India gets in to the IOT bus

After missing electronics manufacturing opportunity bus in 90s, India trying hard now to enter the second electronics system design and Manufacturing (ESDM) opportunity, which is now possible. The modern electronics manufacturing is highly related to the IOT technology. In the fast emerging IOT space, India do not want to miss the opportunity. India gets inside the IOT bus by taking some good initiatives so that both the start-ups and well-established companies can leverage to cater to the needs of domestic market as well as export. Though fragmented and highly related to every sector of industry including agriculture, IOT is an opportunity for Indian IT as well as electronics entrepreneurs. The IOT market demands a lot of embedded software and hardware knowledge, where Indian industry has some strength. One of the significant indicator of India's entry into IoT market opportunity is, The initiative by the industry body NASSCOM with the support of Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY), Education and Research Network (ERNET) in starting a India’s first Centre of Excellence - Internet of Things (CoE- IoT) at the NASSCOM Startups Warehouse in Bengaluru. The Centre of excellence is also supported by state government of Karnataka. The CoE intent to leverage IT strengths and creating a new age industry with the support of IoT based ideas. The CoE ...