MVJ College of Engineering Inter-Collegiate Tech Fest “VERTECHX 9.0” Key Focus on Fighter Bots, Hackathon, IoT Challenge

Vertechx 9.0 is the National Level Technical Fest organised by MVJ College of Engineering. The Fest, which was held today on March 1, 2019, saw more than 1500 students, participated in various competitions that tested them on their technical and innovation skills.

MVJ College of Engineering hosted the inter-collegiate national level technical fest “VERTECHX 9.0” at its Whitefield Campus. The theme for the year was “Tech is Omnipresent” with over 1500 students and 40 colleges participating. Vertechx is a national level technical fest, and a platform for all students from engineering colleges across Karnataka and other states to congregate, showcase and prove their technical excellence in Co-curricular activities.  Competitions like Airborne, Aqua Soccer, E-Animate, Fighter Bot, Hackathon, Ideate, Info graphics, IoT Challenge, Pocket Bike Racing, Puzzle Championship, Drone GP, Speed-O-Track, Voice Controlled Robot were part of the two-day festival. Prizes worth Rs.4 lakhs were won by the participants from different colleges, at different events. The Chief Guest for the event Dr. I K Bhat, Vice Chancellor, Manav Rachna University is a distinguished academician and administrator, who has held many key positions in AICTE and NBA. The Chief Guest pointed out “The Success in Future depends upon a balance of Iteration, Innovation and Disruption. Iteration-Doing the same thing better, Innovation- Doing new things, Disruption – Doing New Things that make old things Obsolete. If you don’t disrupt yourself, it will be a gift to you by someone else” The event undoubtedly rose to the next level, with his presence.

About MVJ College of Engineering: MVJCE ranks high in Bengaluru for its singular dedication to world-class engineering and management education. From being the first (under VTU) to offer Aeronautical Engineering courses, to earning 125 University ranks in the last 10 years alone, MVJCE enjoys a solid reputation among the student community, particularly those with a passion for engineering. Today the college stands proud among the 61 engineering colleges in India and top10 engineering colleges in Bengaluru.

MVJ College of Engineering (MVJCE) Bangalore, (URL: www.mvjce.edu.in) has a 36-year legacy of producing quality industry-ready engineers. We offer courses in B.E. in Aeronautical, Mechanical, Electronics and Communication, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, Information Science and Chemical Engineering all of which are accredited by NBA. We also offer B.E. Programme in Aerospace and Civil Engineering. apart from M.Tech programmes in 5 disciplines, and Research Centers in Aeronautical, Civil, Electronics & Communication, and Mechanical Engineering. Every year, around 3500 students study in MVJCE. Till date, more than 21,000 engineers have graduated from MVJCE. For the past four years, MVJCE has been positioned among the top 4 Colleges in the University for the number of University ranks its students have secured. The academic strength of MVJCE is reflected in the constant and excellent results over the past 10 years - above 96% University pass percentage, and 125 University ranks.

MVJCE has established Tinkering lab, Tomorrow’s Engineers club, UAV lab, Astronomy club, Robotics & Industrial automation lab, Entrepreneurship & Development cell, Idea box, Industry Institute Partnership Cell,  Infosys Campus connect programme, NI LabVIEW Academy.

Garmin India Opens New State-of-the-Art Showroom in Bengaluru

Garmin India Pvt Ltd, a unit of Garmin Ltd. has launched its first ever state-of-the-art, exclusive showroom in Bengaluru. The global leader in smart-watches, is extending its offline presence to make a strong connect with the client and cater their after-sell-service requirements.

Located at Sector 3, HSR Layout in the southern part of the tech-city of Bengaluru, near Electronic City, the fully operational showroom displays Garmin’s wide range of popular watches bringing in multiple options for its customers including Vivo series, Fenix series, Edge series, FR Series and newly launched Instinct.

The store was inaugurated in the presence of Mr. Ali Rizvi, National Sales Manager, Garmin India along with business partners and officials from Garmin India.

The showroom is equipped with service centre spread offering one stop solution to its customers, buying Garmin products. The showroom is also furnished with live units display counters of the watches, which helps customers to physically experience and make a choice of the products.

Keeping the fitness tracking as the main USP of the Garmin watches, the store is also equipped with running treadmill and indoor cycling trainer, which helps customers to check the quality and strength of Garmin watches and experience it of their own. They can also feel, differentiate and compare it to other watches or fitness trackers available in the market.

Commenting on the inauguration Mr. Ali Rizvi, National Sales Manager, Garmin India said, “Bengaluru is one of the most important markets for Garmin India and we are excited to announce that Garmin’s watches are the most preferred options for the buyers in the city, given its quality and wide range of our products. Whether the customer is looking for lifestyle watch, fitness watch or other sports watch, this showroom will cater to all the choices and needs of the customers. This is our first step to expand our network in Karnataka state.  We are confident that very soon we would have more touchpoints for our customers in the Southern India region.”

Garmin also offers smart wearable across price points with dedicated devices for golf and cycling activities amongst a range of other products. Recently, Garmin India has launched its first ever lifestyle watch – Instinct in India, a strong and durable GPS-enabled smart-watch with built-in 3-axis compass and barometric altimeter plus multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLONASS and Galileo) support and wrist-based heart rate monitor.

More Than 90% of Operators Fear Increasing Energy Costs for 5G and Edge: Survey

Vertiv, together with technology analyst firm 451 Research, has released the findings of an in-depth survey which reveals a good sense of optimism about the services 5G will enable and the interplay with edge computing. The majority of telecoms operators surveyed believe the 5G era will start in earnest in 2021 in all geographies, with 88 percent of respondents planning to deploy 5G in 2021-2022.

However, more than 90 percent of respondents believe 5G will result in higher energy costs and are interested in technologies and services that improve efficiency. This is consistent with internal analysis by Vertiv, which finds the move to 5G is likely to increase total network energy consumption by 150-170 percent by 2026, with the largest increases in macro, node and network data center areas.

The survey questioned more than 100 global telecoms operators about the opportunities and potential obstacles of deploying 5G services and the impact on edge computing adoption. Vertiv and 451 Research shared details of the findings at Mobile World Congress on February 27th in Barcelona, Spain.

“In India 5G will add more impetus to the app-based economy and improve user experience. India has the potential to be a global frontrunner in deployment and use of 5G networks, however, there are concerns around investments in deployment by service providers in India. Apart from investment another big concern is the high cost of electricity in India, which is crucial for service providers to manage the operations of networks. In the current scenario of tariff wars between the top three players, we expect the service providers to look for technologies that will optimize running costs when the 5G networks will be deployed.” said Dinesh Dhut, director - telecom, Vertiv India.

Regarding edge and 5G specifically, the survey reveals that a large majority of operators have deployed (37 percent) or plan to deploy (47 percent) edge compute that is aligned with mobile infrastructure – also called multi-access edge computing (MEC).

“This survey brings us clarity on telecom operators’ hopes and fears around 5G and edge deployments,” says Brian Partridge, research vice president for 451 Research. “The two toughest connectivity challenges for supporting 5G topologies were revealed to be upgrading access and aggregation layer networks and adding new backhaul links. Survey respondents indicated that the availability of high quality connectivity to distributed POPs and ease of site acquisition were viewed as the most critical enablers to 5G success. We were frankly surprised by some of these results and believe it brings clarity to the level of transformation the industry now faces.”

In addition to this latest survey, Vertiv has been conducting extensive research in the field, analyzing more than 100 use cases to define four main edge computing archetypes and recently releasing the paper, “Turning on 5G: Using Edge Archetypes to Identify the Most Mature Cases,” to quantify the potential impact of specific 5G implementations.

As well as the important touch-points between 5G and edge computing, the study from 451 Research and Vertiv examines some of the potential obstacles to 5G adoption and, importantly, the measures operators can take to mitigate them, such as Energy Savings as a Service (ESaaS). According to the survey, more than 90 percent of respondents said they are either extremely or moderately interested in ESaaS.

At last year’s MWC, Vertiv developed a global ESaaS contract for Telefónica, covering all facets from initial site assessment to comprehensive maintenance services and fit-for-purpose infrastructure solutions for core and access sites. Together with its partners and customers, Vertiv is developing new infrastructure, software and services to help manage the energy requirements associated with 5G and proactively optimize energy use.

T.I.E Announces Seminar on Research Publications, Grands and IPR on March 8, 2019 in Bengaluru

Technical Institute for Engineers is the professional body society which aims to promote the career growth of teachers and students in order to meet the engineering challenges of the world.

We educate our members and conduct activities to help them achieve their goals. We welcome the people to participate in society to deliver excellence in teaching, pioneering research and to establish a universal standard.

We are happy to announce that Technical Institute for Engineers is organizing a Seminar on Recent Publications, Grants & IPR, On March 8, 2019 at Davanam Sarovar Portico Suites, Bangalore.

This seminar is focused on to understand the process to publish a research paper in a journal, know more about research grants and also about the Intellectual Property Rights.

We have also invited the following eminent personalities as Guest of Honours and Speakers at the event.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor Sells 12497 Units During February 2019

Toyota Kirloskar Motor has sold a total of 11760 units in the domestic market in the month of February 2019. The company exported 737 units of the Etios series this month thus clocking a total of 12,497 units.  In the month of February 2018, TKM sold a total of 11864 units in the domestic market and exported 841 units of the Etios series.

Commenting on the sales performance, Mr. N. Raja, Deputy Managing Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor said, “We have seen improvement in consumer sentiments as compared to last month leading to a growth in demand. However, the auto sales is witnessing a temporary slowdown in pre- election phase in addition to factors like tight liquidity condition impacting the buying behavior.

However, we are happy that the Innova Crysta continues to maintain the positive growth momentum in sales as compared to the same period last year.
                                                     
We are delighted with the overwhelming response that the All New Camry Hybrid Electric Vehicle or self-charging electric vehicle has received from customers across India. It is encouraging for us to see that the customers have recognized the enhanced product with advanced Hybrid technology with smart intuitive features unparalleled drive experience, luxury, quality, reliability and safety. We have more than 400 bookings already. We have sold more than 130 units since launch on 18th Jan 2019. We believe customers will understand and appreciate the benefits of clean & green-friendly self-charging electric vehicles. We are capitalizing all our efficiency to reduce the current waiting period for All New Camry Hybrid Electric Vehicle. We would like to sincerely thank our customers for their patience and relentless trust on Toyota products

We expect positive outlook in domestic sales in the month of March, which is generally good demand month for the industry. Additionally, the positive measures announced by the Government in Union Budget with thrust on rural economy will certainly boost the buying sentiments in the upcoming months.” He added.

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During the program’s expansion event at Rajkiya Balika Inter College, students learned and later explained complex scientific concepts such as reflection and refraction, eclipse, and inertia of motion, through simple experiments.

“Cultivating curiosity for science through innovative, fun, and experiential ways is what we undertook as a cause at Agastya. It was incredible to see the students explaining scientific concepts with clarity and confidence,” said Sai Chandrasekhar, Chief of Operations, Agastya. “Agastya is pleased to partner with Honeywell to make learning accessible to the bright young children from underprivileged communities.” 

“Being one of the world’s leading technology companies and a top recruiter of technology talent in India, we understand the importance of science, technology, engineering, and math education and its impact on the global economy,” said Mike Banach, General Manager, Honeywell UOP India. “It is gratifying to see the transformation that the Honeywell Science Experience has enabled among students in previous schools. We are glad to bring this program to students in Noida and Faridabad.”

Honeywell and Agustya Expand the Honeywell Science Experience Pprogram in the NCR

To commemorate National Science Day, Agastya International Foundation (Agastya) and Honeywell India today announced the expansion of the Honeywell Science Experience – an experiential science education program for middle and high school students and teachers of government schools in Noida and Faridabad.

Since the program’s launch in 2016, Honeywell Hometown Solutions India Foundation (HHSIF), the Company’s not-for-profit entity, has supported 25 science centers, 35 mobile science labs, and 3,000 student mentors, benefiting more than 135,000 students and 783 teachers in Delhi, Gurugram, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Madurai, Mysore, and now Noida and Faridabad.

The program’s uniquely scalable, hands-on teaching/learning method fosters child and teacher participation, encourages curiosity, and boosts experiential science education.

Microsoft Shows the “Way to Unlock Full Potential of AI” for India

Envisioning the potential of AI for India, and continuing in its mission to empower India, Microsoft detailed the country’s readiness for AI in a whitepaper titled ‘Age of Intelligence’.  Focus on making India a digital economy, mobile phone penetration, reduced data costs are all collaborating to make for an environment conducive to extend connectivity and services to the underserved segments of the population, Microsoft said in a whitepaper on AI, unveiled at the NASSCOM Technology and Leadership Forum (NTLF) 2019.

The whitepaper titled ‘Age of Intelligence’ outlines challenges and opportunities with respect to AI and how appropriate government policies, technological advancements including growing internet penetration and connectivity help reap benefits of digital transformation in years to come. Furthermore, Microsoft called for the technology industry to actively partner and engage to help realize India’s aspirations in AI, given that many of the initiatives outlined need technology as the backbone to achieve scale, efficiency and sustainability. Cloud infrastructure and rapid deployment of intelligent cloud services will play a key role in driving AI adoption in the country.

Anant Maheshwari, President, Microsoft India said “Our ambition is to enable a human-centered approach to AI. India is currently at an inflection point in the adoption of AI. Building on the four foundational pillars – enabling digital transformation across industries, forging coalitions for innovation, building a future-ready workforce and creating sustained societal impact will unlock and accelerate the potential of AI. All of this should be done within an over-arching ethical framework for AI development and usage.”

In this paper, Microsoft presents an industry point of view on the ‘age of intelligence’ that this world is embarking upon, wherein intelligence will be experienced in every facet: in products and services, in the way individuals communicate, how organizations function and collaborate, and how society and countries evolve. Microsoft AI is a vision for empowerment – for every developer to innovate, every organization to redefine industries and every individual to transform society.

Developers to innovate

Microsoft is democratizing AI and is making the technology used in building its own AI applications available on Azure to empower developers and institutions in solving their most difficult problems.

For instance, a challenge in India relates to inclusion- given India’s linguistic diversity and literacy. This results in a digital language barrier, with services not being easily accessible to all citizens. AI is playing a key role in removing this barrier, by enabling voice recognition, text to speech and translation for all key Indian languages.

Once that is fully available, all services can be offered to all citizens, in the language of their choice. Microsoft is closely working with developers to bring these services to all major Indian languages.

Enterprises to redefine

Enterprises can achieve far more with a comprehensive AI being AI to every application, every business process, and every employee. AI enables organizations to take better-informed decisions by making it easy to derive insights from data, helping them expand customer engagement, optimize operations, and improve offerings. Reimagining business processes with AI also makes work more efficient, saving employees time so they can focus on higher priorities.

Healthcare – Healthcare sector will be transformed through effective use of analytics driven insights decoding the complex data available, which so far remained a significant challenge worldwide. Microsoft has enabled analytics-driven individualized treatment plans based on a patient’s genetic makeup, medical history, lifestyle along with cloud-based solutions to empower healthcare organizations and help them build and deploy compliant, virtual health assistants can provide users with conversational and engaging access to the most relevant and accurate healthcare services and information.

For instance, Narayana Health is looking at new avenues to optimize its operations and augment patient care with technology. One of the ongoing projects being piloted internally is to use Artificial Intelligence to decipher X-Rays to point out any irregularities from a normal X-Ray, which would help doctors save time in diagnosis.

Public Sector-. AI tools enable governments to connect with their citizens more effectively, eliminate waste, and protect sensitive information. Microsoft’s Smart cities – Intelligent technology and Citizen services tools are designed to tackle common challenges such as fee and toll management, traffic optimization, and sustainability as well as help provide citizens with easier access to consolidated government services through tracking, search, and conversational bots.

Education- Technology is creating unprecedented opportunities to connect students to the world around them and help them realize their full potential. Teachers, administrators, and technology innovators are collaborating to solve some of the most pressing challenges in education through AI. Microsoft’s AI is helping in enhancing accessibility in the classrooms and providing school-wide AI insights into student success and risk across entire schools or school districts help educators make informed decisions on how to improve student outcome

As India surges forward with its digital transformation, large and small organizations - both public and private - are waking up to the power of cloud computing, data analytics and intelligence. They are already beginning to use the transformative power of the cloud to improve their lives and businesses.

Society to transform

AI is a powerful tool for increasing access to information, education, employment, government services, as well as social and economic opportunities.

In its work to deploy AI, Microsoft is working with policy think tanks and research organizations such as Niti Aayog (National Institute for Transforming India) and ICRISAT in creating and adopting frameworks to accelerate AI-led digital transformation across sectors. This will help frame the guard rails of where and how AI should be used to instill trust and responsibility across AI-based systems.

India is digitally ready for a comprehensive AI framework aligned to industries long-term strategy. With the size of the market and opportunity for growth it’s imperative to implement AI for India that bring economic, societal and inclusive growth. Microsoft is best positioned to address the current AI needs and ready to support all stakeholders across the entire spectrum including government, businesses, and communities by collaborating with them to accelerate all AI opportunities to drive critical growth for India’s progress.