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SATISHJADHAV,DirectorIoT,EmbeddedSalesGroupatIntelIndia
hasajobsellingimminencetocitiesandmegacorporationsinaworld
beingincreasinglylinkedbydevices.25billionofthemwillbeconnected
by2020,estimatesGartner.Intel’s workwithDaikin,theJapaneseair
conditionermanufacturer,tocaptureinformationofHVACsystemson
thecloudandpredicttheproblemwithmachinesacrossacity,isalready
aglobalexperiment.Theintegratedsolutiontomanagebuildingsbetter
issomethingthatcouldhelpIndianbusinessesandIntelisclearlybetting
bigonthecountry.Afterall,theInternetofThings(IoT)isthestuffthat
foretellsthefuture.VishalKrishnaspoketoJadhavtogethisviewson
thefascinatinguniversehenavigates.
TechTalk
Vishal Krishna: How would you place IoT in a
smart city context?
SatishJadhav:Tomeitisevolving
aroundfourmajorpillars:environ-
mental,human,economicandthat
ofsocialimpact.Forexample,anew
trendbuiltaroundwearablescon-
nectsdevicestothecloudandmaps
crucialparametersofyourlife.The
datathatiscapturedisimportantand
weuseitforourbenefit,whichinthis
case,isimprovingourhealth. Soit
isallaboutextractingrelevantdata
fromaparticularsystem,machine,
humanbodyorconnecteddevices
acrossthecity.Unlessyouhavethis
ecosystem,theentirecycleofIoTwill
notbecomeareality.
VK:Whatchallengesdoyouseeinthe
wideruseoftheInternetofThings(IoT)for
smartercities?
SJ:Thecloudhassolvedstorage
challengesandbandwidthimpedi-
mentswillsoongoawaytoo.Thisis
wherecomputingbecomescrucial.
Forexample,todayyouhavestreet
lightsthathaveintegratedcameras
thatdoubleasasurveillancesys-
tembutthelastthingyouwantisa
surveillancesystemsendingimages
backtoalegacydatacentre.Whatif
thepowerofthecloudandthepower
tocomputetogethercruncheddatato
understandeventsandimmediately
convertedthemintoaction? Thatis
theintelligenceofIoTworkingina
smartcity. Todaywhenwearetalking
aboutmakinginfrastructuresmarter,
theremustbewaysandmeansto
makelegacysystemsintelligentas
well.Thatisthefirstchallenge.
Thesecondchallengeisgoingto
beinteroperability.Whenyouare
talkingaboutcreatingthesystem
ofsystems,howwillmultiplethings
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INTEL INDIA
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worktogether?Atrafficsignalhasto
workaswellwiththeschoolinforma-
tionsystem,withthedatacentreat
thebackend,aswithcarsorafleetof
them.Thisisinteroperability.The
thirdmostimportantchallengeisof
datamanagement. Itwillbecrucial
tofigureouthowtosecuredatapoints
tobestprotectconsumerinterest.
VK:Howdoyouenvisagedifferentplayers
comingtogethertoharnessthepowerofIoT?
SJ:Idonotthinkthereisanyone
companythatcangoitaloneto
realisethepotentialofIoT.Totake
theearlierexampleforward,thesame
trafficsignalwouldneedtechnology-
building-blockproviderslikeIntelfor
thegatewaybox,whowouldprovide
theserveranddatacentres;service
providersforthesoftware;someone
forapplications;andothersoftware
vendorswhowouldactuallydeploy
thisforacity’smunicipalbodies.
Thentherewouldbeanalyticsteams
tomanagethetrafficandotherdata
relatedtoreal-timepredictionof
crimeandotherthings.Ourintent
istoeasedeployment.Crucialtothe
entireecosystemisthesysteminte-
gratortopullalltheseparatebuilding
blockstogetherandboostthemup
asanend-to-endsolutiontodevelop
applicationsanddriveservices.
VK: Can the government build market places
on top of IoT platforms?
SJ:Absolutely.Bothindividualsand
startupscanuseIntel’sarchitecture
tocreatebuildingblocksforsmart
citiesanddeveloptheirappsand
hosttheminthecloudintheform
ofdifferentservices.InKarnataka,
thecomputerisationofthePublic
DistributionSystem(PDS),anew
modelthatisalreadylive,providesa
combinationofelectronicweighing
scalesplusapointofsaleterminal.
Itisbiometrics-enabledandbacked
withAadhaardataonthebackend
server.Withthehelpofreal-time
informationprovidedbytheserver,
ithelpsbeneficiariesgetwhatthey
need,whileprovidingthemwith
termsofentitlementintheirlocal
language.Thegovernmentistrying
todriveefficiencyandmakeituser-
friendly,whileensuringaccount-
ability.InKarnatakawealready
havearound7,000connectedPDS
systemsinstalled.
Transportationisanotherarea
whereIoTandsmartcitiesconverge.
Connectedcarsandfleetmanage-
mentareevolvinginabigwaytobuild
servicesinthecloud.Wehaveawork-
ingproofofconceptunderfieldtrials.
Wearetryingtousedatafromsen-
sorsincars,whichcanprovidedriv-
ingpatternsofindividuals.Ifitshows
aharshuseofbrakes,forexample,the
fleetcompanycanusebothreal-time
andhistoricaldatatopredictwhether
thereisaproblemwiththeroadorif
thedrivingitselfisrash.
Thegovernmentshouldalsouse
datatomakecitiessmarter.Accessto
sensordataof,say,vehiclesorstreet
lightscanpredicttheirfailure;track
transactionslikebusticketsales;
monitorpublicsafetyandmake
responsesmoreproactive.Ithinkit
isallabouttherightvisionofservices
forconsumers.Thereareenough
stakeholdersintheecosystemtoget
thingsdone.
VK:WhoisgoingtofundIndia’ssmartcities?
SJ:Therearevariousways,viaeither
thegovernmentorsystemintegra-
tors.Takethebusexample.Ifthereis
adeviceinsideabusfornavigation,
tracking,infotainmentandsurveil-
lance,thisgivesaccesstothetelemat-
icsunittotrackthebus.Youcanrun
advertisements,forexample,tomake
itarevenuegeneratingstream.It
createsarevenuemodelthatcanbe
sharedwith,say,thelocaltransport
authority.Thiswouldnotdependon
thebudgetthetransportauthority
has,butonhowitwantstodrivean
end-to-endsolution. Itisallabout
theevolvingbusinessmodels. That
iswhypublicprivatepartnerships
areimportant.Ifyoushowabusiness
modeltoanSIandiftheyseeareturn
oninvestment,albeitforsomething
thatisscalableandreplicable,invest-
mentswillcome.InIOTthebiggest
challengeinthenextfiveyearswillbe
tosetupalltheseworkingmodels.<
IoT can help make responses more
proactive than reactive. For the
government, it is all about having the
right vision of services for consumers.
There are enough stakeholders in the
ecosystem to make it happen
$117billion
Thetotalsizeofthe
healthcareIoT
market segmentby2020,
accordingto areportby
MarketResearch.com