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News Investment upto 2 lakh crores for India's electronics system design, manufacturing space in next four years: IESA India’s electronics system design and manufacturing sector are on the verge to receive investments up to Rs 2 lakh crore, in within the next four years, the industry body India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA) stated. IESA president M N Vidyashankar said that applications cleared at the Central and state level are worth about Rs 1.5 lakh crore over the last twoand-half years, under various programs in the Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) space. Vidyashankar said IESA, the trade body representing the ESDM industry in India, would set up front offices in Taiwan (Taipei) by December and Japan (Fukoka) soon to attract investment. IESA is also contemplating opening offices in the US and South Korea. NI addresses the different facets of a 'Connected World' at NIDays 2016 NI, the provider of systems that enable engineers and scientists to solve the world’s greatest engineering challenges, on October 19, 2016, successfully hosted the 13th edition of NIDays – an annual conference on graphical system design – in Bangalore. The event was attended by over 500 engineers, scientists, and experts from Industry and Academia who discussed the trends, opportunities, and challenges that lie in the future of connected systems. At the seminar, NI India launched the latest version of its flagship product, LabVIEW 2016, with enhancements in acquiring, processing and managing data from remote data acquisition systems. NIDays offered 21 technical sessions and tutorials along with a wide range of products and application demonstrations. The diverse set of panelists shared their ideas on trends in communication systems, embedded electronics, security and automated test systems that address the challenges and opportunities for the next generation of connected systems. NI also hosted its annual student design contest NIYantra 2016 as an effort to foster spirit of innovation in engineering students and expose them to experiential education. This contest, held over a period of six months, helped the undergraduate engineers design their project ideas and convert them into working models using NI hardware and software. ELE Times | 09 | November, 2016