how-smart-start-ups-are-building-the-iot-market-in-india

With a predicted 20 billion globally connected devices over the next 3 years, we’re quite likely to see the Internet in almost all the tools we use on a daily basis.

While there are a few companies that are getting in to the consumer IoT market (creating smart gadgets that would automate your home, for example), there is a huge focus on industrial or large scale solutions in the B2B sector as well.

A few examples of how smart start-ups are building the IoT market in India:

• NexIOT (nexiot.com) a company in Bangalore is currently manufacturing water pressure monitoring systems that will automate water supply for the municipal departments. Not just that, their connected water pumps will also collect valuable data on leaks, wastage and other important information that affects the overall health of the system. The best part about these guys? They’re open sourcing their design. That means anyone who has the willingness can take their design and go ahead build their own such devices for use.
• CarIQ (mycariq.com) is a company that is making your cars smarter. With a sensor that gives you real time information on your car, this company aims at enabling car owners to make the right decisions when it comes to car health and upkeep. This information can go a long way in helping reduce the long term ownership costs of the car. Not just that, CarIQ is trying to make all this social by allowing the cars to talk to each other and share vital information.

• Iotex (iotex.com) is a Delhi based start-up that is aimed at keeping life simple for people. With their smart watches, specially designed for kids, family safety is an issue of the past. This kind of IoT application shows the different capabilities of how varied IoT solutions can be.

• MachinePulse (machinepulse.in) is an example of a company that’s doing some serious work with IoT in the space of renewable energy. Their IoT middleware allows for big companies to efficiently connect all their hardware to a centralized smart cloud that allows for seamless integration across all systems. This kind of centralization also allows for better analytics and use of machine learning to automate tasks.

• SenseGiz (sensegiz.com) is probably my favourite. their smart device is as big as a coin and can be attached to anything you want, so you never lose it again. Their pitch of course is that we spend about 55 minutes a day or almost 5 days a year just looking for things and just a simple sensor can help ensure you never have to waste time looking for things again.They aren’t strictly restricted to India, but are selling their product in 50 countries. And while this idea is simple, it’s an apt metaphor for what the IoT stands for.

Also, with the current government’s focus on making in India, these kind of start-ups are exactly what we need to help disrupt the current status-quo in the electronics industry.

These examples, of course, are just a drop in the ocean of what’s happening in the Indian IoT industry. There are plenty of other consumer facing examples such as Phillips Hue’s smart bulbs, Pert (pert.me) or Inho’s (inho.com) home automation systems that are probably more relevant to the average Indian, however all of this is just one step towards showing how IoT is transforming not just the lives of people in India, but also paving the way for new start-ups to take these kind of systems to the next level and create new avenues of service and convenience for the average consumer.

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