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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) India today launched its IoT Panel in Bengaluru. The panel will be chaired by Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar, Vice President – Global Head Digital Enterprise Services, Tech Mahindra and aims to be a neutral, authoritative and credible voice for the evolving movement of IoT in India.The panel also unveiled a whitepaper on IoT titled ‘The Next Horizon – Internet of Things: A Business Must’, authored by Dr Bhatnagar.
According to research conducted by Machina Research, an anticipated 34 billion devices will be connected by 2023, 1.9 billion of which will be in India. Recognising the significance of the Internet of Things in connecting and impacting technologies across sectors, the IET India IoT panel will focus on facilitating discussions that will help in making the inevitable connected world more efficient, smart, innovative and safe. It will emphasise on technology, security and regulatory concerns and the need for nurturing capabilities and talent for a quicker adoption of IoT in all spheres.
“This panel is a volunteer-led visionary neutral think tank in the IoT space and would be focussing on the role of India in the IoT space”, said Dr Rishi Bhatnagar, Chair of the IET India IoT Panel. “The panel will have 6 working groups on IoT applications which will concentrate on IoT approaches that are being applied across market segments and various businesses. Besides these, the core panel has set up of a global advisory panel and a special working group around IoT Labs and on Regulatory & Legal points.”
The panel will also constitute sub panels focussing on the application of IoT in Agriculture, Retail, Energy and Healthcare domains. Each of these sub panels will work towards undertaking neutral pilots and studies and publishing white papers around the application of IoT in the respective domains.
A Global Advisory Body comprising of Prof William Webb, President of the IET, Sir Robin Saxby, Ex Founding CEO & Chairman of ARM Holdings plc and Jim Morrish, Founder & Chief Research Offer, Machina Research, UK.
About the IET:
Founded 143 years ago, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), earlier known as (IEE) is one of the world’s leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The IET is based in the UK and has 163,000+ members in 127 countries, with active networks of members in 37 countries.
In India, the IET has over 12,000 members, 8 Local Networks and focuses on the Energy, Information and Communications, Transport and Built Environment sectors.
