IoT India congress 2016 focuses on building IoT implementation roadmap

The IoT India Congress 2016, India's first completely integrated IoT platform is focusing on building a common road map for IoT implementation in India.

The IoT India Congress 2016, was launched by JS Deepak, secretary, ministry of telecommunications, government of India today at The Lalit, Bangalore.

The congress focuses to bring the IoT practitioners (hardware - devices, portables, sensors, software, business) and IoT enablers (regulatory, training, investors in IoT, end users) to work together and create a platform that is industry efficient as well as robust.

The 3 day session focusing on 4 tracks including retail, healthcare, manufacturing and smart cities will have over 50 prominent speakers from across the industry along with Master Class sessions on Internet of Things designed by the authors of the path breaking book, "Enterprise IoT". They will take step towards making the inevitable connected world more efficient, smart, innovative and safe.

The speakers at the session include: Sanjay Brahmawar, global head & managing partner - Strategic Business Development, IBM Watson Internet of Things, Jim Morrish, founder and chief research officer, Machina Research; Ravi Ramaswamy, senior director & head - Health Systems, Philips Innovation Campus; Dr Satish Prasad Rath, chief innovation manager, Healthcare Research, Xerox Innovation Group; Srikanth Gopalakrishnan, VP – IoT Digital Enterprise Assets, SAP; V Namasivayam, senior director, Deloitte; Shekhar Sanyal, country head & director, IET India; Dr Rishi Bhatnagar, chairman, IoT India Congress and president, Aeris; and Anirban Choudhury, VP - Infrastructure, Vittal Innovation City.

The event is co-organised by the IET and MCI and supported by the department of telecommunications, ministry of communications & information technology, government of India. Industrial Internet Consortium, Indian Electronics and Semiconductors Association (IESA), Institution of Mechanical Engineers (India) and Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA) are association partners for the IoT India Congress 2016.

The congress will also host the prestigious IoT Thought Leadership Awards 2016 and the IoT Start-Up Awards 2016 to identify and celebrate prolific leaders and businesses that are giving an impetus to the substantially thriving sector of the Internet of Things. The shortlisted start-ups will be recognised by Rita Teaotia, secretary, Ministry of Commerce & Industry as part of the award nite taking place on September 8, 2016.

“The IoT India Congress is the first edition of a completely integrated IoT platform-of-platforms and we are excited by the participation and enthusiasm from the IoT ecosystem and we look forward to the captivating sessions in the coming two days,” Dr Rishi Bhatnagar, chairman of the IoT India Congress Organizing Committee.

TV Ramachandran, president, Broadband India Forum, said, “The IoT India Congress 2016 is an exemplary effort to unite all the key stakeholders of IoT and provide a unified voice to the tech community that is staring at the face of the next revolution of information and Technology with IoT. It has aptly provided a channel for the corporates to work together and lead India towards being a digitally empowered economy.”