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India’s First IoT policy

India’s first Internet of Things Policy comes at the most appropriate time when the country is moving towards digitalization and a policy like this will support the initiatives taken in this direction. Two major efforts taken by the Government of India which will lead to a rapid growth of IoT industry are Smart Cities project and Digital India Program.

Under the Smart Cities project, the government plans to turn 100 selected cities into smart cities. Smart cities will be a city with all smart facilities like smart transportation, smart water management, smart energy management and so forth. This all will lead to a quick expansion of the IoT sector in India as IoT will play a vital role in accomplishing the smart cities objective.

Modi Government came out with the ‘Digital India Program’ with a vision of ‘transforming India into digital empowered society and knowledge economy’. This Program has been launched with the aim to take India towards the era of digitalization and to ensure that all Government services are available to the citizens electronically. IoT will play a vital role in achieving this, hence representing a big opportunity for the IoT industry for it to grow and prosper.

IoT deliver inclusive growth

When technology embraces intelligence, transformation become the order of the day. Call it Connected Machines or Internet of Things (IoT), the next wave of the Industrial Revolution is here and its impacting every sector of the global economy.

India is on-track to become a potential superpower in the next decade, and is ramping its infrastructure to support transformational changes through digitalization. Ongoing initiatives like Digital India and 100 Smart Cities are fueling the country’s vision to become one of the most powerful economies by 2020. However, plenty of work still needs to be done to support its transformation, which has the potential to impact the more than 1.3 billion people of this country. With information and communications technology (ICT) being a key enabler of IoT, India will need to ensure it is making smart investments in building a robust infrastructure that can support its digital transformation.

IoT solutions require integration of IT and OT and an Intelligent Platform.

For those unfamiliar with the concept of IoT, it describes the intelligent network of assets and people connected via sensors, devices and video cameras that capture data that can be analyzed using advanced statistical models, machine learning algorithms and AI to gain greater insight that supports better decision-making. This requires tight integration of IT systems used for computing and data analysis with operational technology (OT) used to support, manage and monitor assets, people and processes in cities, businesses and industrial operations. IoT platforms that offer embedded IT/OT integration and analytics can accelerate the process to deliver valuable outcomes.

The IoT Opportunity for India

IoT is now transforming industries on a global scale. A prime example is in the energy sector, which is rapidly evolving by connecting thousands of grids and millions of smart meters at customer homes and offices, helping utilities to realize greater operational efficiencies, cost and energy savings through automated power distribution and smart integration of IT and OT. A resilient energy system, for instance, can address network failures and other inefficiencies in power grids. Intelligent data capture and analysis supported by technologies like advanced supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems will deliver upbeat network monitoring and management capabilities.

The scenario is more or less the same for Smart Cities. With the government’s vision to ensure safety across public domains like streets, buildings, shopping malls, etc., OT/IT integration holds even greater relevance. The “Smart Cities / Safe Cities” concept envisages social innovation and public safety through connected intelligence delivered by IoT. The scope of the project also includes effective collaboration among different sectors like healthcare, education, law enforcement, etc. With Aadhaar at the helm and the digital infrastructure to drive it forward, India has embarked on a historical social security mission for inclusive growth. Further, the latest developments around digitization of financial transactions, as well as the e-governance drive, have brought IoT closer to the citizens. With effective IT/OT integration strategy, the country can implement a common governance and process model around a centrally managed data lake.

Tackling the IoT Integration Challenge –

Typically, IoT integration involves the task of addressing the digital divide between the physical devices, which generate diverse operational data and the digital platforms designed to ingest and govern data to derive meaningful insights. Also, the integration that targets initiatives like Digital India and Smart Cities cannot be focused on one industry vertical—rather it should enable secure and open information exchange across accompanying verticals and platforms.

Secure, composable and scalable IoT platforms are in demand. They allow businesses and other entities to develop their own applications and solutions to support more effective management of resources. For instance, utility companies can build applications to save energy, whereas telecom service providers can launch targeted campaigns by tapping the location data of its users. Of late, initiatives such as transportation-as-a-service have been gaining popularity among developed countries.

To achieve its digital transformation goals, India must develop a future-proof IoT infrastructure that can adapt to emerging technologies and changing customer requirements. While integrating their existing platforms, they should position themselves to embrace popular open source technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, and NoSQL. Further, they should create a centralized data lake and prioritize IT/OT integration.

In short, the IoT strategy for pan-India digital initiatives demands a flexible infrastructure that provides city and urban planners with the flexibility, convenience and cost advantages required to position India as a thriving power player in the global digital economy.

 

Credit – analyticsindiamag

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