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GoI recognises KIIT as Institution of Eminenceedit
It has been getting ‘A’ Grade from NAAC, the country’s top accreditation body for higher education institutions, for three times in a row. B.Tech programmes have got the coveted Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK accreditation, besides Tier 1′ (Washington Accord) from NBA. It has also been ranked among top 50 universities by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Government of India.
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Industry News: Information and Communications
Internet companies prepare to fight the Deepfake futureedit
Deepfakes a term that generally describes videos doctored with cutting edge artificial intelligence have already challenged our assumptions about what is real and what is not. By Cade MetzSAN FRANCISCO Several months ago, Google hired dozens of actors to sit at a table, stand in a hallway and walk down a street while talking into a video camera.
CyberSecuritydeepfakesHow Rajasthan’s tiger reserves are using AI to reduce poachingedit
By Arpita Mishra
Was it the rustle of leaves, a little bird attempting its first flight, or a big cat on the prowl that pierced the stillness of the night? Generations of conservation biologists, animal scientists and indigenous tribesmen have tried to decode the ways of the wild. While traditional methods of data gathering have been in vogue for centuries, human beings are prone to errors.
AIDataIndustry News: Future of Mobility
We Can Finally Stop Calling Every Small Electric Vehicle A Scooteredit
By Sasha Lekach
SAE International, the engineering association that sets standards for autonomous vehicles, announced its first classification system for powered micromobility vehicles, otherwise known as escooters and other small electric vehicles, on Thursday.
e-scootersEVFuture of MobilityNew electrodes may increase efficiency of electric vehicles: Studyedit
A team led by Dr Jodie Lutkenhaus, a professor in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, believes that lighter electric vehicles can be achieved by storing energy within the structural body panels
EVFuture of MobilityKSEB plans EV charging units at auto stands, mallsedit
Not just government office premises and public places, Kerala state electricity board (KSEB) is even planning to sanction permission for setting up electric vehicle (EV) charging units even at autorickshaw stands and shopping malls.
EVEV Charging InfrastructureFuture of MobilityElectric vehicles in Delhi to get green number platesedit
The transport department has made green-colored registration plates compulsory for electric vehicles in Delhi. The Centre had announced last year that all electric vehicles must have green registration plates.
EV PolicyFuture of MobilityE-bus tender copy sent for judicial previewedit
Following the guidelines of Andhra Pradesh Infrastructure (transparency preview) Bill 2019, the AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) submitted the tender documentation copy pertaining to introduction of electric buses for judicial preview to Justice B Siva Shankar Rao on Monday.
e-mobilityEV PolicyBhubaneswar Gets Smarter As EBuses Land In Odisha Capitaledit
By Devbrat Patnaik
Commuters in the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack will soon enjoy the comfort of travelling in noisefree and modern electric buses (ebuses) as the muchawaited ebus project kicked off in the capital city on a trial basis.
e-busese-mobilityEV PolicyArtificial Intelligence, Data & Indias Electric Vehicles Policyedit
The worldwide energy depletion crisis and the ongoing climate change calls for an immediate global transition to renewable energy alternatives such as the EV technology. The Indian government has recently announced its plan to build an EV charging station after every three km in its bid to realize its dream of ushering an all electric transition by the year 2030.
AIDataEV PolicyIndustry News: Future of Work
Only 0.4% Engineering graduates in India are directly employableedit
By Abid Hasan
The survey found that amongst the engineers graduating each year, only 0.4% are directly employable. Of these, 3.6% are force fit in emerging tech, 20% are employed in services (not tech or engineering jobs).
employabilityFuture of JobsOpinion | India’s IT skill deficitedit
According to Nasscom, an industry body, more than a third of Indias IT workforce, or about 1 million engineers, could be staring at redundancy over the next five years unless reskilled in technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Machine Learning and Blockchain.
IT UpskillingSkill GapNon-employees to power companies, says surveyedit
By Rica Bhattacharya
There are two things increasingly happening in work. First is work is increasingly being pulled out of the organisation and being done elsewhere and then being brought in. The second is the growing plurality of means of getting work done, Willis Towers Watson managing director Ravin Jesuthasan said.
Future of JobsFuture of Workfuture workplaceArtificial Intelligence will assist humans to do work better: Deloitteedit
This (AI) is about augmenting human intelligence. When you step back and look at AI, yes there is hype, it will replace all jobs. We say look that’s not the right way to approach it. The correct way to say is that this set of artificial intelligence technologies will augment and assist humans to do their work better,” Ashvin Vellody, Partner, Deloitte India told indianexpress.com during an interaction.
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Internships must for BTech, MBA students: UGCedit
In its letter, UGC also mentioned that the move is on the lines of recommendations of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), which has implemented the concept of internship in the current academic session. AICTE introduced the concept for second, third and fourth year students of engineering courses.
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