TSSC signs MoU with TiE and IESA for IoT skill development centre

Telecom Sector Skill Council (TSSC) has signed an MoU with the Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and India Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) to set up IoT Skill Centre (COE) in Bangalore.

The IoT centre will provide IoT related vocational training courses. The MoU was signed between Lt Gen (Retd) Dr SP Kochhar, CEO, TSSC, Krishnamoorthy Krishnan, chairman, IESA and Naganand Doraswamy, president, TiE.

This MoU would help compliment each others technical capabilities and industry reach, to achieve a common goal of skilling India in the IoT domain. TiE, IESA and TSSC training partners will synergize their efforts and conduct approved courses, resulting in improved proliferation of IoT courses in India.

IoT, as a technology, holds a huge potential and promises, with applicability across sectors. Countrys vision of Smart Cities, Digital India, connected eco-systems and assisted decision making entered around Big Data and analytics, has strong links to IoT solutions.

Lt Gen (Retd) Dr SP Kochhar, CEO, TSSC said, "TSSC main aim for the next 5 years is to train approximately 8.67 million people which will be beneficial for the telecom industrys growth. We are outreaching to rural areas also by online and offline courses through various training centres."

IoT as a technology holds a huge potential in semi-urban and rural sectors, and can potentially make or break various governance initiatives. Real time monitoring of parameters in rural areas related to reservoir levels, power, weather, sanitation etc. is all possible through IoT and can provide valuable and timely insights to initiate corrective/preventive actions. IoT also has enabling potential in the field of education, health and financial proliferation to ensure an all-inclusive economy.