December 2, 2019

News for the IET

No specific news for IETedit

Scroll down for industry specific news

News for other PEI

No specific news for PEIedit

Scroll down for industry specific news

Industry News: Information and Communications

This AI system may help doctors treat patients with traumatic brain injuryedit

Business Standard

Researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) based system to help doctors treat patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) a significant global cause of deaths, especially in low and middle income countries.

AIIoT in Healthcare
Midlevel IT jobs to face pressure in 2020; fresher hiring to remain robustedit

Business Standard

The headcount reduction at companies that we are seeing now is driven more by skill requirement than anything else. But, there is no slowdown in the industry as such the market has huge demand for engineers with digital skill sets, which exceeds the supply base, said Supaul Chand, head of digital at TeamLease. Languages like Python, Angular Java and programmes related to Cloud, artificial intelligence or machine learning are in huge demand.

Future of JobsFuture of WorkIT Jobs
India IT services & business market to hit $13.3bn this yearedit

Silicon India

The need of the hour is quick and effective adaptation to the new digital environment, which can be achieved through the development of new skills for executing complex models in IoT, AI, ML, blockchain, data science and robotics.

AIIoTIT Service SectorML
How Small Businesses Look to Leverage Big Data and Data Analyticsedit

Analytics Insight

Today, data has often been referred to as the new oil and makes a major part of any business. However, this huge amount of data that is generated by the enterprises remains underutilized and gets accumulated while storing in the business databases. This data is very insightful and its advantages have been fueled by smart innovations and implementation of tools that made it possible to extract the maximum out of it.

Big Datadata analysisMSME
How Cyber Insurance in India is Shaping Upedit

Silicon India

Rising digitalization of businesses due to adoption of Cloud, Mobile, Social Media and IoT, thus expanding the threat surface, the current evolving threat landscape, the recent ransomware/malware, increasing awareness on cybersecurity, apprehensions around implication of GDPR and Indias Personal Data Protection Bill are some of the driving factors for cyber insurance.

Cyber spaceCyberSecurityIoT
Cyber security predictions for 2020edit

Express Computer

Web application security is often overlooked because most organizations don’t have the resources or skills needed to manage the solutions properly. In addition many customers presume their hosting service supplies this protection when they may cover some but not all their requirements.

Cyber spaceCyberSecurity
Companies using tech to move Fast Moving Consumer Goods fasteredit

The Economic Times

Advancements in technology and Internet of Things have made a transformative impact across the supply chain process from assessing market demand using digital analytical forecasting to an integrated operations planning strategy, said Ankur Bhagat, Head Supply Chain, Procter & Gamble Indian Subcontinent.

Emerging TechnologyRetailRetail Technology
A Guided Tour of AI and the Murky Ethical Issues It Raisesedit

I sometimes had a similar experience reading Artificial Intelligence. In Mitchells telling, artificial intelligence (AI) raises extraordinary issues that have disquieting implications for humanity. AI isnt for the faint of heart, and neither is this book for non-scientists.

AIEthics
72% Of Cybersecurity Suspicions Turn Out To Be Actual Threats: Studyedit

Republic World

In the majority of cases when security researchers request additional details of a suspicious object, they actually turn out to be malicious and put corporate security at risk, shows a new Kaspersky study. Security experts said that they did an analysis of statistics derived from their threat intelligence portal which showed a direct link between premonition of danger and the actual results.

Cyber spaceCyberSecurity
564 kWp rooftop solar plant commissioned by SmartCity Kochiedit

Devdis Course

A complete IoT based energy management system developed by Sunshot has also been installed for better operation and maintenance of the plant. The plant is also equipped with stateoftheart sensors such as module temperature sensor, ambient temperature sensor, pyranometer, and lightning arrester.

Smart CitiesSolar Energy
Building a better battery with machine learning and Artificial Intelligenceedit

The Economic Times

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have turned to the power of machine learning and artificial intelligence to dramatically accelerate the process of battery discovery.

AIEnergyML
AI 101: How learning computers are becoming smarteredit

Business Insider

Many companies use the term artificial intelligence, or AI, as a way to generate excitement for their products and to present themselves as on the cutting edge of tech development.

AIEmerging Technology
Not only large firms, smartphones also hotspots of cyberattacks: Studyedit

Business Standard

Talking about the cybersecurity trends next year, Jarvis said that Internet of Things (IoT) is already something that organisations are using but unfortunately, it is not something that they are protecting.

cyber attacksCyberSecurityIoT
Digital India: Robust and agile technology is a mustedit

The Financial Express

At the same time, Indias technology sector, backed by favourable policies and incentives and made up of large IT services providers as well as innovative startups, is expanding its global footprint with software solutions for industries spanning power utilities to sports teams. A lot of these opportunities have been facilitated by rising capabilities in newgen technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and automation.

Digital IndiaEmerging Technology
Cybersecurity reboot: Govt invites suggestionsedit

Business Standard

By Neha Alawadhi

“The present cyber threat landscape poses challenges due to rapid technological developments. New challenges include data protection/privacy, law enforcement in evolving cyberspace, access to data stored overseas, misuse of social media platforms, international cooperation on cybercrime & cyber terrorism, and so on.

Cyber crimeCyberSecurity
Artificial intelligence that treats severe brain injuryedit

Free Press Journal

Researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) based algorithm that could help doctors treat patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The algorithms can predict the probability of the patient dying within 30 days with an accuracy of 8085 per cent, said the study published in the journal Scientific Reports.

AIHealthcare
AI IN BANKING: Artificial intelligence could be a near $450 billion opportunity for banks here are the strategies the winners are usingedit

Business Insider

The aggregate potential cost savings for banks from AI applications is estimated at $447 billion by 2023, with the front and middle office accounting for $416 billion of that total, per Autonomous Next research seen by Business Insider Intelligence.

AIBFSI

Industry News: Future of Mobility

Why the income-tax sop has not electrified EV salesedit

The Hindu Business Line

In fact, due to a host of reasons, sales of electric two-wheelers and four-wheelers plummeted during April to September 2019, compared to the corresponding period in 2018, according to data shared by the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), the registered association representing EV makers.

e-mobilityEVFuture of Mobility
Indias EV charging infrastructure starts to take shapeedit

The New Indian Express

Long cited as one of the most vexing challenges facing electric vehicle (EV) adoption on a household basis in India, the country’s virtually nonexistent EV charging infrastructure has finally begun to take shape.

EV Charging InfrastructureFuture of Mobility
EV Myths Busted: Electric Vehicles Are Not More Expensiveedit

The Quint

Electric vehicles are so damn slow. Electric vehicles are inconvenient for longer trips. And of course, do you know how expensive electric vehicles are. If you’ve ever had a conversation about electric vehicles (EVs) with your peers, you must have heard them make these claims and present them as facts.

EVFuture of Mobility
Electric vehicle sales will increase to 34 million in 2025 Studyedit

The Economic Times

The study indicates that electric vehicles will bring considerable load on the grid and it brings an opportunity for new investment in the sector in the 2020s to handle the upcoming surge in demand. The study indicates that electric vehicles will bring considerable load on the grid and it brings an opportunity for new investment in the sector in the 2020s to handle the upcoming surge in demand.

e-mobilityFuture of Mobility
Electric Vehicle business ideas and opportunitiesedit

Over Drive

It is expected that EVs will change the future, primarily because of their environmental benefits. EVs will help clean up the air and also use lesser resources reducing our dependency on the planet. Well that last part is debatable.

e-mobilityEVgreen mobility
100 electric autorickshaws mostly driven by women to hit roads soon in Chennaiedit

The Times of India

Made by Mauto Electric Mobility, it can be booked after downloading the auto Pride app on smartphones. The firm has also launched conventional diesel based autos, for which the base fare is Rs 30 for the first 1.8 km and Rs 14 per km after that. The fare chart for e-autos is yet to be made available in the app.

e-rickshawsEV PolicyFuture of Mobility
Why auto giants and startups are showing interest in electric vehiclesedit

The Financial Express

A few months ago, the NITI Aayog noted that the country can save up to Rs 17,000 crore if EVs hit the road by 2030. This figure is based on the assumption that the vehicles eligible under FAME II can cumulatively save 5.4 million tonnes of oil equivalent over their lifetime.

EVEV PolicyFAME IIFuture of Mobility
India has key role in achieving price point in EVsedit

The Hindu

As the automotive industry shifts to alternative propulsion systems, specifically electric vehicles, Tata Technologies Ltd., a subsidiary of Tata Motors, having expertise in providing end-to-end solutions, is playing a pioneering role in helping auto companies adapt to changes.

e-mobilityEVFuture of Mobility
Electric Future Forces Reckoning for Nations All In on Carsedit

The Economic Times

Even global car makers with more financial resources will face difficulties to adapt. Half of them aren’t in a strong position to handle the transition requiring a step change in the production and sales of electric vehicles as well as the level of technological investment, according a report by Moodys Investors Service.

e-carse-mobilityEV
High efficiency gains to spur use of PM motor in future EV designs: Reportedit

The Economic Times

Growing demand of higher operating efficiency in electric vehicles is likely to fuel the requirement of permanent magnet synchronous motors in coming years, according to a new research. There are three main types of electric vehicle traction motors in commercial use: permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs), induction motors (IMs), and electrically excited synchronous motors (EESMs).

e-mobilityEV
Autocar Professionals December 1 issue: Industry presses the pedal on e-mobility and BS VIedit

Auto Car Professional

Indian automotive companies are going all out in an effort to take on new challenges and also embrace e-mobility. Autocar Professionals December 1 issue focuses on innovations in e-mobility, all the buzz in the two-wheeler space, tracks the race to BS VI preparedness and stunning new UV launches globally.

BS-VIe-mobilityFuture of Mobility
AP should be part of Go Electric campaign: BEEedit

The Times of India

In a bid to promote e-mobAdd Newility, the Union government has decided to delicense electric vehicle charging stations. Any interested person may now establish charging stations for electric vehicles. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has been appointed as the nodal agency to promote electric vehicle charging stations.

e-mobilityEV PolicyFuture of Mobility

Industry News: Future of Work

Future Jobs You Must Know Aboutedit

Tech Story

The earliest revolution in the way we work came about with the First Industrial Revolution. Today, three more industrial revolutions later, one can only imagine the pace with which the world is evolving. Every sector of the economy is affected by advancements in technology and the changing nature of work.

Future of JobsFuture of Work
Gig economy: Then and nowedit

People Matters

Managing the gig workers, integrating them into the organizational culture, providing them the right kind of rewards and benefits, and creating governmental policies that would enable future workplaces of tomorrow to bring in a blended workforce, have become the need of the hour for organizations to succeed in the future.

Future of WorkGig Economy
How upskilling can help you be an essential part of the gig economyedit

People Matters

In order to get gigs and develop a robust portfolio, you have to be in sync with the latest technology and developments happening in your field and industry. The signs of its growing demand are already visible. The skills gap is impacting the economy. In the case of India, a large part of such gig ends up employing in lower skilled and low pay jobs due to a lack of desire to take part in upskilling programs.

Future of WorkGig EconomyUpskilling
Midlevel IT jobs to face pressure in 2020; fresher hiring to remain robustedit

Business Standard

The headcount reduction at companies that we are seeing now is driven more by skill requirement than anything else. But, there is no slowdown in the industry as such the market has huge demand for engineers with digital skill sets, which exceeds the supply base, said Supaul Chand, head of digital at TeamLease. Languages like Python, Angular Java and programmes related to Cloud, artificial intelligence or machine learning are in huge demand.

Future of JobsFuture of WorkIT Jobs
82 per cent of Indians feel technology is making workplaces efficient: Lenovo studyedit

ANI News

73 per cent of respondents in India believe tech helps people get good jobs and enhance careers. Interestingly, 83 per cent of employees from India are glad artificial intelligence (AI) took over the boring parts of their jobs, which include tasks such as paperwork, timesheets and invoices, notetaking and more.

Emerging Technologyfuture workplace
The bots are coming for your jobedit

Live Mint

By Nitin Sreedhar

When it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI), no aspect has been discussed more than the future of work. What sort of implications will AI have on jobs and the labour market Will machines give human employees more time or will they take over their roles altogether Will AI cause a major disruption

AutomationFuture of Jobs
How Companies Can Empower AI Leadershipedit

Analytics Insight

Artificial intelligence has immediately moved beyond bits and pieces of topical experiments in the advancement lab. Artificial intelligence should be meshed into the texture of the business. To be sure, if you see the organizations driving with AI today, one of the common factors is that there is a solid executive focus around artificial intelligence.

AIFuture of Work

Industry News: Education

Educated youth advised to update their technical skills: M Goutham Reddyedit

The Hans India

Minister for Industries and Information Technology M Goutham Reddy said that though there has been an improvement in the curriculum, students are still learning outdated subjects. They have to update their skills to get better job opportunities and also for their better future.

engineering educationFuture of EducationUpskilling
New education policy to focus on exam reform, 30% questions being picked from textbooks: AICTE chiefedit

India Today

“The process of learning in educational institutions needs to change as there is the need for the teacher to know what to teach to the student and how to do it. The problem is we are not addressing the problems that have been stalking the system,” Sahasrabudhe said.

Future of EducationNational Education Policy
A New Vision For Educationedit

Business World

The new government at the centre, with a committed and charismatic leader at the top has raised the expectations of a generation of people like no other before him and probably will not in future. As true for any progressive dispensation, this government too, views education with highest priority.

Education PolicyFuture of Education
Browse by Month
Browse by Month