Study of India-appropriate technology (IoT) solutions for Smart Cities
Principal Investigator: Bharadwaj Amrutur (Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems)
Members of the Smart City Task Force
| Dr. Hemant Darbari | Executive Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Pune (C-DAC) |
| Dr. Suresh V. | Joint Director, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Pune (C-DAC) |
| Pamela Kumar | Vice-President, Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India (CCICI) |
| Bipin Pradeep Kumar | Co-Founder, Gaia Smart Cities |
| Arvind Tiwary | Founder, SangEnnovate |
| Dr. Abhijit Lele | Robert Bosch Business and Engineering Solutions India |
| Dr. Geetha Manjunath | Head of Data Analytics Research Laboratory, Xerox Research Centre |
| Dr. Prasant Misra | Scientist (Embedded Systems and Robotics), TATA Consultancy Services |
| Narang N. Kishor | Founder, NARNIX Technolabs |
| Dileep Paruchuri | Program Manager, Intel Technologies |
| Dr. H. S. Sudhira | Director, Gubbi Labs |
| Madhav Chablani | Cloud Computing Innovation Council of India (CCICI) |
| Dr. Nanjangud C. Narendra | Principal Engineer (Research), Ericsson |
| Bindoo Srivastava | General Manager (Programs and Operations), Telecommunications Standards Development Society (TSDSI) |
| Ranjani Balasubramanian | Faculty, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology |
| Priyanka Jain | Consultant, Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems |
| Subramani M.K. | Administrative Executive, Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems |
The Indian Government has launched many national-scale ICT initiatives in the last year, some of which are:
- Smart Cities Mission (that aims to convert 100 Indian cities into hyper connected, digitized entities)
- Digital India Program (that aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy)
- Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY)
- Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
- Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM)
- Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Housing for All)
- Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
Irrespective of their final mandate, these programs are ultimately driving towards a coherent plan of infrastructure development, service delivery and information transparency for the advancement and empowerment of Indian citizens. ICT will be critical for the successful execution and long-term sustainability of these projects. Among other ICT technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT) can provide a seamless inter-connect between the physical entities with the cyber world with M2M communication and closed-loop control with/without human intervention. Hence, leapfrogging to adopt IoT as the ICT “technology of choice” will be the key to success. Some early examples of using IoT based smart solutions are: Smart parking, ITS, tele-care, woman safety, smart grids, smart urban lightning, waste management, and water management. The IoT industry in India is targeted to reach a revenue of 15 billion USD by 2020.
Given the nascent stage of IoT deployments and its immense potential to be the “technology of choice” for Smart Cities development across India, there is an urgent need for:
- An accreditation framework to lower the barriers for companies – big and small, global and local – to participate in this massive exercise of development of India and
- Enablers for development of India-centric solutions (which also relevant to other growing economies).
The aim of this project was to enabling the Indian Smart Cities Challenge by providing :
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Recommendation and guidelines for Smart City RFPs related to IoT specific technologies:
(1) driven by an “India specific” use case analysis
(2) emerging technology adaptation methodology - India appropriate reference architecture for IoT enabled Smart Cities through a collaborative platform of domain experts from industry, academia, government, start-ups, professional bodies and user-agencies.
For more information please visit the website of IoT for Smart Cities Task Force.