The first of its kind Internet of Things (IoT) cluster is slated to come up in Pune. A proposal for the S L Kirloskar Centre of Excellence for IoT for companies working in the Industry 4.0 is being put before the government by a consortium of start-ups, industry associations, solution providers and manufacturing industry.
According to Financial Express, the idea behind the cluster is to Indianise Industry 4.0 to Indian conditions and realities instead of just replicating what was done under Industry 4.0 in Germany or ape what US, Japan or China is doing. The cluster will enable Indian manufacturing industry to adopt these new emerging technologies.
Pune has IoT solution providers, consulting companies, training institutions, IoT users and a large manufacturing based so the whole ecosystem is already available here and getting involved in this initiative.
Vinay Nathan, CEO, Altizon, an enterprise IoT company, which is part of the team leading this initiative, said the government was open to setting up such an IoT cluster in Pune and the Department of Heavy Industries is supporting this plan and are holding meeting with industry representatives to take this forward and also providing financial assistance.
