ASUS is gearing up to embrace the wave of the IoT revolution. Excerpt follows

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Surveillance cameras to be biggest market for 5G IoT solutionsedit

The Economic Times

Outdoor surveillance cameras will be the largest market for 5G Internet of Things (IoT) solutions globally in the next three years, a new report by Gartner Inc. said on Thursday.

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Starting a SaaS Company from India 5 Essentials You Should Knowedit

Entrepreneur

Silicon Valley, Israel and India are the three famous SaaS ecosystems worldwide. In Silicon Valley, the majority of the SaaS has moved to machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). Cybersecurity, deeptech, defense and AI/ML dominate the Israel technology domain.

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AI can improve public services delivery: UN Google reportedit

Express Computer

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a helpful tool for governments in the Asia Pacific region to deliver public services, revealed a new UN Google report. The study by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Google cited case studies highlighting the importance of partnerships between governments and technology firms for the delivery of public services.

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5G prompts AsiaPacific firms to rethink cybersecurity risksedit

Nyoooz

Richard Watson, EY AsiaPacific Cybersecurity Risk Advisory Leader, comments: Adopting a risk based approach is key as organizations simply cannot protect everything to the same degree. What are the organizations cyber risk appetite As the promise of 5G increases data flows, the risk landscape is intensifying.

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Industry News: Future of Mobility

Opinion | An answer to the problem of EV charging infrastructure in Indiaedit

Live Mint

It was the mid 1990s, and I was doing my MBA in Delhi. Every alternate Sunday morning, I would walk 30 long minutes to a public call office (PCO) booth to take a token that enabled me to make a call back home that night at a quarter of the prevailing rates. Back then, phones were a luxury in India. While everyone craved a device to talk to loved ones, decades of government control of the telecom sector had not helped make this happen

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Noida Authority Procures 5 Electric Vehicles For Official Useedit

NDTV

The Noida Authority on Thursday procured five electric vehicles (EVs) for official use, as work is underway to prepare infrastructure like charging stations for clean energy based mobility in the city, officials said.

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India Could Become Global EV Hotspot but Adoption Slow: WEF Ola Mobility Reportedit

Mercom India

By Ankita Rajeshwari

The electric mobility industry in India is just beginning. In the past few years, the country has seen a surge in government initiatives to adopt electric vehicles in public transportation while the country has also started preparing the necessary infrastructure (charging stations) for the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

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How car ownership trends will pan out in the futureedit

The Hindu Business Line

For one, car manufacturers have begun investing in tech giants that offer new mobility services. Toyota, for instance, has parked millions in Uber. General Motors has invested in Lyft, and BMW in DriveNow. Secondly, and this is more the case with foreign markets, Tesla’s growth has prompted a response from car manufacturers to look at electric cars.

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Electric vehicle market in India: Evolution, challenges and solutionsedit

The Financial Express

The rise of electric vehicles is inevitable around the world and India alike. While several manufacturers have rolled EVs, there are several challenges that need addressing and a government intervention is one of the plausible ways to go about it.

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Chandigarh plans EVonly registration after 2030, drafts EV policyedit

Auto Car Professional

By Sumantra B Barooah

The administration has prepared a draft EV policy which has been seen by Autocar Professional. With this Chandigarh becomes the latest entrant in the list of states in the country who have either come out or have a draft EV policy, the others being Maharashtra, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Bihar among others.

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Bengaluru first battery swapping station for EVs in the worksedit

The Times of India

Swathy R Iyer

A mobility solutions firm is scouting for a location to set up the city’s first battery swapping station, which could boost adoption of electric vehicles, or EVs. Sun Mobility, which is based in Bengaluru, has sought power utility Bescoms help to identify a plot for the station, where users of two and threewheelers can swap their drained out batteries with fully charged ones. Users will pay only the cost of electricity.

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Industry News: Future of Work

Financial organisations increase spending on technology than upskilling: Adecco reportedit

Money Control

A report by employment industry leader, Adecco, part of the Adecco Group, reveals that financial executives recognise that technology is key to driving their business forward, however only a few plan to significantly increase investment in upskilling their workforce to leverage this technology.

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What Video, Artificial Intelligence And Automation Mean For The Future Of Recruitingedit

Forbes

It is no surprise that recruiters need to adapt quickly to the ever evolving environment around them in order to succeed in today’s tidal wave of digital progress. While video interviews have been around for some time, recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are able to streamline and advance the hiring process even further, but not without introducing some newfound risks and pitfalls

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Industry News: Education

Historical shift in higher educationedit

The Financial Express

Every year since 2012, MHRD compiles and presents data on India’s higher education (HE) base through its AISHE reports. The recently released 2018-19 report affirms India’s rapid progression towards higher enrollment and inclusion. By harnessing this correctly, we can develop human capital to accelerate economic growth.

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Could the knowledge ecology go the way of the current economyedit

The Telegraph

By Debaditya Bhattacharya

An impending bill aims to arbitrarily dissolve the UGC and replace it with the Higher Education Commission of India Since 1956, the UGC has existed as an autonomous institution entrusted with the dual task of ensuring minimum standards of quality as well as disbursing government grants to public funded colleges and universities ( All India Council for Technical Education).

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Artificial Intelligence: Enhancing the Learning Experience for a Better Futureedit

Digital Learning Elets Online

By Rumani Arora

In the 21st century, it is technology that is ruling the world. With increasing adoption of technology in almost every sphere of life, it is now a part of our normal lives. We are surrounded by this emerging technology in the form of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that has already begun to alter education tools and institutions and changing what the future might look like in education.

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